Miranda Sawyer

The BBC host is a touch too eager to please in his new dream job, while Gok Wan is a breakfast show natural on Magic. Plus, a refreshing look at the Troubles, and a grippingly immersive mountaineering story

Reasons to cheer, as Paloma Faith cosies up to Mel B and Alan Carr, while comedians Fin Taylor and Horatio Gould have a laugh at Chairman Mao’s expense. Plus, a terrifying case of cyber-stalking with Carole Cadwalladr

A Lithuanian gay romance that will move you to tears; Nick Wallis continues his dogged coverage of the Post Office inquiry; and it’s early days for Sara Cox and Clare Hamilton’s new parenting podcast

The star of Baywatch and The Last Showgirl answers questions from Observer readers and famous fans including Stella McCartney, Liam Neeson, Ruby Wax and Naomi Klein

He has a prolific career and extensive portfolio, with his images of British life especially iconic. At 72, he tells Miranda Sawyer, he’s still thinking about what to shoot next

The city’s madcap mix of bingo, dressing up and dancing has become a cultural phenomenon, bucking the trend of a declining UK club scene and expanding nationwide

LBC’s Iain Dale and historian Tessa Dunlop tackle Very Important Topics. Plus, deliciously chaotic fun at a much-loved East End cafe, and a vital but uncomfortable retelling of recent racism in Britain

David Dimbleby on the fighter pilot who waged war on government policy; Guy Garvey celebrates a misunderstood masterpiece. Plus, confessions of an FBI agent, and divisive US murder suspect Luigi Mangione

Go-getting Anna Foster joins the BBC’s flagship show. Elsewhere, the story of a Brazilian scammer, a moving podcast about love and death, and an insider’s guide to tracking down terrorists

The man leading Trump’s ‘war on woke’ is the subject of an incisive portrait. Plus, a Hitchcock-featuring Holocaust drama, podcast love-ins with Amy Poehler and the Duchess of Sussex, and the nonstop life of a young entrepreneur