SOMETHING RHYMES WITH PURPLE

★★★★

Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth look back over a year’s worth of podcasts about the English language. Susie delves into cabin crew slang, and you’ll find out what ‘coach roaches’ and ‘crop dusting’ mean. But be warned with the latter – you might not like what you hear. Major digital platforms

SOLAR ★★★★★

Something’s gone very wrong on a manned solar research probe, leaving the computer faulty, the crew trapped in separate parts of the craft and the pilot struggling to separate illusion and reality. Helen Hunt and Alan Cumming lead the cast of a brilliant, atmospheric piece of science-fiction audio drama. Major digital platforms