Everything and more
Great service and something for everyone. The comedy on the sounds app is an absolute jewel
The best news, information, investigative journalism, satire, national and international expertise.
On earth
“Subscribed” section could be improved
Let me start by saying I love the BBC sounds app overall. Not giving it the fifth star because I find the “subscribed” section (I mainly listen on iPhone) lacks functionality: the tiles are huge, there are no alternative layout options and no ability to sort/reorder subscribed programmes. If the individual program tiles were smaller you could see more subscribed programs on one screen and if there was the ability to sort (or even if subscriptions defaulted to alphabetical order) that would in my view be an improvement on what seems to be “newest at the top” only. I prefer the layout of the downloads section/the info behind each tile to how the subscribed section itself is laid out. Please consider some development here?
Show more
Unstable operation
While the content is great the app is unstable cutting out of a broadcast or particularly downloads without warning if one touches the Iphone I use to listen. On Saturday mornings and at other times there can be a problem opening the app or selecting particular content. For a sizeable national corporation it is not good enough.
Show more
Tim in Devon
I use BBC Sounds all the time a always find a great History story to listen to. Couldn’t recommend this more
Some updates needed
Pls allow a search function within a radio series especially ones that have 000s of episodes!
Deep Linking Required
The app needs deep linking so that when a notification for a new episode is posted, the user can click the link and go straight to that episode rather than just being dumped on the top page to hunt for it themselves.
Oct 2026. Still not fixed.
Oct 2026. Still not fixed.
SOUNDS great!
I value being able to play what I want when I want. I also value enormously the huge archive of interesting ‘listens’ that is the BBC and accessible through SOUNDS. Over a 60 year marriage I have been more mentally stimulated by and ‘married’ to the BBC than to my husband, and this life enrichment is enhanced by SOUNDS.
Show more
Essential
Would never be without BBC sounds.
Useless
Absolutely useless impossible to open with my email and password. It keeps freezing
Alison from Wivenhoe
Brilliant - the BBC are educating me, thank you.
Ax
Ax
Downloads Removed
The programme downloads option has been removed! Why?
Thank you
Simply Brilliant. A day does not go by without me having access to some great content.
All there is to offer
I have been listening to BBC sounds for a fair few years now, from podcasts, to my daily Archers catch up, from true crime, to period drama. I’m never disappointed and am so grateful for this service as reading has become more difficult for me with arthritic thumbs (difficult to hold a book). It also allows me to multi task whilst listening - love this app, grateful for all it gives me.
Show more
BBC and BBC sounds app is BRILLIANT
The BBC is an EXCELLENT news as well as entertainment provider
I use BBC Sounds every day for several hours.
I use BBC Sounds every day for several hours.
Intermittent problem playing
Sounds for me is a great solution to my limited dab signal issue where I live but unfortunately even when I have good mobile data coverage there are repeated pauses in playback and sometimes total playback failure with the message “problem playing item”. More annoyingly is the fact I listen to radio 2 and when it fails to playback often in the same app radio 1 will play just fine but I don’t like their playlist.
Show more
BBC sounds
Love it Big fan of 4 extra
Need to change the colour of the “play”
The colour is same as background, not easy to see
Why so flaky?
Spend hours listening to radio on this App, just wish it worked better. Far too often loses signal and won’t reconnect without completely closing the App and reloading.
Always interesting
Some excellent & entertaining pods casts on a wide variety of subjects
