It's Monday so here's my Financial Times pod column on The Butterfly King, a terrific murder-mystery about a forgotten Bulgarian king caught in the crossfire of WWII geopolitics. Two weeks after a secret meeting with Hitler, he was dead. So who killed Boris III? ft.com/content/610dc9…

King Boris III of Bulgaria had many known enemies. His children, Simeon and Maria Luisa tried to crack the case, but their efforts were fruitless. Host Becky Milligan plans to pick up where they left off. Listen to The Butterfly King "Ep 1: The Mender of Broken Dishes" now!

Thank you to Financial Times and Fiona Sturges for this lovely review of The Butterfly King! Have you listened yet? ft.com/content/610dc9…

In episode 3 of The Butterfly King - Can you trust anyone in wartime? Host becky milligan meets a man in Sofia, Bulgaria, who shows her a side of King Boris III that makes her question whether he’s really the hero of this story. pod.link/1732130049

I loved What Happened To Nina by Dervla McTiernan I wish it had gone on and on. A perfect ending too. Characters so well drawn. One of my top fav authors along with @lizzienugent Jo Spain and Jane Casey - all great and all Irish !

Please may I recommend to you the podcast The Butterfly King. It's about the death of the king of Bulgaria in 1943. 'Oh how dull and DRY' you might think. You'd be WRONG. Fascinating - and funny! - and a masterclass in storytelling from becky milligan and Blanchard House

Refreshing to hear an argument for defending the BBC. The Rest Is Entertainment - we are very lucky to have it. Most cost effective place to make tv. Huge soft power and incredible reach. UK has the best media in the world says Richard Osman and Marina Hyde

This week on The Butterfly King, more secrets emerge from the pages of a British diplomat’s private diary and becky milligan is forced to consider an ugly possibility. But as she follows the trail of poison, a brand new suspect slithers into the frame. pod.link/1732130049

It’s 1946, three years after King Boris III’s death and a heavy Iron Curtain has fallen over Bulgaria. What dark secrets does it conceal? Host becky milligan learns some disturbing facts about the Soviet secret services and why they couldn’t let sleeping kings lie.

Accusations fly as host becky milligan discovers that King Boris III has been a hunted man for most of his life. Did he ignore the one crucial message that could have saved his life? Listen to episode 6 now wherever you get your podcasts! pod.link/1732130049

We are thrilled to have won Most Captivating Host at the True Crime Awards last night for our podcast The Pirate of Prague, hosted by the brilliant Joe Nocera. We are also very proud that the show was shortlisted for Best Serialised Podcast, especially in such great company.

On first page of Hunted by Abir Mukherjee the best part of reading - a whole book ahead

What an amazing story from Sanchia Berg who has done incredible work around the family courts

Our favorite podcasts of 2024 so far include: 🖥️ D'Arcy Carden going down Wikipedia rabbit holes 🦋 becky milligan unraveling a butterfly-themed mystery 📺 DE-GRASSY DRIP unpacking reality TV gone VERY wrong Check out the full collection here: apple.co/PodsFaves

Deadline announces our new Apple Original podcast, 'Extrasensory', narrated by Will Sharpe (The White Lotus). It's a mind-bending real-life story of reincarnation and a spooky tale of family secrets released October 28, in time for Halloween 👻 deadline.com/2024/10/will-s…

"I greedily binged all eight episodes in a day. A spooky seasonal mystery, it is, above all, a family story, one that shows how fiercely held beliefs often come loaded with baggage and that memory is a matter of interpretation." - Fiona Sturges reviews Extrasensory for the Financial Times

Variety announces our first show of 2025: 'A Most Audacious Heist.' Out Jan 28th via Curiouscast, it's the gripping true story of the theft of iconic Austrian empress Sisi’s diamond in the 1990s. variety.com/2025/digital/g… #goodstoriesneverdie CuriousCast

Interesting podcast by Chloe Hadjimatheou for Tortoise called Lucky Boy. How times have changed since the 1980’s. At least I hope so. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/luc…

Stop Rewind: The Lost Boy is a gripping, emotionally charged podcast documentary unravelling one of the most astonishing true stories of identity, coincidence, and homecoming you’ll ever hear. A Blanchard House production for Curiouscast coming Sept 15. blanchard-house.com/releases/stopr…

It’s finally out in the world. Thanks for great piece in The Guardian Stuart Heritage Poppy Damon and I went to Costa Rica to report on this story, with Daniel Lloyd-Evans Exactly Right iHeartRadio Blanchard House theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…