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Now there are, I appreciate, only so many productions of Pinocchio you would even want to see in your lifetime. This accessible and appealing production should be one of them.

More than 250 nominees in over 30 categories have made the shortlist for the British Podcast Awards 2022.

There is much appropriate ribald humour

The show runs at the Unicorn Theatre until 31 December

Clary’s joke-filled books make for a vibrant stage show, replete with slapstick laughs, daft songs and a wholesome message

Ultimately, The Bolds could benefit from some editing. But from the perspective of family entertainment, it does its job.

It’s often said that we know more about the Moon’s surface than we do about the deep sea – which starts at a depth of 1,800 metres and reaches down to almost 11,000m within the Mariana Trench. That belief is completely wrong, apparently, said Sandrine Ceurstemont in the New Scientist – and is elegantly dismantled in episode one of the riveting The Deep-Sea Podcast, by host Dr Alan Jamieson, a world leader in the biological exploration of the ocean below 6,000m. Jamieson and his co-host...