
Uncanny
From ghostly phantoms to UFOs, Danny Robins investigates real-life stories of paranormal encounters. So, are you Team Believer or Team Sceptic?Written and presented by Danny Robins
Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4
Latest episodes

May 17, 2023 • 29min
S2. Case 7: The Rendlesham UFO
The Rendlesham Incident is the most famous and controversial case in British UFO history, a story riddled with claims and counterclaims. Danny Robins talks to one of the original witnesses and tries to piece together just what happened back in December 1980 at a US airbase in Suffolk.Written and presented by Danny Robins
Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake
Script editor: Dale Shaw
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

May 10, 2023 • 29min
S2. Case 6: An Angel Called Bernie
Matthew, a soldier in the Irish Defence Forces, always had a difficult relationship with his grandmother, right up until her death. So can it really be her spirit who saves him from dying in the years that follow?Written and presented by Danny Robins
Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake
Script assistant: Leo Dunlop
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

May 3, 2023 • 29min
S2. Case 5: Uncanny Live at UncannyCon
Danny is joined by actor and presenter Laura Whitmore and Uncanny expert Ciaran O'Keeffe to discuss some brand-new listener cases, recorded live at the first-ever Uncanny Fan Convention, a day-long festival devoted to all things supernatural. Written and presented by Danny Robins
Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

Apr 28, 2023 • 29min
S2. Case 4: Inside Room 611
Danny returns once more to Alanbrooke Hall in Belfast, and the supernatural saga of Room 611. He’s joined by former Queens University students Ken and Gary Foster to talk about the case. Recorded live at UncannyCon 2023.Written and presented by Danny Robins
Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

Apr 19, 2023 • 29min
S2. Case 3: Leave the Lights On
As the poltergeist activity ramps up dramatically, the family resort to desperate measures. Can they survive living with a vengeful poltergeist? Written and presented by Danny Robins
Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake
Script assistant: Leo Dunlop
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

Apr 12, 2023 • 28min
S2. Case 2: My Family's Poltergeist
James moves with his parents to a new house, but the family are swiftly plunged into a maelstrom of terrifying, violent poltergeist activity which will tear the family apart. Could this be the scariest Uncanny episode yet? Written and presented by Danny Robins
Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake
Script assistant: Leo Dunlop
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

Apr 5, 2023 • 29min
S2. Case 1: The Boy in Room 3
Danny Robins returns with a brand new season of Uncanny. Homeless, 19-year-old Marie gets a job at a working monastery in the North of England. Night after night, she hears the sound of a young boy crying in an adjacent room, but there's no-one there. What is the dark secret of Room 3? Written and presented by Danny Robins
Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake
Script assistant: Leo Dunlop
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

Mar 29, 2023 • 3min
Uncanny is back
Uncanny is back... and in Season 2 Danny will continue to explore listeners' chilling tales of the paranormal, encompassing everything from poltergeists to cryptids to UFOs

Dec 30, 2022 • 48min
S1. Uncanny Live with Mark Gatiss
Danny meets actor, writer and Uncanny fan Mark Gatiss, for this very special live episode, recorded at the London Podcast Festival 2022. The pair discuss their mutual passion for ghosts, and investigate some new real-life stories of the paranormal.Written and presented by Danny Robins
Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4

Dec 21, 2022 • 30min
S1. Christmas Special
It’s the season for ghost stories, and Danny Robins is back with another real-life tale of the paranormal in this special Uncanny episode that sees a family Christmas turned upside down.A young child and his mother share a council house in a Scottish village, but as objects start to inexplicably move they get the feeling that they are not alone. Who is the mysterious presence haunting their dreams? The roots of the answer lie in something that happened years before and is utterly terrifying... Written and presented by Danny Robins
Editor and Sound Designer: Charlie Brandon-King
Music: Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Lanterns on the Lake
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon BarnardA Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4