
Best of Nolan
Hosted by Nolan and Stephen · BBC Radio Ulster
3.6from 87 ratings
- 707
- Episodes
- 124
- Transcribed
- 87
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Best of Nolan
Stephen Nolan's no nonsense approach to confronting the biggest issues of the day: an unmissable mixture of news, phone ins and entertainment. From BBC Radio Ulster
- Publisher
- BBC Radio Ulster
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 24 Jan 2024
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
124 of 707 episodes have a transcript.

6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Secretary of State Chris Bryant puts the boot into the NI Executive insisting 'I haven't got any more money' for NI budget

5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Former DUP MP Carla Lockhart tells Nolan : unionism is ‘on its knees’. Is she right?

4 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher says he is ‘worried’ about the threat of dissidents using drones
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Secretary of State Chris Bryant puts the boot into the NI Executive insisting 'I haven't got any more money' for NI budget
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I have challenged the finance minister on a number of occasions. So of the current 1.24% that we get, so for every £1 spent on somebody in England, we got the equivalent of £1.24. If that's not enough, what is enough? And I think it's laid bare on what the Secretary of State said yesterday in the Newsline studio. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Newton Emerson
- Deirdre Heenan
- Carla Lockhart
- David Graham
- Brendan Mulgrew
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 3.6 / 5
- 21 ratings
- Spotify
- 3.6 / 5
- 66 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 93
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Who hosts Best of Nolan?
Nolan and Stephen host the show. Published by BBC Radio Ulster.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
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