Good appetite! Celebrity Friends Go for Lunch: This Week’s Best Podcasts | TV and radio

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Table for four

One for Gavin & Stacey fans, as Joanna Pegg and her on-screen husband Matthew Horne reunite for a food podcast. It’s a familiar formula: They invite two famous friends over for lunch (courtesy of Good Food) and light chat about things like the cookie/cake debate at Jaffa Cakes. Page is at his best with the first guests, wine lovers Gary Barlow and Olly Smith: “I don’t know anything about wine; I’m from Swansea, I grew up with White Lightning.” Holly Richardson
Widely available, weekly episodes

Someone is chasing us

Missing black women are often overlooked by the media, with podcasts now often offering a corrective. This series focuses on the stories of women (who are “both victims and heroes” here), as well as profiling the unlikely young killer. Produced by NJ.com in New Jersey, it also emphasizes the importance of local journalism. Hannah J. Davis
Widely available, weekly episodes

Almost married

Reality stars turned podcast moguls Jamie Laing and Sophie Habbo are handing over their Nearlyweds format to a new couple, Love Islanders Molly Smith and Tom Clare. If you’re not a fan of them you’ll probably insist. But for committed viewers, these meandering chats are definitely your favorite kind on paper. HJD
Widely available, weekly episodes

Revealed: Canada’s cult queen

In 2023, Romana Didolo, the self-proclaimed “Queen of Canada”, moves into an abandoned school in a small town in Saskatchewan with her followers, much to the dismay of the locals. The latest edition of this investigative podcast from Canada’s CBC retells the bizarre story that – if you’re not already affiliated with a cult – is sure to thrill. HJD
Widely available, weekly episodes

Fraudulent

Journalist Vicky Baker actually hosted a podcast about a suspiciously broke socialite (Fake Heiress, about Anna Delvey); Now this collection from Novel/BBC Studios sees her exploring another person, Ekaterina Barrett, who borrowed more than £1 million from her acquaintance Bridget Hatchcroft and refuses to return it. Déjà vu aside, it’s a wild and wandering journey. HJD
Widely available, outside Monday 2 March