Vicky Etchells

Vicky is Head of Factual Podcasts at Global and oversees the most successful daily news podcast in the UK, The News Agents, hosted by Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel and Lewis Goodall. The only truly multimedia daily news offering reaches its audience via podcast, video and social platforms has been downloaded more than 15 and a half million times since its launch in August 2022.


Vicky is responsible for some of the biggest factual podcasts in the UK including Full Disclosure with James O’Brien, Big Fish with Spencer Matthews and Sweeney Talks with John Sweeney. She is currently commissioning and producing a slate of original documentary podcasts for Global Player.