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Springleaf
Widely available, episodes weekly
James Acaster is the award-winning standup comic behind one of the UK's biggest podcasts - or is he? In this comedy crime series, he claims he's actually an undercover cop called Pat Springleaf who has spent years using a career as a funnyman as a cover story. We're plunged into the supposed wire recordings of his biggest ever case for a surreal and inventive slice of scripted comedy that cocks more than the odd snook at the true crime genre. Alexi Duggins