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What a week in Ambridge but was it a good week?

This week’s Dum Tee Dum is from Marie BrayAnd Dumteedum this week is sponsored by Charlotte Moar who became a new Patreon this week!On this episode we’ll hear from Jen, Witherspoon,  Claire from...

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Ben, Chelsea and Beth and the fall out! Plus Pots and kettles

This week’s Dum Tee Dum is from Michael Weilock and Anwyn. In this episode we’ll hear from Jen, formerly cycling Christine, Glynn Fullerlove, Brian Holding, Bluehaired feminist, Witherspoon, Rachel...

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Its Ben Archer!!!!

This week’s Dum Tee Dum is from Michael Weilock and Anwyn. In this episode we’ll hear from Jen, Gennie with a G, Rachel, who likes frogs, Sandra, Rob,  Claire from Clapham, Sarah in Kent,...

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Chelsea returns but who is the daddy?

This week’s Dum Tee Dum is a repeat of the Sunday omnibus music, a fabulous rendition of Berwick Green from the very talented Paul Sartin and the group Bellowhead. Sadly Paul suddenly died this week and...

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Chelsea goes missing – who’s the Daddy and a tribute to the Queen

This week’s Dum Tee Dum is an epic rendition of the national anthem and in this episode, we’ll hear from many of our lovely callerinnerers! So we heard from Jen, twice,  Witherspoon, Lilli, Claire...

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Who’s the Daddy – Chelsea’s bombshell and Ruairi falls for Julianne

This week’s Dum Tee Dum tune is from Helen and her daughter Holly and on this episode, we’ll hear from many of our lovely callerinnerers! So we heard from Jen, Minxy Brit, Josh in the Pacific North...

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Brad’s results, Ruairi the prostitute and “chonky” storylines.

This episode is sponsored by Laura Cook who just became a new patron! Listen out for details later in the show of how you could sponsor Dumteedum This week’s Dum Tee Dum tune is from Helen and her...

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The Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins on The Archers

Charlotte Higgins, Ambridge aficionado & The Guardian’s very own The Archer's monthly columnist, listen to Charlotte and the Dumteedumers discuss the latest goings on in Ambridge. Hosted on Acast....

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Breaking Am – Breaking Brad

This week’s Dum Tee Dum tune is from Marie Bray and on this episode we are lucky enough to hear from lots of callerinner us which is fantastic: there was our Witherspoon, Simon from Shropshire, Glynn...

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June Spencer – Peggy leaves the Archers

We are largely dedicating this show to the legend that is June Spencer and we have been lucky enough to receive calls from several cast members who have worked with June over the years. You’ll be hearing...

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Lucy and Harriette

Dumteedum is a podcast about the BBC soap opera The Archers. I co-host it with the comedy scriptwriter Lucy Freeman. Each show features a monologue from Lucy, listener calls and our reflections on the week’s events and gossip in the fictional village of Ambridge, the home of the rural soap with an irreverent but affectionate tone. Supported by an engaged community always ready to offer commentary and plot predictions, we summarise and dissect each week’s stories and the issues they raise with perceptive insight and wit.

The podcast that appears to be about the long-running BBC soap but is actually mostly about the listeners and their lives.  Dumteedum is not ‘obsessed by’ The Archers – it simply takes an unduly close interest in the goings-on of the inhabitants of Ambridge, in the rural heart of the country.

One of the most surprising things about the show is the support it has offered listeners suffering from depression or survived abuse, which mirrors storylines in the show.

Community is writ large with Dumteedum, we have done 4 live shows at the BBC social club and the Birmingham Town Hall in front of an audience, and numerous meet ups, In New York, Toronto, London, Oxford, Bristol, Newcastle and San Fransisco. Dumteedum Meet ups

Currently, the show has over 350 5 star iTunes reviews ratings. Social media is an important channel for us: our followers on Twitter are highly engaged, there’s a lot of retweeting and conversation.

Just before Christmas in 2014, we held an awards ceremony for Dumteedum. It was a mark of the success of the podcast and the interest and loyalty it’s engendered in just six months that our listeners travelled from all over the country to attend, as did The Archers actors and scriptwriters. The Dumteedum Awards Show was live-streamed with 1100 views.

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