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Giant Marshmallows

This week’s podcast is presented by Stephen & Philippa.On this episode we hear from:Mike who had to call in to share his despair about Helen & Tom.Rob who is calling in to question Oliver’s...

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Undercover Operative

This week’s podcast is presented by P&Q.On this episode we hear from:Jen - who’s spirits were lifted by HelenBrian - who says: back off from Brad!Bernadette - who’s trained her sights on...

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Winch Grinder?

This week’s podcast is presented by Philippa and Katie.On this episode we hear from:Tracy – who thinks George is out of controlGlyn – who is wondering about the camping tripJen – who wants us to...

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Two Cakes?

This week’s podcast is presented by Philippa and Katie.On this episode we hear from:Claire from Clapham who needs to have words about wordleLeigh from Cookham who is apoplecticLilian – who is not liking...

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Just George

This week's podcast is presented by Stephen and Purple Pumpkin.This week we have 10 callerinerers. We hear from:Leigh from Cookham who is loving the Brad and Mia romance;Witherspoon, who is calling from...

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Love Ambridgely

This week’s podcast is presented by Jacqueline and Stephen.  For this episode we have seven callerinerers. We hear from:·      Globe-trotting Richard who, like...

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Ferret Fiesta

This week’s podcast is presented by Jacqueline and Stephen.On this episode we hear from:·      Tracy from California, twice;·      Glyn, who...

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Solstice Drills

This week’s podcast is presented by Jacqueline and Stephen. The DumTeeDum is from Stephen. On this episode we hear from:·      Jen, our Ambridge Pony Club, who is extremely...

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No Sleep ’til Swindon Railway Station

This week’s episode is presented by Jacqueline and Stephen. The DumTeeDum is from Stephen. We found it down the back of the sofa when tidying up and realised that it hadn’t been used before.If you can...

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Brian’s choice

 This week’s Dumteedum tune is from the brilliant Anwyn, and on this episode we hear thoughts from: Our Rob, Richard BiffoProp, Kate, Claire from Clapham, our Witherspoon, Richard, Our Vicky, and...

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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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