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There's A Lot I Haven't AskedEPISODE 8: "The idyll of the summer holidays where anything was possible was disappearing like the smoke coming out of the steam train’’We continue from where we left off in our last episode; Ireland is coming into view and so we hear about experiences of going over to visit family throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s. We end the episode (and the series!!), listening to thoughts and reflections on growing up with Irish heritage in Manchester. It's a heartfelt close to the series, full of pride, nuance, and conviction in the enduring richness of Irish heritage.The podcast is produced by Blueprint Studios and music throughout the series is created, played, and produced by Michael McGoldrick. T...2025-07-2052 minThere's A Lot I Haven't AskedEPISODE 7: ''I'd rather have you in Manchester alive than in Belfast dead''Serving up an extra dose of storytelling, the voices we’ve been getting to know over the past 2 episodes share some of the special and poignant tales that have been passed down to them. We also we hear about the anticipation and build up to childhood summer holidays in Ireland as we get ready to travel across the Irish sea.The podcast is produced by Blueprint Studios and music throughout the series is created, played, and produced by Michael McGoldrick. This episode features additional music from fiddle-player Emma Sweeney. This material should not be re...2025-07-1348 minThere's A Lot I Haven't AskedEPISODE 6: ''I would love to waltz with my Mum again''Continuing our journey with those born in Manchester from the Irish diaspora, we hear about the significant and profound role Irish dancing and music plays in everyday life. Dezi recounts the spine-tingling moment he played a tune on the fiddle for his sisters and JeanLouise treats us to a beautiful slow air she learned in her Comhaltas class.The podcast is produced by Blueprint Studios and music throughout the series is created, played, and produced by Michael McGoldrick. This episode features additional music from Emma Sweeney on fiddle, JeanLouise McGuire on concertina, Dezi Donnelly...2025-07-0644 minThere's A Lot I Haven't AskedEPISODE 5: ''As my Dad said, boots or no boots - I'll be there''We move onto a whole range of new voices as we meet those born in Manchester to parents who emigrated from Ireland between 1945 - 1975. Together, they paint a vivid picture of life inside a typical Irish household in Manchester: the sights, sounds, smells, and traditions that shaped them. Ann shares a cherished poem passed down by her mother - one she calls a lifesaver - while Claire talks about how Irish rituals have proven to be a huge source of comfort and beauty when grieving a loved one.Don’t forget to follow us if...2025-06-2945 minThere's A Lot I Haven't AskedEPISODE 4: ''Close your eyes and dream''Through vivid memories stretching into the 1990s, we hear how traditional Irish music offered a sense of home, how The Troubles in the north of Ireland cast a long shadow over daily life in the city, and how newer waves of Irish migrants were welcomed with empathy and kindness into Manchester’s evolving community. This episode continues to spotlight personal stories from the Irish diaspora who settled in Manchester offering a rich tapestry of identity, resilience, and cultural connection across generations.Don’t forget to follow us if you’re listening on Spotify and leave...2025-06-2238 min
Oliver CallanIrish diaspora in ManchesterHannah Donelon on how her parents inspired her to make a podcast series about the Irish diaspora in Manchester.2025-06-2007 minThere's A Lot I Haven't AskedEPISODE 3: ''It’s a long week for me if I don't go to the dance’’Stepping into the vibrant world of dancehalls and céilís, we return to the voices from our first two episodes and explore the social customs that shaped them as we delve a little bit deeper into their experience of settling in Manchester throughout the 50s, 60s, and 70s. We also hear about connecting with family back home and discover why letter-writing was more than just a pastime but a lifeline, the diversity and volume of their working lives, and the heartfelt moment Melvyn Bragg expressed gratitude towards the Irish on behalf of the UK....2025-06-1543 minThere's A Lot I Haven't AskedEPISODE 2: ''The one place I ever wanted to come to was Manchester.''Tracing the footsteps of those who emigrated from Ireland to Manchester, we uncover the ache, hope, and doubt of leaving home behind, first impressions of a new city, and the varied experiences that shaped those first crucial days in Manchester. Each voice carries an individual perspective; together their stories reveal a quiet resilience and the many shades of starting over.Don’t forget to follow us if you’re listening on Spotify and leave a comment – we’d love to hear if any stories resonated with you! If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts please lea...2025-06-0846 minThere's A Lot I Haven't AskedEPISODE 1: ''We had nothing but we had everything.’’Through heartwarming memories of childhood in rural Ireland, we learn about life before emigration. From neighbours gathering in to storytell around the open-fire to gazing up at a sky covered in millions of stars, we’re transported back in time. We also learn how working on the land from a young age was a normal part of daily life and how, for most, education had to be sacrificed in order to provide financial assistance to the family.Don’t forget to follow us to leave a comment if you're listening on Spotify – we’d love to...2025-06-0149 minThere's A Lot I Haven't AskedTrailerAn immersive audio series revolving around powerful stories of resilience, belonging, and community from the Irish in Manchester. Created by Hannah Donelon and with original music composed & arranged by Michael McGoldrick, this 8-part series is a storytelling experience full of heart, hope, and humour. In 1971, the Irish made up the largest migrant minority in the UK. This series aims to preserve and promote personal accounts of Irish migration around this time, celebrate Irish contributions to the UK, champion the idea that everyone has a story worth telling, and inspire listeners to ask more questions a...2025-05-1102 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Midsummer Night's Dream Adventure - Part 2Connie and Uncle Chris and his community theatre company are exploring the world of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to find out more about the themes of the mischievous play. 🎭But they seem to have landed right in the middle of a squabble between two best friends and Puck receiving a telling off from his Master, Oberon! 🧚♂️Will everybody be friends again and everything put right, so that the adventurers can attend the lovers’ weddings and witness a happy ending to the play? 😍💒😍Join us again in the world of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for t...2025-03-1313 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Midsummer Night's Dream Adventure - Part 1Connie has to make a last minute presentation at school on the themes of Shakespeare’s magical and mischievous play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and she has no idea where to start! Luckily, her Uncle Chris and the community theatre company are experts on Shakespeare, so they decide to go on an Armchair Adventure into the world of the play to find out more. 🎭There, they’re met by characters from the play, including Puck and their fairy friends🧚 🧚including King and Queen of the fairies, Oberon and Titania. The adventurers find much mischief and mayhem as the fairies’ m...2025-02-2721 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsAn Ancient Egypt Adventure - Part 2Connie and the gang are back in Ancient Egypt 🌅🐫 – and this time, they have a mission 💪Their meeting with Hatshepsut, the first woman to rule Egypt as a Pharoah – didn’t go to plan… The gang found Hatshepsut down in the dumps – convinced that one day everything she’d achieved would be forgotten. Can the gang prove to Hatshepsut that her legacy will live on? It will take some sneaky hieroglyphs, plenty of time travel and a history lesson like no other! ⏳🎶Read the transcript of this episode here.----------------------------------------------Say hello adventurer!2025-01-3020 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsAn Ancient Egypt Adventure - Part 1Connie and the gang travel back through the sands of time, all the way to Ancient Egypt 🌅🐫Connie is feeling sad about missing out on a special trip, and so, her lovely customer Jan decides to cheer her up. A history buff and all-round adventurer, Jan recreates her own once in a lifetime trip to the land of the Pharoahs. Only this time, powered by imagination, the gang are going to get to meet the Pharoahs for real… And not just any Pharoah – Hatshepsut – the first ever woman to rule as a Pharoah – complete with fake beard. To help th...2025-01-1619 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsUNPACKED: A Musical Extravaganza AdventureWelcome to UNPACKED - A brand-new spin-off show to Armchair Adventures for your listening and ‘join in’ pleasure. ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ has ‘It Takes Two’💃🏿, ‘The Great British Bake Off’ has an “Extra Slice’🍰, and now...Armchair Adventures’ has UNPACKED! 🧳😀 Hosted by Connie’s Uncle Chris, drama teacher and actor extraordinaire, and a cheeky soundboard called Ziggy 🔉, each episode challenges teams of customers and adventurers to ‘Unpack’ an adventure through a series of super silly games and some proper-hard adventure questions. “Now first up let’s have a listen to Uncle Chris’s Sound Souvenirs. Bring on my wheely wheely bi...2024-12-1223 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Magical Theme Park Adventure - Part 2Join Connie & her lovely customers as we continue our super fun adventure at the magical theme park! 🎡🎠 Things get a little bonkers when the gang splits up to explore, but oh no — Anne has gone walkies! 😱 Will the gang find her in time before the park closes?🎡🎠🕸️‘We might be out of the ghost train – but look! So are the skeletons!’Join us as we ride spooky ghost trains👻, bump into skeletons on the dodgems 💥, and take a crazy ride on flying helter-skelter mats! 🛞----------------------------------------------You can download the transcript for the episode here.2024-12-0520 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Magical Theme Park Adventure - Part 1Join Connie and her lovely customers as they adventure to THE MOST exciting, amazing, magical theme park filled with thrills, imagination, and surprises! The journey kicks off with special guest Linda, who suggests taking everyone on to a theme park to cheer everyone up, especially Connie, who's feeling a bit anxious about reconnecting with an old friend.🎡🎢🎠‘We’re so excited. We’re going to ride on literally everything.’There's fantastical rides, including spinning carousels that send them back in time and a wild lazy river that takes you around the world! But...the gang are havi...2024-11-2122 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Gunpowder, Treason and Plot Adventure – Part 1Connie needs some help explaining bonfire night to some guests she has staying and asks Uncle Chris if he can help!Not sure of the facts themselves, Uncle Chris and his trusty community theatre company decide to go back to 1605 and find out the facts as they happened! But it was a very dangerous time, full of plots to kill King James I, so they decide to go undercover as detectives… ‘There’s only one thing for it we will have to go undercover, like secret detectives from a Cop show!’ 👮🚨Join us as we travel b...2024-10-1721 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Super Sustainable Fashion Adventure Part 2Deep underground, Connie and her customers learn the Oil monster is friendly after all, and how using fossil fuels for her new prom dress damages the environment. Connie decides that reusing her mums 1980s dress is the best way forward …the thing is, it’s still not her style…at all…👗🧵🛢‘It’s important for me to wear my mum’s prom dress…even though it really, really, really doesn’t suit me…’Amy (The fabulously sustainable fashion designer) comes to the rescue with a complete redesign using the same fabric!Join the adventure and pla...2024-07-1817 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Super Sustainable Fashion Adventure Part 1Connie’s lovely customer Pat wants to go on an adventure to learn what her clothes are made of and how she can shop more sustainably…👗🧵🐑‘I’d love to know how I can help the planet whilst still looking good!’Meanwhile, Connie is worrying she will have to wear her Mum’s 1980’s prom dress if she doesn’t order one off the internet in time! The trouble is, Connie doesn’t really understand what the new one is made of…Getting the rest of the customers on the line they travel to Fashion design...2024-07-0417 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Prehistoric Portal Adventure*NEWS FLASH*This just in…Connie needs some help understanding research for a school project, so she asks her trusty Uncle Chris and her lovely customers if they know anyone who could help her out!‘Wow, it’s like the Batcave…Look at all the robots and machines.’🦖🕵🏻🤖Uncle Chris gets in touch with his good friend Dr Rachel, dons his news reporter character and adventures to her super-secret research base! Once inside, they learn about ‘THE FIVE STEPS OF RESEARCH’ Finding out what makes a successful project, how important pla...2024-06-2025 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Roman Invasion AdventureConnie’s running out of time to write a play on the roman invasion of Britain for her drama class, so she asks Uncle Chris and his community theatre company to lend her a hand!‘Silence! You’re forgetting one thing everyone…I am no longer Uncle Chris…I am the emperor of Rome, and emperors do whatever they like!’🏛️🏆🐎Styling himself as the new emperor of Rome, Uncle chris takes us to a giant amphitheatre, where he pits the Roman Empire against ancient Britain to gather up the facts for Connie.Here we see Boudicca...2024-06-0629 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsDouze Points! A Eurovision Song Contest Adventure Part 2Connie and her customers have been asked to step in to perform for the UK in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest – but they don’t have a song, costumes, a dance routine, or anything, yet!“I really don’t want nil points!!”“Nobody wants nil points!”🎤✨🌍There’s no time to waste! Connie and her customers hop back on the magical tour bus to travel across Europe, on a mission to gather everything they need to make their act special and bring the audience together. “Let’s build a chain across the world…2024-05-1619 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsDouze Points! A Eurovision Song Contest Adventure Part 1Connie wants to help bring her squabbling school year group back together by preparing the most fantastic performance that will make the School’s Spring Song Contest an enormous success! “Good Evening Everybody! Let the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 commence!”🎤✨🌍Luckily, her Uncle Chris and troupe of trusty customers are super fans of The Eurovision Song Contest, the world’s biggest music competition, so know exactly how to help. Together, they set off to European countries in a magical tour bus to pick up hot hints of how to help make their performance a hit with her sch...2024-05-0226 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Shakespeare Adventure - Part 2Uncle Chris and his community theatre company are on the run from some vicious guards in Elizabethan England!‘What on earth do you think you’re doing here? How dare you interrupt my play…’👑⚔🪶In their quest to find out the facts about Shakespeare for Connie, and the queens guards hot on their heels, the gang crash head first into a performance of one of his plays…and come face to face with Queen Elizabeth the 1st!Will she cut off their heads? Or will they get a chance to change her mind? 😱...2024-04-1817 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Shakespeare Adventure - Part 1Connie needs help with her Shakespeare essay, so she asks Uncle Chris and his community theatre company to lend her a hand!‘It feels quite royal in here, almost like we are at the Tudor court…’🫅📜✨A bit rusty on their Shakespearean knowledge, Uncle Chris takes his theatre company back in time to Tudor, England, to gather the facts as they happen. But when he accidentally offends Queen Elizabeth the 1st, the gang must run from her guards - who are trying to cut off their heads!Come with us and visit the sigh...2024-04-0414 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Musical Extravaganza Adventure – Part 3“Strap yourself in, everybody; this last bit of the journey will be quite the ride.”🚌🎻🎵In the third part of this musical trio, Mrs Maestro’s rickety old bus has to go through some tricky and slightly bonkers terrain, including a long dark tunnel, a sticky and slimy swamp, and a wiggly windy road. With the whole orchestra safely onboard the bus, this final leg of the journey does some very peculiar things to the music. And after all a very important member of the orchestra doesn’t turn up as planned, who will step in to keep everyo...2024-03-0721 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Musical Extravaganza Adventure – Part 2The next stop is the string family from the ice cream parlour! Mrs Maestro's journey to get the musicians in the orchestra to the super-duper concert on time continues. Mrs Maestro gets confused when it's time to pay for all those delicious ice creams, and Connie and her customers come to her aid. 🚌🎻🍦“Don’t worry Mrs Maestro, let’s do it together. We’ll help you. Isn’t that right gang?”The next pickup is the brass family from the Great Grand Palace- a royal but somewhat overwhelming experience. And then it’s the percussion family...2024-02-2217 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Musical Extravaganza Adventure – Part 1Meet Mrs Maestro- a local bus company owner and music super-fan. Join her, Connie, and Connie’s customers en route to pick up the musicians in an orchestra and get them to the super-duper concert on time.🚌🎻🎼“We love music. It sets our imaginations wild and free”. In this episode (the first of three musical specials), Mrs Maestro’s ancient steam-powered patented route planner blows up, and she is forced to try to remember her route and the order of her pickups. Poor Mrs Maestro’s memory is ‘on the blink’ and believes she’ll never remember...2024-02-0827 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Girl Power Scrapbook Adventure – Part 2Welcome back to Part 2 of our 'Girl Power Scrapbook Adventure', where Connie and her customers learn more about local inspirational women and their positive affirmations."‘Walk in my shoes, run in my wake"🏃♀✨💪🏽Connie and her customers are stuck in cyberspace!! But Connie has been asked by the Mayor to sing at a special event, celebrating local inspirational women. How will she make it to the stage in time? Maybe the girl power magic stored in the collected affirmations will help them out!Listen now to find out more...Download the...2024-01-1820 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Girl Power Scrapbook Adventure - Part 1"Girls are strong, and girls are clever, look out world 'cos here we come!"🦸♀️📕💖Connie is asked to sing at the local mayor's inspirational women's event but needs a little self-belief. So, her lovely customers take her on an adventure inside Ada's Girl Power scrapbook!All the amazing women come to life in the scrapbook pictures and teach Connie and the gang how important it is to celebrate women and their achievements. Girls can do anything! 💪We meet Ada Summers, the first justice of the peace in England, not to mention professional boxer...2024-01-0424 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsNow That’s What I Call An Uncle Chris Christmas AdventureUncle Chris is hosting Christmas this year, so he and his community theatre company set out to make it the best Christmas day EVER!"For the tastiest, tinselliest Christmas, Uncle Chris. You need Brussel sprouts!" 🎄🎅❄️Disaster has struck at Connie's house! The oven has broken, and it's days before Christmas! How will they make Christmas dinner? 🍗Uncle Chris to the rescue! Uncle Chris usually watches box sets on Christmas day; he has no idea how to host! He decides to enlist the help of his community theatre company to make the day EXTRA spe...2023-12-2125 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Christmas Song AdventureConnie decides to create a hit Christmas single with the help of the adventurers and special guest Ian from Blueprint Studios!“There's nothing like a festive song to lift your Christmas spirits! ” 🎄🎅✨In this festive episode of Armchair Adventures, Connie is getting musical. Extra special guests join the gang: Andy, a musical maestro, and Ian, a producer at Blueprint Studios! 🎶Together, they set out to make a hit Christmas single! But a storm threatens to snow them in, so they only have 1 HOUR to make a fab festive song! ☃️Is that enough time...2023-12-0728 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsIt's Christmas Time!Hey Adventurers, we have some very exciting news for you....Connie and the gang have been in a super cool music studio to record their very own Christmas single....and you can listen to it right now!!🎄🎶🎅🏻The smash hit features Connie, her customers and adventurers and even a special guest appearance from the big man himself....FATHER CHRISTMAS!Let us know what you think of our new song 'It's Christmas Time' by leaving us a review adventurer.The full episode is out on 7th December.----------------------------------------------Say hello ad...2023-11-3006 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Hindu Wedding Adventure - Part 2Connie and her customers are in the vibrant land of Gujarat, India, where Connie and her fellow adventurers are immersed in the festivities of a traditional Hindu wedding!“Traditions give the next generation an understanding of their cultural background.” 👳🏽✨❤In part 2, Connie is still in Gujarat and super nervous about being a bridesmaid! Dipak Dristi, a social group for older people of South Asian heritage and extra special guest adventurers, help take her mind off things with an amazing story about Hanuman, the son of the God of wind. 🌬The monsoon is still going as C...2023-11-1620 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Hindu Wedding Adventure - Part 1Connie has been invited to a Hindu wedding! To prepare for the big day, Connie and her lovely customers are off on another exciting Armchair Adventure to Gujarat in India ✨ 🇮🇳“Gujaratis have many different rituals, traditions and ceremonies of our own!” 💍❤👳🏽With the help of special guest adventurers from Dipak Dristi, a social group for older people of South Asian heritage, Connie learns about Hindu wedding traditions, including the Baraat! There's lots of singing, celebrating and even a bull-cart race adventurers! But just when a monsoon arrives, Connie gets an important phone call from her best f...2023-11-0216 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Top Of The Scary Movie Pops AdventureConnie is making her own scary movie! So she's set Uncle Chris and his local community theatre group a mission to collect the top ten ingredients she needs to make a super scary mooooovie! 🎥 👻“Scary movies often start on a stormy night, with fog, rain, thunder, lightning, and strong winds lashing against the side of an old house high up on a hill for example!” 🎃👻🐾Join Uncle Chris and his community theatre group as they embark on a mission to create the ultimate scary movie! They explore the top ten things that make a movie scar...2023-10-2327 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Digging Into The Past Adventure - Part 2“This adventure is helping me feel happier and more relaxed too. Being up here, floating in space.” 👩🚀 🌎It’s part 2 of our Digging Into The Past Adventure! And we are shooting with the stars in this adventure! 💫Connie is feeling anxious about her upcoming house move, so Walter suggests some SPACE archaeology to help Connie get a new perspective on her worries. 🚀 The gang are joined in this episode by an extra special guest: Campbell, an Egyptologist from Manchester Museums.Download the transcript for this episode here....2023-10-1921 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Digging Into The Past Adventure - Part 1We are DIGGING series 4, as Connie takes a break from packing to explore an archaeological dig! “Archaeology is a way to build connections between us and the people who came before us.” ⛏️🏺🗺️Welcome back adventurers to a BRAND NEW SERIES of Armchair Adventures! In this exciting first episode, Connie and her regular customers are joined by Dr Campbell Price, an Egyptologist from Manchester Museum!Connie and her family are moving house soon, but Connie is struggling with the thought of living somewhere new and leaving all her memories behind. Luckily Walter's on hand to help and his gen...2023-10-0521 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsSeries 4 coming soon! Brand-new Armchair Adventure incoming!"Armchair Adventures Travel Agency....Mission....Series 4!!"🧳 🗺️ 🚀 Connie, Uncle Chris and the Armchair Adventures gang are back with a brand new series full of action packed, imagination fuelled, join in at home adventures.They're perfect for long car journeys, rainy day activities or bedtime stories!Join Connie and the Armchair Adventures gang as they give you a sneak peak of what's in store for series 4...Series 4 starts on Thursday 5th October with 'A Digging Into The Past Adventure.' Hit follow or subscribe to get this in your feed as soon as it...2023-09-0702 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Pride AdventureIt’s crafty chaos as Connie, Uncle Chris and the Armchair Adventures gang try to create cool costumes for Pride!“If we all work together, we can have some amazing recycled outfits in no time!” 🌈🧵✂️Connie is busy crafting a float for the Pride parade and has tasked Uncle Chris with creating some fabulous recycled costumes, fast! Join Uncle Chris and the Armchair Adventures customers as they put their sewing skills to the test in ‘The Great British Make Off’. With fabric flying everywhere and some massive making mishaps along the way, can they get thes...2023-08-1024 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Gardening Emergency AdventureGet your gardening tools at the ready to help Uncle Chris with his growing woes in this episode of Armchair Adventures!“Growing a garden takes time and careful planning! ” 🧑🌾🥕🪴Uncle Chris has agreed to get the Armchair Adventures garden sorted for the VIP-packed summer BBQ, but he doesn’t know the first thing about gardening!Join him and the Armchair Adventures customers as they try to get to grips with one seriously out of control garden, with a little help from green-fingered Ciaran from Sow The City. Will they get this garden party ready in...2023-07-1323 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Friendship Fixing Adventure - Part 2Against the odds, the gang help Connie to reach the Repair Cafe to find out if her favourite necklace can be repaired - as well as her friendship with her best friend.“Friendships aren’t disposable. They need to be looked after and cared for. ” 🪛🥰♻️Connie is convinced she’s a terrible friend after falling out with her best friend Sura and smashing her friendship necklace. Joined by a gang of her customers from the Armchair Adventures Travel Agency, she’s on a mission to mend her necklace at the Repair Cafe, and figure out how to fix...2023-06-1520 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Friendship Fixing Adventure - Part 1After falling out with her best friend, Connie is keen to mend things by going on a wild adventure to the Repair Cafe with her customers.“A good friendship doesn’t change, even after a couple of years, you just pick up where you left off. ” 🐻🫶🔨Connie’s having a really bad day! She’s fallen out with her best friend and broken her friendship necklace. Armchair Adventures Travel Agency customer Kenny knows all about fixing broken things, so he decides it’s time to head to the Repair Cafe to get the necklace repaired....2023-06-0117 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Magical Mystery Cycling Adventure - Part TwoConnie and the gang get a taste of Bike Kitchen magic when they go to donate Christine’s old bicycle.“When you’re on your bike, you’re totally in the moment – no chance to worry about anything else!” ⚙️🚲🔧Grab your bike helmet adventurer, because it’s time to continue our join-in journey of the imagination to The Bike Kitchen with Connie and the gang in this exciting episode of Armchair Adventures!After sharing parts with her friends when they got into trouble during our magical cycle ride, there’s not much left of the bike that...2023-05-1816 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Magical Mystery Cycling Adventure - Part 1Get ready to pedal as you join Connie and the gang on a very special bike ride!“That’s the thing with riding your bike, you’re not on anyone else’s timetable, you’re free to explore!” ✨🚲✨At the Armchair Adventures Travel Agency, Connie is getting ready for another journey of the imagination with the gang. Customer Christine decides that it’s time for a magical cycling adventure because she’s about to donate her bike to The Bike Kitchen. She would love one last spin with her friends before passing it on for someone else to e...2023-05-0423 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsThe Biggest Obstacle Course On Earth Adventure - Part TwoAfter escaping from the giant tunnel of mud, Connie and her customers are ready to face the final obstacles in 'The Biggest Obstacle Course on Earth Adventure!' They have united as a team and they’re determined to get through the challenge together - with a little help from all you adventurers, of course!“I loved being part of a team and using my imagination to enjoy exercise!”🏃🏅⛹️♂️But can they conquer the terrifying final obstacle - The Wall of Doom?!This episode of Armchair Adventures was funded by the Sport England Together...2023-04-2020 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsThe Biggest Obstacle Course On Earth Adventure! Part 1It's time for Connie and her lovely customers to grab their sports gear as they tackle 'The Biggest Obstacle Course On Earth...'“It's great knowing you have people on your side, working together as one!”🏃♀️💛🤸♀️Connie has backed out of sports day at school and her cousin Sura isn’t pleased! Back at Armchair Adventures Travel Agency, her customer Steve and the rest of the gang want to prove that getting active can be fun! They decide to take Connie on a journey of the imagination… to THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE COURSE ON EARTH!Connie scales gi...2023-04-0622 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Time Travelling Cricket Bat Adventure - Part 2We continue our magical trip to learn about building confidence from Connie and the gang's new friend Kanti.“People don’t have to be born confident, but if you’re prepared then you can feel confident!!”🙌🏏🎤Our Armchair Adventure continues! Chief adventurer Connie has travelled to the future where she’s giving a speech at the Junior Presentation Championships. The trouble is, she’s not at all ready so it hasn’t gone too well!Can a glimpse at her confident new friend Kanti’s first-ever speech help her understand how to overcome shyness? ...2023-03-1617 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Time Travelling Cricket Bat Adventure - Part 1“Sometimes when we face challenges that we’re the most afraid of, it’s the most fun and rewardinTake a magical trip to the past to learn about building confidence from Connie and the gang's new friend Kanti.g!”🏏💛🎤Connie has been invited to speak about Armchair Adventures at the Junior Presentation Championships, but she’s too shy to say yes. Her new friend Kanti understands exactly how she feels, but Connie can’t quite believe it - he seems so confident!Kanti decides to take Connie and the gang on an Armchair Adventure into his in...2023-03-0221 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsInside Nanna's Head Adventure - Part 2Connie and the gang continue their journey to understand more about mental health.“It’s important to ask people what they want when they are not feeling well, Connie and it’s important to listen to them.”🧠🎭👵The interval is over and the second half is about to begin…Connie’s friends at the community theatre company are putting together a children’s show about mental health illness, and they need you to join in with all the sing and move along fun at home, adventurer!Using the magic of theatre, we’re going...2023-02-1613 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsAn Inside Nanna's Head Adventure - Part 1Connie joins a community theatre company to create a new theatre show to help her learn about mental health illness.“When people are poorly with their mental health they quite often appear one way to people on the outside, but inside their head, they are experiencing very different thoughts and feelings.”👵🎭💛Connie’s Nanna isn’t very well at the moment - she’s struggling with her mental health. Connie isn’t sure what that means or what she can do to help.Luckily her friends at the community theatre company are creating a new sh...2023-02-0219 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Charity Shop Adventure - Part 2“It’s a really good feeling knowing someone will be making more memories, like the ones you made.”🧸🪞💛Connie and the gang are at Willow Wood charity shop with their new friend Denise, who works in the shop. They’ve brought bags and bags of things to donate to a good cause - but Connie isn’t sure about letting go.When the magic mirror starts to show Connie how happy her old things could make other people, will she have a change of heart?Download the transcript for this episode here....2023-01-1914 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Charity Shop Adventure - Part 1“You never know what you’re going to get! This could be our lucky day!”🛍️👢🪞Connie and the gang join our competition-winning new friend Denise on a magical adventure in a charity shop!Connie has never been to a charity shop before, so our new friend Denise can’t wait to show her what she’s missing!Connie and the gang join Denise for a rummage through Willow Wood Hospice charity shop, where they discover amazing pre-loved things and find out their stories with the help of a magical mirror!But when it comes t...2023-01-0517 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Christmas Spirit Adventure“Scoop up a handful of baubles and let’s funky turkey them all over that tree!”🎅🎁❄️Connie is visiting Father Christmas in Lapland, so the gang want to decorate Armchair Adventures Head Quarters as a surprise for when she gets home. There’s a problem though, Connie has left Uncle Chris in charge and he can’t stand Christmas! Find out why Uncle Chris lost his Christmas spirit, and whether the gang and all you adventurers can help him to rediscover it, with plenty of drama game fun in true Uncle Chris style!Download the tra...2022-12-1521 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Panto Adventure“In a pantomime everything and everyone ends up happy. I love that!”🎄🎅🧚Connie is off to a pantomime with school, but she’s never seen one before so she doesn’t know what to expect. She sets Uncle Chris and Year 3 at Arlies Primary School a very important assignment - they need to find out what ingredients make up a proper good panto! We explore the top ten panto ingredients with the help of our local community theatre group in a showbiz TV show called 'Top of the Panto Bits!' It’s full of bad jokes, c...2022-12-0120 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Camaraderie Adventure - Part 2“It’s important to stay calm and together, and encourage each other.”🎖️🎙️💛It’s crunch time at Armchair Adventures Head Quarters! Made By Mortals - the company who help Connie and her customers produce Armchair Adventures - need the next episode ready and pronto. However, the builders have rocked up, so everybody needs to squeeze into the broom cupboard to crack on with all the behind-the-scenes jobs. It’s chaos!Can Connie use what she’s learnt about camaraderie from the veterans of the armed forces to rally the troops and get the job done? Listen t...2022-11-1714 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Camaraderie Adventure - Part 1“In the forces we do almost everything as a team, which really helps to get the job done and reduce feelings of stress at the same time.”🎖️🏵️🪖Connie has been feeling a bit stressed out. There’s loads to do behind the scenes to make an Armchair Adventures episode and she has been tackling it all alone.Luckily, some of her customers know a thing or two about camaraderie after their time in the armed forces. Everyone gets a job to help get the latest episodes ready, including you adventurer!But when some unexpecte...2022-11-0322 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Poetry Adventure - Part 2“Travelling through poems is brilliant. We went to the carnival, daffodil fields, we charged along a railway track and now I’m lost!” ✍️📚📖Hey Adventurer! You now get double the Armchair Adventures fun with each adventure split into two parts and released on the first and third Thursday of each month!Join us for part two of A Poetry Adventure! Connie is struggling with her homework - she has to write a poem but she doesn’t know where to start. Luckily, our resident poet Pauline and the rest of the gang are on a mission to hel...2022-10-2014 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Poetry Adventure - Part 1“But the thing is, we’ll be traveling through the world of poems. So as soon as we land in a poem, we won’t be able to come back until you’ve written your own!”✍️📚📖Welcome to series three of Armchair Adventures. Yes, that’s right - Connie and the gang are back! You’ll visit so many exciting places adventurers, and it all kicks off with part one of A Poetry Adventure!Connie has to write a poem for her English homework and she’s stuck! Luckily her gang of intrepid and inventive customers ar...2022-10-0618 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsSeries 3 Trailer - Armchair Aventures"Ahhh, this is the life eh! Sitting on the beach, suntanning by the sea..." 🏖️Join Uncle Chris and Connie as they near the end of their summer holidays, ready for another action packed, imagination fuelled series of Armchair Adventures. Uncle Chris and Connie have an idea... listen here to find out 👇Series 3 starts on Thursday 6th October with 'A Poetry Adventure.' Hit follow or subscribe to get this in your feed as soon as it's released!---------------------------------------------------------Say hello Adventurer!www.armchair-adventures.co.ukTwitterFacebo...2022-09-2303 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsBonus Episode - Guess The Guest!"Right first of all we need some 'Guess The Guest' gameshow music!"In this bonus episode, the last one before we start series 3, Connie checks in with Uncle Chris and the gang to find out what they've been unto on their summer holidays. The launch of series 3 is just around the corner and everyone at Armchair Adventures HQ is super excited, especially when Connie reveals that we'll have a very special guest!Fingers on buzzers, because it's time to play Guess The Guest! Adventurer, can you work out who our mystery VIP will...2022-09-2013 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsBonus Episode - 'Guess The Guest!'
"Right, first of all we need some ‘Guess The Guest’ gameshow music!"
In this bonus episode, the last one before we start series 3, Connie checks in with Uncle Chris and the gang to find out what they’ve been up to on their summer holidays. The launch of series 3 is just around the corner and everyone is super excited, especially when Connie reveals that we’ll have a very special guest!
Fingers on buzzers, because it’s time to play Guess the Guest! Adventurer, can you work out who our mystery VIP will be?
Listen here...2022-09-0813 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsBonus Episode - Uncle Chris Goes Cruising!"My lovely customers have been busy creating some bonus episodes for you all to enjoy!"Connie's Uncle Chris is back! ✨Uncle Chris spends lots of his time going around schools and communities playing drama games and creating shows! 🎭In this bonus episode, Uncle Chris and the gang head over to Arlies Primary School in Tameside to play lots of drama games based around our Cruise Ship adventure. Ready to pack your suitcases guys? What would you take on a cruise ship adventure?🚢Download the transcript for this episode here....2022-08-0415 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsBonus Epsiode - Meet Uncle Chris!"While we’re creating new episodes for series 3 of Armchair Adventures, I’ve asked Uncle Chris and my lovely customers to do some drama workshops in schools based on some of our previous episodes!"Introducing Connie's Uncle, Chris! ✨Uncle Chris is a drama teacher who loves to get people acting, playing and being creative! 🎭So Connie sent him, with the rest of the gang, to Millbrook Primary School in Tameside. Where we will get to play lots of fun drama games based on season 2's Compost Adventure!Have you ever heard of the al...2022-07-0115 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Cruise Ship Adventure"It can feel terrifying when you're caught in the storm, but the important thing is to keep calm, focus on finding stiller waters!"Ready to put on your snazziest outfits, adventurers?? ✨Connie has been feeling a bit tired recently, so Cyril suggests we all go blow off some steam on a Cruise Ship adventure. TOOT TOOT! All aboard! 🛳️There are plenty of magical surprises in store. Join the Captain for a delicious banquet and run away from pirates☠️...have you ever seen an octopus fold laundry!? 🐙C'mon sailors, we all need a little holid...2022-04-1423 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Local History Adventure“It’s important to know the past, so that we can learn for the future.”Have you ever wondered what the place where you live was like in the olden days?? ⏳Well John, one of Connie's lovely travel customers, likes to go for long walks along the canals in his hometown of Ashton-under-Lyne. He LOVES to look at all the history he can see, like all the once busy and bustling cotton mills that are left empty now.But what if you could go back and see it in REAL LIFE!? 🤯Are you rea...2022-03-1027 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Dancing Adventure“It’s hard to feel down when you’re being a funky chicken with your friends!”Time to get your dancing shoes on adventurers! It's Pat's turn to choose the adventure this time, and she is bored of being cooped up alone; she wants to get moving and grooving with her friends! So, Connie and the gang will take you on a dancing extravaganza! You’ll tango at the glamourous Blackpool Tower Ballroom and jet off to Nashville for a spot of line-dancing - you might even bump into a country music superstar - Yeehaw!And do...2022-02-1023 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsArmchair Adventures - The Best BitsHAPPY NEW YEAR!! We hope Father Christmas brought you everything you wanted and that you all ate plenty of sprouts!Over the Christmas break, Connie and the gang have been busy choosing their top five favourite ever Armchair Adventures moments and we’ve brought them all together into one lovely podcast for you to enjoy!What’s gonna be no.1?? The time we visited a superhero lair, or maybe when we pulled the plug on a seaside adventure, or what about the time Ashton United played Rivals FC at Wembley?! Let us know what...2022-01-1331 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Compost Adventure“In nature nothing is wasted. Everything is recycled.”Time to save the planet again and we need your help! You’ll shrink to the size of a beetle along with Connie and the gang, then you explore Hazel's summer garden. There’s snail rides, ant piggybacks and flying with bumblebees! Wow! The world is so different when you’re teeny! You and the explorers end up in Hazel’s compost - it’s a bit pongy! You squelch around in rotting fruit, broken eggshells and what’s that? Plastic?! How did that get there? Listen to the ep...2021-12-0924 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsAn Underwater Adventure“Don’t forget your flippers!”It’s Connie’s turn to choose the adventure this time and she just wants to get away from it all! So the gang suggest a trip to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef!Remember your swimming costume for this adventure, as you deep dive under the waves to learn all about coral reefs and how they’re being regenerated. You’ll swim along with jellyfish, glide with stingrays and dodge sharks!But will Connie feel better after her underwater adventure with you? You’ll have to listen to find out!Do...2021-11-1122 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Unity Adventure“We have to sing together in one voice before real change can happen.”You're on a quest to find the true meaning of equality in the first Adventure of Series 2! You zip back in time with Connie and the explorers to visit a bunch of awesome humans who stood up for people’s rights. Like Dr Martin Luther King Jnr, Nelson Madela and the ladies from the 1961 space race.You’re also joined by Britain's Got Talent finalists, the B-Positive Choir and brilliant songwriters from the African and Caribbean community - wowsers!Will Connie b...2021-10-1425 min
Get Top Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police & DetectiveThe Chateau by Leighton Pugh, Catherine CooperPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/485443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chateau Author: Leighton Pugh, Catherine Cooper Narrator: Hannah Donelon, Sid Sagar, Genevieve Swallow, Sophie Aldred Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 50 minutes Release date: September 2, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Police & Detective Publisher's Summary: THE TOP TWENTY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘A brilliant new story-teller has arrived’ ERIN KELLY ‘A read-in-one-sitting thriller’ LUCY CLARKE ‘Chilling, devious’ JANICE HALLETT ‘Glorious escapism with a murderous twist’ TAMMY COHEN They thought it was perfect. They were wrong… A glamorous chateau Aura and Nick don’t talk about what happ...2021-09-0205 min
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Length: 8 hours 50 minutes
Release date: September 2, 2021
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Genres: Police & Detective
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THE TOP TWENTY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘A brilliant new story-teller has arrived’ ERIN KELLY ‘A read-in-one-sitting thriller’ LUCY CLARKE ‘Chilling, devious’ JANICE HALLETT ‘Glorious escapism with a murderous twist’ TAMMY COHEN They thought it was perfect. They were wrong… A glamorous chateau Aura and Nick don’t talk about what happened...2021-09-028h 50
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Length: 8:50:00
Language: English
Release date: 09-02-21
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers UK
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Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsA Showbiz Adventure“Our lives are about to completely change. This is the most amazing place in the world!”Connie loves the thought of appearing on stage, her name in lights, dancing and singing to loads of adoring fans. Don’t we all, eh? So in this episode, after dreaming of Broadway, the West End, Paris, and Las Vegas, Connie whisks you and her fellow explorers away on a journey you’ll never forget to A Showbiz Wonderland. It’s a magical place where everyone can be the star of the show, including you!Join Connie and her lov...2021-03-1028 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsJean’s Artistic Adventure“There's nothing better than taking my shoes and socks off, and the water lapping across your feet.”Jean’s favourite hobby is drawing. So when she suggests to Connie they should draw their next Armchair Adventure, our Chief Adventurer isn’t too sure. Connie doesn’t think she’s a very good artist! But with a little helpful persuasion from her fellow explorers they take the trip of a lifetime to a gorgeous sandy beach full of memories and joy. Although, when a huge storm hits, they have to work together to get back to safety…2021-02-1027 min
Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for KidsCarla’s Bubble Adventure“I feel like a hamster in a wheel!”It’s a new year and Carla’s after a change of scenery. She’s always fancied seeing the beautiful northern lights. So she turns to Connie and her gang to help her to float away on an adventure of the imagination!Join Carla, Connie and her lovely customers on a bubble-filled Armchair Adventure to one of the world’s most stunning wonders. Just be careful not to pop your bubble! ---Are you ready to act, sing or dance along? Share your imagination...2021-01-1324 min