Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for Kids

Connie’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…

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‘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 designer Amy Powney’s Super Sustainable Fashion Studio to find out more!

When her wardrobe becomes a rocket, they blast off to have a beauty treatment with some sheep and float away on giant clouds made of cotton…But when they venture deep underground to learn where manmade fabrics come from… they are attacked by an oil monster!

Will they survive their encounter with this fossil fuelled terror? Join us to find out Adventurers!

You can download the transcript for the episode here.

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Credits

Produced by Made By Mortals

Actors - Hannah Donelon and Paul Hine

Writer – Chris Brett

Music - AJS Music

Sound Design - Blueprint Studios

Special guest – Amy Powney

This episode was funded through the Energy Saving Trust Foundation’s Youth Climate Action Fund. With extra special thanks to our guest adventurer Amy Powney

Our next episode will be out Thursday 18th of July! 😀

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*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.’

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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 planning is and they even take a trip back in time to meet some T-REX! But watch your step adventurers…you don’t want to step in any dino dung!

You can download the transcript for the episode here.

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Say hello adventurer!

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Credits

Produced by Made By Mortals

Actors - Chris Brett and Hannah Donelon

Writer – Chris Brett

Music - AJS Music

Sound Design - Blueprint Studios

Special guest – Dr Rachel Isba

Funded by The ICS Research Engagement Network development programme. Produced in collaboration with Lancaster Medical School, Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, and the Council for Disabled Children (part of the National Children’s Bureau). With special thanks to Rachel Isba.

The views expressed in this episode are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of NHS England or the Department of Health and Social Care.

Our next episode will be out Thursday 4th of July! 😀

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Connie’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!’

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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 queen of the Iceni tribe take on Emperor Claudius of Rome in a few rather silly challenges to impress Emperor Uncle Chris! But who will emerge victorious! And will everybody stay in one piece? Join us on our adventure to find out!

You can download the transcript for this episode here.

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Say hello adventurer!

Website: armchair-adventures.co.uk

Facebook: @armchairadventuresuk

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Credits

Produced by- Made By Mortals

Actors – Chris Brett, Hannah Donelon, Catherine Cowdry and Paul Hine

Writer- Chris Brett

Music- AJS Music

Sound design- Blueprint Studios

Funded by- The Arts Council England.

Our next episode will be out Thursday 20th of June! 😀

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

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Connie 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!”

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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…

Let’s bring together every boy and girl.”

Will Connie pick up all the tips she needs from other country’s Eurovision winners? How will she get on at the Song Contest? And will she receive the top mark - douze points?!

Join us on our journey of the imagination to help make Connie’s contest-winning performance!

You can download the transcript for the episode here.

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Credits

Produced by Made By Mortals

Actors - Hannah Donelon, Chris Brett, Francesca Waite, Catherine Cowdrey and Paul Hine

Writer – Francesca Waite

Music - AJS Music

Sound Design - Blueprint Studios

Funded by the Arts Council of England.

Our next episode will be out Thursday 30th of May! 😀

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

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Connie 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!”

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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 school friends and bring everybody back together again.

Come and help Connie and her customers get this show on the road and score top marks at the contest!

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Say hello adventurer!

Website: armchair-adventures.co.uk

Facebook: @armchairadventuresuk

Instagram: @armchairadventuresuk

TikTok: @armchairadventures

Patreon: @armchairadventures

You can download the transcript for the episode here.

#armchairadventures #podcast #childrensstories #podcastforkids #bedtimestory #bedtimestories #podcastformoms

Credits

Produced by Made ByMortals

Actors - Hannah Donelon, Chris Brett, Francesca Waite, Catherine Cowdrey and Paul Hine

Writer – Francesca Waite

Music - AJS Music

Sound Design - Blueprint Studios

Funded by the Arts Council of England.

Our next episode will be out Thursday 16th of May! 😀

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Uncle 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…’

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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? 😱

Come back to ye old England with us adventurers and find out! Just make sure you hold on to your heads!

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Say hello adventurer!

Website: armchair-adventures.co.uk

Facebook: @armchairadventuresuk

Instagram: @armchairadventuresuk

TikTok: @armchairadventures

Patreon: @armchairadventures

You can download the transcript for this episode here.

#armchairadventures #podcast #childrensstories #podcastforkids #bedtimestory #bedtimestories #podcastformoms

Credits

Produced by Made By Mortals

Actors - Chris Brett, Hannah Donelon, Catherine Cowdrey, Paul Hine, Francesca Waite, Andy Smith and Tess Keeble.

Writer – Chris Brett

Music - AJS Music

Sound Design - Blueprint Studios

Funded by the Arts Council of England.

Our next episode will be out Thursday 2nd of May! 😀

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

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Connie 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…’

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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 sights, sounds and people of ye ole England- but don’t forget your nose pegs adventurers. It’s a bit whiffy…

Download the transcript for this episode here.

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Say hello adventurer!

Website: armchair-adventures.co.uk

Facebook: @armchairadventuresuk

Instagram: @armchairadventuresuk

TikTok: @armchairadventures

Patreon: @armchairadventures

Credits

Produced by Made By Mortals

Actors - Chris Brett, Hannah Donelon Catherine Cowdrey, Paul Hine, Francesca Waite, Andy Smith and Tess Keeble.

Writer – Chris

Music - AJS Music

Sound Design - Blueprint Studios

Funded by the Arts Council of England.

Our next episode will be out Thursday 18th of April! 😀

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the prestigious Armchair Adventures Grammy Awards, or AAGA's for short, where Uncle Chris picks out his favourite musical moments from the episodes so far! 🎶🏆👩‍🎤

"First up is the AAGA for 'Best Use Of A Musical Instrument To Represent An Animal!"

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While Connie makes her way back from Mrs Maestro's 'Musical Extravaganza Adventure', she's asked her Uncle Chris to pick out his favourite musical moments from previous Armchair Adventures Episodes.

Listen now to find out who will come out on top in categories like 'Best Lyrics', 'Best Ivory Tinkling' and not forgetting our 'Extra Super Special Lifetime Achievement Armchair Adventure Grammy Award!'

Don't forget to tell us what your favourite Armchair Adventure musical moments are adventurer. Ask a grown up to let us now by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts and we'll give you a shout out next time!

Download the transcript for this episode here.

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Say hello adventurer!

Website: armchair-adventures.co.uk

Facebook: @armchairadventuresuk

Instagram: @armchairadventuresuk

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#armchairadventures #podcast #childrensstories #podcastforkids #bedtimestory #bedtimestories #podcastformoms

Credits

Produced by Made By Mortals

Actors - Chris Brett

Music - AJS Music

Sound Design - AJS Music

Funded by the Arts Council of England.

Our next episode will be out Thursday 4th April! 😀

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Strap yourself in, everybody; this last bit of the journey will be quite the ride.”

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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 everyone on time with their beautiful and imaginative hand movements?

“Do you know what adventurers, maybe I could do it? Do you think I can?”

Download the transcript for this episode here.

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Say hello adventurer!

Website: armchair-adventures.co.uk

Facebook: @armchairadventuresuk

Instagram: @armchairadventuresuk

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Patreon: @armchairadventures

#armchairadventures #podcast #childrensstories #podcastforkids #bedtimestory #bedtimestories #podcastformoms

Credits

Produced by Made By Mortals

Actors - Kerry Willison-Parry and Hannah Donelon

Writer – Paul Hine

Music - AJS Music

Sound Design - Blueprint Studios

Musicians - Hannah McCabe, Caroline Pether, Aine Molines

Funded by the Arts Council of England.

Our next episode will be out Thursday 21st of March! 😀

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

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The 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.

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“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 from the disco, and it’s time to dance, dance, dance! In this episode, we continue honing our conducting skills using hand gestures to control the music. But don’t worry, the professional conductor is meeting us at the concert hall to conduct the orchestra in the super-duper concert. But only if we can get the musicians there on time! And now we are running super late!

Download the transcript for this episode here.

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Say hello adventurer!

Website: armchair-adventures.co.uk

Facebook: @armchairadventuresuk

Instagram: @armchairadventuresuk

TikTok: @armchairadventures

Patreon: @armchairadventures

#armchairadventures #podcast #childrensstories #podcastforkids #bedtimestory #bedtimestories #podcastformoms

Credits

Produced by Made By Mortals

Actors - Hannah Donelon and Kerry Willison-Parry

Writer – Paul Hine

Music - AJS Music

Sound Design - Blueprint Studios

Musicians - Hannah McCabe, Caroline Pether, Aine Molines

Funded by the Arts Council of England.

Our next episode will be out Thursday 7th of March! 😀

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.