Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for Kids – Details, episodes & analysis

Connie is playing Hera, Queen of the Gods, in her school play, but she’s finding the pressure a lot to deal with and keeps freezing up in rehearsals… 🎭

“This is a lovely costume…buuuuut… I’m playing Hera, Queen of the Gods. I don’t think I’ll do it justice!”

Wanting her to believe in herself, Uncle Chris and his trusty community theatre company take her back to ancient Greece to meet the Gods themselves for some inspiration! ⋆༺𓆩🏛️🍇𓆪༻⋆

But no sooner have they arrived, Uncle Chris puts his foot in it and angers Zeus, who wants to kill them all for intruding into his home on Mount Olympus! ⛰️

Thinking fast, Hera suggests challenging us to an Olympic games- Gods vs mortals…there’s only one problem…we have to beat them in every event to survive! 🏟️🥇

Will Connie learn to work under pressure? Can Uncle Chris and his community theatre company take on the Gods and win?

Join us for a fun-packed, Olympic adventure to ancient Greece to find out! 😊

Credits

Produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Dolan

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

Part 2 of this episode will be out on Thursday 31st July!

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

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🎧 It’s time to test your Armchair Adventures knowledge!
Welcome to Unpacked – the brand-new spin-off show from Armchair Adventures, made for your listening (and joining-in!) pleasure.

🎙️Hosted by Connie’s Uncle Chris – drama teacher, actor extraordinaire and mischief-maker – and his cheeky soundboard sidekick Ziggy, each episode of Unpacked takes you back to a past adventure through silly games, quick-fire quizzes and proper-hard questions!

🧵This time, we’re cat walking our way through…

The Super Sustainable Fashion Adventure (from Season 4)

💚In the original adventure, we met brilliant fashion designer Amy, who showed us how to recycle our clothes and help save the planet.

We travelled the globe in a rocket wardrobe and even threw a birthday party for an oil monster (who turned 256 million – don’t worry, we didn’t use that many candles!).

“Well, we can’t let you turn 256 million without a birthday bash – but there won’t be 256 million candles on your cake, I’m afraid!”

🕒 Now it’s time to Unpack the adventure!
Two teams will face off in a one-minute quiz challenge.
When the whistle blows – time’s up!
Don’t forget to join in from home, adventurers!

🎉 Will you remember what happened?
🧠 Are you silly and smart enough to keep up?
🎧 And what bonkers sound effects has Ziggy got this time?

Let’s find out… it’s time to Unpack!

This episode was funded through the Energy Saving Trust Foundation’s Youth Climate Action Fund.

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Credits

Armchair Adventures is a Made by Mortals production and generously funded by the Arts Council of England.

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Our next episode will be out on 17th July! 😀

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Connie 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’ magic turns the world of A Midsummer Night’s Dream upside down – a man has even had his head turned into a donkey’s! 🪄🫏

But will they find everything that Connie needs in time for her to make her presentation? And will Shakespeare’s play have a happy ending, or will everything remain topsy-turvy?

Join us as we land in the world of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for fairy tricks, magical love potions and lovers loving the wrong people! ❤️😍❤️

Read the transcript of this episode here.

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Credits

Armchair Adventures is a Made by Mortals production. With special thanks to Blueprint Studios and Hannah Donelon.

Generously funded by the Arts Council of England.

Our next episode will be out on 13th March! 😀

Mentioned in this episode:

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📣📣 Calling all Adventurers.... You too can star in an episode of Armchair Adventures as one of our special guest adventurers! All you need to do is ask your grown up if you can join the Armchair Adventures fanclub on patreon. Simply head to patreon.com and search Armchair Adventures for more info!

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Welcome to UNPACKED, Armchair Adventures’ spin-off show for your listening and ‘join in’ pleasure. 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. 🎙️🎶

In this episode, we will be unpacking The Ancient Egyptian Adventure from season 5. In the adventure, Connie and the gang travel back through the sands of time to Ancient Egypt to meet Hatshepsut, the first female Pharoah. 🐫🔺🏺

Which Unpacked team will take home the super special extraordinary prize? Will Ziggy the soundboard drive Uncle Chris ‘round the wall’ by playing all the sound effects in the wrong order? Will you be silly enough and knowledgeable enough to ‘join-in’? It’s time to start Unpacking adventures to find out!

“And if you’re really stuck with our super hard Ancient Egyptian quiz questions, you can always ask your Mummy for help!” 😂

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📣📣 Calling all Adventurers.... You too can star in an episode of Armchair Adventures as one of our special guest adventurers! All you need to do is ask your grown up if you can join the Armchair Adventures fanclub on patreon. Simply head to patreon.com and search Armchair Adventures for more info!

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Connie 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.

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Credits

Armchair Adventures is a Made by Mortals production. With special thanks to Blueprint Studios and Hannah Donelon.

Generously funded by the Arts Council of England.

Our next episode will be out on 13th February! 😀

Mentioned in this episode:

Armchair Adventures Patreon Ad

📣📣 Calling all Adventurers.... You too can star in an episode of Armchair Adventures as one of our special guest adventurers! All you need to do is ask your grown up if you can join the Armchair Adventures fanclub on patreon. Simply head to patreon.com and search Armchair Adventures for more info!

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

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Connie 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 them on their adventure, Connie and the gang are joined by Dr Campbell Price, a real-life Egyptologist from Manchester Museum! 🏛️

What will you discover as you travel back through the sands of time? 🔎⏳

You can download the transcript for the episode here.

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Credits

Armchair Adventures is a Made by Mortals production. With special thanks to Blueprint Studios and Hannah Donelon.

Generously funded by the Arts Council of England.

Our next episode will be out on 30th January! 😀

Mentioned in this episode:

Armchair Adventures Patreon Ad

📣📣 Calling all Adventurers.... You too can star in an episode of Armchair Adventures as one of our special guest adventurers! All you need to do is ask your grown up if you can join the Armchair Adventures fanclub on patreon. Simply head to patreon.com and search Armchair Adventures for more info!

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Join Uncle Chris as he hosts the very first BAF-Dings award ceremony! 🏆 🎭

"When Connie asked me to host the BAF-dings she didn’t say it was going to be a workout too! All this exercise is working up my appetite!" 🙆🏻‍♂️ 😅

Because we've been on so many amazing journeys of the imagination, Uncle Chris and head travel agent Connie, we thought it was about time to give out some awards for our favourite join-in-at-home moments! 🎙️

So, get your glad rags at the ready because we're about to roll out the red carpet for our very own BAF-Ding awards! 🎶

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Think you know your Armchair Adventures inside and out..? 

Well, get ready to put your knowledge to the test with UNPACKED: the brand new spin-off from Armchair Adventures.

It’s hosted by Connie’s Uncle Chris, and a mischevious soundboard called Ziggy. 🔉

Each Unpacked episode challenges you and teams of our customers and adventurers to ‘Unpack’ an Armchair Adventure through silly games like ‘Sing The Blanks’ and ‘ Don’t Say That Word!’ 

In this episode of UNPACKED, we’re getting festive with ‘A Christmas Song Adventure’ from Season 4. 🎅🏻🎄

🥧But which Unpacked team knows their mince pies from their sleigh bells? 🛷

🏅Who’ll be crowned the Christmas champions and win the special, extraordinary prize? 🏅

Are you up for the challenge? 

Let's Unpack the Adventure together!

Stay tuned for more bonus Unpacked Adventures, where we'll revisit your favorite Armchair Adventures and uncover even more hidden gems! 

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Credits

Armchair Adventures is a Made by Mortals production.

Generously funded by the Arts Council of England.

Our next episode will be out on 2nd January! 😀

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

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome 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 big suitcase, please. No, no, no Ziggy, it’s wheely wheely bigger than that!”

In this first 'Unpacked' episode, we'll be unpacking 'The Musical Extravaganza Adventure' from season 4. In the adventure, we meet Mrs Maestro, and together with Connie, Connie’s customers, you adventurers, and Mrs Maestro’s grumpy bus driver called Daren, we pick up the four families of the orchestra and get them to a super-duper concert in time.

🎶🎺“It’s an orchestra! What beautiful music!” 🎻🎶

Which Unpacked team will take home the super special extraordinary prize? Will Ziggy the soundboard drive Uncle Chris ‘round the wall’ by playing all the sound effects in the wrong order? Will you be silly enough and knowledgeable enough to ‘join-in’? It’s time to start Unpacking adventures to find out!

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Credits

Armchair Adventures is a Made by Mortals production. With special thanks to Blueprint Studios and Hannah Donelon.

Generously funded by the Arts Council of England.

Our next episode will be out on 19th December! 😀

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

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Join 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! 🛞

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You can download the transcript for the episode here.

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Say hello adventurer!

Website: armchair-adventures.co.uk

Facebook: @armchairadventuresuk

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Credits

Armchair Adventures is a Made by Mortals production. With special thanks to Blueprint Studios and Hannah Donelon.

Generously funded by the Arts Council of England.

Our next episode will be out on 12th December! 😀

Mentioned in this episode:

Armchair Adventures Patreon Ad

📣📣 Calling all Adventurers.... You too can star in an episode of Armchair Adventures as one of our special guest adventurers! All you need to do is ask your grown up if you can join the Armchair Adventures fanclub on patreon. Simply head to patreon.com and search Armchair Adventures for more info!

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

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.