Robert joins Lucy this week to examine the entrails of the exchanges in Ambridge. Lucy wanted to believe that Alan had killed off the Ambridge panto but sadly it continues with the usual walkouts, disputes and rhyming couplets. Lucy states with authority that the beds in an ice hotel have a lot of rugs on them. Robert feels however that the ambient temperature will have an adverse effect on Alastair’s performance. The content then goes downhill rapidly, if that is possible. Impending doom for the Grundies is opined. Could it be Joe passing or will the Tumble Tussock cider be […]

Something sad happened this week. The Derek joke was blank on the script! Hurried re-editing means his warming poultice turned up a little late, Derek probably works for Southern. I sometimes feel sorry for Lucy – she tries so hard to convey the serious farming and educational aspects of the documentary set in Ambridge in her monologue and then the scriptwriters simply douse the plot in sperm and unwanted babies and an apparently very speedy nativity play is shoehorned in alongside the never ending panto such that her monologue is bound to become somewhat full of innuendo, euphemisms and allusion. […]

DTD: 202 - Ian fires blanks and Adam should know better Play Now | Download

Hedli Niklaus gives us some wonderful stories of The Archers as Robert and Roifield pose some listener questions – and some of the answers are below. Edited by Kosmo. Dusty Substances : Opens the show with some very nice words about Hedli (and the missing Kathy) running “Archers Addicts” Witherspoon : Hi, Witherspoon here, texting in early because I actually have patients to see later on. So this is more of a comment about Kathy than a question. I never knew “Happy Kathy.” Once I started listening to The Archers a lot of bad things had already happened to Kathy […]

DTD: 201 - Your questions to Hedli Niklaus live, hosted by Roifield and Robert Play Now | Download

Wow. A big round numbered one. That came round quickly. And it does not quite go according to plan. Hedli Niklaus opens the show with a DumTeeDum; then there is another one from Nicola Headlam! Lucy and Roifield are joined by Robert Wilson – but the colour coded script is soon causing confusion. A bravura performance from Lucy as she delivers the best joke of the day on threesomes immediately after the conclusion of her weekly summary. Lucy then manages to take her co-hosts apart with carefully aimed questions over Toby’s behaviour reflecting their own innocent high jinks when younger. […]

DTD: 200 Everything went wrong but we got a show out Play Now | Download

This summary was written in South America looking for the grave of the late but wonderful Nelson Gabriel. For those with a long memory Nelson was the improbably well spoken son of the original country bumpkin, Walter Gabriel, who amongst other exploits brought an elephant to the village. My old pal, my old beauty, Walter was the original incompetent tenant farmer, later personified by Joe and then Eddie Grundy. Nelson was cut from another cloth entirely having something to do with the post office van robbery (the local plod being unable to secure a conviction despite fingerprints). Later Nelson ran […]

DTD: 199 - Aunty Chris gets scammed and Emma's is strong and stable at the polls Play Now | Download

A relatively short podcast this week opens with an American DumTeeDum from the San Francisco chapter before we dive into a Naked Fingers / Lucy Freeman dissection of the last week in Ambridge plus some slightly substandard acoustics due to a poor recording line. Lucy corpses before starting her week’s review. Lots of alcohol is being consumed this week. Lucy is on beer and wasabi peas whilst Robert is on whisky. Lucy does not believe that there is any chance of Justin and Lilian getting married. She took against Justin when he referred to “his” house. Robert has no time […]

DTD: 198 - Will Lillian marry Justin and what about Auntie Cardboard (be warned the sound is a bit iffy in places folks!) Play Now | Download

Lucy provides us with her usual run down of events in Ambridge covering 75 minutes in 5 minutes. She has spotted that very shortly the aeronautical scientist, wedding planner with excellent sales skills for a techie will be adding recovered alcoholic to her lengthy cv; something which will no doubt bore the pants off Chris for many moons to come. And she spotted the boring bit – Lexi shopping with Roy. Naked Fingers notes that the monologue gets dirtier ever week. He then piles more filth into our ears! He then keeps banging throughout the podcast and alleges it is […]

DTD: 196 - Was it attempted murder in Ambridge or reckless driving in the village? Play Now | Download