The presenter chair has a new occupant as Andrew Horn returns to join Naked Fingers.  Andrew is pretending to be Lucy.  Andrew started off by picking up the pieces of Jim which had been shattered at the end of the previous week.  But he finds like Alastair that stitching Jim back together may be easier said than done. Ed and Emma are buying an affordable house.  This usually means it is very small.  How in heavens name therefore are they going to get an upcycled coffee table and all of the other furniture into this tiny house? In some respects […]

DTD: 284 - Andrew Horn joins Robert on this weeks tip top show Play Now | Download

You know the disclaimer that appears at the end of films “no animals were harmed in the making of this picture” sadly I cannot say the same about this podcast as Boris finally makes short work of a large mouse holed out in Lucy’s shed (or as she prefers to say “her studio”).   As the returning Naked Fingers mentions another name for a large mouse is a rat.  It also appears that there has been a meetup of our presenters at a party and yet there is no evidence provided of this through the submission of an opening “DumTeeDum” – […]

DTD: 283 - Jim's revelation Play Now | Download

I am in a quandary (which is not a rectangular laundry) as I cannot answer Lucy’s question this week as I do not know how Jim’s wife died.  Subsequent episodes do not reveal the answer as her demise is not relevant to the story which unfolds this week.  Does anyone know please? In a rare appearance Glyn Fullelove gives an absolutely spot on commentary of events in relation to Peggy’s half a million, telling us all how it should be done.  A few new callerinerers provide some excellent plot predictions even if they miss the target slightly.  Other observations remind […]

DTD: 282 - The plot thickens with Jim Play Now | Download

Lucy brings her usual understated brilliance to the initial monologue again this week.  Roifield is so impressed that he makes it clear that his contribution to the podcast is minor and unimportant, a mere appendix to Lucy’s greatness.  Then he delivers his view of what Friday’s episode should have been about – Peggy reviewing 75 years of her life in the village rather than setting in train division and angst and soap tropes for the next six months.  We know it was the date of June Spencer’s birthday (it has been extensively advertised and rightly so – I hope I […]

DTD: 281 - No one liked Peggy's announcement Play Now | Download

Suzie Riddell, a previous visitor to DumTeeDum, returns to talk a little more about Tracy Horrobin – Susan Carter’s sister commenced her appearances in 2011.  Suzie was also a very early Kate Aldridge and recalls the so very naughty early Kate.  This first five minutes is part of an extract of a fuller interview on DumTeeDum Extra which is an almost hour long discussion Lucy points out this week’s nonsenses:  Lynda speaking at Jim’s non party – anyone else would have been better A bucket list is what YOU want to do, not have imposed on you. The odds against […]

DTD: 280 - What happened last week in the Archers and is Roifield ruffty tuffty? Play Now | Download

Warning.  There are misleading comments (since acknowledged by Lucy and Roifield) in this week’s podcast. So to put things right: 1.  Much to everyone’s surprise at the time it was the left wing firebrand Peggy Woolley who decided to leave the St Stephen’s congregation when Janet Fisher became the vicar.  She returned when Janet left with Siobhan’s husband. 2.  Shula and Usha had a slight falling out when the former stole Deadly Doc Locke from the latter and never spoke thereafter.  When Usha married Alan (she has a thing for men with a northern accent) she introduced some items from […]

DTD: 279 Terence Rattigan, Jazzer and Amsterdam Dave Play Now | Download

Last week I commented on the wide range of writing styles.  That continued this week when we were introduced to the pantomime of Camilla (not forgetting Piers, indeed how could anyone forget Piers – has he ever been mentioned before? – I am hoping he comes to stay soon!).  This was followed up with the mendacious trollope issuing the words “Okay Babes” in her best come to bed, seductive, Welsh lilt as she suddenly materialised in front of Tom after weeks in hiding with no doubt in my mind that all of her assets were on display – straight from […]

DTD: 278 - Natasha is back Play Now | Download

The town planning podcast continues with reports that Birmingham was designed to keep pedestrians and cars apart, except in Broad Street where Lucy was looking for Dumteedummers.  She also knows about Desire Routes where people walk in preference to the laid out paths.  I can attest to the latter as local to my normal location (this summary is being written in Greek sunshine) there are two Desire Routes where they have given up trying to keep them grassed and both have been tarmacadammed.  Elsewhere in the Midlands, Lucy observes that writing was a little unbalanced with sit com writing appearing to settle […]

DTD: 277 - More Will Grundy chat and was last week lacking in Ambridge? Play Now | Download

Welcome to Dumteedum the weekly podcast on the wonders of the Birmingham Road system which used to baffle me on visits in the early eighties and which Roifield tells us been improved in recent years in such ways that he, despite being locally raised can no longer advise on the best way to get across the City, with Snow Hill having at least six ways of leaving only 44 more needed to catch up with Paul Simon. On Archers matters it seems that both Jake and Mia followed Nic’s example and adopted the Grundy surname when they moved to the […]

DTD: 276 - Everyone hates Will Play Now | Download

Becky Wright, the late Nic Grundy, brings her personal knowledge of Ted Kelsey, or Joe Grundy, to the podcast with a touching memory of their work together on the Archers.  He was present in a number of her final recordings as she relates. Missing In Action, or MIA, as she is more usually known has headed to Andrew fulfilling the expectation of me (at least).  I was surprised that they did not go to Andrew when Nic died as that would have been normal.  There is much discussion by callers but I felt that the opportunity to look at children […]

DTD: 275 - Poor Mia and other Archers stuff Play Now | Download