This week Roifield is in wonderful San Francisco with a local version of Barwick Green.  Both Lucy and Roifield retailed overheard stories to commence the levity this week.  Lucy gets around on a Hoverboard apparently – she finds getting to the park difficult.  She does do a very good impersonation of teenage boys. Inheritance of Brookfield was discussed.  What worries me is that once she becomes Pip Holman and inherits running the farm (if not the owner) will the programme be renamed The Holmans?  Or unlike Helen will she keep her own name and bank account? Yokel Bear is listening […]

DTD 94 - Resolutely Tupperware Play Now | Download

The headline gives it all this week – we all want to know how and why Ian is going to work his way out of his current impasse with his life partner and his best friend in the village. Lucy believes that Ian would normally talk through his problem with Adam using his normally calm approach to resolving difficulties. Ian obviously cannot think about matters clearly or see a way forward and bringing a reconciliation of all three parties over (hopefully) the near future will prove instructive for listeners. Andrew White from Portland, Maine was making his first call and […]

DTD - Episode 93 - The clamour for more Ian is deafening [ 1:15:25 ] Play Now | Download

On this week’s episode we have calls from Roifield Brown whoever he is Kosmo who thinks we should all be Doughie Aunty Jean who’s bridling at Shula Witherspoon who wonders if Ian was being overly harsh Kat Brown who’s stunned Sarah Hides who thinks she was missed last time Scott Matthewman who loved this week Mary Not Contrary who knows what Jenny’s new project will be Jacqueline who gives us her week in strange noises And Jan from Can who wishes us all a happy new year

DTD - Episode 92 - The best week ever in Ambridge and Andrew Horn returns Play Now | Download

Another bout of exquisite commentary on our favourite radio fly on the wall document as our hosts return from their Christmas break. Following Lucy’s entertaining exposition of the events in the last two weeks Roifield provides a diatribe (from Canada) on the content of the anniversary show – all agree the subject matter needed to be covered – but it was the wrong subject for the episode concerned especially given the promotion the episode was given by some mysterious marketing department seeking listeners as so many have been lost by a particular story. The recently published character appearance statistics are […]

DTD - Episode 91 - The 65th anniversary Play Now | Download

A bumper Christmas present arrives out of the ether, just about midnight, in Abu Dhabi whilst waiting to board the Dreamliner home. Huge Christmas good wishes are present throughout the podcast to listeners, workers, shirkers & callerinerers. Oddly no-one expressed any real surprise that the wedding went ahead. Less surprising is the way many of the sufferings of the last year have been magically “kissed better”. The Grundies are home with the turkeys all sold, Pip and Dan have pulled crackers, the happy Snell family are all home, Susan is no longer over exposed and we think Route B has […]

Dumteedum - 90 - Merry Xmas to all [ 1:28:37 ] Play Now | Download

A special this week revisiting the best of the last year with Lucy corpsing over Roifield being a Duffus whilst he repaid the compliment over Lucy and her bollocks. Plus all your favourite contributors get a word in edgeways including Graham Seed. Millie Belle is going to get blown away and your summariser wishes you a Merry Christmas!

DTD 89 - A Festive Dumteedum some of the best best bits Play Now | Download

Barwick Green rang out across the swimming pool in Thailand, courtesy of the Mid Sussex Brass Band, including the Doom section! Lucy noted that Ruth is keen on cows and life again (on the other side of the world) whilst David is on the point of selling them and then she quoted an entire “Round the Horne” script. Elizabeth is about to inherit a second of Shula’s exes in the form of DDD – the Deadly Doc Dick! Ro.i.field wants a DTD without any mention of Roy & Helen as it is now unbalancing the podcast as much as the […]

DTD 88 - The Mid Sussex Brass Band rock the house! [ 1:14:14 ] Play Now | Download

Lucy has reached the point where she has disassociated herself from the entire Rob and Helen storyline. It has been dragged out for far too long in atrocious detail and consequently like the flood has completely unbalanced the entire docudrama and the remaining village inhabitants are not getting a fair share of the microphones. As a result the Fairbrethern end up being treated like Pinky and Perky (or Sesame Street) thinly drawn characters compared with the Dostoevsky-like excellence contained in the abuse story. And Lucy is equally upset at the poor treatment handed out to Joe – the real world […]

Dtd-87 - Rob fatigue, biscuits as history and the sexiest man in Jamaica Play Now | Download

Roifield returns but awesome Andrew Horn has become the Terminator and he WILL BE BACK.  Dumteedummer of the week is Aunty Jean repeating herself from last week. Lucy translated the Archers into Peanuts characters this week.  Discussion revealed an Archers event in Bristol which indicated that Rob and Helen may well continue into 2016 despite earlier thoughts it would finish at Christmas.  The writing team have once again been unable to cope with the balance needed by different stories – too much weight given to abuse of Helen whilst the Grundy homelessness has been given short shrift.  This happened before […]

Ep: 86 - More Archers, more calls and more Andrew Horn love [ 1:24:33 ] Play Now | Download

Sponsorship this week from UrbanSprawl.org.uk and Barwick Green by Aunty Jean plus William the parrot who was upset at not being included last week. Andrew Horn was sitting in for Roifield, providing he did not do it as well as the man himself. Lucy nailed Ruth’s stroppiness – pointing out that she has just dropped over 30 years and turned into a teenager. And Jenny’s old kitchen has finally found a home in the village hall. How long has that story been maturing? Opinions on Lynda swing violently depending on the time of year. Much praise for Tony for standing […]

Dum Tee Dum Episode 85 – Andrew Horn takes the Helm [ 1:09:10 ] Play Now | Download