This week’s wonderful Star Trek Dumteedum tune is from our Stephen and we are lucky enough to hear thoughts from: Rob, Carol from the Highlands, God Squad Mia, Ambridge Pony Club Jen, Alex, Witherspoon, the one and only Rosie Porty, Brian, Sazza from Kent, Tracy from California, Katherine, Nathalie from Torquay, Helen from Rotherham, Chris From York, Charles, Darcy and Anon of Ambridge. Plus: Tweet of the week, Facebook roundup and a welcome for new members of our Facebook group, information about our brand new instagram account, predictions for next week. Not forgetting the DumteeBOOKdum item, with bestselling author Val McDermid!  Please […]

DTD: 425 - Bumper episode with Val McDermid & 17 calls/emails! Play Now | Download

With contributions from: Formerly Cycling Christine, Kathryn with a Y, Richard from Portugal, Glyn, Sarah, Monty, Kate & Katherine, Richard – BiffoProp, Charles from Washington, Tracy from California, Bill from the Ukraine, Witherspoon, Adam and author Elly Griffiths, as well as Melissa (from Italy) for her Dumteedum tune. Please call in to the show using this link: https://www.speakpipe.com/dumteedum  Do keep your call to a maximum of two minutes. Minimum age for contributors is 18. To support the show visit us at: https://www.patreon.com/dumteedum

DTD: 424 - Wordle, crushes and parenting medals in The Archers Play Now | Download

We have special news! In this episode we announce our incredible guest for next week.  We also have the ‘New Year Quiz’ with Kate Crichton and Philippa receives an unexpected visitor during ‘tweet of the week’. We discuss Ruairi v Alice, the cryptocurrency issue, Alan’s vicar skills and the storage of eggs. With fabulous contributions from: Stephen (for his amazing DumTeeDum tune) Rob, God Squad Mia, Katherine, Formerly Cycling Christine, Bernadette, Witherspoon, Claire from Clapham, Emily from Canada, Charles, and author Frances Quinn. Please call in to the show using this link: https://www.speakpipe.com/dumteedum  Do keep your call to a maximum of […]

DTD: 419 - Ruairi, Alice and the flashing reindeer in Ambridge. Play Now | Download

A missed opportunity Dumteedummers – I am sure we all want to see Philippa in her Christmas pjs – a sight which has been denied to the assembled masses – or in the case of her family unassembled as the obviously older children were not up early on Christmas Day.   There were only two adults in Kosmo towers on Christmas Day – the other adult was at work – so let us all thank those who were working on that day.  A third Christmas lunch was prepared for said worker and thankfully consumed when she returned home.   Not […]

DTD: 418 - We are mystified about the mysteries in Ambridge. Play Now | Download

Our callerinnerers often astound by both the breadth of subjects covered, this week ranging from theology to a podcast (“My dad wrote a porno”) alongside debating the ins and outs of Tony’s counselling to Tom (I am on Quentin’s side this week – he has the time line dead right).   As ever they can also be accused of over-promoting possible relationships when Stella, knowing no-one in the village, apart from Ruth, decides to ask Ruth advice on being a ‘Mysteries’ extra after admitting to Mia that she has not yet moved to the village (you have to hope the […]

DTD: 417 - Is love in the air this week in The Archers? Play Now | Download

Boredom  is sometimes hard to define.  Given their mutual interest in trains you might have thought that Tony and Trevor would bond at first sight and there would have been no need for a “Badger”.  Adam’s voice tends to mean that listeners consider him boring and have forgotten that he took Ian up the polytunnels and seduced him as well as descending to theft of petty cash in the Home Farm till (sorry I know the policy is no-till – one which Adam should have followed).  So for Tony and Adam to club together to regard poor old Maurice (Horton) […]

DTD: 413 - Is Natasha the Queen of Evil or the Princess of Perfection? Play Now | Download

There is great concern in the DTD community.  For many years the corner chair in the Bull has been occupied by one of the village’s old codgers.  “Me Old Pal, Me Old Beauty” Walter Gabriel held high office for many years and in rapid succession we have lost both Joe Grundy and the young upstart Bert Fry.  It would appear that the well of village codgers is now sadly dry as there is no obvious successor – apart perhaps from Eddie who is allegedly still working at the age of 70; I have it on good authority that William knows […]

DTD: 411 - Pâté, Pip & Pushy Pat. Play Now | Download

For once this cannot be a place for levity or digression.  I have felt the strength and support of our wonderful Dumteedum community in the past and we have sadly lost one of our own with the death of Millie Belle.  Roifield and Yokel Bear pay their tributes to Julie Riley and I would point you at https://www.justgiving.com/fundrai…/milliebelle-julieriley where Roifield has put a page so that her memory may be honoured.   Turning to Ambridge it was a gentle character centred week of the sort to be held in high regard by those amongst who believe this is the true strength […]

DTD: 410 - The dearly departed Play Now | Download

Quentin’s better half has insisted that a retired man should still have holidays and so he has been replaced this week by Jackie Lye once best known for being Sandra in “Brush Strokes” but to the listeners to The Archers she is now life model Joy Horville, next door neighbour on the Beechwood estate to Helen and Lee.   Jackie has been recording with TA since 2019 and updates on the current procedures now that they are back in the studio for main recording although some individuals may still be phoning in their words remotely; the magic makes it seamless.  […]

DTD: 409 - Joy Horville joins DumTeeDum for this episode! Play Now | Download