Character Count – June 2019

APPEARANCES THIS MONTH Which characters were heard during June 2019? POSITION CHARACTER EPISODES 1 ALISTAIR LLOYD 11 2 Jazzer McCrearyJim Lloyd 10 4 Tony Archer 9 5 Shula Hebden Lloyd 8 6 Adam MacyLilian Bellamy 7 8 Jill Archer 6 9 Alice CarterDavid ArcherEd GrundyEmma GrundyLynda SnellPat ArcherSusan CarterTom Archer 5 17 Ben ArcherNatasha ArcherPeggy Woollley 4 20 Brian AldridgeClarrie GrundyIan CraigJennifer AldridgeRuth Archer 3 25 Bert FryFionaJosh ArcherKenton ArcherKirsty MillerPhilip MossPip ArcherTim Oatey 2 33 Elizabeth PargetterHarrison BurnsHelen ArcherKate MadikaneKeira GrundyLeonard BerryRobert SnellWill Grundy 1 40 different characters were heard during June 2019. CONSECUTIVE EPISODES Which characters appeared in the […]

Character Count – May 2019

APPEARANCES THIS MONTH Which characters were heard during May 2019? 43 different characters were heard during May 2019. CONSECUTIVE EPISODES Which characters appeared in the most consecutive episodes during May 2019? NEWCOMERS, RETURNERS, DEPARTERS Which characters made their first appearance?Which characters returned after a significant absence?Which characters died or left Ambridge? THE LAST WORD Who had the final word in the most episodes during May 2019? RIGHT YOU AREs & HELLO YOU TWOs GENDER RATIO ABSENT CHARACTERS Which characters have yet to be heard during 2019? This month’s episodes were written by SARAH McDONALD HUGHES (3), TIM STIMPSON (6), GILLIAN RICHMOND (6) and PAUL BRODRICK (12).

Character Count – April 2019

APPEARANCES THIS MONTH Which characters were heard during April 2019? 42 different characters were heard during April 2019. CONSECUTIVE EPISODES Which characters appeared in the most consecutive episodes during March 2019? NEWCOMERS, RETURNERS & DEPARTERS Which characters made their first appearance? Which characters returned after a significant absence? Which characters died or left Ambridge? THE LAST WORD Who had the final word in the most episodes during April 2019? RIGHT YOU AREs & HELLO YOU TWOs GENDER RATIO ABSENT CHARACTERS This month’s episodes were written by KERI DAVIES (5), NICK WARBURTON (6), ADRIAN FLYNN (12) and SARAH McDONALD HUGHES (3).

DTD: 272 – More Freddie entitlement.

First up.  “Vote early and vote often” might characterise politics in Chicago but your favourite (and of course mine – but then I have already voted) podcast needs your support at https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote – where you can search for DumTeeDum and vote for Lucy and Roifield.  Also remember you can support the running costs at https://www.patreon.com/dumteedum with a small contribution to enable Lucy to give her son back his console headphones so he can go back to playing games in peace. Special mention this week to Basil and her persistent tormenting of Jimmy Hedgericks the resident hedgehog at DumTeeDum towers. The Archers itself can […]

DTD: 271 – Jim takes Shula down, Freddie is the worst and Lucy’s cough is no better

Toronto meet up news – Saturday April 13th if you want to attended email Christina aka Sally @saturnexpress on the twitters pinkpeonies2013@gmail.com for details! DUMTEEDUM LIVE- SAT 11 MAY 2019 7:30PM Price: £12 https://www.thsh.co.uk/event/dumteedum-live-1 Who could resist a night out with The Archers’ Emma Grundy? Parish councillor and Grundy wife extraordinaire, Emma, played by Emerald O’Hanrahan, is rapidly becoming a listener favourite. More entertaining than one of Bert’s poems, tastier than a Brookfield lemon drizzle and WAY better than Jolene singing at The Bull. See you there.

Character Count – March 2019

APPEARANCES THIS MONTH Which characters were heard during March 2019? 50 different characters were heard during March 2019. CONSECUTIVE EPISODES Which characters appeared in the most consecutive episodes during March 2019? NEWCOMERS, RETURNERS & DEPARTERS Which characters made their first appearance? Which characters returned after a significant absence? Which characters died or left Ambridge? THE LAST WORD Who had the final word in the most episodes during March 2019? RIGHT YOU AREs and HELLO YOU TWOs GENDER RATIO ABSENT CHARACTERS This month’s episodes were written by GURPREET KAUR BHATTI (1), KERI DAVIES (7), NAYLAH AHMED (12), CAROLINE HARRINGTON (6). E&OE

Character Count – February 2019

APPEARANCES THIS MONTH Which characters appeared during February 2019? 48 different characters were heard during the month. CONSECUTIVE EPISODES Which characters appeared in the most consecutive episodes during February 2019? NEWCOMERS, RETURNERS, DEPARTERS Which characters made their first appearance? Which characters returned after a significant absence? Which characters died or left Ambridge? THE LAST WORD Who had the final word in the most episodes during February 2019? RIGHT YOU AREs and HELLO YOU TWOs GENDER RATIO ABSENT CHARACTERS Which characters have yet to be heard during 2019? This month’s episodes were written by ADRIAN FLYNN (1), TIM STIMPSON (12), MARY CUTLER […]

CHARACTER COUNT – JANUARY 2019

APPEARANCES THIS MONTH Which characters appeared during January 2019? 49 different characters were heard during the month. CONSECUTIVE EPISODES Which characters appeared in the most consecutive episodes during January 2019? NEWCOMERS, RETURNERS, DEPARTERS Which characters made their first appearance? Which characters returned after a significant absence? Which characters died or left Ambridge? THE LAST WORD Who had the final word in the most episodes during January 2019? RIGHT YOU AREs and HELLO YOU TWOs GENDER RATIO This month’s episodes were written by KERI DAVIES (10), SIMON FRITH (6), AMANDA WHITTINGTON (6), and ADRIAN FLYNN (5). ABSENT CHARACTERS Which characters have yet to […]

BBC Archers Tour – February 16th 3pm – Birmingham

All About The Archers Pilot Tours – book your place here. BBC BIRMINGHAM Address: BBC Birmingham, The Mailbox, Birmingham. B1 1RF. Sat Nav: B1 1RF BBC Birmingham is situated on Level 3 of The Mailbox, towards the back of the complex near the canal and restaurants. PHOTO ID Please make sure everyone aged 18 and over brings photo ID with them to present when checking in for the tour. SECURITY Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of your tour to allow for all security checks to take place before the tour starts. Guests will be subject to a person […]