Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for Kids

Welcome to UNPACKED - A brand-new spin-off show to Armchair Adventures for your listening and ‘join in’ pleasure. ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ has ‘It Takes Two’💃🏿, ‘The Great British Bake Off’ has an “Extra Slice’🍰, and now...Armchair Adventures’ has UNPACKED! 🧳😀

Hosted by Connie’s Uncle Chris, drama teacher and actor extraordinaire, and a cheeky soundboard called Ziggy 🔉, each episode challenges teams of customers and adventurers to ‘Unpack’ an adventure through a series of super silly games and some proper-hard adventure questions.

“Now first up let’s have a listen to Uncle Chris’s Sound Souvenirs. Bring on my wheely wheely big suitcase, please. No, no, no Ziggy, it’s wheely wheely bigger than that!”

In this first 'Unpacked' episode, we'll be unpacking 'The Musical Extravaganza Adventure' from season 4. In the adventure, we meet Mrs Maestro, and together with Connie, Connie’s customers, you adventurers, and Mrs Maestro’s grumpy bus driver called Daren, we pick up the four families of the orchestra and get them to a super-duper concert in time.

🎶🎺“It’s an orchestra! What beautiful music!” 🎻🎶

Which Unpacked team will take home the super special extraordinary prize? Will Ziggy the soundboard drive Uncle Chris ‘round the wall’ by playing all the sound effects in the wrong order? Will you be silly enough and knowledgeable enough to ‘join-in’? It’s time to start Unpacking adventures to find out!

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Say hello adventurer!

Website: armchair-adventures.co.uk

Facebook: @armchairadventuresuk

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You can download the transcript for the episode here.

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Credits

Armchair Adventures is a Made by Mortals production. With special thanks to Blueprint Studios and Hannah Donelon.

Generously funded by the Arts Council of England.

Our next episode will be out on 19th December! 😀

“Our lives are about to completely change. This is the most amazing place in the world!”

Connie loves the thought of appearing on stage, her name in lights, dancing and singing to loads of adoring fans. Don’t we all, eh?

So in this episode, after dreaming of Broadway, the West End, Paris, and Las Vegas, Connie whisks you and her fellow explorers away on a journey you’ll never forget to A Showbiz Wonderland. It’s a magical place where everyone can be the star of the show, including you!

Join Connie and her lovely customers on their latest star-studded Armchair Adventure!

Are you ready to act, sing or dance along? Listen to this Armchair Adventures podcast episode on your own or with your friends and family.

Don’t forget our drawing competition for you to win some amazing prizes! Listen for details on how to enter!

Download the transcript for this episode here.

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Connect with us and say hello!

Website: armchair-adventures.co.uk

Facebook: @armchairadventuresuk

Instagram: @armchairadventuresuk

TikTok: @armchairadventures

Patreon: @armchairadventures

#ArmchairAdventures #podcast #joininstory #bedtimestory #childrensstory

Credits

Produced by Made By Mortals

Written by Paul Hine

Music by @AJS_music

Music Supervisor- James Dee

Sound design - Story Publishing

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Trombone - Rich McVeigh

Supported by Arts Council England, National Lottery Community Fund, United We Stream and Action Together.

The next episode is out 8th April 2021!

Connie has to make a last minute presentation at school on the themes of Shakespeare’s magical and mischievous play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream , and she has no idea where to start! Luckily, her Uncle Chris and the community theatre company are experts on Shakespeare, so they decide to go on an Armchair Adventure into the world of the play to find out more. 🎭

There, they’re met by characters from the play, including Puck and their fairy friends🧚 🧚including King and Queen of the fairies, Oberon and Titania. The adventurers find much mischief and mayhem as the fairies’ magic turns the world of A Midsummer Night’s Dream upside down – a man has even had his head turned into a donkey’s! 🪄🫏

But will they find everything that Connie needs in time for her to make her presentation? And will Shakespeare’s play have a happy ending, or will everything remain topsy-turvy?

Join us as we land in the world of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for fairy tricks, magical love potions and lovers loving the wrong people! ❤️😍❤️

Read the transcript of this episode here.

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Say hello adventurer!

Website: armchair-adventures.co.uk

Facebook: @armchairadventuresuk

Instagram: @armchairadventuresuk

TikTok: @armchairadventures

Patreon: @armchairadventures

#armchairadventures #podcast #childrensstories #podcastforkids #bedtimestory #bedtimestories #podcastformoms

Credits

Armchair Adventures is a Made by Mortals production. With special thanks to Blueprint Studios and Hannah Donelon.

Generously funded by the Arts Council of England.

Our next episode will be out on 13th March! 😀

Mentioned in this episode:

Shelly & The Can Do Kids

Shelly & The Can-Do Kids is a storytelling podcast for kids aged 6-10. It is brought to you by two mothers who love stories, but can’t bear to just read them aloud to their children, like normal parents, but instead like to spend months recording them with music and sound effects!! There will be songs. There will be good chat. There will be magic! Join Shelly as she seeks to make kids ‘a little bit more can-do!’

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“There's nothing better than taking my shoes and socks off, and the water lapping across your feet.”

Jean’s favourite hobby is drawing. So when she suggests to Connie they should draw their next Armchair Adventure, our Chief Adventurer isn’t too sure.

Connie doesn’t think she’s a very good artist! But with a little helpful persuasion from her fellow explorers they take the trip of a lifetime to a gorgeous sandy beach full of memories and joy. Although, when a huge storm hits, they have to work together to get back to safety...

Join Jean, Connie and her lovely customers on their latest sketchy Armchair Adventure!

In this episode, Connie also launched a drawing competition for you to win some amazing prizes! Listen for details on how to enter.

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Are you ready to act, sing or dance along? Listen to this Armchair Adventures podcast episode on your own or with your friends and family.

Download the transcript for this episode here.

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Connect with us and say hello!

Website: armchair-adventures.co.uk

Facebook: @armchairadventuresuk

Instagram: @armchairadventuresuk

TikTok: @armchairadventures

Patreon: @armchairadventures

#ArmchairAdventures #podcast #joininstory #bedtimestory #childrensstory

Credits

Produced by Made By Mortals

Written by Alison Carr

Music by AJS Music

Sound Design - Story Publishing

Music Supervisor - James Dee

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Supported by Arts Council England, National Lottery Community Fund, United We Stream and Action Together.

The next episode is out 11th March 2021!

Join Uncle Chris as he hosts the very first BAF-Dings award ceremony! 🏆 🎭

"When Connie asked me to host the BAF-dings she didn’t say it was going to be a workout too! All this exercise is working up my appetite!" 🙆🏻‍♂️ 😅

Because we've been on so many amazing journeys of the imagination, Uncle Chris and head travel agent Connie, we thought it was about time to give out some awards for our favourite join-in-at-home moments! 🎙️

So, get your glad rags at the ready because we're about to roll out the red carpet for our very own BAF-Ding awards! 🎶