The Cider Shed - Ploughing through BBC's 'The Archers'

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1. Vince Packs a Trunk

   24 Oct 2026 · 47 min · Episode 281

   A huge thank you and welcome to our newest Patreon members: Ruth, Nel and Isabel. Join us this week as we call in to Catchat, we pop up to the dairy for a peek through the window and we gorge ourselves silly on…

2. Freddie or Not?

   17 Oct 2026 · 47 min · Episode 280

   I'm sure most of you have heard the debacle unfolding with the proposed studio for The Archers in Birmingham. Story here : https://www.equity.org.uk/news/2026/equity-opposes-the-archers-birmingham-axe This seems to…

3. Wake Me Up Before You Glowworm

   10 Oct 2026 · 52 min · Episode 279

   This week we'd like to say a huge thank you and welcome to our newest Patreon members : Sea Swimming Selkie and Becky Sheaves. Join us as we take a front row seat for Alan's moving eulogy, Eddie is in the charts…

4. Lair of The Dog

   3 Oct 2026 · 47 min · Episode 278

   A huge thank you and welcome to our newest Patreon members : Ruth, Tee, Kit, Paula and Kirsten. Welcome back Secondhand Surfboard and big thanks to Matthew for the upgrade. We're back in the saddle this week, calling…

5. Monty's First Week : Time Travel Special 2018

   26 Sep 2026 · 43 min · Episode 277

   As Matthew was on the road this week, we've gone back and had a listen to the omnibus in which Monty first dogwalked into Ambridge. Elsewhere you'll find us discussing Harrison and Fallon falling out over plastic,…

6. Carol Tre-Goner

   19 Sep 2026 · 1 h 00 min · Episode 276

   A huge thank you and welcome to our five new Patreon members : Katherine, Ruth, Vic, Ellie and Margaret. This week we join Alan in his new life of financial stability, there's a novel midweek attraction at The Bull…

7. Ambridge Goes Beyond Repair

   12 Sep 2026 · 51 min · Episode 275

   A huge thank you and welcome to our new Patreon members: Hellin, Louise, Steve, Zoe (KJ), Sarah and Janet. Katherine and Ruth also signed up for the Patreon after we'd stopped recording. We'll have your flowers next…

8. Purple Pain

   5 Sep 2026 · 48 min · Episode 274

   A huge thank you and welcome to our new Patreon members : Jane and Chris. Big thanks also to Hellin who signed up after the recording and welcome back to Trudi. This week Keri takes the 2020 Purple tracksuit quiz, we…

9. Far Kennel

   29 Aug 2026 · 50 min · Episode 273

   Our first main episode back since our holidays is upon you. A huge thank you and welcome to our 16 new Patreon members who joined over the break : Andrea, Joanne, Sohani, Clare, DJ Ham Sauce, Annie, Sean, Stephanie,…

10. TCS Holiday Special Trailer : Once Upon a Time in The Weston

    22 Aug 2026 · 5:26

    Hey holiday people! Grab your bermuda shorts and flip flops. We're off with the over 60s to W**t*n. Freddie's back, Ted Moult makes his last apperance as Bill and Mrs Bagshawe's leg's come up in the night. And…

11. TCS Holiday Special Trailer : Danby on The Run

    15 Aug 2026 · 5:04

    Hello there. Catch our latest 1986 holiday episode on Patreon this weekend. Just three Ambridge pounds a month. Just click the link below : https://www.patreon.com/thecidershed Alternatively, you can send a…

12. Ed Grundy : License to Swill

    8 Aug 2026 · 1 h 01 min · Episode 272

    A big thank you and welcome to our new Patreon members : Gill, Damian, Rosy and Craig. Leaving you with a bumper episode this week before we go off on our travels. Don't forget, there will be all sorts of treats…

13. Kenton Goes Kental

    1 Aug 2026 · 44 min · Episode 271

    A huge thank you and welcome to our newest Patreon members : Claire and Julia. Join us this week as we try a Portuguese pint, Robert's got something bubbling up and Kenton guides us through a new approach to clearing…

14. What The Cruck?!

    25 Jul 2026 · 39 min

    Welcome to our four new Patreon members at time of recording : Elizabeth, Andrew, Mark and Jen. Join us this week as we check out Ambridge's latest food cooperative, Fallon and Lizzie get organised and we tune into…

15. Argh!! It('s) Burns!!!!

    19 Jul 2026 · 42 min · Episode 269

    A huge thank you and welcome to our new Patreon members : Matt, Christine and Clara. We see you too Elizabeth, shout out to you coming next week. x We revisit some of Adam's wood medal achievements in the ad dept this…

16. David's Maj-Ick Show

    11 Jul 2026 · 49 min · Episode 268

    A huge thank you and welcome to our new Patreon members : Andrew, Robert, Catherine, Melissa and Amélie. Matt joined just after we'd wrapped up too, thank you! We'll have your flowers next episode. The news of…

17. I Cot You Babe

    4 Jul 2026 · 50 min · Episode 267

    Hello you lovely lot. A huge thank you and welcome to our newest Patreon members : Nicole, Keith and Sam. Andrew signed up just after time of record, we'll get your shout out organised in time next week. Cheers sir.…

18. Enter The Keira Era

    27 Jun 2026 · 1 h 02 min · Episode 266

    A huge thank you and welcome to the 5 new stunning members of the Patreon gang : Boat Chairs, Benny Hoyle, Laura Hopkins, Valerie Considine and Anne Stubbs. This week, following Tracy's suggestion, we shadow Adam as…

19. Woolly Chomper

    20 Jun 2026 · 53 min · Episode 265

    A big thank you and welcome to new Patreon members : Katy and Boat Chairs. Boat Chairs, you signed up just after we stopped recording so we'll have your flowers for you next week. Promise! Join us this week as David…

20. David Dials It Up

    13 Jun 2026 · 54 min · Episode 264

    A huge thank you and welcome to our new Patreon members : Naomi, Martin and Michelle. This week we pop round the neighbours to see if we can borrow some coffee and David fires up the interwebznet at the Borchester…

21. Helen's Herd it All

    6 Jun 2026 · 57 min · Episode 263

    A massive shout-out to our four new members : Heidi, Matt, Jim and Mimi, plus a big welcome back to Secondhand Surfboard. LOVE! The alarm systems are going mental as anything, Martyn's got The Arse for three weeks and…

22. Schools, Tools, Bloody Fools

    30 May 2026 · 58 min · Episode 262

    A big thank you and welcome to our three new Patreon members : Torquemada, Jess and Rachel. Join us this week as we line up our school places, Adam finds his heart of darkness and Ian reads his latest reviews. Let's…

23. Brian Logs Out

    23 May 2026 · 1 h 08 min · Episode 261

    A big thank you and welcome to our seven new Patreon members : Caroline, Jo, Rachel, Louise, Justin, Dave, AND a much welcomed back, returning birthday girl, Zizi. Very much a pod of two halves this week, as most of…

24. The Shite Manager

    16 May 2026 · 48 min · Episode 260

    A big thank you and welcome to our new members Abi, Carl, Martin, Karina and Michael. Join us this week as we rise and shine with a new brand of cereal, we discover what actually happened to Xander's banana and the…

25. Ambridge Goes Batshit

    9 May 2026 · 57 min · Episode 259

    A big thank you and welcome to our new members : Frances and Paula. This week we've got you sorted if you need a drone, David's got some investment tips and we're all off to Bridge Farm for a bit of sanity. On our…

26. Hungary Eyes

    2 May 2026 · 1 h 05 min · Episode 258

    A huge thank you and welcome to our 5 new Patreon members : Joanna, Frances, Keith, Matthew and Hilary. This week we get an unlikely batting pairing, there's a new holiday destination in Ambridge and David has some…

27. Cider Shed Midweek Special Trailer : Party Like it's 1989

    29 Apr 2026 · 1:41

    Our review of the 1989 Forty Minutes Documentary 'All About Ambridge' is here. You might tell from the episode, we had an absolute blast covering this. You can listen to the full episode and many, many more by…

28. Adam and Heave

    25 Apr 2026 · 1 h 04 min · Episode 257

    A warm welcome and thank you to our three new Patreon members : Katie, Vivienne and Joanna. Adam and Helen brought us to the brink this week and as a result we may have gone slightly mad during this episode. In our…

29. Brace for Bert

    18 Apr 2026 · 41 min · Episode 256

    A huge thank you and welcome to our seven new Patreon members : Pauline, Sara, L. Webb, Womble 2020, Claire, Jackie and Tamsin. This week we get all litigious in the pulpit, David's turns normal and Fallon goes Dirty…

30. Trailer : Sherry Club Easter 2026

    12 Apr 2026 · 2:58

    We cordially invite you to join us in the TCS Easter Sherry Club. There's tons of nonsense, a quiz for Keri and Jeff to battle it out over and an exciting new feature : 'Who Said it, on Reddit?' You can sign up to…

31. 1986 Easter Patreon Trailer

    8 Apr 2026 · 4:15

    We may be on holday this week, but that shouldn't stop you joining in the fun, as we go 40 years back in time to Easter 1986. Engraved into our Tankard : • Match Made in Hog's Heaven : Not on Jethro's watch. • Short…

32. Brian Teaser

    4 Apr 2026 · 44 min · Episode 255

    Props to Academic Archers for their help with our title this week. A huge thank you and welcome to new Patreon members, Flora and Kathleen. This week we go on a food tour across the class spectrum, Brian breathes the…

33. Patagonia Chat

    29 Mar 2026 · 45 min · Episode 254

    The latest Cider Shed is here people. A bug thank thank you and welcome to our newest Patreon member Ivan. A lot on the syposium agenda this wee k: • There's a new manure conference dropping. • 'Wee' have a new…

34. Sinner Man Buns

    21 Mar 2026 · 43 min · Episode 253

    Cinnamon Bun. A big thank you and welcome to new Patreon members : Catherine, Vickie, Jen and Verity. Listener Andy's facebook quip gave us a helping hand with the title this week. Join us this week as we hear an…

35. Rex Bomb

    14 Mar 2026 · 44 min · Episode 252

    A big thank you and welcome to our five new Patreon members : Nick, Andrea, Sooz, Nicholas and Tim. This week we look at the latest egg-citing offers from Felpersham College, there's a new Borsetshire cop drama to get…

36. Celia-Hack

    7 Mar 2026 · 53 min · Episode 251

    A big thank you and welcome to new members : Cathy, Scott, Nancy and Martin. This week we have the latest alarm system to save your sanity, a troubling new addiction is sweeping Ambridge and there's something off…

37. Shaggis, Nopes and T*tties

    28 Feb 2026 · 50 min · Episode 250

    Keri said she wouldn't forgive me if I didn't use that title. A big thank you and welcome to our newest Patreon member Vanessa who signed up this week. It's incidentally our 250th episode too. Join us as we double…

38. Zach in The Saddle

    21 Feb 2026 · 1 h 04 min · Episode 249

    A huge thank you and welcome to our new Patreon members : Lila, Simon, Frances, Annie and Frank. This week we take you up the Ambridge Mile, Tony tries his hand at WWE on the green, Tom pulls some old Bridge Farm…

39. Scent of a Yeoman

    14 Feb 2026 · 1 h 03 min · Episode 248

    Well, what a week in Ambridge. Keri and Matthew do their detective best with this one, even requiring an 11th hour add on after our initial reaction. A big thank you and welcome to our new Patreon members, Paul,…

40. Pryor Engagement

    7 Feb 2026 · 44 min · Episode 247

    A huge thanks to new Patreon members : Sara, Rose, Rob and Partis'Anne'. This week there's some shocking new movies on at Felpersham Orpheus, there's a farming awareness campaign for the brain and a new, ill-fated…

41. Growing Panes

    31 Jan 2026 · 40 min · Episode 246

    A big thank you and welcome to new Patreon members : Karl, Oliver, Sue and Belinda. We see you just joining in the last hour there, Sara. Thank you. Your jingle will be in next week's. This week, David's got a movie…

42. Two Out of Three Ain't Brad

    24 Jan 2026 · 53 min · Episode 245

    A big thank you and welcome to Patreon new members Jessica and Sam. This week we're enjoying a mindful serialisation in The Echo, there's a new hotel open for business and Brad and David are putting the 'Dam' in…

43. Clive Aid

    17 Jan 2026 · 45 min · Episode 244

    A massive thank you and warm cidery welcome to our twelve new Patreon members: Rosie's Closet, Martin Freeman, Geraint Buse, Rachael Kennedy, Lousies Mitchell and Templeton, David Thomas, Rowan Bird, Mary Savage,…

44. Tossing The Adam?

    10 Jan 2026 · 37 min · Episode 243

    A big thank you and welcome to our new members, Angela, Joan and Julie. This week we try to match you all up via the horsey dating app, we get a second installement of the divisive 'Truth and Lies' and we explain the…

45. Chardonn-Freude

    3 Jan 2026 · 1 h 08 min · Episode 242

    Hey everyone, we're back. Happy New Year! Hope you've all recovered from the rampage. A huge thank you and welcome to our 19 new Patreon members joining over the festive break : Paul, Lilian, Ali, Pauline, Wilden…

46. Silage Night

    20 Dec 2025 · 35 min · Episode 241

    All is calm. All is bright. And that goes for ALL our listeners. Thanks so much for listening, supporting and reviewing The Cider Shed in 2025. It means so much! Now, what's going on the top of that tree? •…

47. Tractor Runs

    14 Dec 2025 · 39 min · Episode 240

    Hey everyone, Massive thanks and welcome to new Patreon member Carl. As it's a bubble week, we'll give the writers the same respect they deserve in our bullet points : • • • You can send the most treasured person…

48. Too Junk to Pluck

    6 Dec 2025 · 39 min · Episode 239

    A big thank you and welcome to new Cider Shed Patreon members : Susan, Drabzer, Wendy and Lowty. Don't forget, you can give someone else a TCS Patreon membership as a gift. Details can be found below. This week David…

49. Cold (Turkey) Feet

    29 Nov 2025 · 45 min · Episode 238

    Hello everyone. As it's pertinent and as mentioned in this episode, we've made the Patreon special in which we reviewed the week of John's tractoring available to all. You can listen to it after you've listened to…

50. Uh-Oh! Bonnar Alert!

    22 Nov 2025 · 45 min · Episode 237

    A big thank you and welcome to our new Patreon members : Annie, Jilly, Claudia and Sonya. We decided to start with a recap of last Friday's episode before taking the high road to Scotland via Blackpool. Make sure…