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

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.  Join us this week for a sci-fi special at Felpersham Orpheus, we hear from the customers of Bridge Farm Botanicals, Chris and David indulge in a bit of hard talk and Bill sits do...

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 he works a few shifts at The Bull throughout the week and we possibly hear from Xander again. We might need mediation for the following : Parlour Games : Are Helen's days of milking ev...

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 gets away from Brookfield and branches out at the beeb following that stressful workday. We hyped the following reels : Violence of The Lambs : Brookfield has a baaaaad day. Budgie Sur...

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 show. We found the following in the Farm agenda : Chairwoman of The Bored : Stella's in no mood. A Meeting of Hinds : Will Brian cost Home Farm deerly? Close to The Edgbaston : Have the...

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 Keri will probably never speak to me again when she hears how I edited the Fantasy Football end of season round up. In the mental incapacity clause : Monties Revenge : Tom drives Hel...

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 do the scoring : School's Out : Natasha won't lower herself to the Loxley. Midwife Crisis : Kirsty + Kate = simply amazing. Home Brewing : Adam continues to be an arse. Produced by Mat...

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 our pre-Friday record was despairing of the week in Ambridge up to that point. However, as Keri suspected, all that changed on Friday evening. So, we fired the mics back up on Saturday...

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 Battling Bulls get catty on the outfield. We'd like to invest shadily in the following : Praise the Nord : Erik has Ambridge in creases. Brad or Trad? : Amber views George's antisocials...

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 confession list : Ruair Power : George handles the truth. Wooden It Be Nice : Adam plays Bad Cop. Tom Waxes Lyrical : Natasha flogs a dead jacket. Produced by Matthew Weir You can send t...

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 top tips. We also stock the following vape flavours : Show Glow Up : David falls under the influence. Pickled in Brian : Adam gets all Agro. Testing Times : Ruth gets cowed. Produced by...

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 clicking the link below. https://www.patreon.com/posts/tcs-mws-party-156792371 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 codicil : Wrecked Rex : The Fairbrother goes wild. Farmed Out : Adam soils himself in public. Den Tryst Appointment : Chelsea steps up for Sophie. Thanks for all your support and the lo...

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 Dancing. We'd like to put a claim in for the following : Bit Fishy : Rex has eyes on the pies. Mam's the Word : Pip gets full support. Crumbling Dice : Brian's kids discuss his D-word...

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 The Cider Shed Patreon today for this and hundreds more bonus episodes here : https://www.patreon.com/posts/sherry-club-2026-155421648 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

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 Shrift : David gets brown-trousered by Sophie. On The Fiddle : The Cider Shed is cool for The Cat. Lizzie Boredom : Brookfield's youngest tests Beecham's resolve. Sign up today for just th...

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 'Air' and Tony makes a wish. Hanging on our Easter wotsit tree : Bit Prickly : Pip and Carol talk Mr Hedgehog. Lynda Before Wicket : Robert finds his Googlies. Sweet Caroline : Oliver...

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 sponsor. Those seeds of Tony's are starting to come up. Wearing a tag near helen might be a bit dodgy mate. Produced by Matthew Weir You can send the most treasured person in your life a Cider...

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 aural glimpse how The Archers might sound in the glazed pastry future, there's a gritty, new reality show following the bad seeds of Ambridge and a banging club night is ruffling Felpersh...

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 your heart jingling, we investigate a possible Helen Psyop and David wants to take you by the proportionally small hand. Our following Ducks are in a row : Tag Team : George's No.1 l...

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 about that yellow milk from Waterley Cross dairy. In our veg box audit : Och Aye the No : Finlay takes the high road. Photo Finish : George and Eddie bond over Barry (Island=. Curtains fo...

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 down on poor Rex in the ad dept, we imagine the Borchester Show as curated by David and we have look into the aphrodisiac properties of 'Coagulum'. We're looking for willing volunteers f...

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 bangers out for his set at Beckwell Garden Centre and all our 'high' expectations about the barn party prove to be totally misplaced, sadly. In the Pre Nup : Sowing The Seeds of Bruv : To...

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, Rachel, Frances and David. This week there's a new drop of wine around the Brookfield dinner table, a healthy snack to lower your spirits and a smashing new aftershave doing the rounds. Yo...

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 theme park opening. On the milking list: Just Joshing : Is George milking Esme? Ring of Pryor : Stella signs a pact with Satan, sorry, PIP. Risk it or Brisket : George meats the parents....

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 coming out, a new tv show AND a speaking event. Our cooperative rituals are as follows : Stubborn Stains : Justin enters the wrong dimension. Brought to Heal : Susan and Neil pass the...