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

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 damnation. On the list for the highland games : TB or not TB? : Esme gets herd mentality. Chelsea Morning : The sister act gets Brad out of bed. David Hay : Eddie´s price proves the last s...

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, Libby Ustic, Hannah Law and Jo. Clive's back with a new cosmic workshop, we've got Adam relief for your small business, there's a new early warning system in Ambridge and we're offering s...

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 health benefits of this week's titular highland game. Maybe Akram can help with the following : Bend your Will : Emma gets practical. Tunnel of Love : Akram and Helen go a bit Poly. B...

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 Wooley, Rosemary, Ruth, Lorraine, Naomi, Ian, Belgian Paul, Martin, Hannah, Aeron, Beau, Sharron, Tom, Sarah and Chris. Your shoutouts coming after the closing credits in this episode. Th...

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? Stringed Along : No sex or violins for Josh this Christmas. Flat Refusal : No room at the shop for Chris and Carly ex-communicates. What The Pluck? Jazzer lands a real turkey of a job. Produced b...

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 in your life a Cider Shed Patreon membership as a gift : https://www.patreon.com/thecidershed/gift Become a beautiful patron of The Cider Shed and receive early ad-free episodes and our exclusi...

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 takes us on a diminutive culinary tour, Eddie starts WW3 and Adam branches out. On the list for our offender manager : To Sum Up : Amber gives love a Brad name. Octopuses? Pardon? : J...

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 this week's episode by clicking here : https://www.patreon.com/posts/106953405?collection=703112 We hope you enjoy it. Right, on our wedding to do list : Dam It! : An emotional release f...

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 you've packed the following : Rock Bottom :Blackpool grabs Justin, Jakob grabs a teddy. Highland Fling : Helen stands accused of love in the firth degree, Wrenalty Shootout : Tom dreams h...

A big thank you and welcome to Aine for becoming a new Cider Shed Patreon member. Much appreciated. Matthew is bracing himself for the slings and arrows of his (not really) outrageous opinion of Susan. Elsewhere, we check in with the Borsetshire Bakery that's raising the dead, Waterley Cross gets into the travel industry and David goes all clerical. A few nice bargains on the forecourt : A Massage...

A big thank you and welcome to our new Patreon members : Melissa and Krystyna and a big cheese egg for Tom for his upgrade. Let us take you on an excellent adventure of our very own this week. Mulligan's Wake : Brown bread and in a crate. Protein Barred : Mick is cast out of church. Go Hard (Cheese) or go Home : Tom and Helen get absolutely grated. Produced by Matthew Weir Become a beautiful patro...

A big thank you and welcome to new Patreon member Barry and an equally big thanks to Mandy and Melanie for upgrading their memberships. Join us this week as we ponder the wonder of Freddie and the enigma that is Pip. Adam's cooking something up in the polytunnels, there's something out on those moors and a certain Vincent (not that one) comes back the thrill you twice. Thanks for all you support....

Hey there everyone. A big thank you and welcome to new Patreon members : Russell and Sara. This week we go healthy with a new spread at the breakfast table, we plan ahead with Josh, we find the ultimate Ambridge tipple and we invest in Meadow Farm's backstory on cassette. Pinned in the family holiday groupchat : Back Behind Bars : George takes The Bull by the horns. Burning Ambition : Ruairi light...

Hey there everyone Thanks to Kate for her Patreon upgrade this week. A big thank you and welcome to Russell who signed up post recording too. Flowers incoming next week! Join us this week as David tries his big hand at stand up, St Stephen's opens its backdoors to another needy cause and we find out exactly how Kenton and Jolene come up with all their 'brilliant' ideas. Our TCS random generator ga...

Hello all. A big thanks and welome to our newest Patreon member Claire. This week we're breaking out of jail and headed to the service station for some flowers. On our discharge sheet: Bored Games : Adam puts Paul into a coma. Neil Before Me : No such thing as a lazy Susan. You're George-ous : Our favourite Grundy gets it on. Produced by Matthew Weir Become a beautiful patron of The Cider Shed and...

Hey all. A big thank you and welcome to new Patreon members : Alice, Bosie and Christine. Bartleby's very excited to be back, Adam's calling long distance to Scotland and Mr Appleby is offering up his services to a wider audience. Our crisp flavours are: Brush with The Law : Is George telling the tooth? Brad Medicine : Junior Horrobin almost gets the Amber Nectar. Self Farm : Ruairi and Adam commi...

A big thank you and welcome to new our newest Patreon member Kate. We wrapped up our listening a little early this week due to work and travel demands but it seems we've ended up with a pod as long as usual. Go figure. We go back and give Wally's Buns the send off they deserve after being culled from the omnibus, we head to a rave up on Lakey Hill to get 'mashed', Adam gets a second season on Radi...

A big thank you and welcome to new members : Holly, Jean and Ian and a huge shoutout to Amanda 'Ketchup' Kitely for upgrading. Slighter later than usual, bit of disruption over at the Portugal branch of TCS, massive Tony style apologies for that. Produced by Matthew Weir Become a beautiful patron of The Cider Shed and receive early ad-free episodes and our exclusive Patreon-only midweek specials....

A big thank you and welcome to new Patrons : Alison, Karen and Jo. A wider thank you to all of you for supporting the pod, it means a lot. Did you survive WW3? (Warburton Week) We did, just. First over the top: Illuminateeth : Who are the shadowy elite behind Amber's smile. Dogwalk Like an Egyptian : We're team Cleo all the way. Wally Get Your Bun : Fallon tells the weirdest story ever. Lots of lo...

Hello you lovely bunch. Normal service has resumed and the Cider Shed is back. A massive thanks and warmest of welcomes to our eleven new Patrons : Sophie, Stella, Sharon, Shirley, Debra, Robert, Bronnie, Jonathan, Mark, Tilly and Teona. Join us this week as we apply the best pest repellent Ambridge has to offer, we proudly don our Home Farm merch and we pop over to Roserran in the Vale for a spot...

Our 4th Holiday Special is here. All the way back to November 2006 and Ruth's on her way to Oxford to meet Sam, David's cooking up a wild Italian storm in the kitchen and Adam is being funny, apparently. You can hear this and all our other midweek/holiday specials in full by becoming a Patreon member here for as little as £3 a month : https://www.patreon.com/thecidershed Thanks for all your suppor...

Hello you lot! It's time to see what we made of midsummer 2014. You can hear this and all our specials in full by signing up here for as little as £3 a month : https://www.patreon.com/thecidershed Sure, Roy and Elizabeth have still got their Greenbury Fields wristbands on, but have they showered the fetid festival filth off completely? David does his bit for Borsetshire tourism and later on he att...

Hello fair folk of The Cider Shed listenership. Our second review of June 1986 is here. You too could come back to 1986 with us by clicking here : https://www.patreon.com/thecidershed The Howards have gone (cries) but it hasn't dampened Brian's ire towards folk staying on his land. We open the file on Elizabeth investigating Nelson's recent visitor and we have VIP tickets to Eddie's acoustic set u...

A little taster of our first holiday special for you. You can listen in full by signing up at https://www.patreon.com/thecidershed It's late May 1986, Jethro, David, Neil and Phil are getting the hay in at Brookfield. Brian and Jenny have converted The Rookeries into holiday cottages although their first family may be arriving a LITTLE early. Peggy and her Mum watch on. David has agreed to go away...

Hello all. We'll be taking a two week break after this week's episode but don't worry, there will be four time-travel holiday specials going out on both the Wednesdays and Saturdays that we're off. If you fancy trips back to 1986 and beyond, you can sign up here : https://www.patreon.com/thecidershed Thanks and welcome to new members Amanda and Cumnor Jules. Join us this week as we discover how to...