Episode 2 - 'The Fact Dictionary'
Can ambassadorial assistant Jemima restore the English tongue to its proper form before all hell (and her drunken charge's trousers) breaks loose in Uganda? Big game hunting, Welsh children abroad, saucy carpets, and British pride put to the test - it's all here as lagnauge gtes dsirputed in the dazzling second episode of the second series of The Wireless Podcast!
Title: The Fact Dictionary
Main Character: Jemima
Strange Secret: Cannot Turn Left
Featured Location: Brewery Cellar in Uganda
Sponsored By: Laxatives
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Episode 1 - 'The Invaders of the Brackfield Plumbing Company'
It's the brand new series of the Wireless Podcast, kicking off with a horsey tale that plumbs new depths of mystery and adventure. Benjamin's bride heads to finishing school, and seems a changed filly upon her return. Can the day be saved before a Balkan misdemeanour catches up with our rather wet hero?
Title: The Invaders of the Brackfield Plumbing Company
Main Character: Benjamin
Strange Secret: Can choose to be invisible
Featured Location: Cheltenham Ladies College
Sponsored by: False Beer
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Episode 14 – ‘Phil Walks Down The Street’
Bald bride-to-be-to-be Catherine is cast out by plush-furnishing fancier and follicle-filching patriarch Mr Burston; dashing suitor Phil Ormskirk and personal caddy Throttleneck attempt to reconcile love for Catherine and respect for her father; and the mysterious, swarthy stranger Raoul takes to the skies in this, our eighteenth thrilling tale, of piracy, indentured police officers and chatty hardwood.
Bald bride-to-be-to-be Catherine is cast out by plush-furnishing fancier and follicle-filching patriarch Mr Burston; dashing suitor Phil Ormskirk and personal caddy Throttleneck attempt to reconcile love for Catherine and respect for her father; and the mysterious, swarthy stranger Raoul takes to the skies in this, our eighteenth thrilling tale, of piracy, indentured police officers and chatty hardwood.
Title: Phil Walks Down the Street
Main Character: Catherine
Strange Secret: Her Mother Was a Giant Squid
Climactic Final Location: A Newsagent in Birmingham
Sponsored by: Cigarettes
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Episode 13 – ‘The Back of the Wardrobe’
Fatherless young Gerald just wants to be boring with the pretty Prunella, but a Peruvian plot by child-catching Barty and Jeremiah puts all his plans in danger. From an Oxford furniture shop, via the hold of an ocean liner, to the lost city of Machu Picchu, will anyone save our globe-trotting heroes from a certain closet-villain, who takes the notion of the author as God dangerously literally?
Fatherless young Gerald just wants to be boring with the pretty Prunella, but a Peruvian plot by child-catching Barty and Jeremiah puts all his plans in danger. From an Oxford furniture shop, via the hold of an ocean liner, to the lost city of Machu Picchu, will anyone save our globe-trotting heroes from a certain closet-villain, who takes the notion of the author as God dangerously literally?
Title: The Back of the Wardrobe
Main Character: Gerald
Strange Secret: He steals lepers’ loafers
Climactic Final Location: Machu Picchu
Sponsored by: Honky-tonk Karaoke
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Episode 12 – ‘My Spaniel, Rachel’
Nobel Prize winner-training teacher Geraldo Jimenez must defend St Cuthbert’s School from Grimsby Council’s plans to bulldoze it; town planner Jethro Jelroy and wife grapple with problems of the heart and the hound; while the Jelroy’s son and star pupil Concertine flees into the woods, and a certain soul legend has Grimsby on the mind, in the first episode of Season 2 of the Wireless Podcast!
Nobel Prize winner-training teacher Geraldo Jimenez must defend St Cuthbert’s School from Grimsby Council’s plans to bulldoze it; town planner Jethro Jelroy and wife grapple with problems of the heart and the hound; while the Jelroy’s son and star pupil Concertine flees into the woods, and a certain soul legend has Grimsby on the mind, in this bounding episode of the Wireless Podcast!
Title: My Spaniel, Rachel
Main Character: Geraldo
Strange Secret: He has the heart of a robot
Climactic Final Location: The frozen goods aisle in Tesco in Grimsby
Sponsored by: Mr Tickle Soft Toys
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Episode 11 – ‘The Clockwork Kiwi Fruit’
Bumbling, big-hearted policeman George receives a tip-off from the unfortunate Mr Ethelred about nefarious goings on in the box-packing factory; gruff, aspiring crimelord Albert Burninger and adolescent accomplice Jonathan discusses the finer points of mixing cocoa; while Sebastian Hough (or is it Hough?) makes an unlikely guinea pig in our eleventh episode, stuffed to the ribs with superfluous tracheotomies, dead dogs and Bevry!
Bumbling, big-hearted policeman George receives a tip-off from the unfortunate Mr Ethelred about nefarious goings on in the box-packing factory; gruff, aspiring crimelord Albert Burninger and adolescent accomplice Jonathan discusses the finer points of mixing cocoa; while Sebastian Hough (or is it Hough?) makes an unlikely guinea pig in our eleventh episode, stuffed to the ribs with superfluous tracheotomies, dead dogs and Bevry!
Title: ‘The Clockwork Kiwi Fruit
Main Character: George
Strange Secret: He loves to knit
Climactic Final Location: A Fishmarket in Grimsby
Sponsored by: Chopsticks
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Episode 10 – ‘The Smell of the Brewery’
Rhinorrhea-plagued Alejandro Borges De Nada spends the episode encamped in the cab of his truck while lover Piedad wants him to be more honest about the deeds he performs for Mr Pollock; loathsome liquor-leavener Thom Thompson and wife Denise train up threatening beer-exporters; and Education Secretary Sir Humphrey Winkledink suggests improvements for The Bible 2.0, in our tenth, alcohol-suffused podcast!
Rhinorrhea-plagued Alejandro Borges De Nada spends the episode encamped in the cab of his truck while lover Piedad wants him to be more honest about the deeds he performs for Mr Pollock; loathsome liquor-leavener Thom Thompson and wife Denise train up threatening beer-exporters; and Education Secretary Sir Humphrey Winkledink suggests improvements for The Bible 2.0, in our tenth, alcohol-suffused podcast!
Title: ‘The Smell of the Brewery’
Main Character: Alejandro
Strange Secret: He Walks Backwards
Climactic Final Location: The Sahara Desert
Sponsored by: Beer
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Episode 9 – ‘The Zookeeper’s Son’
Groom-to-be Adam can’t see past fiancé Genevieve’s Italian ice cream dalliances; Sarah commands Martin to carry out even more extreme engastration than her sister’s Turducken; and Benny the Boy Detective attempts to halt the animal thievery in our ninth rollicking podcast!
Groom-to-be Adam can’t see past fiancé Genevieve’s Italian ice cream dalliances; Sarah commands Martin to carry out even more extreme engastration than her sister’s Turducken; and Benny the Boy Detective attempts to halt the animal thievery in our ninth rollicking podcast!
Title: ‘The Zookeeper’s Son’
Main Character: Adam
Strange Secret: He’s Allergic to the Colour Blue
Climactic Final Location: The Mars Factory in Slough
Sponsored by: Animal Shampoo
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Episode 8 – ‘The River That Ran Fast’
Louvre security guard Wilbur has his sights set on curatorship and the hand of the ravissante Cecily, but first, Monsieur Beaujolais needs him to investigate a curious case of materialising art. A shadowy but efficient Dutch Master; a particularly persistent canard; and fourth dimensional exploits in the name of civil engineering all make an impression, while the audience’s childish response to French affirmatives threaten to disrupt the play’s mise-en-Seine.
Louvre security guard Wilbur has his sights set on curatorship and the hand of the ravissante Cecily, but first, Monsieur Beaujolais needs him to investigate a curious case of materialising art. A shadowy but efficient Dutch Master; a particularly persistent canard; and fourth dimensional exploits in the name of civil engineering all make an impression, while the audience’s childish response to French affirmatives threaten to disrupt the play’s mise-en-Seine.
Title: The River That Ran Fast
Main Character: Wilbur
Strange Secret: He is Dead
Climactic Final Location: A Café in Paris
Sponsored by: Time Travelling Biscuits
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Episode 7 - 'Bicycling in Ireland'
Struggling ex-pat actor Timothy goes undercover to prepare for his next role as a mobster, but San Francisco’s Irish kingpins have secret plans of their own. Only his morbid wife Miriam and a string of Hollywood stars will be able to help, as our hero finds himself stuck between a hard place and The Rock.
Struggling ex-pat actor Timothy goes undercover to prepare for his next role as a mobster, but San Francisco’s Irish kingpins have secret plans of their own. Only his morbid wife Miriam and a string of Hollywood stars will be able to help, as our hero finds himself stuck between a hard place and The Rock.
Title: Bicycling In Ireland
Main Character: Timothy
Strange Secret: He collects monkeys
Climactic Final Location: Alcatraz
Sponsored by: Cuddly toys
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Episode 6 - 'I'm Sorry Guv'nor'
Chronically inept spy Thomas investigates the secretion of unknown weaponry into music cases at the request of Mr Venables; criminal mastermind Rupert sends hydrophilic angoraphile Phyllis to meet a cockney; and the audience’s pre-recording obsession with the number of swimming pools in Senegal (answers here) leads to some inscrutable moments.
Chronically inept spy Thomas investigates the secretion of unknown weaponry into music cases at the request of Mr Venables; criminal mastermind Rupert sends hydrophilic angoraphile Phyllis to meet a cockney; and the audience’s pre-recording obsession with the number of swimming pools in Senegal (answers here) leads to some inscrutable moments.
Title: I’m Sorry Guv’nor
Main Character: Thomas
Strange Secret: He glows in the dark
Climactic Final Location: A music shop in Senegal
Sponsored by: Shoe soles
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Episode 5 - 'The Mystery of the Forth Elephant'
Bridge-decorating train-dodger Geoffrey paints his little cotton socks off for Mr Musselwhite; dastardly Scot Lord Calico asks Mr Quivers to investigate the exodus of Fifers; and Miriam’s personification of fruit and use of hallucinatory surfactant raises questions as to whether she’s a suitable guardian for her son Tommy.
Bridge-decorating train-dodger Geoffrey paints his little cotton socks off for Mr Musselwhite; dastardly Scot Lord Calico asks Mr Quivers to investigate the exodus of Fifers; and Miriam’s personification of fruit and use of hallucinatory surfactant raises questions as to whether she’s a suitable guardian for her son Tommy.
Title: The Mystery of the Forth Elephant
Main Character: Geoffrey
Strange Secret: He loves rabbits
Climactic Final Location: Edinburgh Zoo
Sponsored by: German Children
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Episode 4 – ‘Cooking Bananas in a Canoe’
Fearless explorer Dr Gringshopp and curious companion Lee Gormenghast journey along the Amazon; gentleman adventurers Snatchladle and Childe concoct the most abominable quest of all; and we walk the perilous tightrope of ex State Governorial lawsuits in our globetrotting fourth episode!
Fearless explorer Dr Gringshopp and curious companion Lee Gormenghast journey along the Amazon; gentleman adventurers Snatchladle and Childe concoct the most abominable quest of all; and we walk the perilous tightrope of ex State Governorial lawsuits in our globetrotting fourth episode!
Title: Cooking Bananas in a Canoe
Main Character: Lee
Strange Secret: He does not exist
Climactic Final Location: A hut in Alaska
Sponsored by: Hair
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Episode 3 – ‘The Rolling Thunder’
Godfrey-spurning Scot Ethel finds herself jobless in London; the sinister Russian ‘Master’ and child-henchman Gribble cook up a meteorological plot to steal the crown jewels, and Daniel’s microphone occasionally cuts out in our thrilling third episode!
Godfrey-spurning Scot Ethel finds herself jobless in London; the sinister Russian ‘Master’ and child-henchman Gribble cook up a meteorological plot to steal the crown jewels, and Daniel’s microphone occasionally cuts out in our thrilling third episode!
Title: The Rolling Thunder
Main Character: Ethel
Strange Secret: She is allergic to chocolate
Climactic Final Location: The bathroom at Buckingham Palace
Sponsored by: Lollipops
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Episode 2 – ‘Montgomerie’s Quest’
Mummy’s boy Oglethorpe turns amateur sleuth; Colin Montgomerie trawls the golf courses of Scotland in search of treasure, and a man’s unfeasibly long legs meet a prolonged, sticky end in our second rip-roaring adventure!
Mummy’s boy Oglethorpe turns amateur sleuth; Colin Montgomerie trawls the golf courses of Scotland in search of treasure, and a man’s unfeasibly long legs meet a prolonged, sticky end in our second rip-roaring adventure!
Title: Montgomerie’s Quest
Main Character: Oglethorpe
Strange Secret: He has an S and M Treehouse
Climactic Final Location: The Pound Shop in Govan, Glasgow
Sponsored by: Lollipops
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Episode 1 - 'Cash Rules Everything Around Me, C.R.E.A.M, Get the Money'
Bank-founding billionaire Philip Bank encounters a travelling circus; lonely yet beautiful spinster Ms. Velvet looks for love, while 60s rock legends Cream turn to a life of crime in this, our inaugural podcast.
Bank-founding billionaire Philip Bank encounters a travelling circus; lonely yet beautiful spinster Ms. Velvet looks for love, while 60s rock legends Cream turn to a life of crime in this, our inaugural podcast.
Title: Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Cream get the Money
Main Character: Philip
Strange Secret: He cannot open umbrellas
Climactic Final Location: The tunnels under Liverpool
Sponsored by: Rubber gloves
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