Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for Kids

It’s time to Unpack all things Bonfire Night with our host, Connie's Uncle Chris, and his cheeky soundboard Ziggy! 🧔🏻‍♂️🤖

This time, Uncle Chris' very own Community Theatre Company are back to take on a group of Adventurers! 🎭

Who will steal the show, and who will fizzle out, as they take on a sizzling line-up of super silly games and explosive adventure questions? 🎆

There’s only one way to find out, so get listening… because this contest is sure to go off with a BANG! 💥

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It’s time to test your science brains with a brand-new episode of UNPACKED! The join in quiz show spin-off from Armchair Adventures!🎉

Our host, Connie's Uncle Chris 🧔🏻‍♂️and his cheeky soundboard Ziggy 🤖will challenge adventurers at home and in the studio to ‘Unpack’ our ‘Big Bad Bacteria Busting Adventure ’ through a series of silly games like ‘human sound effects’ and scientific quiz questions!🧪🔬

But will the red or blue team take the lab coat of victory?🥼 Which team’s bacteria know how will earn them the win?! Make sure you’re clued up and ready to get quizzical as you join us to Unpack ‘A Big Bad Bacteria Busting’ adventure!👩🏽‍🔬👨🏻‍🔬

Are you up for the challenge? Let's Unpack this together!🙌

Be sure to follow us for more Unpacked episodes, and if you love this one, why not check out our other Unpacked Quiz episodes!

Say hello adventurer!

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Armchair Adventures is a Made by Mortals production. This episode was co-created with the Trailfinder-CF Innovation Hub and is supported by Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Funded by Alder Hey Children’s Charity, The University of Liverpool Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Public Engagement Grants Scheme, The University of Liverpool Microbiology Society and the Trailfinder-CF Innovation Hub, part of the Translational Innovation Hub Network for CF Lung Health & Infection which is funded by LifeArc and Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

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After finding the right phage for the big bad superbug-beating job, Connie and her customers head back into the lab to show that giant baddie who's boss!

“Hello everyone! Pleased to meet ya! I box bad bacteria for breakfast!

Take that pow, pow, pow!”🥊🦠👹

But what nobody realised was this superbug had got extra huge and extra scary while they were away, and our hero phage gets stage fright and forgets how to battle it!😟

It’s time to step in and lend a hand, adventurers – I think a song might be the medicine we need…🎤🎶

Part three is jam-packed with join-in fun and super scientific moments! 🧪 Join us for an action-packed Part 3 and help Connie save the day!

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

Armchair Adventures is a Made by Mortals production. This episode was co-created with the Trailfinder-CF Innovation Hub and is supported by Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Funded by Alder Hey Children’s Charity, The University of Liverpool Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Public Engagement Grants Scheme, The University of Liverpool Microbiology Society and the Trailfinder-CF Innovation Hub, part of the Translational Innovation Hub Network for CF Lung Health & Infection which is funded by LifeArc and Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

With special thanks to Liv, Josie, Arabella, Alayna, Paige, Natalya, Summer and Doctors Sian and Christian.

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After Connie accidentally grew a super bug to monstrous proportions🦠👹, she sets out with the help of her lovely customers to find a phage that can defeat it!👀

They travel all over the world to find it, and even encounter a problem or two…

“They’re not logs… they’re Crocodiles!”🐊

Will they find the right phage in time before the monster superbug escapes!?

Join us for part 2 of ‘A Big Bad Bacteria Busting Adventure’ so you can travel the 7 seas to help save the day!⛵🦸‍♀️

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

Armchair Adventures is a Made by Mortals production. This episode was co-created with the Trailfinder-CF Innovation Hub and is supported by Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Funded by Alder Hey Children’s Charity, The University of Liverpool Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Public Engagement Grants Scheme, The University of Liverpool Microbiology Society and the Trailfinder-CF Innovation Hub, part of the Translational Innovation Hub Network for CF Lung Health & Infection which is funded by LifeArc and Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

With special thanks to Liv, Josie, Arabella, Alayna, Paige, Natalya, Summer and Doctors Sian and Christian.

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

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On this adventure, Connie has a very special guest customer from the cystic fibrosis community! Together, they go on an adventure aboard a super-cool Lab boat to become citizen scientists! 👩🏽‍🔬👨🏻‍🔬

“But why exactly do you have a science lab inside a boat?”⛵⚓

Once inside, they learn all about phages and bacteria! 🔬🦠But Connie accidentally grows a nasty type of bacteria into a giant one that they need to stop!

Will they get eaten by this massive monster? 👹Can they stop it before it breaks free? Join us to help Connie and co. with a scientific solution in A Big Bad Bacteria Busting Adventure – Part 1!🧪

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

Armchair Adventures is a Made by Mortals production. This episode was co-created with the Trailfinder-CF Innovation Hub and is supported by Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Funded by Alder Hey Children’s Charity, The University of Liverpool Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Public Engagement Grants Scheme, The University of Liverpool Microbiology Society and the Trailfinder-CF Innovation Hub, part of the Translational Innovation Hub Network for CF Lung Health & Infection which is funded by LifeArc and Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

With special thanks to Liv, Josie, Arabella, Alayna, Paige, Natalya, Summer and Doctors Sian and Christian.

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

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It’s time to test your workout knowledge, with a brand-new episode of UNPACKED! The join in quiz show spin-off from Armchair Adventures!🎉

Our host, Connie's Uncle Chris 🧔🏻‍♂️and his cheeky soundboard Ziggy 🤖will challenge adventurers at home and in the studio to Unpack ‘A Planet Exercise Adventure’, through a series of silly games like ‘human sound effects’ and energetic exercise quiz questions!

But will the red or blue team take the sweatband-shaped crown of victory? 🏅🫅

Are you up for the challenge? Let's Unpack this together! 💪

Be sure to follow us for more Unpacked episodes, and if you love this one, why not check out our other Unpacked episodes!

Say hello adventurer!

Website: armchair-adventures.co.uk

Facebook: @armchairadventuresuk

Instagram:http://www.armchair-adventures.org/@armchairadventuresuk

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

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Are you ready for the final to end all finals, adventures?! ⚽

After Connie's locker room pep talk, Ashton United are raring to go!

‘Now, get out there and win it. Not for yourself, but for all the people that got you here. Win it for them. Win it for Ronnie!!!’

Get ready to sing your heart out with Connie and her customers and see if you can help bring them an FA Cup victory in Part Three of Ronnie’s Football Adventure! 🎤🎶🏆

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

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Welcome back to your Armchair Adventure football fix! ⚽

We rejoin Connie and Ronnie as he takes her behind the scenes at Wembley Stadium to teach her that football is about more than just sport!

"Football's not about money.... It's about community."

Meeting the Ashton United players has inspired Connie, and she really gets into the spirit of the match! But at halftime, despite chanting and cheering on the team, they ended up trailing behind Rivals FC at 1-0!

VAR is to blame, and Connie sees her chance to give Ashton United a pep talk! 👩‍🦰🔊 But will it be enough? Find out in Part Two of Ronnie’s Football Adventure!

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

Part Three of this episode will be out Thursday 30th July!

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Can't get enough of the World Cup adventurers? ⚽ 🤪

Then why don’t you join us as we revisit Ronnie’s Football Adventure from Season One!

‘I’m going to take everyone on an adventure to discover what being part of a football club is all about.’

Connie thinks football is BORING! (uh-oh!) So, Ronnie and her lovely customers take her on an armchair adventure to Wembley Stadium to watch their team, Ashton United, take on Rivals FC in the FA cup final!🏆

It’s a really important match, so everyone needs to bring their good luck charms!🍀

Join us to find out if Connie can fall in love with the beautiful game in Part One of Ronnie’s Football Adventure!

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

Part Two of this episode will be out Thursday 16th July!

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Did someone say WORLD CUP? 🌍🏆

Then it’s time to unpack our latest Adventure theme with our host, Connie's Uncle Chris, and his cheeky soundboard sidekick, Ziggy! 🧔🏻‍♂️🤖

This time, in honour of the World Cup, his trusty Community Theatre Company is going head-to-head with a group of Adventurers in a football-tastic Unpacked episode!⚽

They will battle it out through a series of super silly games and football-related adventure questions. But which team will leave with the imaginary Armchair Adventures ‘nothing at all’ cup? 🏆 There is only one way to find out, so get listening!👂

Be sure to follow us for more Unpacked episodes, where we'll revisit even more of your favourite Armchair Adventures!

Say hello adventurer!

Website: armchair-adventures.co.uk

Facebook: @armchairadventuresuk

Instagram:http://www.armchair-adventures.org/@armchairadventuresuk

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

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Adventurers, welcome to the tough zone on 🪐PLANET EXERCISE🪐 Here, Nanna Debs’ favourite kind of exercise is dancing! 💃🪩🕺

“Come on, everybody! It’s time for some serious group dancing! Follow me to the dance floor!”

After Nanna Debs felt unwell in the last episode, Connie has been a bit overprotective and isn’t listening. She needs to learn that her Nan knows her own limits... so Nanna Debs takes everyone to the dance floor to show that exercise can be for everyone!

Join in with freestyle dancing, flying taxi rides, and a sing-along too! 🎶👯‍♀️

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actors - Hannah Donelon, Kate Allerston

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

This is a ‘Made by Mortals’ Production funded by Parkinson’s UK, the charity that’s here to support every Parkinson’s journey. Every step of the way. With special thanks to Michelle, Bill and Chris.

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Connie and the gang have been doing some tai chi 🙆‍♀️, bean can weightlifting 🥫 and even a supermarket sweep 🛒 on Planet Exercise! 🪐 But now, Connie wants to turn things up a notch…

“Wow, this zone looks much more intense. There’s step trainers that go on and on, speed walking zones, a racetrack! And just look at those bikes with a big screen on that makes it look like you’re riding anywhere in the world! I fancy that!”

The customers dive into a fun chair exercise bootcamp, while Connie and Nana Debs hop on the “ride anywhere” bikes 🚴 travelling to the jungle, a sweet factory and even the moon! 🌝

But when it all gets a bit too much for Nan, Connie learns that exercise doesn’t always have to be super intense to be good medicine for people with Parkinson's 💊❤️

Join us for Part 2 of ‘A Planet Exercise Adventure’ and get moving with us - just make sure you’re back in time for the TV broadcast! 📺

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actors - Hannah Donelon, Kate Allerston

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

This is a ‘Made by Mortals’ Production funded by Parkinson’s UK, the charity that’s here to support every Parkinson’s journey. Every step of the way. With special thanks to Michelle, Bill and Chris.

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

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Connie’s Nanna Debs and Uncle Chris are planning an exercise class for a live TV show, happening right at the Armchair Adventures travel agency! 🎥 🏋️

“The class is going to be on TV! A live broadcast, this afternoon! They’re coming with all the cameras, lights and everything! Me, your Nan and all your customers on live TV!! Woohoo!”

They’re planning the class with the help with Nan's friends from Parkinson's UK as Connie's Nanna Debs has recently been told she has Parkinson's - an illness that affects your brain and how you move.🧠

Connie learns that exercise is like a medicine for people living with Parkinson's so she’s determined to help plan the class… there's just one problem…Connie doesn’t know anything about exercise! 😟⁉️

Nanna Debs gets the idea to go to 🪐PLANET EXERCISE🪐 on an Armchair Adventure to help her learn more!

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actors - Hannah Donelon, Kate Allerston

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

This is a ‘Made by Mortals’ Production funded by Parkinson’s UK, the charity that’s here to support every Parkinson’s journey. Every step of the way. With special thanks to Michelle, Bill and Chris.

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s time to get environmentally friendly and test your planet-protecting knowledge with a brand-new episode of UNPACKED! The join-in quiz show spin-off from Armchair Adventures! 🎧✨

Our host, Connie's Uncle Chris, and his cheeky soundboard Ziggy will challenge adventurers at home and in the studio to ‘Unpack’ our Adventure theme of protecting the planet, through a series of silly games like ‘human sound effects’ and super sustainable quiz questions! 🌍♻️

Are you up for the challenge? Let’s Unpack this together! 💪🎉

Be sure to follow us for more Unpacked episodes, and if you love this episode why not check out ‘A Super Sustainable Fashion Adventure’ or ‘A Magical Mural Adventure’ wherever you get your podcasts! 💛

Say hello adventurer!

Website: armchair-adventures.co.uk

Facebook: @armchairadventuresuk

Instagram:http://www.armchair-adventures.org/@armchairadventuresuk

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

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Hello Adventurers! It’s time to Unpack our latest Adventure with our host, Connie's Uncle Chris, and his cheeky soundboard Ziggy! 🧔🏻‍♂️🤖

This time, his trusty Community Theatre Company are going head-to-head with a group of Adventurers! They will battle it out through a series of super silly games and homely adventure questions! 🥊

But which team will leave with the super special prize of nothing at all? 🏆 There's only one way to find out... so get listening!👂

And don’t forget to make sure you’re clued up and ready to get quizzical so you can join in too, as we Unpack the ‘Making a House a Home’ Adventure together! 🏡

Be sure to follow us for more Unpacked episodes, where we'll revisit even more of your favourite Armchair Adventures!

This is a Made By Mortals production funded by The Arts Council of England. Special thanks to homelessness charity Groundswell and Shared Health.

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People. People are what make a house a home. On realising this, in this final episode, Connie and the gang set about putting on a welcome party for the family when they arrive. They think of everything: tables, chairs, welcome flags, and even an exploding barbecue. 😯

Uncle Chris’s Community Theatre Company point out that a welcome party is all very well and good, but it's everyday kindness that makes people feel at home. Connie learns local communities can play a massive part in making others feel welcome, safe, and loved. 💛

“Homes are so special." 🏡

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

This was a Made By Mortals production funded by The Arts Council of England. Special thanks to homelessness charity Groundswell and Shared Health, and to the families living in temporary accommodation who helped make and record this episode.

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In part two, we continue our adventure to learn how to make a house a home. We meet John-Paul, an artist and visionary with a keen creative eye. He helps Connie and the gang find the inspiration to decorate the house using a ‘special things’ box the family sent. 🎨🖌️

“Special things’ boxes are very special and can also be magical. They are packed with inspiration. Connie, take the first object out of the family’s special things box and see where the inspiration takes us...”

By the end of the episode, the decoration in the family’s new house matches the family’s interests, passions, and energy. But it is still missing one final ingredient to make a house a home. What could it be? 🤔

Read the transcript for this episode here.

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

This was a Made By Mortals production funded by The Arts Council of England. Special thanks to homelessness charity Groundswell and Shared Health, and to the families living in temporary accommodation who helped make and record this episode.

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

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Connie’s family are super good friends with a family that come from a country that isn't safe for them to live anymore. Connie is on a mission to make their house a home before they arrive, but she needs help...

“I need to know how to make a house a home and fast. Family friends are fleeing from a war-torn country and they need our help to settle in here. They sent their stuff by boat a week ago. And they are coming by plane today!” 🛬

The adventure takes Connie and the gang to an area near the home that is packed with ice cream parlours, community gardens, and a mini market. It’s perfect! But when they race around the corner to where the house is supposed to be, it's an empty plot with nothing there!!! Everybody joins in building, but when it's finished, Connie realises it's more than bricks and mortar and windows and doors and floors and roof that make a house a home.

What more could they need? Listen to find out...🏠

Read the transcript here.

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

This was a Made By Mortals production funded by The Arts Council of England. Special thanks to homelessness charity Groundswell and Shared Health, and to the families living in temporary accommodation who helped make and record this episode.

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s time to get and put your tech-know-how to the test, with a brand-new episode of UNPACKED! The join in quiz show spin-off from Armchair Adventures!

Our host, Connie's Uncle Chris 🧔🏻‍♂️ and his cheeky soundboard Ziggy 🤖 will challenge adventurers at home and in the studio to ‘Unpack’ our ‘A Journey into the Unknown Adventure’, through a series of silly games like ‘human sound effects’ and digital themed 'adventure quiz' questions!

‘When was the smartphone invented?’

But will the red or blue team be crowned digital royalty? Which team’s super sound effects will secure them victory! Make sure you’re clued up and ready to get quizzical as you join us to Unpack ‘A Journey into the Unknown’ adventure!

Are you up for the challenge? Let's Unpack this together!

Be sure to follow us for more Unpacked episodes, and if you love this one why not check out our other Unpacked Quiz episodes!

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals, a not-for profit arts organisation based in Greater Manchester, UK.

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Now they are friends again, Connie works with Teresa and her lovely customers to learn how to use apps before the phone battery runs out! 📱

“I learnt that I needed to slow down and take my time when I'm explaining things, because learning new things isn’t easy!”

After the customers say singing things helps them to remember, Teresa transports the gang into a music-making app! 🎵Once inside, they play cool instruments to create a song together...🎸🥁

There is just one problem…the battery has almost died on the smartphone…🪫😬 Will Connie and the gang get out of the phone in time?! Join us for a fun-packed episode to find out!

Credits

Armchair Adventures is produced by Made By Mortals

Actor - Hannah Donelon

Sound design - Blueprint Studios

Support: https://www.patreon.com/ArmchairAdventures

See https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.