Once Upon a Time in Zombieville

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Something strange is going on in the local mine. Sam and Jamie investigate ... Award-winning sci-fi adventure for 9-12 year-olds.

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  • British Podcast Awards
    2018 Family


  • Oct 31, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 11m AVG DURATION
  • 40 EPISODES


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Episode 10: Buckstop Island

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 16:45


Buckstop is having a great day! The resistance all arrested! His arch enemy Sam is being brought before him by Steve Diamond! Nobody could possibly spoil this day. Or…could they?!

Episode 9: A Little Time And Concentration

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 15:21


Sam discovers that she's not alone. Dr Abbey and Jim discover what's going on outside their spaceship. Jamie makes a new friend, and discovers an old one.

Episode 8: Who's The Expert Here?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 11:35


Steve Diamond is desperate to drag Sam back to Buckstop to claim his bounty, but there's Mikey commanding a Zombie Horde in his way! Is there any hope of escape for Sam and Jo?

Episode 7: Get Me Out Of Here

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 14:45


Jamie is surrounded by police and comes up with a lie to keep them at bay! Sam has to go back to Hydesville House to be picked up by her Dad, but will she be the only one there!?

Episode 6: Mind Your P

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 15:05


While Sam and Jo are on the run and Sam's Mom and Jamie's Dad still can't get their pilot to land where they want, Jamie joins an online resistance group led by the mysterious P.

Episode 5: The Bounty Hunters

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 13:37


Bounty Hunters are on the case! Mavis goes into the woods. Bobby goes to visit Criminal Masterminds. Steve investigates Sam's prison break, as Voom grows more out-of-control!!

Episode 4: It's The System

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 10:40


Can Jamie win the game of hide and seek when Steve Diamond tracks him down to his Auntie and Uncle's house? Can Sam's new friend Jo and her Foster Parents blow her cover?!

Episode 3: Making Plans

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 14:07


Sam escapes Prison and is hidden away in a Group Home until her Dad, Colonel Jones can rescue her. Meanwhile Jamie only has the internet to find out how to beat Buckstop!

Episode 1: For Starters

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 14:39


When Voom Buckstop is challenged by Jamie and Sam on the White House lawn, Buckstop threatens to blow everyone up with the 'Nuclear Football!' Can Sam & Jamie save the day?

Episode 2: Help!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 13:25


Can Sam escape her fate at the hands of Mikey's Zombie-fingers? And can Jamie hide himself away from Buckstop's newest weapon: Bounty Hunters!?

Episode 10: Can You Handle The Truth?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 15:15


Buckstop continues to rage against nature, getting ready to launch his global attack - World War Tree! Will our heroes be able to stop him in time?

Episode 9: The Trial

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 12:17


Jamie and Sam find themselves facing the Squirrel King and his gang of angry animals. Will they be cracked open like a box of nuts? Or can they persuade them to join forces to beat Buckstop?

Episode 8: The Worst Kind Of Homework

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 12:27


With Buckstop having let slip where their parents are, Jamie and Sam make their way into the mine. Where they realise they can use the space ship’s time travelling powers to outwit the guards.

Episode 7: A Gran’s Gotta Do What A Gran’s Gotta Do

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 14:58


Jamie and Sam return to find the spaceship, only to find they’re surrounded. On the ground, and overhead too. But Granny’s armed and dangerous with her skooshy skoosher zombie soaker…

Episode 6: Tai Chi And Omega 3

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 12:51


Our heroes touch down in Scotland and are on their way to Jamie’s uncle and aunt. But Buckstop and Smillie are on to them…

Episode 5: Sneaky Good

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2020 12:21


Last time Jamie and Sam went back to school to find that everything was crazy. Mrs Singh chased them and they ended up in the woods with some curious creatures. Surely nothing bad at all will happen to them there?

Episode 4: Into The Woods

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2020 11:32


Mikey Buckstop is Mayor. Voom Buckstop is Ruler of the World! Our heroes, the world’s most wanted criminals, are now hiding among the trash – literally! And what’s happening with the animals? They don’t seem happy…

Episode 3: The World’s Most Wanted

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2020 10:57


When Jamie and Sam asked the aliens to help them against big bad Buckstop, they laughed. So now they’re returning to Planet Earth to take him on themselves … but they quickly discover things have changed. A lot!

Episode 2: Entertainment Purposes Only

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2020 11:40


Our heroes make their escape from those nasty old aliens with their gargling gnomes and go in search of food, only to find themselves on another planet where things are even weirder.

Episode 1: The Generation Gap

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2020 13:20


Welcome back to our ordinary everyday story of two kids in a battle to save the world. We join them trapped in an alien spaceship, while down below, their hometown and everyone they know are being turned into zombies by billionaire baddie Voom Buckstop.

Episode 10: The Storm

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2019 11:58


Chief Anderson demonstrates the effects of ‘Zombie Juice’ to a room full of government officials, meanwhile Buckstop and Mikey head out into the stormy night armed with water blasters filled with yellow liquid, ready to cause havoc on the town!

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Episode 9: Where Did What Go?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2019 8:53


Dr Smillie fights squirrels over zombie juice while Colonel Jones discovers… no UFO in the the Swenson Farm barn! Meanwhile Jamie wonders where Granny McSporran has disappeared to.

Episode 8: You’ve Got To Do What You’re Told

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2019 12:46


Colonel Jones, Jamie and Sam notice that Granny is missing and alert the authorities, meanwhile, deep underground the mysterious super government set the wheels in motion to to force Sam’s Dad to find the UFO. Later, Sam and Jamie make a new friend… in the woods!

Episode 7: Leave It To Me

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2019 11:54


As the mysterious spy guys continue their pursuit of Jamie & Sam, Granny McSporran arrives to save our young heroes and speedily gets them to safety. They arrive at Gunnar Swenson’s farm to get some blue space juice from the secretly hidden UFO. Granny McSporran drives the kids back to Sam’s house where Sam’s Dad, Colonel Jones, is in no mood to hear their nonsense about UFO’s and Zombies! Granny decides to take matters into her own hands but get more than she bargains for…

Episode 6: Everybody Is Kung-Fu Fighting

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2019 10:22


Buckstop and Smillie hatch a plan to permanently silence Jim and Abbey while the mysterious spy guys pay Jamie and Sam and visit at school. After Buckstop convinces Police Chief Anderson to release Jim and Abbey from jail, his plan takes shape nicely!

Episode 5: Important Lessons

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2019 10:38


Sam’s Dad, Colonel Jones, turns up and is not happy with his daughter’s behaviour! He agrees to take Sam, Jamie and Granny back to Jamie’s house while things calm down. On the way home, they notice more animals acting really weird. A herd of deer standing in a row by the side of the road as if they are waiting to cross safely. The animals of Zombieville are learning! The next day at school, Sam and Jamie are confronted by the mysterious “G-Men” and make a run for it! Meanwhile, across town at Buckstop Mansion, Voom and Dr Smillie are plotting their next move.

Episode 4: Big Trouble

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2019 11:30


After Jim McSporran is taken away by the Police, Jamie and his Granny decide to get help from Sam and Dr Abbey. Just before they leave, Granny McSporran notices something strange in the back garden… a fox copying her movements! Things are getting weird in Zombieville. Meanwhile, over at Sam’s house, Sam and Dr Abbey are dealing with their own uninvited guests. As the zombies (and zombie squirrels) break into Sam’s house, Chief Anderson turns up just in time with some blue liquid! But it’s not an entirely welcome visit for Dr Abbey who also gets taken away by the Police! The mysterious men (known as G-Men) turn up in Zombieville and overhear Chief Anderson and news reporter, Kelly Lee, talking about spaceships and people going crazy!

Episode 3: Mom’s The Word

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2019 10:35


Jamie, Jim and Granny McSporran have to fight off zombies trying to break in through the back window while mysterious men in a secret underground base plan a visit to Zombieville in an attempt to find and cover up the crashed UFO. Jamie tries to convince his Granny that the UFO is real and that the yellow liquid Buckstop harnessed from it really does turn people into Zombies. After Buckstop points the finger at Jim McSporran, accusing him of stealing “specialist engineering equipment” and causing the “accident”, Jim is taken away by the Police!

Episode 2: Fatherly Advice

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2019 11:06


When confronted by the media, Voom Buckstop blames Jim McSporran for the alleged accident at the mine, which everybody now believes was the cause of the zombie outbreak. Dr Smillie devises a new plan to turn everyone into zombie slaves while Jamie and his Dad get a surprise visitor!

Episode 1: The White Lie

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2019 10:35


The award winning family podcast series is back for season 2! Sam & Jamie are forced to crash land their UFO straight into Gunnar Swenson’s pumpkin patch. With a little help they are able to hide the spaceship in an old barn. After ‘de-zombifying’ Police Chief Anderson, they are forced to tell a little white lie in order to help save the residents of Zombieville who were turned into zombie slaves by evil Voom Buckstop.

Series 2 - Coming Soon

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 2:03


Get ready for the exciting new series of Once Upon a Time in Zombieville.

Episode 8: The Unknown

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2017 9:48


A spaceship? In the mine? The source of Buckstop's power to zombify is revealed ... as Jamie and his gang make their escape.

Episode 7: The Fear

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2017 8:43


After a subterranean chase, Jamie and Sam find themselves face to face with the source of the mysterious zombie-juice ...

Episode 6: RUN!!!!!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2017 10:31


Buckstop's goons, and a classful of zombiefied schoolchildren, chase Jamie and Sam across town. And those squirrels are back.

Episode 5: Zombies Everywhere!!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2017 9:25


Is that a lemonade truck parked outside the school? Or something way more dangerous? Sam and Jamie escape Dr Smillie's trap, but will they be in time to save their classmates ...?

Episode 4: This Means War!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2017 9:13


A zombiefied squirrel? And a zombiefied police chief? The weirdness is spreading ... Meanwhile, Dr Smillie tries to lure Jamie and Sam into a trap.

Episode 3: Everything is Not Fine

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017 8:40


Mine-owner Voom Buckstop reassures the crowd all is well, but Jamie's dad has still not returned home. And later Buckstop unknowingly lets slip his evil plan over the airwaves ...

Episode 2: The Dark

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017 8:53


Jamie and Sam hear an explosion coming from the mine, and run to help. It seems no-one's been hurt, but one of the mineworkers is acting decidedly ... weird.

Episode 1: The Bullies

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017 8:52


On the first day at his new school, Jamie is befriended by Sam, and harassed by the school bully. Local billionaire Voom Buckstop makes an unwelcome appearance in class.

Welcome to Once Upon A Time In Zombieville

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2017 1:52


There’s a strange glowing liquid which affects those who touch it… and there are zombies.

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