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You know when everything is crap and you wanna getaway? Yeah us too, so this week we are talking Escapism podcasts! Liz brings the popular comedy fiction Wooden Overcoats, Zane takes escapism literally with Extremities, and Nick goes out of this world with From Now. Then it’s review time for last week’s pods.Liz Recommends - Wooden Overcoatshttps://www.woodenovercoats.com/RUDYARD FUNN RUNS A FUNERAL HOME ON THE ISLAND OF PIFFLING.It used to be the only one. It isn't anymore.Rudyard Funn and his equally miserable sister Antigone run their family’s failing funeral parlor, where they get the body in the coffin in the ground on time. But one day they find everyone enjoying themselves at the funerals of a new competitor – the impossibly perfect Eric Chapman! With their dogsbody Georgie, and a mouse called Madeleine, the Funns are taking drastic steps to stay in business…British Podcasts Award Winner For both: serial so from start. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/wooden-overcoats/id1039662268Nick Recommends - From NowA famed lost spaceship, the USS HOPE, returns to Earth after vanishing thirty-five years prior. The lone survivor disembarks mysteriously looking the exact same age as when he left. Following the ensuing media chaos, he finally reunites with his formerly identical twin brother (now an old man) for a one-on-one meeting. But what starts as a joyful reconciliation soon leads to dark revelations that threaten their relationship -- and the future of humanity.For both: serial so from the starthttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-now/id1544239486Zane Recommends - Extremitieshttps://www.wendoverproductions.com/In a typical "Zane" move Zane has brought a History and Science podcast (with a garnish of Geography and Social Sciences thrown in)! Extremities examines the why, and how, people live in Earth's most isolated and extreme settlements. Typically one location per season, the podcast has covered Pitcairn, Svalbard, and St Helena. The podcast has not run since early 2020, but there are still hours of escapist content to enjoy.For Both: Pick Anyhttps://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/extremities-wendover-productions-2i3VLedRp5x/# See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Description Returning guest John Darowski joins Joe to discuss the narrative podcast Wooden Overcoats. This comedic podcast tells the story of competing funeral homes on a small island named Piffling that sits in the English Channel. British macabre humor, eccentric … Continue reading →
In this week's episode, our guest Felix Trench (the voice of Rudyard Funn from the audio drama "Wooden Overcoats") talks us into reading "Tintin: Explorers on the Moon." Felix then goes head to head with Topher in our game, "It's Topher Against the World and We Know It." The topic of the game was the Top 10 Greatest Animated Superhero Shows Ever.
Piffling's least favorite undertaker, Rudyard Funn, takes to the woods for an unorthodox funeral in this episode of the delightful British sitcom Wooden Overcoats. Their latest season digs deeper into the lives of their oddball characters, and it's even more hilarious—and more poignant—than ever. This week, we bring you Episode 3: "Rudyard Takes a Hike".And stay tuned: next week, David chats with Rudyard and Antigone themselves, Felix Trench and Beth Eyre!
This week, we take a trip to the drizzly English village of Piffling Vale, where undertaker Rudyard Funn discovers he's no longer the only mortician in town in Episode 1 of the fabulous indie sitcom WOODEN OVERCOATS.Later in the show, I talk with David K. Barnes and Andy Goddard, the head writer and co-producer of WOODEN OVERCOATS. Fun is had, velvet is worn, and we all learn a valuable lesson about Sitcom Theory.The post Episode 431 – Wooden Overcoats – David K. Barnes and Andy Goddard appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.
On the overlooked Channel Island of Piffling, obstinate undertaker Rudyard Funn runs his family’s failing funeral parlour. But when new and sexy undertaker Eric Chapman sets up shop across the square and becomes an immediate sensation, Rudyard realises he’ll have to take drastic steps to stay in business. || Become a Piffling islander! Find Wooden Overcoats on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and Instagram to see what other listeners are saying, and let us know you think. Or e-mail us on hello@woodenovercoats.com. We love hearing from you.