Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for Kids
A join-in adventure series filled with stories and songs for kids. Step into the world of the Armchair Adventures Imagination Travel Agency and learn new things about people, history, science, and different cultures along the way. Join Connie, her Uncle Chris and their crew of explorers on incredible journeys - where anything is possible! It's not just a story; it's an adventure that you are a part of. Made with real-life grannies and grandads, it's a unique intergenerational listening experience.
Episodes
UNPACKED: A Planet Exercise Adventure
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 en
Ronnie's Football Adventure Replay - Part 3
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
Ronnie's Football Adventure Replay - Part 2
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 cheer
Ronnie's Football Adventure Replay - Part 1
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 S
UNPACKED: A World Cup Special
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
A Planet Exercise Adventure - Part 3
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
A Planet Exercise Adventure - Part 2
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&
A Planet Exercise Adventure - Part 1
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
UNPACKED: An Earth Day Adventure
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
UNPACKED: Making a House a Home Adventure
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
Making a House a Home Adventure - Part 3
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 t
Making a House a Home Adventure - Part 2
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, t
Making a House a Home Adventure - Part 1
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 s
UNPACKED: A Journey Into The Unknown Adventure
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 gam
A Journey Into The Unknown Adventure - Part 3
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! 🎵Onc
A Journey Into The Unknown Adventure - Part 2
Things are getting very slimy for Connie and her lovely customers inside the slime game on Teresa’s smartphone adventures...🦠 “Oh yeah… I forgot to mention, we have to do it all with a slime monster chasing us and trying to eat us” ☠️ Being chased by a horrible slime monster, Teresa is tasked with playing the game outside the phone to help us escape to the end of the level
A Journey Into The Unknown Adventure - Part 1
Season 6 of Armchair Adventures is finally here! Welcome back adventurers! In this episode, Connie’s lovely customer Teresa needs a little help understanding how to use apps on her smartphone, so Connie and the gang adventure inside her mobile phone to help her learn more! 📱 “I’ll teach you what you need to know, it's soooo easy! Let’s get the gang on the line and ad
UNPACKED: A Christmas Adventure 🎅🏻
🎅🏻 HO, HO, HO! It’s time to test your cracking Christmas knowledge, with a fairy light shining 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’ an Armchair Adventure theme through a series of silly games
Join the Armchair Adventures Fan Club!
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Armchair Adventures Season 6 - TRAILER
Are you ready for Season 6 of Armchair Adventurers, everyone!! 🥳 This year's episodes are getting even bigger and better, with each one having a join-in-at-home packed three parts! How exciting is that! We will be transported into smartphones📱, visiting a magical zoo 🐘🐘 and getting moving with a super physical adventure!🏃🏽‍♀️ Not to mention Uncle Chris’s quiz show ‘Unpacked’
UNPACKED: A Girl Power Scrapbook Adventure 🦸🏼♀️
It’s time to test your Armchair Adventures knowledge once again, with a brand spanking 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 Girl Power Scrapbook Adventure' through a series of silly games
A Girl Power Scrapbook Adventure - Part 2
Welcome back to Part 2 of 'A Girl Power Scrapbook Adventure', where Connie and her customers learn more about local inspirational women... "‘Walk in my shoes, run in my wake" 🏃‍♀✨💪🏽 Connie and her customers are stuck in cyberspace!! But Connie has been asked by the Mayor to sing at a special event, celebrating local inspirational women. How will she make it to the stage in time?&nbs
A Girl Power Scrapbook Adventure - Part 1
"Girls are strong, and girls are clever, look out world 'cos here we come!" 🦸‍♀️📕💖 This week, Uncle Chris takes us back to season 4 for part one of.... 'A Girl Power Scrapbook Adventure.' 😀 Connie is asked to sing at the local mayor's inspirational women's event, but needs a little self-belief. So, her lovely customers take her on an adventure inside Ada's Girl Power scrapbook! But this isn't
UNPACKED: A Halloween Adventure 🎃
🎃 It’s time to get a bit spooky and test your Halloween knowledge with a fiendishly new episode of UNPACKED! The join in quiz show spin-off from Armchair Adventures! Our host, Connie's Uncle Chris, (or for this episode Count Uncle Chris-ula! 🧛🏻) and his cheeky soundboard Ziggy will challenge adventurers at home and in the studio to ‘Unpack’ our Adventure theme of Halloween,
UNPACKED: A Shakespeare Adventure
It’s time to test your Armchair Adventures knowledge once again, with a brand spanking 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’ an Armchair Adventure through a series of silly games like ‘human sound
A Shakespeare Adventure - Part 2
Uncle Chris is helping out at the Armchair Adventures Travel Agency while Connie is busy preparing for the launch of Season 6! Last week, Uncle Chris took us back to Elizabethan England in part one of 'A Shakespeare Adventure', and now, here is part 2! In the episode, Uncle Chris and his community theatre company are on the run from some vicious guards in Elizabethan England! ‘What on earth
A Shakespeare Adventure - Part 1
Uncle Chris is looking after the Armchair Adventures Travel Agency, while Connie is preparing for the launch of Season 6 of Armchair Adventures. To kick things off, Uncle Chris takes us back to 'Ye Olde England' and part one of 'A Shakespeare Adventure' from Season 4. In the episode, Connie needs help with her Shakespeare essay, so she asks Uncle Chris and his community theatre company to lend her
A 'Place In Your Imagination' Adventure
Are you in need of a break? Fancy a journey of the imagination? Well, join Uncle Chris as he creates his very own holiday show inspired episode of Armchair Adventures...'A Place In Your Imagination!' 🚀🏝️🌍 At Armchair Adventures, we specialise in 'journeys of the imagination, so sit back, relax and join us to find just the break you're looking for! There's... ...Dancing at a music festival 💃
A 'Guess The Guest' Adventure
Join Uncle Chris in this super special episode of Armchair Adventures where we play 'Guess The Guest!' 🤔 The rules are simple, in each round Uncle Chris will give you 3 clues about a special guest who has appeared in an Armchair Adventures episode. You have the thinking time ding to decide your answer before we reveal who it is! ⏰ This is going to test your Armchair Adventures knowledge to the lim
UNPACKED: A Greek Gods Olympic Adventure
It’s time to test your Armchair Adventures knowledge once again, with a brand spanking 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’ an Armchair Adventure through a series of silly games like ‘human
A Greek Gods Olympic Adventure - Part 2
Things had been going well at the Olympics for Connie, Uncle Chris and his community theatre company, as they faced the Greek Gods and Goddesses in battle for their lives! Of course, they couldn't have done it without the help of their new friend – Queen of the Gods – Hera! However, Zeus ⚡🔱 became suspicious and stopped her from helping us, leaving us on our own to face Poseidon and Ze
A Greek Gods Olympic Adventure - Part 1
Connie is playing Hera, Queen of the Gods, in her school play, but she’s finding the pressure a lot to deal with and keeps freezing up in rehearsals… 🎭 “This is a lovely costume…buuuuut… I’m playing Hera, Queen of the Gods. I don’t think I’ll do it justice!” Wanting her to believe in herself, Uncle Chris and his trusty community theatre comp
UNPACKED: A Super Sustainable Fashion Adventure
🎧 It’s time to test your Armchair Adventures knowledge!Welcome to Unpacked – the brand-new spin-off show from Armchair Adventures, made for your listening (and joining-in!) pleasure. 🎙️Hosted by Connie’s Uncle Chris – drama teacher, actor extraordinaire and mischief-maker – and his cheeky soundboard sidekick Ziggy, each episode of Unpacked takes you back to a past adv
UNPACKED: A Magical Mural Adventure
In this episode of UNPACKED, we’re getting arty and environmentally friendly in preparation to compete to win absolutely nothing when we revisit to the ‘A Magical Mural Adventure’ from Season 5. ♻️ 🏞️It’s time to test your Armchair Adventures knowledge once again, with a brand spanking new episode of UNPACKED! The join in quiz show spin-off from Armchair Adventures!Our host, Connie's Uncle Ch
A Magical Mural Adventure - Part 2
Welcome back to part 2 of 'A Magical Mural Adventure!' Whilst on their journey inside the magical mural, Connie and her lovely customers have helped rescue a rocket-speed turtle called Turbo 🐢 from a plastic disaster and are now they are trying to help a mother polar bear 🐻‍❄️ reunite with her cub, who is floating away on a piece of melting sea ice! “I’ve got it! Let’s
A Magical Mural Adventure - Part 1
Connie’s decorating the art party at school and our lovely customer Pauline is looking for some creative inspiration! Seeing that Connie’s ordering a lot of single-use plastic for the event, Pauline takes them on an Armchair Adventure to Plastic Shed to learn more about plastic waste while they get a bit arty! ♻️🎨 “There is this amazing arts organisation called Plastic
UNPACKED: A Record Breaking Vaccination Adventure
It’s time to test your Armchair Adventures knowledge once again, with a brand spanking 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’ an Armchair Adventure through a series of silly games like ‘human sound effects’ and super tough
A Record-Breaking Vaccination Adventure - Part 2
Whilst on their journey inside the human body Connie, Uncle Chris and her lovely customers have been caught by the immune system and taken to the lymph node for investigation! 🩻 ‘It looks like we’ve arrived everyone…this lymph node really does look like a jail…’ Once they are scanned by some strange little t-cells, Connie gets involved in making anti bodies with the
A Record-Breaking Vaccination Adventure - Part 1
Uncle Chris needs Connie's help to break a world record, but she needs to study for a test on vaccinations! 🌎🥇 "No, stop everyone! No record-breaking burps! I’m really sorry Uncle Chris, but I’ve just been trying to tell you I can’t break a record today!" To try and do both, Connie and her customers go on a journey of the imagination to Dr Rachel’s super-secret lab to learn
UNPACKED: A Midsummer Night's Dream Adventure
It’s time to test your Armchair Adventures knowledge once again, with a brand spanking 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’ an Armchair Adventure through a series of silly games like ‘human sound effects’ and super tough advent
A Midsummer Night's Dream Adventure - Part 2
Connie and Uncle Chris and his community theatre company are exploring the world of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to find out more about the themes of the mischievous play. 🎭But they seem to have landed right in the middle of a squabble between two best friends and Puck receiving a telling off from his Master, Oberon! 🧚♂️Will everybody be friends again and everyth
A Midsummer Night's Dream Adventure - Part 1
Connie has to make a last minute presentation at school on the themes of Shakespeare’s magical and mischievous play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and she has no idea where to start! Luckily, her Uncle Chris and the community theatre company are experts on Shakespeare, so they decide to go on an Armchair Adventure into the world of the play to find out more. 🎭There, they’re met by character
UNPACKED: An Ancient Egypt Adventure
Welcome to UNPACKED, Armchair Adventures’ spin-off show for your listening and ‘join in’ pleasure. Hosted by Connie’s Uncle Chris, drama teacher and actor extraordinaire, and a cheeky soundboard called Ziggy, each episode challenges teams of customers and adventurers to ‘Unpack’ an adventure through a series of super silly games and some proper-hard adventure qu
An Ancient Egypt Adventure - Part 2
Connie and the gang are back in Ancient Egypt 🌅🐫 – and this time, they have a mission 💪Their meeting with Hatshepsut, the first woman to rule Egypt as a Pharoah – didn’t go to plan… The gang found Hatshepsut down in the dumps – convinced that one day everything she’d achieved would be forgotten. Can the gang prove to Hatshepsut that her legacy will live on? It will take some sneaky hieroglyph
An Ancient Egypt Adventure - Part 1
Connie and the gang travel back through the sands of time, all the way to Ancient Egypt 🌅🐫Connie is feeling sad about missing out on a special trip, and so, her lovely customer Jan decides to cheer her up. A history buff and all-round adventurer, Jan recreates her own once in a lifetime trip to the land of the Pharoahs. Only this time, powered by imagination, the gang are going to get to meet the
A BAF-Ding Awards Adventure!
Join Uncle Chris as he hosts the very first BAF-Dings award ceremony! 🏆 🎭"When Connie asked me to host the BAF-dings she didn’t say it was going to be a workout too! All this exercise is working up my appetite!" 🙆🏻♂️ 😅Because we've been on so many amazing journeys of the imagination, Uncle Chris and head travel agent Connie, we thought it was about time to give out some awards for our favour
UNPACKED: A Christmas Song Adventure
Think you know your Armchair Adventures inside and out..? Well, get ready to put your knowledge to the test with UNPACKED: the brand new spin-off from Armchair Adventures.It’s hosted by Connie’s Uncle Chris, and a mischevious soundboard called Ziggy. 🔉Each Unpacked episode challenges you and teams of our customers and adventurers to ‘Unpack’ an Armchair Adventure through silly games like ‘Sin
UNPACKED: A Musical Extravaganza Adventure
Welcome to UNPACKED - A brand-new spin-off show to Armchair Adventures for your listening and ‘join in’ pleasure. ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ has ‘It Takes Two’💃🏿, ‘The Great British Bake Off’ has an “Extra Slice’🍰, and now...Armchair Adventures’ has UNPACKED! 🧳😀 Hosted by Connie’s Uncle Chris, drama teacher and actor extraordinaire, and a cheeky soundboard called Ziggy 🔉, each episode challenges
A Magical Theme Park Adventure - Part 2
Join Connie & her lovely customers as we continue our super fun adventure at the magical theme park! 🎡🎠 Things get a little bonkers when the gang splits up to explore, but oh no — Anne has gone walkies! 😱 Will the gang find her in time before the park closes?🎡🎠🕸️‘We might be out of the ghost train – but look! So are the skeletons!’Join us as we ride spooky ghost trains👻, bump into skeletons on
A Magical Theme Park Adventure - Part 1
Join Connie and her lovely customers as they adventure to THE MOST exciting, amazing, magical theme park filled with thrills, imagination, and surprises! The journey kicks off with special guest Linda, who suggests taking everyone on to a theme park to cheer everyone up, especially Connie, who's feeling a bit anxious about reconnecting with an old friend.🎡🎢🎠‘We’re so excited. We’re going to ride o
A Gunpowder, Treason and Plot Adventure – Part 2
Uncle Chris is in a right pickle…his undercover detective work hasn’t gone to plan and the King's guards are trying to take him and his community theatre company to the Tower of London!‘The guards are chasing us through the streets of London on horseback!’On the run, they still have to find the facts about bonfire night for Connie. Risking everything they sneak into the houses of parliament to fin
A Gunpowder, Treason and Plot Adventure – Part 1
Connie needs some help explaining bonfire night to some guests she has staying and asks Uncle Chris if he can help!Not sure of the facts themselves, Uncle Chris and his trusty community theatre company decide to go back to 1605 and find out the facts as they happened! But it was a very dangerous time, full of plots to kill King James I, so they decide to go undercover as detectives… ‘There’s only
A Giant Leap Adventure – Part 2
Connie and the gang blast off into space for an adventure to the moon! Connie initially hesitates, worried about being so far from home. However, she joins the crew just in timefor the rocket launch! 🚀Along the way, the adventurers experience zero gravity, dodge space debris, and even encounter friendly aliens! After a small navigational hiccup, the crew manages to steer back on course and success
A Giant Leap Adventure Part 1
Season 5 is back with a bang, as Connie and the gang blast off into space!Connie and her team of adventurers are off on an exciting journey to the moon, led by Hazel—a former soldier and all-round adventure seeker. Along the way, Connie faces her own fears about going away on a camping trip without her mum. From sneaking into NASA, prepping a retired rocket and training like astronauts, this episo
Series 5 out soon! Brand new Armchair Adventures episodes are on the way.
Join Connie and the gang at the Armchair Adventures Travel Agency as they kick off Season 5 with a bang! ✨The agency is celebrating with a fireworks display, and they're inviting all adventurers to join in on the fun. This season promises to be packed with super fun join-in adventures led by Connie, Uncle Chris, and all her lovely customersFrom a thrilling theme park escapade to blasting off into
A Super Sustainable Fashion Adventure Part 2
Deep underground, Connie and her customers learn the Oil monster is friendly after all, and how using fossil fuels for her new prom dress damages the environment. Connie decides that reusing her mums 1980s dress is the best way forward …the thing is, it’s still not her style…at all…👗🧵🛢‘It’s important for me to wear my mum’s prom dress…even though it really, really, really doesn’t suit me…’Amy (The
A Super Sustainable Fashion Adventure Part 1
Connie’s lovely customer Pat wants to go on an adventure to learn what her clothes are made of and how she can shop more sustainably…👗🧵🐑‘I’d love to know how I can help the planet whilst still looking good!’Meanwhile, Connie is worrying she will have to wear her Mum’s 1980’s prom dress if she doesn’t order one off the internet in time! The trouble is, Connie doesn’t really understand what the new
A Prehistoric Portal Adventure
*NEWS FLASH*This just in…Connie needs some help understanding research for a school project, so she asks her trusty Uncle Chris and her lovely customers if they know anyone who could help her out!‘Wow, it’s like the Batcave…Look at all the robots and machines.’🦖🕵🏻🤖Uncle Chris gets in touch with his good friend Dr Rachel, dons his news reporter character and adventures to her super-secret research
A Roman Invasion Adventure
Connie’s running out of time to write a play on the roman invasion of Britain for her drama class, so she asks Uncle Chris and his community theatre company to lend her a hand!‘Silence! You’re forgetting one thing everyone…I am no longer Uncle Chris…I am the emperor of Rome, and emperors do whatever they like!’🏛️🏆🐎Styling himself as the new emperor of Rome, Uncle chris takes us to a giant amphithe
Douze Points! A Eurovision Song Contest Adventure Part 2
Connie and her customers have been asked to step in to perform for the UK in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest – but they don’t have a song, costumes, a dance routine, or anything, yet!“I really don’t want nil points!!”“Nobody wants nil points!”🎤✨🌍There’s no time to waste! Connie and her customers hop back on the magical tour bus to travel across Europe, on a mission to gather everything they ne
Douze Points! A Eurovision Song Contest Adventure Part 1
Connie wants to help bring her squabbling school year group back together by preparing the most fantastic performance that will make the School’s Spring Song Contest an enormous success! “Good Evening Everybody! Let the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 commence!”🎤✨🌍Luckily, her Uncle Chris and troupe of trusty customers are super fans of The Eurovision Song Contest, the world’s biggest music competiti
A Shakespeare Adventure - Part 2
Uncle Chris and his community theatre company are on the run from some vicious guards in Elizabethan England!‘What on earth do you think you’re doing here? How dare you interrupt my play…’👑⚔🪶In their quest to find out the facts about Shakespeare for Connie, and the queens guards hot on their heels, the gang crash head first into a performance of one of his plays…and come face to face with Queen El
A Shakespeare Adventure - Part 1
Connie needs help with her Shakespeare essay, so she asks Uncle Chris and his community theatre company to lend her a hand!‘It feels quite royal in here, almost like we are at the Tudor court…’🫅📜✨A bit rusty on their Shakespearean knowledge, Uncle Chris takes his theatre company back in time to Tudor, England, to gather the facts as they happen. But when he accidentally offends Queen Elizabeth the
An Armchair Adventure Grammy Awards Adventure
Welcome to the prestigious Armchair Adventures Grammy Awards, or AAGA's for short, where Uncle Chris picks out his favourite musical moments from the episodes so far! 🎶🏆👩🎤"First up is the AAGA for 'Best Use Of A Musical Instrument To Represent An Animal!"🐦🎵While Connie makes her way back from Mrs Maestro's 'Musical Extravaganza Adventure', she's asked her Uncle Chris to pick out his favourite mus
A Musical Extravaganza Adventure – Part 3
“Strap yourself in, everybody; this last bit of the journey will be quite the ride.”🚌🎻🎵In the third part of this musical trio, Mrs Maestro’s rickety old bus has to go through some tricky and slightly bonkers terrain, including a long dark tunnel, a sticky and slimy swamp, and a wiggly windy road. With the whole orchestra safely onboard the bus, this final leg of the journey does some very peculiar
A Musical Extravaganza Adventure – Part 2
The next stop is the string family from the ice cream parlour! Mrs Maestro's journey to get the musicians in the orchestra to the super-duper concert on time continues. Mrs Maestro gets confused when it's time to pay for all those delicious ice creams, and Connie and her customers come to her aid. 🚌🎻🍦“Don’t worry Mrs Maestro, let’s do it together. We’ll help you. Isn’t that right gang?”The next pi
A Musical Extravaganza Adventure – Part 1
Meet Mrs Maestro- a local bus company owner and music super-fan. Join her, Connie, and Connie’s customers en route to pick up the musicians in an orchestra and get them to the super-duper concert on time.🚌🎻🎼“We love music. It sets our imaginations wild and free”. In this episode (the first of three musical specials), Mrs Maestro’s ancient steam-powered patented route planner blows up, and she is f
A Girl Power Scrapbook Adventure – Part 2
Welcome back to Part 2 of our 'Girl Power Scrapbook Adventure', where Connie and her customers learn more about local inspirational women and their positive affirmations."‘Walk in my shoes, run in my wake"🏃♀✨💪🏽Connie and her customers are stuck in cyberspace!! But Connie has been asked by the Mayor to sing at a special event, celebrating local inspirational women. How will she make it to the stag
A Girl Power Scrapbook Adventure - Part 1
"Girls are strong, and girls are clever, look out world 'cos here we come!"🦸♀️📕💖Connie is asked to sing at the local mayor's inspirational women's event but needs a little self-belief. So, her lovely customers take her on an adventure inside Ada's Girl Power scrapbook!All the amazing women come to life in the scrapbook pictures and teach Connie and the gang how important it is to celebrate women
Now That’s What I Call An Uncle Chris Christmas Adventure
Uncle Chris is hosting Christmas this year, so he and his community theatre company set out to make it the best Christmas day EVER!"For the tastiest, tinselliest Christmas, Uncle Chris. You need Brussel sprouts!" 🎄🎅❄️Disaster has struck at Connie's house! The oven has broken, and it's days before Christmas! How will they make Christmas dinner? 🍗Uncle Chris to the rescue! Uncle Chris usually watche
A Christmas Song Adventure
Connie decides to create a hit Christmas single with the help of the adventurers and special guest Ian from Blueprint Studios!“There's nothing like a festive song to lift your Christmas spirits! ” 🎄🎅✨In this festive episode of Armchair Adventures, Connie is getting musical. Extra special guests join the gang: Andy, a musical maestro, and Ian, a producer at Blueprint Studios! 🎶Together,
It's Christmas Time!
Hey Adventurers, we have some very exciting news for you....Connie and the gang have been in a super cool music studio to record their very own Christmas single....and you can listen to it right now!!🎄🎶🎅🏻The smash hit features Connie, her customers and adventurers and even a special guest appearance from the big man himself....FATHER CHRISTMAS!Let us know what you think of our new song 'It's Chris
A Hindu Wedding Adventure - Part 2
Connie and her customers are in the vibrant land of Gujarat, India, where Connie and her fellow adventurers are immersed in the festivities of a traditional Hindu wedding!“Traditions give the next generation an understanding of their cultural background.” 👳🏽✨❤In part 2, Connie is still in Gujarat and super nervous about being a bridesmaid! Dipak Dristi, a social group for older people o
A Hindu Wedding Adventure - Part 1
Connie has been invited to a Hindu wedding! To prepare for the big day, Connie and her lovely customers are off on another exciting Armchair Adventure to Gujarat in India ✨ 🇮🇳“Gujaratis have many different rituals, traditions and ceremonies of our own!” 💍❤👳🏽With the help of special guest adventurers from Dipak Dristi, a social group for older people of South Asian heritage, Connie learn
A Top Of The Scary Movie Pops Adventure
Connie is making her own scary movie! So she's set Uncle Chris and his local community theatre group a mission to collect the top ten ingredients she needs to make a super scary mooooovie! 🎥 👻“Scary movies often start on a stormy night, with fog, rain, thunder, lightning, and strong winds lashing against the side of an old house high up on a hill for example!” 🎃👻🐾Join Uncle Chris and hi
A Digging Into The Past Adventure - Part 2
“This adventure is helping me feel happier and more relaxed too. Being up here, floating in space.” 👩🚀 🌎It’s part 2 of our Digging Into The Past Adventure! And we are shooting with the stars in this adventure! 💫Connie is feeling anxious about her upcoming house move, so Walter suggests some SPACE archaeology to help Connie get a new perspective on her worries. 🚀 The gang are joined in this e
A Digging Into The Past Adventure - Part 1
We are DIGGING series 4, as Connie takes a break from packing to explore an archaeological dig! “Archaeology is a way to build connections between us and the people who came before us.” ⛏️🏺🗺️Welcome back adventurers to a BRAND NEW SERIES of Armchair Adventures! In this exciting first episode, Connie and her regular customers are joined by Dr Campbell Price, an Egyptologist from Man
Join The Armchair Adventures Fan Club!
We've got some exciting news for you…📣To coincide with the launch of Season 4 of Armchair Adventures, we have launched our brand-new Armchair Adventure Fan Club! We’re calling on all our curious, cool, and super adventurers to join our Official Fan Club on Patreon.By joining the fan club, you'll help us to:1. 🌍 Make adventures that kids across the globe can enjoy.2. 🗣️ Giv
Series 4 coming soon! Brand-new Armchair Adventure incoming!
"Armchair Adventures Travel Agency....Mission....Series 4!!"🧳 🗺️ 🚀 Connie, Uncle Chris and the Armchair Adventures gang are back with a brand new series full of action packed, imagination fuelled, join in at home adventures.They're perfect for long car journeys, rainy day activities or bedtime stories!Join Connie and the Armchair Adventures gang as they give you a sneak peak of what's in store for
A Pride Adventure
It’s crafty chaos as Connie, Uncle Chris and the Armchair Adventures gang try to create cool costumes for Pride!“If we all work together, we can have some amazing recycled outfits in no time!” 🌈🧵✂️Connie is busy crafting a float for the Pride parade and has tasked Uncle Chris with creating some fabulous recycled costumes, fast! Join Uncle Chris and the Armchair Adventures customers as th
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