Armchair Adventures: A Join-In Story Podcast for Kids

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! Like exploring a superhero lair, joining a space mission or time traveling to witness history in the making! It's not just a story; it's an adventure that you are a part of! Armchair Adventures podcast for kids aged 6-10 is perfect for screen-free story time, playtime, rainy days, bedtime, and on your travels. Best of all? It’s made with real-life grannies, grandads whose voices and funny stories feature in every episode, making it a one-of-its-kind intergenerational listening and learning experience. Follow now and let your imagination soar! ---------------------------------------------- Say hello! -- https://www.facebook.com/ArmchairAdventuresUK -- https://www.ArmchairAdventures.co.uk Produced by Made By Mortals | https://www.MadebyMortals.org | @MadebyMortals Nominated - British Podcast Awards and Independent Podcast Awards 2024 / Winners - Audio Production Awards 2023 & British Podcast Awards 2022

Episodes

October 9, 2025 24 mins

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 qui...

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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 do you think you’re doing her...

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September 25, 2025 16 mins

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 hand!

‘It feels quite roya...

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September 11, 2025 16 mins

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 💃🏿 ✅

...Diving to the depths of...

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August 28, 2025 15 mins

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 limit, because these guests could hav...

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August 14, 2025 25 mins

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 t...

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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 Zeus himself!

“Wait a minute&h...

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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 company take her back to ancient Greec...

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🎧 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 tea...

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June 19, 2025 24 mins

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 Chris, and his cheeky soundboard...

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June 5, 2025 21 mins

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 reuse the plastic we collected to...

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May 22, 2025 19 mins

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 Shed I’d like to visit. It&...

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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 adventure quiz questions! 🙋🏾‍♀...

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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 body’s defence system - the...

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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 all about vaccines and how they ...

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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 adventure quiz questions! 🧳


"Teams wi...

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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 everything put right, so that the advent...

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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 characters from the play, including Puck an...

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February 12, 2025 24 mins

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 questions. 🎙️🎶

In this episode...

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January 29, 2025 20 mins

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 hieroglyphs, plenty of time travel and a h...

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