Best Performancestorytelling Podcasts (2025)

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Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories Series 2 Trailer 1:31

4d ago1:31

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Coming soon to a podcast and a Ferguson Radiogram near you!By Andrew Brammer

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Brookman’s Grokhot 33:06

3y ago33:06

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the rumbling tale of ‘Brookman’s Grokhot’. Set in 1979, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator get involved in Stephen Brookman’s and Big Mo’s most radical and revolutionary plot to date against the teaching authorities of South Bedfordshire. Disorientation abounds. “A very strange ice crea…

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The 64 Legs of Creeping Gilbert 30:14

3y ago30:14

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the ghastly tale of ‘The 64 Legs of Creeping Gilbert’. Set in 1970, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator look on in horror as the sinister Gilbert Hay and Austin Blythe unleash hidden terrors on an unsuspecting classroom. Fear runs amok. “He’s peculiar, he’s an oddball, he’s Gilbert Hay…”…

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The Great Freight Train Adventure 28:47

3y ago28:47

28:47

In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the hurtling tale of ‘The Great Freight Train Adventure’. Set in 1978, Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator and Puffer Patterson take what they hope will be a leisurely and enjoyable journey on a Blue Circle Cement train. Spanners though are put in the works. “There’s a freight train heading…

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HMS Puffer 25:05

3y ago25:05

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the nautical tale of ‘HMS Puffer’. Set in 1976, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator join other gang members and are led by Admiral of the Fleet, Puffer Patterson into one of the greatest naval battles in history. The outcome is flabbergasting. “Steamship sailing, sail away, steamship sai…

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The Incredible Shrinking Stumpy 26:10

3y ago26:10

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the gripping tale of ‘The Incredible Shrinking Stumpy’. Set in 1972, as Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator take what they think will be an easy ride on a customised Raleigh Super Chopperhawk, startling events unfold. “Our platform shoes, they made us look so tall…” https://stumpysanders…

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Gordon, Immediate Launch 28:04

3y ago28:04

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the superhuman tale of ‘Gordon, Immediate Launch’. Set in 1971, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator bear witness to the most death-defying stunt ever attempted by that great daredevil, Gordon ‘Sputnik’ Mahoney. Fortune favours the brave. “Fly so high in your Interceptor, fly so high they…

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Bendy and the Snowball of Terror 28:19

3y ago28:19

28:19

In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the abominable tale of ‘Bendy and the Snowball of Terror’. Set in 1973, Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator and Bendy Henderson set off on an expedition to destroy a huge and sinister snowman. Events then take a terrifying turn. “And like the Wickerman, it stood silently and watched ….” htt…

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Dribbling Peter 25:41

3y ago25:41

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the dazzling tale of ‘Dribbling Peter’. Set in 1975, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator are party to Stephen Brookman’s amazing plan to score a goal past the bragger, Boaster Hawkins. What ensues has gone down in Middle School folklore… “There goes Dribbling Peter, running fast and free…

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The Fall of the House of King and Hyde 23:12

3+ y ago23:12

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the mutinous tale of ‘The Fall of the House of King and Hyde’. Set in 1979, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator play their part with left-wing mastermind, Stephen Brookman, in the unseating of a tyrant king and his evil henchman. “The fall of the house of King and Hyde, was a sight for o…

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Bendy’s Big Catch 25:44

3+ y ago25:44

25:44

In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the eye-opening tale of ‘Bendy’s Big Catch’. Set in 1978, Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator and Bendy Henderson decide to fish in Mr and Mrs Butterfield’s garden pond – with shocking and unexpected results. “When we were punk, we had such good times….” https://stumpysanderson.co.uk/…

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Mrs Sanderson’s Sledgehammer 23:21

3+ y ago23:21

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the intoxicating tale of ‘Mrs Sanderson’s Sledgehammer’. Set in 1979, Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator and Bendy Henderson decide to imbibe an explosively potent home brew at the local fair. Mayhem ensues. “Those Milton Sisters, they’re not very nice….” https://stumpysanderson.co.uk/…

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The Ballad of Turner and Middleton 19:08

3+ y ago19:08

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the lung-busting tale of ‘The Ballad of Turner and Middleton’. Set in 1974, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator join a throng of other rapscallions to witness the race of the century. A contest never to be forgotten, “And their memory lives on, immortalised in bronze…” https://stumpysand…

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Cartwright’s Revenge 21:09

3+ y ago21:09

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the staggering tale of ‘Cartwright’s Revenge’. Set in 1978, Chugger Cartwright is helped by Communist mastermind, Stephen Brookman, to enact a painful revenge on a bullying PE teacher. Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator witness this stunning event. “So bring ‘em down boys, bring ‘em dow…

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The Taunton Fields Affair 24:29

3+ y ago24:29

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the infamous tale of ‘The Taunton Fields Affair’. Set in 1973, Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator and Puffer Patterson observe at first-hand what skulduggery and dark deeds at the local greyhound track lead to. Local villains abound. “It’s a monochrome rainbow, rainbow, rainbow…” https://s…

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Forever Chambers 16:59

3+ y ago16:59

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the heroic tale of ‘Forever Chambers’. Set in 1977, someone begins fighting back against The Buchanan Gang’s reign of terror. Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator witness this epic and valiant struggle. Every generation needs a superhero – ours was The Sparrow. “Did I ever tell you about …

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The Immortal Chin 23:20

3+ y ago23:20

23:20

In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the astonishing story of ‘The Immortal Chin’. Set in 1975, Mickey ‘The Mighty Chin’ Metcalfe reveals the subversive masterpiece for which he will achieve immortality within school folklore. Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator, and Puffer Patterson witness the events that lead to this grotes…

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Judkins’ Bugle 18:52

3+ y ago18:52

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the explosive tale of ‘Judkins’ Bugle’. Set in 1977, Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator, Stephen Brookman and Bendy Henderson find themselves going into a firework battle with the Beckford Boys. Little Johnny Judkins’ bugle plays a key role in its outcome. “Ooh, ooh, bang bang fireworks…” …

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The Satanic Rites of Stumpy 24:38

3+ y ago24:38

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the otherworldly tale of ‘The Satanic Rites of Stumpy’. Set in 1977, Stumpy Sanderson, your Narrator, Puffer Patterson, Bendy Henderson and Gusty Burton hold a séance using a ouija board made by Stumpy from his old ‘On the Buses’ board game. What they conjure up from beyond is terrifyin…

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Goodbye, Bendy Henderson 16:44

3+ y ago16:44

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the extraordinary story of ‘Goodbye, Bendy Henderson’. Set in 1976, Bendy Henderson, Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator encounter the fearsome figure of Old Man Macready – the wild man of Liscombe Road - while playing cricket up the local park. What happens next Is astonishing to behold…

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Puffer Suspended! 24:10

3+ y ago24:10

24:10

In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the remarkable story of ‘Puffer Suspended!’. Set in 1976, during the Second Spud Gun War, the original Whistling Five find themselves in a fearsome spud gun battle with the notorious Milton Sisters Gang and the Keenan Gang. Will the strange rumours of the existence of the infamous spud …

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Breaking Old Reliable 16:38

3+ y ago16:38

16:38

In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the incredible story of ‘Breaking Old Reliable’. Set in 1975, Stephen Brookman – that left-wing mastermind – hatches a nefarious plan to strike back at the despotism of the headmaster and his cohorts. As Brookman puts his stunning operation into action, it is witnessed by Stumpy Sanders…

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The Strange Case of Smiler Morton 17:38

3+ y ago17:38

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In this episode of Stumpy Sanderson’s 1970s Stories, listen to the bizarre story of ‘The Strange Case of Smiler Morton’. Set in 1974, Smiler Morton – the boy with the never-ending smile – carries out his most daring and breathtaking dare yet, devised by Gawper Allsop and witnessed as ever by Stumpy Sanderson and your Narrator. “Smiler Morton, Smile…