Short-listed Independent Podcast Award 2024 and Golden Lobe 2025

Episodes

Hey—Old Lady!
June 3, 2021

Hey—Old Lady!

Helen gets a fright while out shopping for cheese, and makes a new friend. It's always best not to jump to conclusions. In this week's episode, she might just find the answer to her question from someone much, much younger. S...

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Remembrance of Things Past
May 27, 2021

Remembrance of Things Past

What to leave out of a memoire

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Has Pattie Got a Secret?
May 20, 2021

Has Pattie Got a Secret?

Catchup call with Pattie

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A Blast from the Past
May 12, 2021

A Blast from the Past

The sisters of the travelling scarf…

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Jack Who?
May 7, 2021

Jack Who?

It is a sign of the times that a phone call from an unknown caller has to be assumed to be a scammer. Helen decides to take them on, but she gets more than she bargained for. And is sweet Susie turning into a banshee? This ep...

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Jack Who?
May 7, 2021

Jack Who?

It is a sign of the times that a phone call from an unknown caller has to be assumed to be a scammer. Helen decides to take them on, but she gets more than she bargained for. And is sweet Susie turning into a banshee? This ep...

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A Small Insurrection
April 30, 2021

A Small Insurrection

Like mother, like daughter

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Bonus: "Am I Old Yet?" poem
April 25, 2021

Bonus: "Am I Old Yet?" poem

Send us a Text Message. I wrote this poem last July, shortly after the first lockdown began to open up. The acting college where I had been teaching voice part time prior to lockdown invited me to come back into the studio to...

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More Secrets
April 23, 2021

More Secrets

Helen still trying to avoid working on that memoir

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A Different Perspective
April 15, 2021

A Different Perspective

Helen’s best friend Joey challenges her to get out of her comfort zone

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Saving Grounds
April 8, 2021

Saving Grounds

Helen has a crisis in the kitchen, but is it because she is old, or just stupid? 102-year-young Nana from next door has something to say on the subject. Meanwhile, Helen still hasn't told Janey about the book. Support the Sho...

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Caught Out
April 1, 2021

Caught Out

Helen may have let something slip that she'd rather her family didn't know about. And daffodils from Janey's garden won't help. But she's delighted to receive a call from her Great Niece, Georgie, (Allana Noyes) now living an...

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Finish the Book
March 26, 2021

Finish the Book

Helen is pleased to discover that she didn't upset her very elderly neighbour, who has set her a puzzle instead. Granddaughter Susie calls up, seeking advice on her uni assignment. And what is Alexa on about? Support the Show...

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Flowers for the Birthday Girl
March 15, 2021

Flowers for the Birthday Girl

Helen is excited to receive a bunch of beautiful flowers. Is there a secret admirer? Or is her highly strung daughter, Janey, right to be suspicious? Helen finds her tactfulness filter slipping, and Janey holds her own! Suppo...

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Speaking as a "not so young person"
March 12, 2021

Speaking as a "not so young person"

Helen’s over-protective daughter Janey has gone home, but can't seem to let go, and Helen is over it. It’s time to face facts, and Helen wants to call things by their proper names. Granddaughter Susie also needs a bit of a sh...

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Kind Like Sharon (Ep 1)
March 11, 2021

Kind Like Sharon (Ep 1)

A mini radio soap opera in 10 minute episodes, written, performed and produced by Flloyd Kennedy. Helen is in her 70s, happily living on her own, except when her family decide to invade her space “to look after her”, or becau...

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