Send us Fan Mail In this Episode, local legend of Bedford Pete Burridge, a well known face on the local music scene. From managing the original Andys Records site on the High St next to the Bear pub to being omnipresent at Esquires music venue, be it behind the bar, in the cellar, DJing, hosting the monthly music quiz or just watching a band. Lots of Bedford pubs are highlighted in this episode plus high praise for Bobby's beef grills and Pete Docherty. This was recorded at Esquires which ha...
11 Oct 2026
Jack Sharp & the magic fridge
Send us Fan Mail Jack Sharp is guitar wizard and vocalist with folk/psych band The Thorn and previously of Large Plants & Wolf People. He's toured the world and has supported the likes of Mudhoney & Unknown Mortal Orchestra. In a past project, Mill Race Folk, Jack put on gigs in ancient halls and mills in Bedfordshire hosting the legendary Martin Carthy amongst others. There is also a podcast 'hey ho folk' to accompany that. It's Oktoberfest time and Jack enthuses about German beers...
27 Sept 2026
Oyez! Oyez! It’s Bryan Bland of Ampthill
Send us Fan Mail I took off to the historic market town of Ampthill Bedfordshire to talk to ghost tour guide and newly appointed town cryer Bryan Bland. The town was and still is well furnished with public houses and Bryan is well acquainted with these as a local historian and story teller. In this episode we chat ghost monkeys, buckets of blood and much more. Listen out for the church bells for a wedding that day, they ended up in the Wingfield Club... Warning, may contain squeaky lea...
14 Sept 2026
Anthony Heywood, Man of the Morris
Send us Fan Mail Anthony Heywood is this episodes guest - a Morris man for 3 different Bedford sides over the years, which has led him to many pubs in many shires, including his alter ego Beaky the Bedford mascot. A current cycling project following the tracks of artist Bernard West gets Anthony reacquainted around all corners of Bedfordshire. This episode was recorded in the garden of the Bell at Odell, Bedfordshire. Contains mild language Check out Hemlock, Red Cuthbert and Bedford Mo...
31 Aug 2026
Erica Roffe - Cola Queen!
Send us Fan Mail Bedford advocate Erica Roffe is founder and editor of Bedford Independent online newspaper and Bedford Clanger, the arts & culture magazine. She also co-initiated Bedford pop up shops, making use of empty units and filling them with creators and artists of Independent wares and art. Erica highlights and brings out the best of Bedford...a force of positivity as opposed to default moaning. This episode was recorded at the Polhill Arms in Renhold, a handsome pub where we pit...
17 Aug 2026
Nat Doig: Beer, Wine & Spirits
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 6 - I'm very pleased to have on award winning podcaster Nat Doig of Weird In the Wade. In her show based in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire Nat explores the paranormal, historical and gruesome aspects of the Shire and beyond. Check it out on BBC Sounds. The interview took place in the smoking shed at the Whistle & Flute pub in Biggleswade with a surprise guest...a man and his dog. This episode includes ghostly tales, the power of sheryl crow, applying p...
3 Aug 2026
Tim Hickford, Beer Guy
Send us Fan Mail Tim Hickford knows his beer - He’s served it, brewed it, sommeliered it and has hosted 1500 brewery tours! Straddling the shires of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, he is beer engagement manager at Brewpoint, Bedford for Wells & Co, previously Charles Wells In this episode we talk French pubs and when is a dead pub not a dead pub? Check out beerwithtim.com and @beerwithtim on instagram
18 Jul 2026
Tim Barron Ouse Valley Singles Club
Send us Fan Mail Episode 4 with Tim Barron aka Timmy Turnup actor singer and banjo player in comedy punk skiffle band Ouse Valley Singles Club. Touring the Fens and Anglia, Tim is no stranger to pubs and breweries. This episode includes Mexican fleas, hot scotch eggs, Mo Farah and so much more… Recorded at The Fox and Hounds, Clapham, Bedfordshire Contains swears Check OVSC on Facebook
10 Jul 2026
David Jesudason
Send us Fan Mail This episodes guest is David Jesudason - an award winning freelance writer and journalist, writing about beer, pubs and their social history, including multiculturalism and desi pubs, a fusion of British & Indian cultures. We’ll take a metaphorical national express and visit Hartlepool, Leeds, Dunstable and beyond! This episode covers giant connect four, rock stars in Sinclair c5s and so much more… Warning! May contain profanity! Recorded at the Robin Hood pub in St...
22 Jun 2026
Kempston Calling! With David Simms
Send us Fan Mail This episodes guest is David Simms - a ‘proper’ Bedfordian and more specifically, Kempstonian with a great knowledge of its history, pub culture plus local ghost stories…You can follow David on Facebook at Kempston Ghost Walks This episode includes the potentially positive effects of pubs with the impending Universal Park project nearby plus cat meat sandwiches, a drunken coven of witches and so much more… Links: Facebook: The Kempston Ghost Walk
8 Jun 2026
Episode 1 Liz at the Welly
Send us Fan Mail Here we go! A strong start with our first guest Liz Blackford Sutton, Landlady of the Wellington Arms, or the Welly - the flagship freehouse in Bedford flowing with fine cask ales and more. A great local worth checking out…This episode includes; jukebox confusion, pickled eggs, stagediving bananas and so much more…
1 Jun 2026
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