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Narrated by:
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Caroline Bernstein
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Glynn Mills
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Jim Norton
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Elizabeth Plant
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By:
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Jonathan Trueman
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Six brand-new full-cast audio adventures for The Treacle People!
Welcome to Sabden, home of the mines that produce fully half of Britain’s treacle–the sticky stuff that goes into golden syrup, ginger beer and parkin cake. In this picturesque spot, where moobarks roam the fields and mischievous boggarts scamper around every corner, a proud industry flourishes–or rather, used to flourish. Because once again, the mines have run out of treacle, and the villagers find themselves in a decidedly sticky situation…
But hope is at hand! A mysterious message in a bottle leads Tapper, Lil and the rest of our friends on an epic quest to retrieve riches beyond their wildest dreams. With the help of their trusty Treacle Tracker, they’ll descend to the very depths of the earth, cross the Molasso Sea, tame the Great White Mallard, Moby Duck, and enter the fabled Mines of King Habbakuk. Will they find the treasure? Will they make it out alive? And will we find the budget for some decent locations now we’re doing this on audio? Find out the answers to all this and much, much less in The Treacle People: Still Sticky.
Full credits:
Rosie, Lil, Bert the Boggart—Caroline Bernstein
Tapper, The Narrator—Glynn Mills
Brendan, Silas—Jim Norton
The Boggart Queen—Elizabeth Plant
Written by Jonathan Trueman
Produced and directed by Joseph Russell
Sound design by Russell Smithson
Recorded by Wilfredo Acosta at The Soundhouse
Music by Simon Webb
Theme by Iain Russell & Simon Webb
Music recorded and mixed by Martin Russell
Created by Iain Russell & Mike Furness
Based on an idea by The Dewhurst Family
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We are the treacle people!
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I am not good at leaving reviews. It is fun, short and it made me laugh. What more could I ask for?
Not a connoisseur of British humor, but i had fun
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The voice actors obviously had a lot of fun putting this together, and at the end I actually wished for more. I’m looking forward to future stories.
So Much Fun!
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A fun listen
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As technology evolves and replaces the old, the question of which was more impactful overall becomes something people dwell on during the tail-end of a technologies life cycle. Nowhere is the more apparent than audio. From 8-track cassette tapes to the digital downloads in a lossless format, music hasn’t died, despite what the song “Video Killed the Radio Star” might imply. This audio continuation of the “Treacle People” pokes fun at budgetary considerations common in a movie or television set, like beautiful set design and fancy camerawork. Obviously this is something audio dramas don’t need to consider as the imagination fills in the blanks.
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British Humor for Whom?
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