Brace for Bert

Brace for Bert

From The Cider Shed - Ploughing through BBC's 'The Archers' by Matthew Weir, Keri Warbis,

April 18, 2026 · 41 min · Episode 256

About this episode

The episode discusses recent developments in 'The Archers' while welcoming new Patreon members and exploring various character dynamics.

A huge thank you and welcome to our seven new Patreon members : Pauline, Sara, L. Webb, Womble 2020, Claire, Jackie and Tamsin. This week we get all litigious in the pulpit, David's turns normal and Fallon goes Dirty Dancing. We'd like to put a claim in for the following : Bit Fishy : Rex has eyes on the pies. Mam's the Word : Pip gets full support. Crumbling Dice : Brian's kids discuss his D-word. Produced by Matthew Weir You can send the most treasured person in your life a Cider Shed Patreon membership as a gift : https://www.patreon.com/thecidershed/gift Become a beautiful patron of The Cider Shed and receive early ad-free episodes and our exclusive Patreon-only midweek specials. It really REALLY helps us out. https://www.patreon.com/thecidershed To help us out with a lovely worded 5 star review hit the link below. Then scroll down to ‘Ratings and Reviews’ and a little further below that is ‘Write a Review’ (this is so much nicer than just tapping the stars 😊).: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-cider-shed/id1561411185 Email us at: hello@thecidershed.com Chat with us on Bluesky : https://bsky.app/profile/thecidershedpod.bsky.social Join the Facebook Group…

People in this episode

Hosts: Matthew Weir, Keri Warbis

Topics covered

  • Patreon
  • BBC
  • The Archers
  • litigation
  • family dynamics
  • support
  • community

Keywords

  • Patreon
  • The Archers
  • litigious
  • family support
  • Dirty Dancing
  • Rex
  • Pip
  • Brian

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dirty Dancing

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