360. Celebrate 100 years of Winnie the Pooh with new stories in 100 Acre Wood from Jane Riordan

360. Celebrate 100 years of Winnie the Pooh with new stories in 100 Acre Wood from Jane Riordan

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July 20, 2026 · 54 min · Season 19 · Episode 61

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Fergus Collins celebrates 100 years of Winnie the Pooh with guest Jane Riordan, discussing new stories and the legacy of the original works.

Back in 1926, the first Winnie the Pooh book was published – and became one of the most loved children's stories of all time. One hundred years later, Plodcast host Fergus Collins joins Jane Riordan in the land of Pooh – Ashdown Forest in Sussex – to celebrate the work of AA Milne and EH Shepherd and hear about Jane's wonderful new sequels to the original stories.Included in this Plodcast: whitethroats, skylarks and an intense game of Poohsticks!Jane Riordan's Winnie the Pooh sequel is A Little Boy and His Bear published by Farshore.Get in touch on Facebook! Search "BBC Countryfile Magazine - Plodcast Community" or join the discussion here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/countryfilemagazineplodcast/?ref=shareThe BBC Countryfile Magazine Plodcast is the Publishers Podcast Awards Special Interest Podcast of the Year 2024 & 2025 and the PPA Podcast of the Year 2022. If you've enjoyed the plodcast, don't forget to leave likes and positive reviews. Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: theplodcast@countryfile.com. If your letter, email or message is read out on the show, you could WIN a Plodcast Postbag prize of a wildlife- or…

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