Thunder's Mouth Theatre presents "Return of the Bread", a crossover episode in which characters from our two podcast, "Am I Old Yet?" and "Baked Off! Live Laugh Loaves" meet up in Helen's favourite Cheese Shop Cafe in south London, where cafe owner Ilse is getting ready for the lunch time trade. It's been a quiet morning so far, but things are about to hot up when the participants of Caroline's online cookery class arrive from various parts of the United Kingdom to meet up with their tutor Margot, who is about to fly in from Australia for a visit.

The cast was, in order of appearance: Flloyd Kennedy as Ilse, Helen and Margot; Wendy Lap as Rosemary and Katie; Erika Sanderson as Susie and Juliana; Andrea Richardson as Caroline, Christopher McDougall as Duncan, Karim Kronfli as Pierre and Roy R Carruthers as Freddie. The music was by John T La Barbera, and the script and production design was by Flloyd Kennedy.

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A bonus episode. This is a dramatic monologue I wrote and recorded last week, during a particularly overloaded week of horrors, real and fictitious. Don't expect any laughs, I'm serious about my despair for the future of my grandchildren.

The image for this bonus episode is courtesy of The Australian Academy of Science, and you'll find further information at their website https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/australian-bushfires-why-they-are-unprecedented.

My sister, who lives in Brisbane, Australia, tells me the smell of smoke is all pervading at the moment.

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Thunder’s Mouth Theatre presents: “Breaded Bliss” Episode 8, the finale to this audio fiction podcast “Baked Off! Live laugh loaves”. In Brisbane, Margot continues to play detective in her efforts to save Arthur’s medical practice. In Liverpool, Angelica enjoys some of Julianna’s baking and finally reveals to just what her new job in Edinburgh involves, and how Julianna is implicated in it. In Edinburgh, Duncan provides the ‘sannies’ (that’s Scots for sandwiches) for a picnic with Malcy and Heather. And on Zoom, Caroline hosts the graduation party, with a surprise ending.

The cast, in order of appearance, was: Flloyd Kennedy as Margot, Karim Kronfli as Mr Kandinsky, Piyush Agarwal as Raman Gujral, Frankii Phoenix as Angelica, Erika Sanderson as Julianna, Andrew Durning as Malcy, Christopher McDougall as Duncan, Wendy Lap as Heather, Rob Pensalfini as Arthur Brownlow, Andrea Richardson as Caroline, Roy R Carruthers as Freddie, Wendy Lap as Rosemary and Karim Kronfli as Pierre.

The musical themes were composed, arranged and performed by John T La Barbera. Editing and sound design by Flloyd Kennedy, who also wrote and produced the podcast.

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Thanks to the Fable and Folly Network for their support, both practical and emotional. Thanks to everyone who donated to the crowd funding campaign. I’m happy to report that all of the actors and John received an honorarium in return for their generous gifts of their time and talents.

And if you aren’t already listening to it, why not try our sister programme, “Am I Old Yet?” created by the same team, with very much the same gentle humour and pace. Available at amIoldyet.com and on all the podcasting apps. That’s all folks. Stay safe.

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