Once Upon a Time in Zombieville
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Creator: BBC Scotland
Full cast Horror Serial Audio Drama
Synopsis:
Something strange is going on in the local mine. Sam and Jamie investigate ... Award-winning sci-fi adventure for 9-12 year-olds.
Format: Audio Drama
Continuity: Serial
Voices: Cast
Genres: Horror, Science fiction
Maturity: Children
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Episodes:
Episode 10: Can You Handle The Truth?
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:04:00 +0000
Buckstop continues to rage against nature, getting ready to launch his global attack - World War Tree! Will our heroes be able to stop him in time?
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:03:00 +0000
Jamie and Sam find themselves facing the Squirrel King and his gang of angry animals. Will they be cracked open like a box of nuts? Or can they persuade them to join forces to beat Buckstop?
Episode 8: The Worst Kind Of Homework
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:02:00 +0000
With Buckstop having let slip where their parents are, Jamie and Sam make their way into the mine. Where they realise they can use the space ship’s time travelling powers to outwit the guards.
Episode 7: A Gran’s Gotta Do What A Gran’s Gotta Do
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:01:00 +0000
Jamie and Sam return to find the spaceship, only to find they’re surrounded. On the ground, and overhead too. But Granny’s armed and dangerous with her skooshy skoosher zombie soaker…
Episode 6: Tai Chi And Omega 3
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:00:00 +0000
Our heroes touch down in Scotland and are on their way to Jamie’s uncle and aunt. But Buckstop and Smillie are on to them…
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 05:59:00 +0000
Last time Jamie and Sam went back to school to find that everything was crazy. Mrs Singh chased them and they ended up in the woods with some curious creatures. Surely nothing bad at all will happen to them there?
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 05:58:00 +0000
Mikey Buckstop is Mayor. Voom Buckstop is Ruler of the World! Our heroes, the world’s most wanted criminals, are now hiding among the trash – literally! And what’s happening with the animals? They don’t seem happy…
Episode 3: The World’s Most Wanted
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 05:57:00 +0000
When Jamie and Sam asked the aliens to help them against big bad Buckstop, they laughed. So now they’re returning to Planet Earth to take him on themselves … but they quickly discover things have changed. A lot!
Episode 2: Entertainment Purposes Only
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 05:56:00 +0000
Our heroes make their escape from those nasty old aliens with their gargling gnomes and go in search of food, only to find themselves on another planet where things are even weirder.
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 05:55:00 +0000
Welcome back to our ordinary everyday story of two kids in a battle to save the world. We join them trapped in an alien spaceship, while down below, their hometown and everyone they know are being turned into zombies by billionaire baddie Voom Buckstop.
Sun, 10 Nov 2019 05:58:00 +0000
Chief Anderson demonstrates the effects of ‘Zombie Juice’ to a room full of government officials, meanwhile Buckstop and Mikey head out into the stormy night armed with water blasters filled with yellow liquid, ready to cause havoc on the town!
Sun, 10 Nov 2019 05:57:00 +0000
Dr Smillie fights squirrels over zombie juice while Colonel Jones discovers… no UFO in the the Swenson Farm barn! Meanwhile Jamie wonders where Granny McSporran has disappeared to.
Episode 8: You’ve Got To Do What You’re Told
Sun, 10 Nov 2019 05:56:00 +0000
Colonel Jones, Jamie and Sam notice that Granny is missing and alert the authorities, meanwhile, deep underground the mysterious super government set the wheels in motion to to force Sam’s Dad to find the UFO. Later, Sam and Jamie make a new friend… in the woods!
Sun, 10 Nov 2019 05:55:00 +0000
As the mysterious spy guys continue their pursuit of Jamie & Sam, Granny McSporran arrives to save our young heroes and speedily gets them to safety. They arrive at Gunnar Swenson’s farm to get some blue space juice from the secretly hidden UFO. Granny McSporran drives the kids back to Sam’s house where Sam’s Dad, Colonel Jones, is in no mood to hear their nonsense about UFO’s and Zombies! Granny decides to take matters into her own hands but get more than she bargains for…
Episode 6: Everybody Is Kung-Fu Fighting
Sun, 10 Nov 2019 05:54:00 +0000
Buckstop and Smillie hatch a plan to permanently silence Jim and Abbey while the mysterious spy guys pay Jamie and Sam and visit at school. After Buckstop convinces Police Chief Anderson to release Jim and Abbey from jail, his plan takes shape nicely!
Sun, 10 Nov 2019 05:53:00 +0000
Sam’s Dad, Colonel Jones, turns up and is not happy with his daughter’s behaviour! He agrees to take Sam, Jamie and Granny back to Jamie’s house while things calm down. On the way home, they notice more animals acting really weird. A herd of deer standing in a row by the side of the road as if they are waiting to cross safely. The animals of Zombieville are learning! The next day at school, Sam and Jamie are confronted by the mysterious “G-Men” and make a run for it! Meanwhile, across town at Buckstop Mansion, Voom and Dr Smillie are plotting their next move.
Sun, 10 Nov 2019 05:52:00 +0000
After Jim McSporran is taken away by the Police, Jamie and his Granny decide to get help from Sam and Dr Abbey. Just before they leave, Granny McSporran notices something strange in the back garden… a fox copying her movements! Things are getting weird in Zombieville. Meanwhile, over at Sam’s house, Sam and Dr Abbey are dealing with their own uninvited guests. As the zombies (and zombie squirrels) break into Sam’s house, Chief Anderson turns up just in time with some blue liquid! But it’s not an entirely welcome visit for Dr Abbey who also gets taken away by the Police! The mysterious men (known as G-Men) turn up in Zombieville and overhear Chief Anderson and news reporter, Kelly Lee, talking about spaceships and people going crazy!
Sun, 10 Nov 2019 05:51:00 +0000
Jamie, Jim and Granny McSporran have to fight off zombies trying to break in through the back window while mysterious men in a secret underground base plan a visit to Zombieville in an attempt to find and cover up the crashed UFO. Jamie tries to convince his Granny that the UFO is real and that the yellow liquid Buckstop harnessed from it really does turn people into Zombies. After Buckstop points the finger at Jim McSporran, accusing him of stealing “specialist engineering equipment” and causing the “accident”, Jim is taken away by the Police!
Sun, 10 Nov 2019 05:50:00 +0000
When confronted by the media, Voom Buckstop blames Jim McSporran for the alleged accident at the mine, which everybody now believes was the cause of the zombie outbreak. Dr Smillie devises a new plan to turn everyone into zombie slaves while Jamie and his Dad get a surprise visitor!
Sun, 10 Nov 2019 05:49:00 +0000
The award winning family podcast series is back for season 2! Sam & Jamie are forced to crash land their UFO straight into Gunnar Swenson’s pumpkin patch. With a little help they are able to hide the spaceship in an old barn. After ‘de-zombifying’ Police Chief Anderson, they are forced to tell a little white lie in order to help save the residents of Zombieville who were turned into zombie slaves by evil Voom Buckstop.
Thu, 07 Nov 2019 10:30:00 +0000
Get ready for the exciting new series of Once Upon a Time in Zombieville.
Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:05:00 +0000
A spaceship? In the mine? The source of Buckstop's power to zombify is revealed ... as Jamie and his gang make their escape.
Mon, 13 Nov 2017 12:58:00 +0000
After a subterranean chase, Jamie and Sam find themselves face to face with the source of the mysterious zombie-juice ...
Fri, 10 Nov 2017 11:07:00 +0000
Buckstop's goons, and a classful of zombiefied schoolchildren, chase Jamie and Sam across town. And those squirrels are back.
Episode 5: Zombies Everywhere!!
Mon, 06 Nov 2017 15:21:00 +0000
Is that a lemonade truck parked outside the school? Or something way more dangerous? Sam and Jamie escape Dr Smillie's trap, but will they be in time to save their classmates ...?
Fri, 03 Nov 2017 10:07:00 +0000
A zombiefied squirrel? And a zombiefied police chief? The weirdness is spreading ... Meanwhile, Dr Smillie tries to lure Jamie and Sam into a trap.
Episode 3: Everything is Not Fine
Tue, 31 Oct 2017 13:53:00 +0000
Mine-owner Voom Buckstop reassures the crowd all is well, but Jamie's dad has still not returned home. And later Buckstop unknowingly lets slip his evil plan over the airwaves ...
Tue, 31 Oct 2017 12:38:00 +0000
Jamie and Sam hear an explosion coming from the mine, and run to help. It seems no-one's been hurt, but one of the mineworkers is acting decidedly ... weird.
Tue, 31 Oct 2017 12:06:00 +0000
On the first day at his new school, Jamie is befriended by Sam, and harassed by the school bully. Local billionaire Voom Buckstop makes an unwelcome appearance in class.
Welcome to Once Upon A Time In Zombieville
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:54:00 +0000
There’s a strange glowing liquid which affects those who touch it… and there are zombies.