Archive 81 Presents... Wooden Overcoats

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Science Fiction, Fiction

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

We're showcasing a macabre comedy we think you'll enjoy – Wooden Overcoats! It's a
gloriously silly British sitcom about a funeral home on a tiny island. Rudyard Funn and
his sister Antigone run Funn Funerals, where they try to get the body in the coffin in the
ground on time.

But one day, the impossibly charming Eric Chapman opens his own funeral parlour just
across the street. Rudyard and Antigone will need to take drastic steps to stay in
business...

In this episode, "The Ghost of PiLling Vale", Rudyard steals a client from Eric Chapman
by oLering them a séance with the deceased!

Find Wooden Overcoats wherever you get your podcasts.

Listening link: https://pod.link/1039662268
Website: woodenovercoats.com

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, my name is David K. Barnes from Wooden Overcoats, and I've just learned that Wooden Overcoats is not the only podcast available.
0:09.4	I know, absolutely extraordinary. It turns out there are tons of them out there, but I just want to talk to you about one, and it's called Conversations with Ghosts.
0:20.6	It's the newest audio drama from the creators of the hit show Archive 81,
0:25.8	and it's about loss, history and the things that we leave behind.
0:30.1	The podcast follows a mausoleum attendant called Mal Fleming
0:33.6	as he tries to convince the spirits of Greybriar Cemetery to pass on. So, each episode is,
0:40.0	as you might guess, a conversation with a different ghost, with Mao learning about each ghost's
0:46.2	life and death and their legacy and what's tying them to this reality. It's a mix of horror and wistfulness and sort of history. And we think
0:57.2	that Wood and Overcoats fans, like yourselves, we hope, will really enjoy it. So we've got an
1:01.9	episode for you right now on this feed. It's called Bridget Keegan. It involves Mal Fleming
1:07.3	trying to help the ghost of a maid who's been cleaning out the cemetery for over a century.
1:13.2	Can you believe it a century? Imagine all those cobwebs. That's what the episode is. It's going to be on in just a few moments.
1:19.3	Take a listen. And if you like it, you can find conversations with ghosts wherever you get your podcast.
1:25.4	There are some episodes already there waiting for you in their feed
1:29.0	with a new episode coming every Wednesday. Now, I ought to tell you, conversations with ghosts can
1:35.3	deal with some pretty heavy subject matter. There's references to death, of course. There's also
1:40.3	some swearing, some bad language. So, you know, if your parents catch you listening to this, then you're in deep trouble.
1:46.8	You know, I warned you.
1:47.6	But there is nothing particularly violent, so you should still be okay.
1:52.0	So sit back and listen to this episode of Conversations with Ghosts.
1:57.4	It's called Bridget Keegan, and it goes something like this.
2:06.8	My name is Mel Fleming. I am here to assist in your passage. Can you remember your name and the
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