Wooden Overcoats

Best of iTunes | British Podcast Awards Winner

Wooden Overcoats is a podcast sitcom about competing funeral directors on an overlooked channel island. It is a lavishly produced audio comedy in eight episodes from the UK with a host of established and rising names.

The Wooden Overcoats 5th Birthday Party

The Wooden Overcoats Fifth Birthday Party.jpg

Wooden Overcoats launched its first episode on 24 September 2015. To celebrate five years, the team came together over a video chat to talk about the show.

A massive thank you to everyone who sent in memories and questions for the team. We weren’t able to get through them all in the time we were recording but please know that if you sent one in we didn’t reach, we have read or listened to it and appreciated it.

Featuring David K. Barnes, Ciara Baxendale, Elizabeth Campbell, Tom Crowley, Ellie Dickens, Beth Eyre, Pip Gladwin, Andy Goddard, Felix Trench and John Wakefield.

Wooden Overcoats: The Trouble With Rudyard

  • Directors - Andy Goddard and John Wakefield

  • Production Manager - Elizabeth Campbell

  • Music - James Whittle and the Piffling Philharmonic

  • Announcer - Natasha Hodgson

Rudyard falls into a tricky situation.

  • Rudyard Funn - Felix Trench

  • Antigone Funn - Beth Eyre

  • Georgie Crusoe - Ciara Baxendale

  • Eric Chapman - Tom Crowley

  • Additional Voices - Pip Gladwin and Holly Campbell

Funn Fragments: The Smart Coffin

The future is here.

  • Directors - Andy Goddard and John Wakefield

  • Production Manager - Elizabeth Campbell

  • Script Editor - David K. Barnes

  • Music - James Whittle and the Piffling Philharmonic

  • Announcer - Natasha Hodgson

  • Recorded at the Coach House Studio.

  • Antigone Funn - Beth Eyre

  • Eric Chapman - Tom Crowley

  • Additional Voices - David K. Barnes

Funn Fragments: Graveyard Shift

Georgie lends a hand.

  • Directors - Andy Goddard and John Wakefield

  • Production Manager - Elizabeth Campbell

  • Script Editor - David K. Barnes

  • Music - James Whittle and the Piffling Philharmonic

  • Announcer - Natasha Hodgson

  • Recorded at the Coach House Studio.

  • Georgie Crusoe - Ciara Baxendale

  • Rudyard Funn - Felix Trench

  • Antigone Funn - Beth Eyre

  • Additional Voices - Holly Campbel

Funn Fragments: Rolo

Directors - Andy Goddard and John Wakefield

Production Manager - Elizabeth Campbell

Music - James Whittle and the Piffling Philharmonic

Recorded at the Coach House Studio

Announcer - Natasha Hodgson

  • Rudyard Funn - Felix Trench

  • Eric Chapman - Tom Crowley

  • Georgie Crusoe - Ciara Baxendale

Funn Fragments: Autumn Cleaning

  • Directors - Andy Goddard and John Wakefield

  • Production Manager - Elizabeth Campbell

  • Music - James Whittle and the Piffling Philharmonic

  • Recorded at the Coach House Studio

  • Announcer - Natasha Hodgson

  • Rudyard Funn - Felix Trench

  • Antigone Funn - Beth Eyre

  • Georgie Crusoe - Ciara Baxendale

  • Teddy Bear - Tom Crowley

Funn Fragments: Eric's Pal

  • Directors - Andy Goddard and John Wakefield

  • Production Manager - Elizabeth Campbell

  • Music - James Whittle and the Piffling Philharmonic

  • Recorded at the Coach House Studio

  • Announcer - Natasha Hodgson

  • Rudyard Funn - Felix Trench

  • Antigone Funn - Beth Eyre

  • Georgie Crusoe - Ciara Baxendale

  • Eric Chapman - Tom Crowley

hello@woodenovercoats.com