Summer Season 2026

Yew Tree Chronicles Episodes

March 2, 2026

Yew Tree Chronicles 12 Georgian Big Wigs

Liz Coyle Camp stars as Tisbury's wise but vain and cantankerous Yew Tree. She narrates Tisbury's 4,000 year old history as seen from her spot in the churchyard over millenia. This episode it's the Georgian era with big wigs, dirty slave money, falling spires and a visit from Mozart! TisTalk is a community podcast from Tisbury, Wiltshire, and the Cranborne Chase, with Mary Myers and guests.
Aug. 25, 2025

Yew Tree Chronicles 11: The Glorious Revolution

"Queen Mary and Queen Anne were from Hatch... and local boy Chris Wren was up in London designing a big new cathedral, so although Tisbury was a long way from the Big Smoke, we couldn't help feeling we had friends in high places." The Yew Tree 'remembers' the 1700s and the Glorious Revolution. Liz Coyle Camp stars in our fanciful history of Tisbury, seen through the eyes of our famous Yew Tree. TisTalk is a community podcast from Tisbury, Wiltshire, and the Nadder Valley. Julie An...
Aug. 25, 2025

Yew Tree Chronicles 10 The Restoration of the Monarchy

"The division the Civil War caused around here was frankly so exhausting I wanted to lie down but I can't lie down, obviously, I'm a tree..." says Tisbury's ancient Yew Tree, brilliantly acted by Liz Coyle Camp. TisTalk is a community podcast from Tisbury, Wiltshire, and the Nadder Valley. Julie Ann Murphy and Mary Myers are your volunteer hosts.
Aug. 24, 2025

Yew Tree Chronicles 9 The Civil War

"The day I heard that the King had lost his head, nose to the block in Whitehall, surrounded by non-wellwishers, quite honestly I was beside myself..." says Tisbury's Ancient Yew Tree, voiced by the brilliant Liz Coyle Camp. TisTalk is a community podcast from Tisbury, Wiltshire, and the Nadder Valley. Julie Ann Murphy and Mary Myers are your volunteer hosts.
Aug. 24, 2025

The Yew Tree Chronicles Part 7 The Reformation and Henry Eighth

"What the holly tree!.. I gasped to myself. The King has had his own wife felled like a rotting oak? I was shaken to my inner bark. What sort of man does that to his own wife?! Queen Anne Boleyn was dead and the turbulence their marriage had kicked off was only just getting started..." Liz Coyle Camp stars in our fanciful history of Tisbury. This week: it's the Reformation and Henry the Eighth is breaking all the rules and beheading a lot of people in the process!
Feb. 16, 2025

Yew Tree Chronicles Part 8: Elizabethan Times

Tisbury Yew Tree Chronicles: Liz Coyle Camp continues narrating our historical comedy of Tisbury's history, very loosely 'remembered' by Tisbury's 4,000 year old yew tree. This week, our yew remembers Good Queen Bess and wonders whether Shakespeare might have passed by Tisbury, during those Elizabethan years. TisTalk is a community podcast from Tisbury, Wiltshire, and the Nadder Valley. Julie Ann Murphy and Mary Myers are your volunteer hosts.
Dec. 29, 2024

Yew Tree Chronicles Part 6 'The Plantagenets'

Tisbury's Yew Tree is still evergreen and fascinating, though she says so herself! This week she remembers the Plantagenet era: "The Middle Ages was fun for some but grim for many! Here, St John's Church was built right beside me in 1180 and I do believe another church, a tad bigger, was started in Salisbury around the same time..." With Liz Coyle Camp as the Yew Tree, written by Julie Ann Murphy, produced by Mary Myers and with music by Tom Davison TisTalk is a community podcast from Tisbury,...
Nov. 8, 2024

Yew Tree Chronicles 5 'The Normans'

TisTalk presents Part 5 of The Yew Tree Chronicles: 'The Normans' A fanciful history of Tisbury, Wiltshire, seen through the eyes of our 4,000 year old Yew Tree in St John's Churchyard. Voiced by Liz Coyle-Camp, written by Julie Ann Murphy and produced by Mary Myers, with music by Tom Davison. TisTalk is a community podcast from Tisbury, Wiltshire, and the Nadder Valley. Julie Ann Murphy and Mary Myers are your volunteer hosts.
Oct. 22, 2024

Yew Tree Chronicles Part 4 'Viking Attack' T

TisTalk presents Part 4 of The Yew Tree Chronicles: 'Viking Attack!' A fanciful history of Tisbury, Wiltshire, seen through the eyes of our 4,000 year old Yew Tree in St John's Churchyard. Voiced by Liz Coyle-Camp, written by Julie Ann Murphy and produced by Mary Myers, with music by Tom Davison. TisTalk is a community podcast from Tisbury, Wiltshire, and the Nadder Valley. Julie Ann and Mary are your volunteer hosts. TisTalk is a community podcast from Tisbury, Wiltshire, and the Nadder Valle...
Oct. 8, 2024

Tisbury's Yew Tree Chronicles Part 3 'The Saxons' with Liz Coyle-Camp

TisTalk presents Part three of The Yew Tree Chronicles! A fanciful history of Tisbury, Wiltshire, seen through the eyes of our 4,000 year old Yew Tree in St John's Churchyard. Voiced by Liz Coyle-Camp, written by Julie Ann Murphy and produced by Mary Myers, with music by Tom Davison. TisTalk is a community podcast from Tisbury, Wiltshire, and the Nadder Valley. Julie Ann Murphy and Mary Myers are your volunteer hosts.