TisTalk has all the talk of Tisbury! Spring Season 2026

Episodes

March 15, 2026

16th - 22nd March 2026 E3 S11

🎙️ Derek Tucker – Tisbury nonagenarian recalls wartime pub life, working locally and his love of vintage cars 👮➡️💪 Greg Fergusson - former Tisbury bobby Greg Fergusson on policing in the village and starting out as a personal...

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March 8, 2026

9th-15th March 2026 E2 S11 Idris Kirby, Bear Reed, Bins and Recycling…

🧓 Idris Kirby : Tisbury Through the Decades & 40 Years as a Chemist 📱 Social Media Unfiltered: Bear Reed Shares their views ♻️ Bins, Recycling & Fly-Tipping: Councillor Gerry Murray ⛪ 125 Years of Faith: Tisbury Methodist Chu...

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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 wig...

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March 2, 2026

2nd to 8th March 2026 E1S11, Yew Tree, Anne Ralphs, Chilmark kids vis…

TisTalk 2nd to 8th March 2026 🌲 Yew Tree Chronicles - comedy with Liz Coyle Camp Georgian big wigs, scandalous mansions, Tisbury's tumbling church tower (twice!), and Mozart drops in at Fonthill. 🚌 Anne Ralphs & Tisbus From former judge to community bus secretary — keeping Tisbury connected. 🪨 …

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Dec. 15, 2025

15th-21st December 2025: New Buses, Christmas Tree, Wardour School Ch…

🚌 Wiltshire Connect – Mary and Richard try the new on-demand bus service 🎄 Favourite Tree – Jerry Mason on Tisbury’s Christmas fir 🎭🐸 Wardour School Voices – From Sleeping Beauty to newts and frogs 🐄❄️ Winter on the Farm – Pe...

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Dec. 7, 2025

8th-14th December 2025. Mel Naish, Stargazing, 'Lee' film review, Sch…

🧸 Mel Naish – New outreach and kids’ activities at Tisbury Methodist Church ✨ December Stars – Steve Tonkin on the night sky 🎬 Film Review – Lee comes to the New Vic 🎹 Concert Preview – “The Romantic Piano” with New York pian...

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Dec. 1, 2025

1st-7th December E10S10 Brownies & Guides, Ian Thorn, Tis the Season …

Anne Martin co-hosts with Mary 🎗️ Brownies & Guides – Tisbury’s young members share what they enjoy 🏛️ Wiltshire Council – Leader Ian Thorn on budget priorities 🎄 Tis the Season – Festive music, stalls & village cheer 🌳 Anne’...

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Nov. 23, 2025

24th-30th November 2025 E9S10

Mary's co-host is Kate Gamm🎗️ Tisbury Family in Need gets Good News – Sue Kelly on £££ for Nick's family 🎷 Jazz at the New Vic – Kate chats with Katie Taylor 🏛️ Council Update: Flooding - Cllr Gerry Murray is resolved to act ⚖️ Legal Corner – Workplace bullying & harassment explained by Marti…

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Nov. 17, 2025

17th-23rd November 2025 S10E8 Kevin's Wheels, Nightsky, Debbie Carter…

Mary's co-host is Annie Philpott 🚕 Kevin’s Wheels – Tisbury’s New Taxi Service ✨ November Night Sky – Stargazing with Steve Tonkin 🐭 Dormice Discovery – Debbie Carter on BBC's Countryfile ⚖️ Legal Corner – Martin Thomas on Facebook Defamation 📅 What’s On 🌧️ Rain Soundscape TisTalk is a community po…

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Nov. 12, 2025

David Childs full interview

Bonus episode! David Childs is our main TisTalk guest this Remembrance week (10th-16th November). David founded the National Memorial Arboretum in Shropshire and the Mary Rose museum in Portsmouth. Listen here to Anne Martin'...

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Nov. 10, 2025

10th-16th November 2025 E7S10 : Remembrance, David Childs, Mere Lit F…

🎙️ This Week on TisTalk Mary Myers and Kate Gamm present: 🎖️ David Childs – organiser of Tisbury’s Remembrance Day, talks about the National Memorial Arboretum and the Mary Rose ship.📚 Mere Literary Festival – A celebration of books, writers, and local creativity.🌷 Rosie Buck & the Gardening Cl…

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Nov. 4, 2025

Sarah Beddington full interview

Bonus Material: Listen here to our full interview with local film-maker, Sarah Beddington. (11 minutes) Sarah talks to TisTalk's Kate Gamm about how she met the courageous Fadia in a refugee camp for displaced Palestinians. ...

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Nov. 3, 2025

3rd-9th November 2025 E6S10 Chloe Fox's Bookshop, Sarah Beddington's …

🎙️ This week on TisTalk: Mary's co-host is Peter Shallcross 📚 Chloe Fox’s New Bookshop – Mary chats to Chloe about her brand-new bookshop on Tisbury High Street.🎥 Sarah Beddington – We hear from local film maker, Sarah Beddington, about Fadia’s Tree and its special fundraiser for Gaza at the Victor…

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Oct. 11, 2025

13th-19th October 2025 E5S10: Doomed Ash Tree, TisPlan vote, New face…

🌳 Dick Budden’s doomed Ash Tree Dick Budden talks about his beautiful ash tree on Chicksgrove Road, sadly affected by ash dieback and due to be cut down. 🗳️ Cllr Gerry Murray on TisPlan 2 Our local Wiltshire Councillor on why we should vote on the Neighbourhood Plan, on 23rd October. 🧀 Ali and Mark…

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Oct. 6, 2025

6th-12th October 2025 Malcolm Poynter, Geoffrey Myers, Stars, Legal C…

🎨 Malcolm Poynter: A Tisbury Character Remembered Julie Ann Murphy recalls the life and work of local pop artist and graphic designer, Malcolm Poynter. 📜 A Quietly Extraordinary Life Mary talks about her grandfather, Geoffrey Myers – his intelligence work during the Second World War, the Battle of …

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Sept. 29, 2025

29th Sep - 5th Oct 2025 Julian Berry, Harry's on the Square, Slurry! …

📚 Julian Berry & the Compton Press - a 60's 'happening' in Tisbury 🫖 Harry’s on the Square - Harry McGookin's new look tea house 🚜 Peter Shallcross and the Slurry Pit 🌳 Julie Ann’s Favourite Tree – The Tisbury Yew ⚖️ Getting ...

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Sept. 22, 2025

22nd-28th September 2025 E2 S10 Tisbury Carnival, David Poole, Sleep …

🎪 Tisbury Carnival Highlights 🖌️ Portraits & Perspectives with David Poole 😴 Snoring, Sleep & Health with Dr Lyndsay Kinlin ⚖️ Legal Corner with solicitor, Martin Thomas 📅 What’s On Listings TisTalk is a community podcast fro...

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Sept. 14, 2025

15th - 21st September 2025 E1 S10 Jamie Moses, Sculpture at Messums, …

Jamie Moses: rock'n'roll stories and why he loves Tisbury Lawrence Edwards: "surreal and challenging" sculptures at Messums Legal Q&A with solicitor Martin Thomas. This week we ask: "What does a solicitor do and, if I need on...

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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 …

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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 An…

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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....

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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 th...

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July 28, 2025

28th July - 3rd August E12S9. Blind-dog challenge, Stargazing, Rare B…

🚧 No Room to Walk – Richard Burt and his guide dog, Dilly, reveal the obstacles blind residents face on Tisbury High Street. 🌠 Starry Nights – Steve Tonkin on the night sky in early August... and is that comet really called S...

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July 21, 2025

River Nadder: Mink Trapping

Mink Trapping on the River Nadder - a 4 minute special Mary launches a mink trap with Peter Shallcross at Wallmead Farm to help conserve native water voles and protect them from invasive minks. Part of our River Nadder series...

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