{"id":130,"date":"2025-11-03T16:07:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T16:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/wshop\/?post_type=product&p=130"},"modified":"2026-10-25T17:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T17:25:50","slug":"album-archive-editions-1","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/dennisofgruntyfen.co.uk\/wshop\/product\/album-archive-editions-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Album: Archive Edition 1 – Down Market"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A message from Mr South:<\/b><\/p>\n

My winter evening treat<\/span><\/b> is to settle down and play back some of the hundreds of Dennis of Grunty Fen episodes that Pete Sayers and I made together over almost 20 years. Because they often tell tales and involve characters I had half forgotten, they take me by surprise and I find myself laughing out loud because I didn’t know what was coming next.<\/p>\n

In the belief that old fans and new converts<\/span><\/b> to our Grunty Fen insanity might care to share a few such nostalgic evenings, Miss Edwards and I decided to start an ARCHIVE EDITION series. Each edition will sample a run of episodes covering a few weeks so that we get a sense of the period they come from.<\/p>\n

Archive Editions 1 covers six episodes <\/span><\/b>broadcast during November and December 2004. It kicks off with one of my all-time favourites, The Late Harvest Festival, then there’s the sticky story of Gran’s Toffee, the touching tale of Effie Pepperdine, the tragi-comedy of Dennis and Maudie at the Coal Yard Christmas party and, for very good measure, the famous two episodes examining in embarrassing detail how Dennis made a fool of me at my own profession.<\/p>\n

Running time: over 70 minutes of pure Grunty Fen-ness.<\/p>\n

Available on CD and in a digital download format.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Listen to clips from the tracks on this album:<\/div>\n
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