Sleepbound Nights

Cosy serial fiction told as bedtime stories for grown-ups — quiet villages, gentle voices, low-stakes plots that ease a busy mind to sleep.

44 free episodes play here, and in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, on YouTube or in any podcast app. Members on Patreon get the rest — over 500 readings across our three shows, ad-free, for £4.99 a month. Part one is free on a selection of our series, always.

The Elderwick Almanac: The Turn of the Leaf

by Cecily Ash · 40 min · 10 Sept 2026 · On Patreon

Part of The Elderwick Almanac

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The Toast Maker

by Eliza Hartley · 35 episodes · 6 Sept 2026 · 22 free, 13 on Patreon

The Down Sleeper, Berth Four

by Esther Fell · 46 min · 4 Sept 2026 · On Patreon

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Green Hollow

3 episodes · 2 Sept 2026 · 1 free, 2 on Patreon

The Elderwick Almanac: Harvest

by Cecily Ash · 40 min · 27 Aug 2026 · On Patreon

Part of The Elderwick Almanac

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The Last Frank Down the Line

by Tom Alder · 39 min · 7 Aug 2026 · On Patreon

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The Last Lamp on Marlowe Lane

by Hana Ridgewell · 4h · 31 Jul 2026 · Free

The Elderwick Almanac: High Summer

by Cecily Ash · 39 min · 30 Jul 2026 · On Patreon

Part of The Elderwick Almanac

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The Late Trade at Whitby & Nunn's

by Clare Fenwick · 36 min · 28 Jul 2026 · On Patreon

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The Last Warm Table at the Ferry Inn

49 min · 15 Jul 2026 · On Patreon

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The Elder Cottage Cook Book — Recipes and Remembrances from Little Darlow

by Eliza Hartley · · 2 Jul 2026 · On Patreon

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Downton Abbey: The Thirties

in the world of Julian Fellowes · 5 episodes · 2 Jul 2026 · 2 free, 3 on Patreon

The Bookshop Cat

by Nell Bramley · 4 episodes · 24 Jun 2026 · 2 free, 2 on Patreon

The Honey Year

· 1 Jun 2026 · On Patreon

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Howl's Moving Castle - The Series

after Diana Wynne Jones · 6 episodes · 23 Apr 2026 · 4 free, 2 on Patreon

The Compartment with the Warm Lamp

by Jenny Strictlen · 2 episodes · 27 Mar 2026 · 1 free, 1 on Patreon

The Flamingo Path

4h · 20 Feb 2026 · Free

The Bay of Glass and Salt

by Celia Marrowby · 2 episodes · 11 Feb 2026 · 1 free, 1 on Patreon

A Key for the Midnight Stairs

by Jenny Merryweather · 2 episodes · 6 Feb 2026 · 1 free, 1 on Patreon

The Winter Orange Cake

4h · 28 Jan 2026 · Free

The Midnight Baker of Brick Lane

4h · 26 Jan 2026 · Free

The Key in the Courtyard Fountain

4h · 21 Jan 2026 · Free

The Mangoes at Dusk

4h · 19 Jan 2026 · Free

The Platform Kettle

4h · 14 Jan 2026 · Free

The Keeper of Tidal Glass

4h · 9 Jan 2026 · Free

The Orchard at Dawn

4h · 26 Dec 2025 · Free

The Orchard at Dawn

by Mara Ellingsen · · 23 Dec 2025 · On Patreon

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The Lilac Letters

2 episodes · 19 Dec 2025 · 1 free, 1 on Patreon