Historical audio adventures · Designed for ages 7–10
Original 30-minute audio adventures from real history for boys aged 7–10, with a brave choice, a ticking clock and true facts he’ll tell you at dinner. Your first adventure is free.
Read the opening →For car journeys, Lego afternoons and imaginative play. Sisters, friends and grown-ups are welcome too.
Ned
An eager carpenter’s son.
Will
His funny, faithful friend.
Bess
Ned’s observant younger sister.
The Night London Burned
London, 1666 · Historical fiction · Designed for ages 7–10
London, 1666. Ned secretly bodges a broken gate. That night the Great Fire breaks out, and his elderly neighbour is trapped behind it. The grown-ups can’t open it, and only Ned knows why. To get her out before the fire reaches the river, he must own up and fix it himself.
Planned as three short chapters: a complete adventure of around half an hour.
Read the openingNot a bystander. In every story, the boy makes the brave move himself, while grown-ups hold the rope.
The fire reaching the river. The tide covering the path. Sunrise. Suspense he can feel, never cruelty or gore.
A hen loose in a rowing boat. An eel up a sleeve. A rider who has sworn an oath not to swear.
Samuel Pepys buried his parmesan to save it from the Great Fire. King Alfred hid from the Vikings on an island in a swamp. Pony Express riders swore not to swear.
One storyteller’s voice, three chapters, around 30 minutes. Your child supplies the pictures.
Stepping forward when it counts, even with his knees knocking.
Telling the truth when a lie would be easier.
Strength used to keep others safe, never to bully.
A promise made is a promise kept, even the hard ones.
These virtues grew up in the Christian tradition that shaped much of the history our stories come from. Our heroes don’t preach them. They live them.
The adventures ahead
Start in the smoke-filled streets of London. Then journey backwards from Cold War secrets and daring rescues to storm-tossed ships, medieval workshops and ancient wonders. Explore the first 50 planned Adventure FM stories.
Explore all 50 adventuresA taste of what’s coming
Adventure 27 · Who Deserves Your Loyalty?
London, after the Great Fire. Ned is desperate to beat Father’s new apprentice, so he takes a forbidden shortcut through the burnt city, and Father’s account book vanishes. Now Matthew is blamed, a timber merchant wants paying twice, and the only way to put it right is back down into the ruins.
In developmentRead the opening
Adventure 40 · Kingdoms, Raiders and the Stranger
Somerset, 878. King Alfred is hiding in the marshes, and Osric, an eel-catcher’s son who wants to be a warrior, has lost the king’s only boat. Now he must guide a giant messenger along hidden paths under the water before dawn, when a whole village leaves Wessex for good.
In developmentRead the opening
Adventure 16 · Promises on the Long Road
Nebraska, 1860. Caleb wants to be the fastest rider on the Pony Express, so he skips the boring jobs, and a rider falls. Now the news of the new President is stuck in the Platte River’s quicksand, and the westbound rider leaves at sunrise. The only horse left is the slowest one.
In developmentRead the openingStart on the website. We’ll confirm downloads and podcast apps when the first adventure is ready.
Turn the school run or a stretch of motorway into a story you can share. One chapter for a short trip. More when the road is long.
A story in their ears. Bricks, pencils or a half-built ship in their hands. Room for their own imagination to do its work.
Would you have gone back? Should he have told the truth? A good adventure gives a family something worth talking about.
Boys become what they admire, and they learn what to admire from stories.
Before a boy can explain courage, he can picture someone going back for a friend. Before he can define honour, he knows what it feels like when a hero keeps his word.
Stories give children people to admire, choices to imagine and courage to borrow. We want to fill that world with people worth following: boys who make mistakes and put them right; men whose strength makes others safer; friends who learn to be faithful when it costs them something.
The stories they’ll ask for again, and the men you hope they’ll become.
Original historical audio adventures you play on demand — not a radio station or live stream — designed especially for boys aged 7–10 and families who enjoy listening together. Expect friendship, humour, suspense and characters facing meaningful choices.
Boys are at the heart of our stories. Sisters, friends and grown-ups are welcome. We’re creating adventures the whole family can enjoy.
Most are historical fiction: invented heroes in real places and times. A few dramatise real people, such as Perce Blackborow, the young stowaway on Shackleton’s expedition, with reconstructed dialogue labelled as such. Each finished story says what’s true and what’s invented.
We’re a married couple — a father and a mother of young boys who grew up on inspirational stories and adventure ourselves. They shaped who we became, and we want the same for our own children.
We started Adventure FM because we couldn’t find enough stories our boys would beg for that also gave them heroes worth copying. So we began writing them: real history, real danger, a boy who makes the brave move himself. We want to make adventures children choose for themselves, and stories parents are glad to share.
Big adventures. Heroes worth following.
Our parent list is open now. Join and we’ll email you the moment The Night London Burned is ready. The complete first adventure will be free.