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Oh dearie me poor Usha!
Posted during the last 7 days. Added 13/05/2012 18:42:33 by RustickRose
What a situation to find one's self in eh Usha lass?! Your tedious vicar-husband and the daughter have now closed ranks on poor you because you rather foolishly omitted to tell them both about love-rat, Carl. You only had the girl's best interests at heart afterall and now you're being cold-shouldered by her because you didn't spill the beans on Carl. Well Amy love the truth is would you have listened to Step-Mama Usha if she'd come clean about Carl in the first place?! You say you would've but being in love is a whole new ball game my dear girl and we all react rather differently when told the truth about our beloved ones. You might not have wanted to listen and Usha was in a very unenviable position - to tell or not to tell is a difficult choice to make. In your shoes Usha I don't know how I would've reacted but it was certainly the lawyer in you that made you a might bit too cautious. Now, dear, you're paying for in spadefuls. May be if Amy's so into being straight-talked to that'll have to be your brief from now onwards. I do think that Amy's behaviour isn't so straight forward as she likes to portray herself. RE: CARL -she wasn't so forthcoming about him and looked as if she had something to hide. Quite rightfully you assumed that was the case. May be this little episode has revealed to you both that there's a lot more work to be done on your relationship with each other and hopefully, things will improve. Best of luck dear. I'm on your side.
Usha's Discovery
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 30/04/2012 21:15:16 by shall
There's was something she said this evening which struck a cord with me. It made me look at a situation in real life that I am in differently and I just wanted to say thank you to the writers as if she had not said what she did I would not be seeing things in a different way. Thanks again.
Dairy Unit
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 26/02/2012 10:25:19 by sammythesheep
There doesnt seem to be any argument in favour of the megadairy. Just ask how many humans are forced to live in sunless surroundings - in offices and factories - where they perform soul deadening tasks sometimes putting their health and lives at risk. Never seeing green fields (or cows) or sunshine for much of their unnaturally shortened lives. Ask too how cows are raised in arid countries. It is extremely rare to see dairy cows free grazing in Spain - all indoors. Forget Disneyesque anthropomorphisation, and remember that of all farm animals cows are almost unique in choosing to eat, sleep and dung on the same spot!Unlike the supremely tidy and fastidious pig (given half a chance).
The Ambridge Badgers
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 05/02/2012 14:02:37 by phoebe
My heroes are the Ambridge Badgers - especially now they have tackled the slurry pit.
Once they are vaccinated agaist TB they will surely become a race of super badgers.
Hopefully they will take up occupancy of the 'green graveyard' snack on the occupants and generally cause mayhem.
High-handed? Surely not!
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 04/02/2012 15:32:16 by joeybettany
Jennifer really made me laugh. 'Oh darling,..no of course you're not, we-ell, perhaps you are just a little...yes you ARE high-handed' etc etc.
Dead Wrong
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 30/01/2012 22:08:34 by CaptainSwing
Memo to the under-employed researchers:
And just how exactly is Joe going to fit 6 foot coffins on to a governess cart?
Major plumbing by Neil
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 25/01/2012 15:43:52 by Tony
Neil seems to be carrying out major renovation work at the Horrobin's house. But I believe this is a local authority property, so surely he would only be able to do this after the landlords written agreement and then only after quotations by other builders. Or have I missed a point somewhere? Or is a future plotline budding?
Mole Hunt
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 09/01/2012 19:42:37 by CaptainSwing
Just a thought appropos the identity of the leaker. Although most gazes will be glancing in thne direction of Andrew or Adam, did David and Ruth perhaps mention the BL scheme within the hearing of the Green Gauleiter Pip?
Kylie's brother
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 11/11/2011 19:34:55 by TinaHackett
John Archer died in 1998. I seem to remember Sharon had already left by then. If Kylie's brother is 13.... is he John's? If so, he would inherit the farm rather than Helen's Henry. (Thanks to my friend Hilary who put the idea into my head!)
Shot In The Foot
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 04/11/2011 11:29:10 by CaptainSwing
Delays at the Cattle Market may be the least of Brian's troubles. Under Sec21 Firearms Act 1968 a person who has served a jail term of between 3 months and 3 years (i.e. Matt Crawford) is prohibited from possessing shotguns for a period of five years from the date of their release.By taking part in the shoot, Matt was committing an offence, as was Brian in lending him a shotgun and allowing him to take part.
Jim'n'Chris
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 23/10/2011 18:13:53 by missamaryllis
I find this twosome totally unlikely!

Surely the erudite Prof Lloyd would prefer the company of some fascinating female academic?

Christine Barford, IMHO, has never yet said anything particularly interesting.

In fact, apart from an account of the Clive Event, her conversation teeters on the brink of the utterly banal. I may be wrong. Perhaps, as he peruses The Times every morning, and she becomes stimulated by his comments on current events, say, or if he reads her Ovid's Amores (in the original) over bedtime cocoa,she may blossom into a Fascinating Female?

It's never too late, Christine. Listen and learn!
"You're getting a bit wheezy Joe"
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 07/10/2011 10:59:00 by sylvia2910
Clarrie ~ "You're getting a bit wheezy Joe"... Fateful words? Come New Year I reckon we'll be in mourning again..
Apple Varieties - Pitmaston Pineapple
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 26/09/2011 22:32:59 by osprey
Well, you learn something every day!
I'd never heard of Pitmaston Pineapple Apples until tonight's episode!
I googled the name and they are very small, yellow apples and apparently taste not unlike pineapples!!
My grandchildren go to Pitmaston School, so I'll ask them if they've heard of them!
Now I know why they're the "apple of my eye"!!!
Clarrie signing on
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 20/09/2011 15:05:28 by denid
I have never heard a more ridiculous plot line in recent days than this one, remind me, it was Joe who recently turned 90? Surely Clarrie's attitude about living on the state is well out of date for a woman not yet near pension age? Doesn't she need to sign on when unemployed to ensure her contributions are up to date? This was the reason I first signed on back in the 1980s. Or maybe she isn't going to claim a state pension either, as most of the other elderly residents in Ambridge don't seem to bother, they all still work at 90 or have a nice comfortable private income.
Elizabeth and David
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 14/08/2011 03:10:19 by sylvia2910
If it turns out that Nigel wasn't so squeaky clean it could lead to a reconciliation between Elizabeth and David. The best I can come up with is an affair with Jessica the Falconer. This could explain why even though he knew the falconry was not paying its way she was kept on... hmmmm...!
Themes? Character led or issue led?
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 03/08/2011 12:24:42 by Ricksher
At the moment and for the last couple of years, I've been more and more upset about the plot lines in "The Archers". In the past very serious plots (Elizabeth and Cameron Fraser for instance) have cropped up, provided some fine drama and then life has appeared to be more or less that of a normal community with a little dramatic licence.
There seems to be a belief that it all has to be serious, "relevant" to the new concerned , young audience that may or may not have materialised. Every plot is an issue, it's like "Eastenders" or some otheir ghastly modern soap. Just look at the "Issues", family feuds, David , Elizabeth, the Grundy brothers, artificial insemination, and general mayhem. I want the old slow pace of a dated and unreal community which I've loved for almost fifty years. I don't want, murder, mayhem, surely paedophilia or incest will be tackled soon? May I suggest the script writers and editors consider their present audience's demography, rather than seeking to attract an audience that I don't think exists for this programme.
E-coli
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 18/07/2011 19:35:12 by ambridgewanderer
As the Radio 4 continuity announcer said at the end of this evenings episode, this story will run and run.

E-coli at Bridge Farm if confirmed will be a major story line which will affect the whole village affecting the operation of Bridge Farm and the lives of Tony and Pat and the whole family and also Clarrie and Susan whose jobs could be at risk.

It looks as if Clarrie's recent stomach upset during Wimbledon fortnight could be key to this story. She thought she had eaten some of Eddie's "dodgy burgers" but where did Eddie get the contents of the burgers from? Who else in Ambridge has been/will be affected by the bug?
I can't stand it!
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 14/07/2011 20:56:58 by ihill
Firstly the scriptwriters seem to assume we are listening to Ambridge Extra so know the new characters and what they are agonising about! I don't and haven't a clue and don't find them interesting!

Secondly it looks like we are in for a cot death next week and more agonising fromHelen. I like my Archers cosier than this. If I want agonising I could watch Eastenders or Corrie, which I don't. PLEASE ask the scriptwriters to go back to normal!
The Christening
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 07/07/2011 08:47:06 by Cymraes
I think that Caroline was right not to be a godmother, but I don't understand why Ed and Emma are having the baby christened, we've never heard that they go to church!
A plot line!
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 05/06/2011 11:07:28 by WalterGabriel
I think Linda Snell should develop an (unrequited) crush for Jazzer!

Walter
David finally Breaks
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 19/05/2011 19:30:07 by joeybettany
Oh my goodness! What a picnic! I thought that this episode was brilliant; the tension unbearable, as we all knew what David was feeling while Elizabeth was praising him to the skies. Poor David, poor Elizabeth. Just when they had started to move on they are back to square one. Jill will be devasted at this family rift which may never heal. Should/could David have remained silent?

Chalet School Girl
Archers at war
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 17/05/2011 15:36:18 by Michael
Does anyone remember tha Christmas Special when the BBC broadcast a special about the war 1st or 2nd I'm not sure. If so can I get a recording?
Vicky the cultural gardener?
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 25/04/2011 08:18:10 by CameronFraser
Call me a sad old pedant that ought to get out more but during the Gardeners Question Time episode, Vicky was in the village shop & recognised the GQT presenter Eric Robson, Now I'm an avid listener of said gardening prog but I wouldn't have a clue what he looks like. Vicky doesn't really strike me as your average Radio 4 fan or a gardener so I think engaging her in this storyline was rather ill thought out. Whilst I'm on the subject, I thought the whole GQT thing was rather pointless, particularly coming so soon after Camilla's cameo appearance.
However, credit where credit's due - this new forum thingy has improved immensely!
Linda's election to parish council.
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 20/04/2011 07:55:43 by mary
I hope Linda remembers to put who published and printed her flyer for the election. Failure to do so will have her reported to the Standards Committee and if found guilty will be fined or imprisoned. Now, there's a plot line !

Also, can nothing be done about her dreadful voice. Surely, having lived in Ambridge for such a long time her 'Sunningdale' accent would have been toned down by now.
Kenton and Jolene
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 04/04/2011 19:31:34 by joeybettany
Oh, dear, the Archers really don't like the idea of having Jolene in the family do they? (well perhaps Elizabeth was ok)
I am afraid that the Archers ARE snobs. As for worrying about Kathy's feelings - well they should know that she really DROVE Kenton away.

Chalet School Girl
Mother's Day
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 17/03/2011 15:24:07 by rupertsmum
Let us hope that Mother's Day will bring some cheerful sounds to the Archers, but not too much of those children please!

Why do these children all sound so young?
ROY TO THE RESCUE?
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 15/03/2011 13:25:21 by JENIG
Did anyone else notice how good Roy was when helping Elizabeth with that conference a few weeks ago?

I think he might become the new manager of Lower Loxley while Elizabeth recovers or maybe permanently.
so fed up with this
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 02/03/2011 23:35:52 by Debs
THE ARCHERS WORLD HAS GONE MAD

First Sid dies.
Then Kenton and Cathy break up
Then they MURDER our dear Nigel
NOW
kenton and joleen, NO WAY

i just cant believe my ears

i am getting totally fed up with this after listening for over 30 years i am about to give it up

SOMEONE NEEDS TO FIRE THE LOT OF THEM AND GET BACK TO BASICS!!!
Wouldn't it be Funny if...........?
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 01/03/2011 17:08:01 by joeybettany
Freddie passed the entrance exam for The Cathedral School and Lily didn't? I do hope she's not going to turn into 'a little madam' - Ambridge has had enough of those!

Chalet School Girl
Stoped listening
Posted over 14 days ago. Added 27/02/2011 11:36:55 by Timg345
I was so disappointed by the Nigel storyline regarding his death and how it seemed to be more like an East Enders plot line that I stoped listening.

I thought the whole build up was stupid and unrealistic.

I have listened for around 35 - 40 years and miss it but I am finding it difficult to forgive.

If I want East Enders type rubbish I will watch that. The Archers for me was sophisticated and a pleasure to listen to. Spoilt by some silly script writer... thanks a bunch!!

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