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And Debbie won't be back from Hungary anytime soon cos she's appearing in "Woman on the edge of a nervous breakdown" in the West End
 
Listening to The Archers tonight in the kitchen and Peggy talking to Tony. I'm going "Tony, just say something. Speak. Say anything."

When he said "Me too. Mum. Hi" I burst into tears...

I know, I'm getting soft in my old age.
 
I've been having a bit of a break, how have DaveedandRooth reacted to the news that the Justin is planning to knock down the farmhouse?

And what was Hazel doing for Christmas?
 
TikkiB said:
I've been having a bit of a break, how have DaveedandRooth reacted to the news that the Justin is planning to knock down the farmhouse?
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I think they've weighed the factors and made their decision:

"I mean, yes idealism, yes the dignity of pure research, yes, the pursuit of truth in all its forms, but there comes a point I'm afraid ... if it comes to a choice between ... just taking the money and running, I for one could do with the exercise"
 
Well, exactly. We know how those gayers can't be loyal or keep their hands to themselves..... Bloody hell archers. Typical soap opera. Grrrrrr

I am sure someone said he can't knock the farmhouse down coz it has listing. He probably will extend around it I suppose. Just waiting for Ruth's mother to cark it now
 
I find the recent crop of TA storylines that revolve around infidelity very depressing. It's typical TV soap opera fodder that's designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator in a car-crash sort of way.

I hate it (I hate all infidelity in fact) and it reduces Adam's character to merely two-dimensional script-puppet.

What happened to the idea that TA characters were developed over many years (decades!) so that their actions/reactions made sense to the listeners?
 
a_chap said:
What happened to the idea that TA characters were developed over many years (decades!) so that their actions/reactions made sense to the listeners?
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It's clearly been junked in favour of short term gratification for all those young johnny come lately listeners they want to attract.

I always felt that when a big juicy scandal happened (as a result of aforesaid character development), it was a reward to all us long serving listeners who had patiently waited till the various truths came out.

Now? Pah!
 
I spent most of tonight's episode trying to figure out which character I was listening to.

Perhaps they should go the whole hog and have a new actor/actress for each character every week.
 
Went to see new Stephen Hawking film "The theory of everything" and found out that Felicity Jones (Hawking's first wife) IS Emma Grundy....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_Jones
(I wish I didn't know that as now can't get her image out of my head).
in yesterday's Torygraph she claimed that the owes her success to her background of playing in the Archers for 10 years.
 
a_chap said:
I spent most of tonight's episode trying to figure out which character I was listening to.

Perhaps they should go the whole hog and have a new actor/actress for each character every week.
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The only one whose voice I recognise is Johnny and that's because his accent is consistent. How fucking stupid to introduce a load of new actors all at the same time. I thought that NYE was never going to end. Properly gruelling
 
Looks like the script editors have cooked up another bonkers (nay, Eastenders) plot which involves Matt doing a runner and taking all Lil's cash and paintings.

This runs alongside the pitiful plot of Dave'n'Roof selling up for a fortune and everyone counting on becoming rich. Predictably Kenton's ahead of the pack in the spend-it-before-you-get-it race. As sure as eggs is eggs the sale won't happen.
 
Getting rid of one of the most interesting characters seems silly. They could have had some fun shenanigans with Matt and Justin Elliot.
 
Matt used to be the genius comedy villain character livening up the dull farmers ... now he looks positively normal ... and it would be awful to get rid of him.

I don't want to see Kenton fall on his face re the money. And I don't want him to drag Fallon down either.

I don't give a fig about Rob's paternity test and watching Hellin become a domesticated little housewife (how long till he hits her?) isn't nice either.

Johnny is holding it all together atm tbh but the 'dyslexics are thicko's' stuff left me cold.

Eta: also I was under the impression that you can't add a father's name to the birth certificate unless he is present.
 
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So the plot thickens (but just into unappetising lumps)

Lil, having been left by Matt for no good reason, is now skint. How convenient that Kenton was talking about using his new found wealth to buy Lil out of her share of the Bull. Lil will sieze upon this but will insist it's done quickly. Kenton takes on a humungous loan. And then the sale of Brookfield falls through...

Predictable.
 
I just can't be arsed listening to it anymore. Such a shame, if I was interested in shit like this I could watch, I dunno, 'Stenders?
 
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