*The Archers thread

[weltweit]

The critical period when the opinion of the jury went from largely guilty to 10-1 against was not heard. I don't know how they changed their minds so much.

 

[A380]

The critical period when the opinion of the jury went from largely guilty to 10-1 against was not heard. I don't know how they changed their minds so much.

Perhaps someone googled iPlayer on their mobile in the jury room and listened to a few recent omnibus editions. No other way it could have happened.

 

[weltweit]

I didn't recognise Havers' voice, nor Tate's ... Only realised afterwards.

 

[lizzieloo]

I didn't recognise Havers' voice, nor Tate's ... Only realised afterwards.

I knew Catherine Tate's voice but really couldn't place it, it was quite distracting.

 

[belboid]

The critical period when the opinion of the jury went from largely guilty to 10-1 against was not heard. I don't know how they changed their minds so much.

Three would never go Guilty, and it seemed to be five all, before each other juror's prejudices were exposed, and their hypocrisy thrown back in their face to, presumably, make them crumble - exactly as in 12 angry Men. I did quite like the fact that it seems to have been Nigel who was the one who stayed Utter Bastard

 

[A380]

Three would never go Guilty, and it seemed to be five all, before each other juror's prejudices were exposed, and their hypocrisy thrown back in their face to, presumably, make them crumble - exactly as in 12 angry Men. I did quite like the fact that it seems to have been Nigel who was the one who stayed Utter Bastard

Perhaps Helen was on the roof as well and prised Nigel's fingers off the ledge after David pushed him over? That would explain a lot.

 

[weltweit]

Justin Elliott sure picked a suitable estate manager there eh ?

 

[trashpony]

That episode was a shower of shite. I'm hoping for a return to form tomorrow when SOC has fucked off back to his natural home

 

[belboid]

Would Nigel Havers have been allowed to serve if his wife had made such (vague) allegations about him? Allegations seemingly upheld in a court.

 

[bluescreen]

Would Nigel Havers have been allowed to serve if his wife had made such (vague) allegations about him? Allegations seemingly upheld in a court.

Yes, unless the defence barrister knew about it, when she could have challenged him on selection.

 

[wiskey]

I didn't enjoy that as much as I thought I might

 

[bluescreen]

It felt like a dramatised instruction on How Juries Work from a 1950s educational film.

 

[mrs quoad]

Fucking abysmal.

Goes to show that years upon years of acting in familiar, well-known roles really does have an effect.

This was like a shamateur mishmash of arbitrary bollocks, over-voiced by individual non-archers-entities who were keen to take home the "Loudest Rendition of Individual Lines" trophy, 2016.

 

[mrs quoad]

I would fucking pay for 45 mins of tonight (ie, every single second involving non-archers cast) to be re-scripted and re-voiced, with a starring cast of Freda [pre-flood], Bagger, Snatch, Sabrina Thwaite, Derek Fletcher, Fat Paul and Molly Fucking Button.

 

[belboid]

It felt like a dramatised instruction on How Juries Work from a 1950s educational film.

That's because it was based on the script of a 1950s film, I guess

 

[mrs quoad]

That's because it was based on the script of a 1950s film, I guess

The thing about a successful homage is that it doesn't rely on a dysfunctional understanding of a script from 60 years ago in order to work.

I've got 12 Angry Men somewhere.

I've watched it a couple of times.

Half way through tonight, I commented to my wife - oh, sounds a lot like they're taking off 12 angry men.

That doesn't mitigate the point that tonight was fucking shit. The acting was abysmal. The "all star cast" were a wet sack of shit, rubbed on the corpse of a month-old dead summer badger, and dunked in rancid cat puke. The script was fucking dire.

Total waste of 45 minutes of my life. Jury deliberations added nothing but exponentially spiralling levels of irritation and annoyance, over and above what the bog standard archers cast were able to deliver.

 

[belboid]

I thought the acting was perfectly reasonable considering what they had to work with. The problem was they were all archetypes rather than characters

 

[A380]

...That doesn't mitigate the point that tonight was fucking shit. The acting was abysmal. The "all star cast" were a wet sack of shit, rubbed on the corpse of a month-old dead summer badger, and dunked in rancid cat puke. The script was fucking dire.

Total waste of 45 minutes of my life. Jury deliberations added nothing but exponentially spiralling levels of irritation and annoyance, over and above what the bog standard archers cast were able to deliver.

So, did you like it or not?

 

[two sheds]

yeh sitting on the fence as always

 

[belboid]

Yes, unless the defence barrister knew about it, when she could have challenged him on selection.

Should have come up in a pre trial questionnaire, iirr. If he didn't mention it he should be in trouble. If he did n she ignored it, she's a fool!

 

[two sheds]

With all the cutbacks it's hard getting actors with the right legal training nowadays.

 

[a_chap]

As regular listeners might know (er... I mean listeners to the rubbish I post on here) I'm holidaying in 1950s Britain where the internet doesn't exist. So was only able to listen after a trip to a pub with WiFi where I could download, retire to Butlin's chalet and then listen.

To say it was fucking awful would be to undermine the once-shocking nature of the word "fucking".

It's fucking awfulness could be cameo'd by Pat's dialogue after the two not guilty verdicts ... and feel free to add layers of ridiculous overacting ... "Oh Tony! I don't know what it means".

 

[Shirl]

Should have come up in a pre trial questionnaire, iirr. If he didn't mention it he should be in trouble. If he did n she ignored it, she's a fool!

I don't remember being given a pre trial questionnaire

 

[bluescreen]

I don't remember being given a pre trial questionnaire

Must be a new thing. Not a bad idea though.

 

[dolly's gal]

listened to half of this this morning en route to work. glad i tuned in here and now know so i don't have to listen to the rest. what a load of utter fucking tosh that was with the jury

 

[A380]

listened to half of this this morning en route to work. glad i tuned in here and now know so i don't have to listen to the rest. what a load of utter fucking tosh that was with the jury

What did you think about the gun fight?

 

[dolly's gal]

What did you think about the gun fight?

assuming that's a joke!

 

[belboid]

I don't remember being given a pre trial questionnaire

Actually it's done via a dbs check now, my mistake.

 

[Beats & Pieces]

Tristan's story.

 

[TikkiB]

I knew Catherine Tate's voice but really couldn't place it, it was quite distracting.

God, I hate Catherine Tate - she only ever plays the same character.

And I'm not enjoying hearing Bigot Nigel.