*The Archers thread

[bluescreen]

Fiona Sturges gives it two stars in the i, which makes a change from all the endless self-congratulatory guff Auntie has been running.

 

[TikkiB]

Pat and Tony really do make it all about them, don't they. (Can you tell I'm listening to the 2pm repeat?)

 

[a_chap]

Pat and Tony really do make it all about them, don't they. (Can you tell I'm listening to the 2pm repeat?)

Was the 2pm repeat the whole turgid hour long episode?

You have my sympathies.

 

[TikkiB]

Was the 2pm repeat the whole turgid hour long episode?

You have my sympathies.

Yup. It was very cringe making. And as a result I couldn't be bothered to listen to this evening's episode

 

[trashpony]

Yup. It was very cringe making. And as a result I couldn't be bothered to listen to this evening's episode

Which is a shame because it was quite good! SOC has left the building. We need to get the bunting out

 

[TikkiB]

ok, I'll listen tomorrow at 2pm, and yes bunting definitely in order - stupid man.

 

[wiskey]

And yet ... And yet ... We still have this ridiculous Grundy/Sterling 'let me give you my very expensive house' saga ...

I thought we were getting back to the Proper Archers

 

[belboid]

That IS proper Archers.

 

[wiskey]

That IS proper Archers.

 

[A380]

Escaped Grudy ferret? Please.

 

[two sheds]

Escaped Grudy ferret? Please.

That IS proper Archers.

 

[belboid]

Well, I was half expecting an abduction. They've clearly decided to ditch the melodrama for a while.

 

[Mogden]

Well that was a bloody sight better

 

[Shirl]

I can't believe how good the Archers was tonight. I didn't recognise the writer's name, is he new? I like his style tonight anyway

 

[Mogden]

I can't believe how good the Archers was tonight. I didn't recognise the writer's name, is he new? I like his style tonight anyway

I thought it was ace! Just the right side of schmaltzy. And the end made me chuckle If they are new, we need more like that from them!

 

[TikkiB]

That made me very happy - was half expecting Rob T to disappear in a puff of smoke.

 

[two sheds]

It's whatsername and toby all over again

 

[belboid]

Has no one posted Her Holiness, Nancy Banks Smith, review of the trial yet? It's absolutely spot on, as always

Nancy Banks-Smith on The Archers trial – is it safe to come out now?

 

[danny la rouge]

Has no one posted Her Holiness, Nancy Banks Smith, review of the trial yet? It's absolutely spot on, as always

Nancy Banks-Smith on The Archers trial – is it safe to come out now?

"Sean O’Connor, The Archers’ exciting editor."



Exiting, surely?

 

[Beats & Pieces]

Every time I hear Peggy I think immediately of Zippy from 'Rainbow'.

 

[izz]

Has no one posted Her Holiness, Nancy Banks Smith, review of the trial yet? It's absolutely spot on, as always

Nancy Banks-Smith on The Archers trial – is it safe to come out now?

THAT was an absolute belter of a piece of writing. #NancyBanks-SmithFangirl

 

[wiskey]

Just heard the custody episode on catch up... I feel a bit sorry for Rob. Not for the emotional abuse obv, he's still a scumbag... But he's also the product of his upbringing and his godawful parents. And I genuinely think he enjoyed having Henry in his life.

 

[a_chap]

Thinks about it for a second... nope. Rob still deserves all he gets.

Irrespective of the influence of his upbringing he can still make his own decisions. He's still a cunt.

 

[mango5]

He enjoyed having Henry to dominate and control. I hope Rob drowns in a slurry pit.

 

[weltweit]

The Archers needs a baddie.

Who else is there?

 

[Athos]

Just heard the custody episode on catch up... I feel a bit sorry for Rob. Not for the emotional abuse obv, he's still a scumbag... But he's also the product of his upbringing and his godawful parents. And I genuinely think he enjoyed having Henry in his life.

Fuck that. He's a cunt, who deserves everything he gets. And more. I'm still hoping Tom fills him in.

 

[a_chap]

I sometimes wonder what the actors' reactions are when they get the most godawful shite plot lines or dialogue. Do they ever say anything? Or do they simply sigh and take the money?

This message was brought to you by David Archer's Utterly Unrealistic Tantrums To Josh & Pip.

 

[Shirl]

Did Kenton just say that Phoebe was going to Glasgow University?

 

[weltweit]

Mushrooms?

Mushrooms ..

 

[mango5]

Cripes. They're doing it again. The Archers in fact and fiction: Academic analyses of life in rural Borsetshire