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If anyone has wondered where they’ve heard Caitlin (Natasha’s mum) before - she’s the mothers piss woman from The Thick of It

 
I don't understand ... If Oliver has flogged grey gables why is he having anything to do with the future plans?
 
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How are they going to write her out. I hope she turns over a few drug dealers with a sawn off in Felpersham and then disappears to Costa Rica with the proceeds.
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No, her hollowed-out heart will stop and her Will will wreak havoc on the Archer family for at least a decade. I expect Joy or whatever her name is* will contest it.

*Jack's daughter, misery incarnate.
 
This dreadful saga sometimes keeps me company while I'm cooking supper. At the moment there is a Mystery.
17-year old genius trainee hairdresser Chelsea, who has just revealed to her Mum, Tracy, that she's pregnant, has gone missing. There'd been a row with her mum, and she won't say who the father is. She took her backpack but didn't even say she was going out. This being Ambridge rather than real life, the police (aka Harrison) are taking it seriously.

Oh, and she'd lied about going just going out to cut Harrison's hair when Tracy asked who the father was. They had the row after she returned from that unexplained outing.

In some heavily signalled dramatic irony, the Missing Chelsea scenes are followed by Russ & Lily all-loved-up-buying-a-flat scenes. Lily even says she doesn't think she's ever been so happy.

Russ has been a supporter of Chelsea ever since she cut his hair and made him look cool. He's been helping her prepare for college exams and he even successfully stood up for her when she risked losing her job at The Orangery.

It doesn't take genius to work out that they are signalling that Russ is father of Chelsea's child. After all, he does have previous for seducing 17 year old students (Lily). But with all the appeals and search parties (C's only been missing overnight so far) and Russ and Lily handing out Missing Person flyers in Borchester instead of going to their celebration dinner, I'm beginning to suspect this failing drama is going full sharkmurdernado.

Peggy Archer hasn't died yet. It's like waiting for HM.
 
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Elpenor said:
Still oppressing The Grundys
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And stil churning out patronising efforts to “improve the lives of the listeners”. In particular a nasty little tourist trip around poverty and how it’s really okay to get help from the food bank, it’s not only for the working classes these days.
 
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The storyline that’s especially enraging me at the moment is Ben’s awful stupid judgement about Roar-ee getting it on with an older women who is giving him money and gifts. It‘s unbelievable for a start, Ben being all “ohemgee, you’re a prozzie mate! That’s outrageous“ strikes me as unlikely. Far more likely he’d be laughing like a drain and taking the piss, getting Roar-ee to buy all the drinks at the bar etc. Also it’s sooooo obviously a set up for something down the line (I don’t care enough to spend time working out what it might be).

Another huge annoyance is that the only person feeling the financial pinch is of course one of the lesser Horror-bins and as soon as it started to become realistic (can’t afford a grocery shop) it all got sorted by a single trip to the food bank, facilitated by the local grandee-saint, and the miraculous appearance of the perfect job.
 
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The storyline that’s especially enraging me at the moment is Ben’s awful stupid judgement about Roar-ee getting it on with an older women who is giving him money and gifts. It‘s unbelievable for a start, Ben being all “ohemgee, you’re a prozzie mate! That’s outrageous“ strikes me as unlikely. Far more likely he’d be laughing like a drain and taking the piss, getting Roar-ee to buy all the drinks at the bar etc. Also it’s sooooo obviously a set up for something down the line (I don’t care enough to spend time working out what it might be).

Another huge annoyance is that the only person feeling the financial pinch is of course one of the lesser Horror-bins and as soon as it started to become realistic (can’t afford a grocery shop) it all got sorted by a single trip to the food bank, facilitated by the local grandee-saint, and the miraculous appearance of the perfect job.
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Yes to both of those. I don't know why I listen really, except to try and guess the story line. At least they are beginning to move away from the whole working class characters as comedy schtick.
 
I think I listen mostly out of habit and partly for the soothing comfort. It’s a bit like a school pudding with custard. Familiar, gooey, nostalgic, no real harm done, doesn’t especially impact on anything else so long as it‘s not daily fare.
 
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