*The Archers thread

[a_chap]

I had June Spencer in my celebrity death pool prediction year after year after year.

I eventually decided she was immortal so didn't include her this year!!!!

RIP June. I was only joking. You were a great actress and will be missed

 

[bluescreen]

I assumed Justin was having a whimpering nightmare, but he was supposed to be awake all along, listening while Robert was faking the AI using Rex's cloned voice. The Archers has already jumped the Am, now it's jumped the Rewilding. I am waiting for Justin to tell Martin Gibson all about the wonderful AI tour on the rewilding website only for Gibson to sneer at his naivety and Justin to discover he was tricked into his largesse. Even then, I'm not sure this late cringey Scroogefest will have been worth it.

As for Fallon's ever diminishing non-start-up...

 

[Elpenor]

I assumed Justin was having a whimpering nightmare, but he was supposed to be awake all along, listening while Robert was faking the AI using Rex's cloned voice. The Archers has already jumped the Am, now it's jumped the Rewilding. I am waiting for Justin to tell Martin Gibson all about the wonderful AI tour on the rewilding website only for Gibson to sneer at his naivety and Justin to discover he was tricked into his largesse. Even then, I'm not sure this late cringey Scroogefest will have been worth it.

Was that what it was? I don’t really understand this AI business and I thought Robert was long retired so would he really be an AI gun for hire?

As for Fallon's ever diminishing non-start-up...

She’ll come crawling back to bridge farm but now Natasha is going to run the tearoom, there’s no job for her now

 

[bluescreen]

No it wasn't AI at all. It was Robert at his computer in real time, typing in responses for Rex's cloned voice to reply to Justin. That's why the 'beta AI tour' thing was available only at that precise moment and Justin couldn't find it again. There is no way in a million years Robert could have come up with the real thing. I'd assumed it was a dream because of Justin's weird naivety and gullibility, and I hadn't been alert to the clues all along that it was fake.

 

[Elpenor]

More cosy house shuffling for the Archers, compare this to the Grundys who have to basically rely on Oliver’s charity.

Wonder how much energy is consumed building the energy efficient house. Also It’s fine for the Archers to build houses on their land whilst the other day they sneered about new builds built on land they sold for house building!

Harrison is on £50k as a sergeant so the fact that Fallon says they can’t live on that and they need the money is completely ridiculous. The Grundys must be on a lot less than that combined.

 

[Elpenor]

Are we going to have Eddie Grundy doing a halal turkey for Dr Azra?

Shame Joe has passed away. I could have seen him being instructed by Prof Lloyd in the appropriate way to carry out the slaughter based on the ancient rites in the Quran

 

[Monte]

Are we going to have Eddie Grundy doing a halal turkey for Dr Azra?

Shame Joe has passed away. I could have seen him being instructed by Prof Lloyd in the appropriate way to carry out the slaughter based on the ancient rites in the Quran

A turkey for Muslim Christmas?
Mohammadmas?

 

[iona]

Are we going to have Eddie Grundy doing a halal turkey for Dr Azra?

Shame Joe has passed away. I could have seen him being instructed by Prof Lloyd in the appropriate way to carry out the slaughter based on the ancient rites in the Quran

Iirc (happy to be corrected if I've got any of this wrong) there's some debate around loopholes like whether followers of other Abrahamic religions are also acceptable, but generally for meat to be considered halal the person carrying out the actual slaughter needs to be a Muslim.

 

[bluescreen]

Do we know if Azra is observant? Do the scriptwriters even know? They seem to be pretty inconsistent.

Not sure where this storyline of Hilda the Demon Cat and the Missing Chip is going. Is it just an excuse to get Jakob and Azra together?

 

[Elpenor]

Iirc (happy to be corrected if I've got any of this wrong) there's some debate around loopholes like whether followers of other Abrahamic religions are also acceptable, but generally for meat to be considered halal the person carrying out the actual slaughter needs to be a Muslim.

Yes I believe that is correct

 

[Elpenor]

Do we know if Azra is observant? Do the scriptwriters even know? They seem to be pretty inconsistent.

Not sure where this storyline of Hilda the Demon Cat and the Missing Chip is going. Is it just an excuse to get Jakob and Azra together?

She’s described on the archers website as observant, though I don’t think we have been given any colour to what that means. I assumed the turkey might be an entry point into this. She has been into the pub hasn’t she, so presumably not drinking.

She has a silent husband, who is in Pakistan sorting out “family business”.

Incidentally I remember a Muslim colleague telling me she’d never eaten turkey as you couldn’t buy a halal one, this was some years ago, suspect this meant they weren’t available on the high street / in the supermarket.

Anyway it will be interesting to see how her faith is explored. I can see David Archer coming round to break a fast during Eid and doing one of his trademark “mouth full of food and talking” scenes only using samosas rather than lemon drizzle cake

 

[two sheds]

Brad's going to fail his maths exam isn't he

with blame apportioned all round

 

[weltweit]

What?

What was that all about?

 

[Monte]

WTF?
Looks like the Yanks fell for a scam.

 

[Monte]

Good for Kate though.
Very considerate.

 

[belboid]

I did keep having to check my radio to see it was tuned to Radio 4 at the start.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

I did keep having to check my radio to see it was tuned to Radio 4 at the start.

It’s clear to me, reading the last few pages, that I last listened to the Archers on a radio tuned to the Home Service. I have no idea what you are all talking about, just to occasional references to a familiar name .

 

[belboid]

It is scam awareness week, apparently, hence the storyline

 

[bluescreen]

That comes close to the Lockdown monologues for Archers crapitude.

 

[two sheds]

Looking forward to hearing it now

 

[Elpenor]

Faith’s septic accent was very poor. Chuck sounded like Toby Stephens’ Marlow.

 

[Elpenor]

It is scam awareness week, apparently, hence the storyline

We have been scammed by Radio 4, promised an episode of the archers - received this shit

 

[two sheds]

We have been scammed by Radio 4, promised an episode of the archers - received this shit

This we got none of the annoying/depressing story lines I feel deprived

 

[Elpenor]

Would something like this be in George’s range of tech knowledge? Or Khalil, or am I imagining he’s quite a techie?

Other suspects for this include Robert Snell the AI genius and the nefarious and unseen so far Gills

 

[Monte]

Probably scammed by a Nigerian Prince.

 

[Elpenor]

Please make it stop!

 

[Monte]

This is what The Archers is now.
The only escape is to retune to 5 Live and listen to the netball live from Ouagadougou.

 

[bluescreen]

It's utter drivel isn't it. It's as if they are deliberately driving down audience numbers in order to bin it. Or Chuck it.

 

[Elpenor]

They’ve specifically held back this storyline for after June Spencer’s death so she can spin in her grave

 

[Monte]

They’ve specifically held back this storyline for after June Spencer’s death so she can spin in her grave

Didn't Peggy have a fling with a Yank during the war?
Maybe Faith is a relative of Peggy's lover?