*The Archers thread

[Ms T]

who the fuck was that crying at the end? and why do they have such a vile ringtone?

It was Hayley, wasn't it?

 

[Ms T]

Bollocks - just listened to it on Catch Up.

 

[mrs quoad]

Jesus christ

I can't believe I'm crying at the Archers

Hmmm?

I missed anything worth crying at in the midst of all the shouting.

 

[mrs quoad]

We're re-listening.

 

[Ms T]

Josh and George are missing, innit? But I predict they will be found safe and sound. And 'orrible Keith Horrobin is about to get his come-uppance, possibly in the form of Emma's wrath.

 

[mrs quoad]

Jesus f£&)ing wept, I remember when Archers actors were paid to act, not just shout.

Episode after episode.

Well, if George is alive, he'll blow Keith's cover. If George is dead, Keith'll blow his own cover.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Hmmm?

I missed anything worth crying at in the midst of all the shouting.

You haven't got a boy around George's age have you? That kind of thing makes a difference.

 

[mrs quoad]

You haven't got a boy around George's age have you? That kind of thing makes a difference.

That's a part of what I don't like about it.

I don't get any sense of a realistic plot.

I get the sense of a sensationalist berk brought in from elsewhere, drawing on the cheapest available emotional hook to try and elicit some kind of response.

Also - George hasn't really entered my consciousness as a speaking part yet, and my experience of him has been mediated almost entirely by Emma's godawful bleating 'parenting.'

I'd miss him loads less than Nigel!



e2a: ahhhh! Sorry. Yeah. It wasn't a critique of Trashy; I genuinely wasn't aware anything might've happened to George I'd tuned out by then I wasn't sure that anything that even might be worth crying about had happened to anyone

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I'd miss him loads less than Nigel!

Everyone would be less missed than Nigel.

 

[belboid]

Is it deffo Keith Horrobin then? My listening has beem a bit hit n miss these last few weeks

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Is it deffo Keith Horrobin then? My listening has beem a bit hit n miss these last few weeks

Well if not it's going to be some sort of weird alternative universe like Pam waking up to find Bobby in the shower in Dallasty

 

[susie12]

I didn't know they had a 'chemical store' - never heard about that before till the place is ablaze.

 

[trashpony]

I didn't know they had a 'chemical store' - never heard about that before till the place is ablaze.

No, but they definitely would have one.

MrsQ - don't worry about it.

 

[mrs quoad]

AccordIng to the archers blog, as reported by artichoke, ed Grundy is leaving the prog.

 

[maldwyn]

I had to break my golden rule of restricting my listening to the sunday omnibus podcast just to see why this thread was going mental

Can we return to calmer storey lines and a thread update speed of 2 post a week.

 

[a_chap]

So TA becomes like all the other crap TV soaps and kills off characters willy nilly.

Bollocks. I'm going to stop listening if it keeps going downhill like this

 

[a_chap]

AccordIng to the archers blog, as reported by artichoke, ed Grundy is leaving the prog.

Is that blog a BBC official one? If so, WTF would they pre-announce that? And more to the point WTF would they get rid of such a main character? Oh yes, silly me, the desperate rush to outdo other soaps in meaningless plot lines.

 

[mrs quoad]

Is that blog a BBC official one? If so, WTF would they pre-announce that? And more to the point WTF would they get rid of such a main character? Oh yes, silly me, the desperate rush to outdo other soaps in meaningless plot lines.

Artichoke gave the impression that the actor playing Ed had decided to leave.

Which'd leave the opportunity open to *do an Emma*, change the actor, and hope no-one notices.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

AccordIng to the archers blog, as reported by artichoke, ed Grundy is leaving the prog.

I can't find any reference to that...

 

[mrs quoad]

I am wondering if Artichoke has read this: 'Ed Grundy leaves Ambridge behind, but where does he pop up?' here: http://www.thearchers.co.uk/

If so, that's a reference to a real person called Ed Grundy going on badger training, Artichoke.

I'll have to clarify.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

....tell her to look away now....
It don't say nowt about leaving on the actor's personal website.
http://barryfarrimond.com/

 

[mrs quoad]

Artichoke was, indeed, working with the badger training link.

She still thinks he's leaving; I have a feeling this is a debate I let lie

 

[5t3IIa]

I cried at the Archers in the 90's sometime when some boy got squashed by a tractor

 

[belboid]

aah, caught up now. Quite an exciting episode. I'm suspecting that George and Josh will be fine somewhere.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I cried at the Archers in the 90's sometime when some boy got squashed by a tractor

John

 

[vauxhallmum]

Damn, haven't heard it yet but if Ed is written out it's a bastard tragedy
He's been my favourite since he had that 10 minute crack addiction in 2004

 

[a_chap]

I think Ed'll move away because Emmur is too worried about "the little ones" to stay in Ambridge.

So they move to Tower Hamlets and are shot in a drive-by...

 

[mrs quoad]

Damn, haven't heard it yet but if Ed is written out it's a bastard tragedy

He's safe.

It's Artichoke's near-perfect English going culturally wonky / overly literal

 

[mrs quoad]

Fire happens at midnight so the get to spread shouting over two eps.

*spits*

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Chinese lantern my arse.