Well, that was a bit of a cliffhanger for a Thursday!
I am pretty sure the radio was on but I seem to have completely filtered an entire episode (well the last five months to be more accurate). I registered a couple of monologue episode but concluded that they were all deeply irritating unsympathetic characters. After forty years of listening (sometimes consciously) it's going to take a major reset to contemplate listening again
It's back to being good now!
Is it safe to start listening again?
Yes. A good mix of silliness and some pretty hard hitting stuff at the moment. The human slavery story is bubbling under at the moment as well...
How long before the horses bolt? It was going ok before the gambling angle, now it is daft with Kursty getting involved.
Great to hear the Snells back on form
When did the monologue stuff end? Want to start listening again but drifted away during that period!
Wow last night’s episode was brilliant, Siobhan from beyond the grave, very moving.
Rory being bi is just rubbish.
Holy sheeeeeet.
(No spoilers for omnibussers)
It's Ruairi by the way!
Wowzer that was full on 😳😳😳
Much debate about it being realistic on various forums. Why didn't Chris call help earlier etc... In my view the shock factor means people don't always do what somebody external sees as obvious. The only thing that didn't ring true was Alice say that she was alcoholic. Its incredibly rare for someone to say that they are a gambler, alcoholic, addict at an early stage of being exposed. Great radio.
That Philip is just ****ing evil!
Having watched a mate really struggle with alcoholism over the last few years, that episode with Alice was a very hard listen. There was some of it that didn't ring true (in my experience) but lots of it did. One thing they didn't mention was total abstinence can be very dangerous one you've been drinking heavily for some time.
Siobhan from beyond the grave was also a blinding episode - lovely but very, very emotional. I have a 3 year old and couldn't help wonder what it would be like if I had to record a message for him. Doesn't bear thinking about.
What has Kirsty done now!
Well I'm rather behind on the Archers and have just listened to the Alice episode in the early hours of this morning as I couldn't sleep and often it helps me drift back off and i have to replay it during the day. Not this time! Wow that was so powerful and painful i had tears running down my face.
I think what makes this story line so real is that they've been building this in a natural way for many years as my quote from 3 years back shows!
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Anyone else noticed that Alice seems to get really pissed quite often these days? I reckon they might be setting her up for a story line of alcoholism in the future.Posted 3 years ago
I'm still waiting for Eddie's installation of the log burner to poison Linda
😂Hasn't she been through enough already!
Philip Moss the clock is ticking.
How can it get any worse for her!
Bloody hell!
How can it get any worse for her!
Well, even if she manages to get clear of her immediate problem there's always the Proceeds Of Crime Act 2002 waiting in the wings!
Jazzer and Tracy with a very risqué joke for Ambridge 😂😂😂
Poor old Kursty
Jim Lloyd is a savage
I'll drink to tonights episode. This was the first realistic bit in the sorry Alice saga. They couldn't have kept it secret for so long
This was the first realistic bit in the sorry Alice saga. They couldn’t have kept it secret for so long
Alcoholics are devious and deceitful people, it can take a bit of time to figure out what is going on. We weren't aware that my godson was being abused by his drunken mother until his older sister was in her twenties.
Chris has done the right thing for the child, our god-children have a weak father who didn't chuck her out but enabled the drinking.
Now what happens it is all out in the open
Wow Alice layeth the smack down. That was a devastating rant
Well, I have to say I'm very disappointed in you guys. I've been a devoted Archers fan for several decades, until Covid spoiled things. So now I rely on this thread to alert me to anything exciting.
However, you didn't tell me about the Mystery Guest at the Village Fete, did you? Luckily the episode is still there on BBC Sounds:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000ysyr
And Sundays are back!
But it's all so depressing!
We need a little light relief. Maybe something even more awful could happen to Shula?
Maybe something even more awful could happen to Shula?
A threesome with Neil and Susan?
The whole Neil camping weekend was pretty funny. Now he's found sh*ggers online website he can barely keep his eyes open.
The whole Neil camping weekend was pretty funny. Now he’s found sh*ggers online website he can barely keep his eyes open.
I'm about a week and a bit behind but unless Neil and Susan's marriage has totally crumbled in that time I think you mean Roy.
It's not Neil I'm thinking of, quite difficult as they all sound the same. It's why they have to name check each other in each conversation.
Neil's the one who always sounds like his finger has just gone through the bog roll.
Still, probably more fun than being married to Susan.
Roy is the only person in the world who could end up in bed with Liz from t'posh house and not enjoy it.
He's the one who sounds like he's dressed entirely in beige, inexplicably ended up with Sexy Lexie then let her get away.
The only person in Ambridge with worse luck than Cursedy.
I quite like him...🙂
He's back!!
Now this is going to be good........🙂
Will the covid rats return...?
Is it confirmed that it’s Rob?
Good to see this thread getting some love again.
Is it confirmed that it’s Rob?
I hereby confirm that it's probably Rob.
Could it be Phil Moss or Gavin out early?
Joy would have recognised them, or the nasty neighbour.
Anyway, Chris and Amy?
That's enough to drive anyone to drink.
And what are Lill and Justin going to blow the money on?
Exciting times....for a change.
Ah well,
I suppose he could, theoretically (thanks Chelsea) still be around, slinking and sliming his way back to Gideon.
Here's hoping.
As for Cursedy, what do we think could possibly befall her next?
The possibilities are endless......
Holy crap didn’t see that coming 😳
I though Gill, was on the way out.
Yep. No spoilers anywhere leading up.
Who would have thought 'they'd' be cancelling The Archers completely... 🙃
Did I just hear Jasper Carrot staying in the Laurels? Sykesy?
Yes! Took some work to find credits, but it's an inspired piece of casting.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26748699/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
Fun fact: His daughter played Hayley, but for the life of me, I can't remember who is/was Hayley. Anybody?
Roy Tuckers daughter?
Nearly. Lucy Davis, Jasper Carrot's daughter (best known for playing Dawn in The Office) played Hayley, Roy Tucker's wife. She went off to Birmingham with their daughter Abbie after Roy got caught shagging Elizabeth at Loxfest.
An everyday story of country folk.
Top memory Big John.
I couldn't place the voice, but knew I knew it from somewhere.
Love this place!
I couldn’t place the voice, but knew I knew it from somewhere.
At first I thought it sounded like the same actor who plays Vince Casey, and was an in-joke with another "Vince Casey" giving poor Ben a hard time.
But Jasper Carrot......there's a name I haven't heard in a long time.
Guess who's back, back again.....
it'll be Pat in the dairy with lump of Borsetshire Blue
Now things just got interesting.
Rob's a cunning one.
Kirsty to the rescue?
And he's gone.
Good. Maybe Helen can recover properly and perhaps see she was a bit hasty with the lovely Lee?
I don't listen, but depending what time I'm driving home from work I often catch it. And Wednesday's episode (Jim and Helen eating biscuits in the shop) - well, my car was a little bit dusty TBH.
Since when does Linda's husband Robert actually a word in? I thought he was a bit of a joke character, referenced but never actually heard of 😂
Yes, he's always been a speaking character, but this week he's been speaking somebody else's voice.
It's almost like he's been replaced...
We wondered that. Maybe he's got a cold and just sounds funny.
I think he died a while ago 🙁 - the actor.
Been a sad year for Archers actors with Roy Tucker as well...
I think he died a while ago
December 2022! He was also a GP according to his obituary.
Yeah, re-cast rather than writing him out of the Archers altogether. Robert always used to have a decent speaking part though so it's strange to hear a different voice playing the role.
Archers Bingo. Will Roy be killed off or recast?
Last character to meet an untimely death? Helen's game keeper partner? Suicide.
Working up until 103 is a good innings.
Amazing. What a life!
I've listened 100% during the car crash story and really enjoyed it (previously just dabbled now and again).
Now that's over it seems the writing has gone downhill with lots of silly filler stories/twists (eg Fallon not being offered the unit when was interested in, the kitten's name etc). Seems to me TA is great when there's a meaty storyline (eg the Prof's abuse) but goes to the other end of the quality spectrum otherwise, am I right?
My bet is that Justin will ask Fallon to start a cafe at the rewilding... Much more on brand
I’m feeling like it’s lost it’s way a bit over the past few months. I listen to the omnibus on a Sunday morning and I often find it’s finished without me really noticing anything that’s gone on!
We need Matt to come back!