Tom Archer has had a person transplant

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How can they do this - and he sounds confusingly just like new character johnnie. I'm going to have to stop listening - especially as the real Tom was reputedly sacked for not having gone to stage school, even though he has been working as an actor for 10+ years. What are they thinking?

Hasnt Pip had one as well- indeed changed gender?

YANBU - it's outrageous, it completely destroys credibility having someone turn up after an absence and sounds completely unconvincing as Tom, who's been around for years. The SW should be shot!

I dip in and out of the Archers and have to wait for the characters to call each other by their names (which, helpfully, they do allllll the time) to know who is who . Tsk.

Yanbu, btw.

YANBU. Canada doesn't change a person that much.

YANBU I'm thoroughly unimpressed with The Archers at the moment

YANBU. He's an imposter!

Join us here for more complaining, statistic bodging and general asides.

Just as long as Bartleby doesn't start clopping a fandango a la Strictly, just to be 'on trend'.

All bloody diabolical, isn't it? I never thought I'd ever say this, but....bring back VW

I've only just got used to the new Mike. And now it looks very much like he's for the chop. But yes, only this week it occurred to me that we had the wrong Pip Archer and now this new Tom just takes the biscuit.

Very unimpressed by The Archers at the moment. Far too many increasingly improbable plots running at the same time. Starting with the sale of Brookfield.

I listened for decades and then it just got sillier and sillier. Shame. Stopped caring after the Nigel and the roof fiasco which was so contrived and dreadful. Dipped in and out if I happened to catch it but couldn't stand some of the characters including the dreadful Jolene and Helen. (Don't know if they are still in it even); and the string of deaths were depressing so I just stopped.

wrong tom. wrong pip, wrong tony. grr, very annoying.

I agree with the person I heard complaining about The Archers on the radio the other day. I tune in for the generally quiet daily turnover of events in Ambridge, not melodrama.

I'll never switch off, I admit, it's printed into me as a daily routine. However, the only storyline I'm finding credible and interesting at the moment is that of Rob's stealth encroachment into the Archer household. I liked Johnny's storyline too (until bullgate). I also enjoyed Daniel's story with the army. The rest are all too lurid imo.

Hello, you dozen or so! I second CuttedUpPear's invitation to join Pseudo's threads on TA in the Radio Addicts section. We've had dozens of them by now. Current one is www.mumsnet.com/Talk/radio_addicts/a2245718-The-Archers-Its-not-about-the-money-money-money-think-about-Jills-honey-honey-honey-Justin-wants-to-farm-by-satnav-forget-about-the-prize-tag?msgid=51003239#51003239.

I feel a little bit sorry for Will Troughton as it is not his fault that the BBC has taken leave of its senses and re-cast the role of Tom with an actor who happens to be the son of another new actor. But Tom Graham is the one I mainly feel sorry for.

I can't believe all this. I got bored after Nigel died, and dipped in occasionally until Helen took up with someone's husband. Now they've replaced half the cast?

I was thinking of buying a new radio but now I don't think I'll bother!

Also, what about wrong Clarrie Grundy?!!! That was the final straw but I still can't resist Sunday morning omnibus

I think the new Tom is a vast improvement. Couldn't bear his previous incarnation's whiny voice.

Buy the new radio anyway. We just got a digital signal here. Much excitement; the corks were popping, I can tell you.

If only for The News Quiz?

You and me both therain. I moved from an area where there was a reasonable DAB signal to an area where you could only just get Radio 4 FM! Immediately rendering my 5 DABs obsolete.

Thank goodness several new transmitters were installed in this area about 6 months ago, so now I get loads of stations plus LBC went national so I get a nice bit of chat as well

I ?? Radio esp PURE

Yes! We have 4 PUREs around the house and I like them a lot. We moved too and it was a moment of absolute horror when I realised FM was my only option.

We were fanatical about checking broadband speeds before we even made offers on houses... not remembering to check digital coverage!

Tell me more about PURE please. Is it a solution to our problem?
I live in a place where we can't get a radio signal at all and have to rely on dodgy broadband. It drives me mad when it crashes in the middle of something I'm listening to.

Have you a digital signal? If you have, PURE is one of lots of different digital radios you can get.

The interface is simple, the sound quality is excellent and they look nice too. They last and last too. My oldest is 7yo now and still looks and sounds like new.

A couple of down sides imo though. I bought one with two speakers (the rest of ours have only one) and I can't tell the difference in sound tbh. Also, I like my radio on the kitchen worktop and the later models have a sticky outy power cable so you can't sit them back flush against the wall. They protude a little too far. Minor gripes but annoying nonetheless.

If you have digital coverage, I do think they are the very best. Not cheap but not outrageously expensive either, especially if you live with R4 on all the time like we do!

I second PURE, too. I have two. One for the kitchen that I've had a fair few years. It still sounds and looks as good as new. The other is smaller and for use in the bedroom. I think the look of the PURE radios is great and they sound good, too. I don't like being in my car where I only have FM .

I got used to the new Clarrie but the roof/Nigel incident put me off and I stopped listening. I dip in now and again and DH tells me what's going on but it's all so improbable these days.

Another one who cut down on listening after the Nigel roof drama, I liked Nigel and thought the producers were horrid to him. Too many male characters get killed off or have serious accidents.
The Helen Robb story is tedious too, considering how controlling she can be it's unbelievable that she'd be controlled by him the way his exwife was.
Shame the bull didn't get her after she'd dumped her toddler on someone who told her he had a lot of farming work to do whilst she was just driving granny to the hair dressers.
There's a lot of drama for the sake of drama with the classist editors using the Grundys as comic relief.
I still listen occasionally but just end up getting annoyed with the nonsense when I do.