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the archers

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rosylizzie · 28/08/2007 13:21

want to start listening to this but havent got a clue what is going on - can anyone give me a synopsis of who all the main people are and some of the background please?

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MaryAnnSingleton · 28/08/2007 13:23

oh,yes please - for me too - used to listen religiously but have stopped for about 2 yrs !

Jessicatmagnificat · 29/08/2007 08:42

Haven't listened myself for ages so can't help - but have you tried the Radio 4 website?

Blandmum · 29/08/2007 08:45

go the the bbc site, go to radio, then radio 4, and they have a link to the website.

there are potted ghistories of all the characters and the plot lines.

love it!

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rosylizzie · 29/08/2007 13:00

thanks will do

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Othersideofthechannel · 29/08/2007 13:15

'd be interested to know WHY you want to start listening to it.
I just got dragged in much to DH's disgust because it was on the Radio at the time I would be cooking. And now I'm addicted and have the synopsis emailed to me for when I can't listen live.

claricebeansmum · 29/08/2007 13:19

I get a bit tetchy is people talk or telephone during the Archers.

jura · 29/08/2007 17:20

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Othersideofthechannel · 29/08/2007 20:50

Claricebeansmum, I don't answer the phone when it is on and if it's for me, DH just chats to them until he hears the music!

emsiewill · 12/10/2007 13:48

Just reviving this thread to let everyone know that you can now (well, from 14 October) PODCAST the Archers - how exciting is that?!?

(or how sad am I for being excited? )

EmsMum · 12/10/2007 13:53

About time too!
Last year, I unexpectedly received an iPod as a 20 year service pressie. I mailed our IT guy to check if it was actually OK to use it (cos I only have company computer and iTunes is on the list of software we're not supposed to use). I told him I wouldn't be using it for pirating music, only for the podcast of the Archers! ... was quite upset to find there wasnt one. Had to make do with In Our Time which isn't quite the same thing.

Well, actually I tend to listen to it on the radio regularly enough. But I'd have LOVED it if this had been available when I lived in the USA.

claricebeansmum · 12/10/2007 13:58

Ooo now that is exciting.
Save 'em up and listen on the train...

Thanks for sharing the good news

EmsMum · 12/10/2007 14:01

I didn't think Lizzie and Nigel would have said what they did to the police. Therefore has to be a plot device and it will undermine Kathy's case.

If Owen gets off, Nigel will therefore be compelled to hunt the blighter down, astride the heavy horse he will have by then, and horsewhip him.

claricebeansmum · 12/10/2007 14:04

Or at least throw grapes at him

seeker · 12/10/2007 14:09

REALLY?????Archers as a podcast???? I am SO excited!! And the Now Show is back as a podcast too!
I now have my own radio station. In out Time, Start the Week, The News Quiz, Woman's Hour, Mark Kermode, Thinking Allowed, the Now Show and now the Archers. My cup runneth over!

lilibet · 12/10/2007 14:12

I was thrilled out of all proportion when I read this on the BBC

Very sad woman!!

ThreadyKrueger · 12/10/2007 14:14

Ooh ooh. I had lost touch with Archers for a year because of general domestic chaos at Archers time. But now I will be able to follow it while out with dog. Glee.

(Also, glee that people post about Archers on mnet. I had toyed with the idea but lacked nerve because of fear of ridicule.)

oggsfrog · 12/10/2007 14:19

What have Lizzie and Nigel said?? I've missed a few episodes I thought he had been refused bail and was being charged?

seeker · 13/10/2007 09:14

oggsfrog - they bizarrely spent an entire interview with the police going on about how close Cathy and Owen had been, such good friends, on the brink of a relationship..... then afterwards said ho dear, I wonder if we should have said all that!

oggsfrog · 13/10/2007 20:29

Cheers Seeker
Must remember to catch the omnibus tomorrow.

fishie · 13/10/2007 20:33

oh i hoped this would be about fallon and ed. i was agonised when she said she was in love with him. and then... aargh.

Bueller · 13/10/2007 20:43

ooohh an Archers thread!

poor poor Fallon, heartbroken for her...even though Ed is a bit of an idiot, I do like her.

Elizabeth is seriously unpleasant isn't she? only been listening for the last year or so and she hasn't had any major storylines so didn't have much of an opinion about her, until that police interview, when she seemed desperately keen to impress on the police inspector how close Cathy and Owen had been.

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OliviaMumsnet · 31/10/2007 14:15

Can anyone tell me what happened with Mike and his lonely hearts girlfriend Wendy?
Why did she go off him? Last I remember is him not really getting The Cherry Orchard.
TIA

Bundle · 31/10/2007 14:17

not sure olivia, but i've just signed up for regular email updates

emsiewill · 31/10/2007 14:36

The aynopsis for 8/10 says:

"Mike?s signed up more kids for the fishing day. He tells Pat that Wendy won?t be there, and admits he?s disappointed that things don?t seem to be working out"

That is the first mention of Wendy since the Cherry Orchard fiasco on 26/9. No mention since 8/10, but

"Hayley encourages Mike to get in touch with some of the women who replied to his ad. But Mike doesn?t fancy it and anyway, he?s got his friend Alison at his dance class."

HTH, all from this website

StewartArchersLover178 · 30/04/2021 12:03

the episode last night was shit

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