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Who is the most boring character on the Archers?

87 replies

Elasticwoman · 08/01/2008 14:15

I say Pip. Dreary.

OP posts:
sophiewd · 08/01/2008 15:06

Emma

Bridie3 · 08/01/2008 15:08

Ed
Emma
Pip
Shula

The best are:
Lillian
Brian
Matt
Kenton
Lizzy (when she's in grasping mode)

The lesson is that naughty characters are more fun.

orangina · 08/01/2008 15:14

Caroline and Oliver are quite boring too, simple because they are so soooooooper. Ed and Emma take the collective biscuit though.

Yes, am rather fond of horrid Brian too...

happystory · 08/01/2008 15:16

Bert bloody Fry

MyEye · 08/01/2008 15:18

Roooooooooth.

Bridie3 · 08/01/2008 15:21

So, in fact, we only LIKE about five people?

What do we all think of Adam????

oggsfrog · 08/01/2008 15:30

Adam is supercilious and condescending.
Kathy is a whinger, a whiner and is generally exceedingly annoying.
Shula is a prig.
Daniel is a brat.
David is smarmy.
Jennifer is absolutely awful.
Don't like Peggy.

I'm liking Jim.
Kenton is amusing.
Lillian is fabulous.

I love The Archers... when I'm not gritting my teeth and hating it...

SheikYerbouti · 08/01/2008 15:31

God, all of them are dreary

As soon as I hear that jolly theme tune, the red mist descends

orangina · 08/01/2008 15:33

haha sheikh! You're like my dh.... I listened to the archers throughout my 1st pg, and dd emerged more or less dancing whenever she heard the jolly tune.... (much to dh's horror...)

MaryAnnSingleton · 08/01/2008 15:33

I'd forgotten Ruth !!!!

Lilymaid · 08/01/2008 15:36

What has happened to "Myson" Rory/Ruaridh (or any other spellings)? Has the BBC run out of recordings of the little boy from Dublin who was playing him?

MaryAnnSingleton · 08/01/2008 15:38

I also disliked Ruaridh's mother,whatshername...and I loathe Kate

SheikYerbouti · 08/01/2008 15:39

Thankfully it's only on for 15 mins (unless I am unlucky enough to switch on R4 when the omnibus is on)

It's the only R4 programme I really don't like, apart from that thing on a Saturday evening, where some dreadful luvvies pat themselves on the back and all say how bloody marvellous they are.

Da da da da da da dah
da da da da dah dah

claraenglish · 08/01/2008 15:45

Message withdrawn

Bridie3 · 08/01/2008 15:54

Yes, Kate is a pain.

happystory · 08/01/2008 16:06

And that current storyline with Robert Snell and the builder, or whoever he is, is toe-curling. Talk about 'them and us'....

Bridie3 · 08/01/2008 16:08

The Cathy/Lizzie storyline is good.

I knew when she (L) said that bit about people talking about Cathy and Owen that it would come back and haunt her. Even though it was true. But better unsaid.

moodlumthehoodlum · 08/01/2008 16:08

Actually, I'm agreeing with those who have said Daniel. Hard though it must be growing up with Shula and Alistair, he is very dull.

Threadworm · 08/01/2008 16:10

Because the programme was initially conceived as a public information service (and because the current producers seem to think it still is) all characters occasionally get the most unbelievably dull lines. Witness Ruth just before Christmas, when she said something like:

'I must go into town to post my Christmas cards, because today is the last day for second class postage though if you get first class stamps you have four more days unless you are posting in Northern Island in a town with an 'r' in it...drone, whitter, inform...'

Bridie3 · 08/01/2008 16:11

Poor little lamb showed signs of developing A Vice (pontoo for money) but that was stamped on by SHula. Dunno why. He's not Alastair's blood child so an addiction to gambling can't be hereditary in his case.

stillaslowreader · 08/01/2008 16:12

Jack v boring. About time David felled a tree on his head.

fishie · 08/01/2008 16:12

they are all utterly vile and dull that is the whole point and why there are so many of them, so we don't get entirely fed up and switch off. actually nobody has died for ages, who do we think is next?

Threadworm · 08/01/2008 16:13

Will the gamekeeper. Dull, dull, dull.

stillaslowreader · 08/01/2008 16:23

Jennifer will be next death

Threadworm · 08/01/2008 16:25

Jennifer? . Explain.