NOOOO David

[missthing]

Oh God, I've been dreading this coming, thought it might be avoided - why why why WHY did David tell her???

DH contributes:

Freddie sets a hawk on David
Freddie sets a hawk on Ben, disfiguring him for life

'Lizzie has her heart attack so David, as guardian, has to bring up Freddie and Lily, despite having killed both their parents'

perfecto, R4 - well done

David, overtired from working himself into the ground as a penance, falls asleep at the wheel whilst driving himself and Ruth somewhere. On the eve of one of Pip's important exams.

I didn't catch it during the week and was listening to the omnibus in dread for the moment........and it was great. I was left wondering if David had to gather up the leftovers. That sounded like a massive picnic. My mouth was watering.

Yes the picnic sounded delicious, elderflower cordial some sort of asparagus tart. I would love a day out at Lower Loxley, but not being National Trust I'd bet lunch and entry would set a family back at least £50!

I love all the guests/groups that have their conferences/events at LL, can you imagine the script writers thinking up all the groups, business and associations that have to come! But I bet they were right peed off when Camilla DoC went to Grey Gables for the osteoparosis luncheon, totally plopped all over the Borchester Annual Bowling Luncheon or whatever they had on that day.

All brilliant responses tonight, love it, and am glad am not the only one who spends too much time in thought about The Archers and dreaming up plots......where's Tony? And Jazzer and the organic pigs? Brenda working for Tiger & PussCat? I thought she'd be at no 3 The Green with a clipboard getting all high and mighty with the workmen all Donald Trump styley. Is Helen's baby sleeping through yet? Also have to stop myself from gagging about that Grundy brother wanting to sow his seed yet again.

Lastly, I think it's all Helen's fault for getting puffy pre-eclampsia feet and having the early baby, hence Lizzie suggesting Champers to celebrate, if it had not bee for Helen who lets face it had been a Anal Style Mother To Be most of her pregnancy but bloody well missed her big puffed up swollen feet, the evening at LL would have gone without so much of a hitch......

Jazzer could seduce Nic and impregnante her and she would pretend it's a Grundy baby! Good idea, yes?

But Ruth is so right you can't make anyone do anything they don't want to do (she's getting her teeth into some real acting isn't she?) I'm going to enjoy todays repeat!!

Plot development: David has mental breakdown, becomes completely psychotic. He is so deluded that he starts to imagine that he is a tragic character in some sort of long-running drama. Enraged at the thought that his living hell is the creation of the drama's authors, he researches on the internet and develops an obsessive idea that the scriptwriters were cornered into destroying him, by evil marketing-executive types who wanted to scrap the integrity of his life and his neighbours' by conjuring a disaster that would enhance the show's appeal.

He ends his days sitting on a bench on the village green, necking vodka and muttering about 'fecking Vanessa Whitburn'

Sorry all I didn't read the whole thread! I remember thinking at the fateful party why wasn't kenton taking down the banner 'cos he WAS there 'helping with the children' thus a weakness in the plot.

My nagging fear with all this is that Lizzie will have some sort of 'affaire' (I believe the Jilly Cooper spelling is appropriate for the Archers) with Roy, hopefully not a full blown shagathon but at the very least she'll come onto him and try to snog him in a moment of highly-overwrought-stress and that will bugger up Roy and Haylely's relationship too. There's been a little too much of the 'oh goodness Roy is so wonderful' from Lizzie that there has to be something going to happen there ... I do like the David having to raise Freddie and Lily idea a lot

I was also another one going 'ooooohhhh nooooooo Daaaaaviiiiiid' at the radio as I listened to Thursday's episode!

David's got to die so that the actor can take up his sat in the House of Lords. He is Earl Something or other since his dad popped off last year.

his father died in 1997!

\link{http://thepeerage.com/p964.htm#i9636\12th Earl of Portland}

Oh damn - I shouldn't have clicked the link. Hardly any of the Archers actors look like they should. (Nigel was quite close though)

I think he will attempt suicide. Lots of drama in that. Especially if he is found/saved by somebody outside the family - like Ian or Eddie or Jolene - and thus the whole sga is exposed to public or semi public view.

Jolene knows about it already from Kenton. But she's not a blabbermouth. Susan on the other hand...

i am sure David is going to have a breakdown-mental illness hasn't been 'done' lately in the Archers has it? This will mean that Pip can't go to uni but has to stay at home to help Ruth run the farm

if David has breakdown,...do we think that this will mean he loses that ridiculous puffing and panting breathless sort of delivery which is intended to suggest he is manly farm type work all the time,...even in the kitchen. Would be good for him just to talk normally for a change instead of as if he is carrying a pair of milk churns on a neck yoke all the time.

SO irritating, but not as irritating as pip who will become insufferable if David pops his wellies....cant decide what is the lesser of two evils.

Oh, and bing back Sam for Ruth once Davis has shuffled off.....

In the next few month's, I suspect that Roy is going to stumble across Lizzie when she is feeling lonely. She will seduce him (thinking Mrs Robinson stylee).
Roy's marriage with Hayley will be destroyed.

And so the destructive consequences will continue to echo through the village.

Lizzie is not going to snog Roy. He is way, way too young and too rough for her Roy on the other hand could get a crush on Lizzie. Poor Hayley - and she was so excited about the new job.

What a bitch! Who wanted the freakin banner taking down in the first place, hmm?

She did specifically say 'not tonight' though and David did specifically say 'are you a man or a mouse Nigel?'