Big Farma in Little Ambridge - come and talk The Archers talk

[PseudoBadger]

New thread for the beginning of the pheasant season.

RnRN You were right! Will and Ed falling out over dogs.

Sthing It took me a long, long time, it started when they had Darrell doing up the house of that old couple, and has gradually got worse and worse. It seemed nonsensical that they needed to introduce three new (and not even very interesting) characters to come up with a story, when they had loads of familiar people that we hadn't heard from for ages.

They have taken familiar inhabitants and made them behave totally out of character. They really have tried to turn it into Eastenders. The list is endless, Paul and Lilian, the assault on Adam and the Brookfield arson (more 'new' characters), Adam's betrayal of Ian, Kathy and Martin at the golf club, the Grundys suing GG, and the last straw has been Rob and Helen. If I wanted Eastenders then I would watch Eastenders, I liked TA because it was boring familiar.

I feel very sad and I do miss it - but I miss the old Archers, not the crap that passes for TA at the moment. I just no longer recognise this programme that I used to enjoy .

Agree totally.

For myself, I can put up with the ridiculous blockbuster story lines (excluding SATTC obviously...) but the relentless, random character assassination is on the cusp of intolerable.

But I'm convinced that if I ever stopped listening the BBC would find out and take it as confirmation that the old listenership has died out and it's definitely time to concentrate eclusively on the youth vote.

I'm afraid they think that already. Getting new, young listeners is all they care about; I just don't know what us older people are supposed to watch/listen to between now, and when we die .

I have the same birthday as Brine.

Just saying

ps Who the feck is Patrick?

Patrick is a mate of Kirsty's - something to do with wildlife? He used to be a silent.

Oh Indrid have you listened to Ambridge Extra?? if you think TA is going down the plughole that would really confirm it!!

Happy Birthday CuttedUpPear!

This from Brian's entry on the Archers website:

"Sister-in-law Lilian's distress at Matt's predicament merely irritated him."

shows just how little they seem to know about the characters. Brian was incredibly supportive and concerned for Lilian during the running away to South America episode.

And what on earth is the point of all he mystery regarding his birthday?

ppeat Oh God, Ambridge Extra! I did give it a try when it first started but swiftly realised that it was not for me.

I did enjoy reading the ingenious summaries of Matt and Lilian's escapade on the other MN thread tho' .

Sthing there are quite a few people who don't like to broadcast their ages though aren't there?

Bike, lights, josh, Jill...

Got off lightly there Jill!

Oh no we didn't see that ( pardon the pun) one coming at all.

Quite, Gypsy

Indrid, I too really hit rock-bottom with the never-ending Darrell/floorboard saga. I felt as though I'd been trapped in an endlessly-repeating loop in which the same doomed storyline was played out again and again and again, like some avant garde experimental drama but crap, and with Borsetshire accents

I almost stopped listening during the Darryl/floorboard storyline. Then I had another baby and was pretty much housebound thanks to snow and infant children. The 7pm slot made a very useful goal for having put the big one down and giving the wee one his last breastfeed before bed, so TA became a very important part of my life again!

I totally agree that there are too many old familiar characters lying fallow, and that the 'Enderising has got silly.

However,I do remember my mother-in-law, not long after I first met her 15 years ago, writing to the BBC to complain about Things Happening In the Archers. So perhaps it's not such a recent thing.

Oh oh oh! How did I not know thatthere was an Archers thread. I am ridiculously excited by this and may have to lie down

I missed tonight. Wsa giving DP a lift to the station so he could go out on the lash in London and he was chatting away in the car. He has a lot to learn

I also find it totally unbelievable that no-one has built a wind or solar farm, you'd think that Borsetshire Land would have been on that one in a flash. It would make a very nice addition to Brine's bank balance! There would surely be someone wanting to build more houses in the village as well.

Both of these are pretty pressing issues where I live - certainly more interesting than floorboards...

I am always disappointed that we don't hear more about the day-to-day problems of the stables or the vet practice (apart from Ketamine Jazza and that was a while ago)

There would surely be someone wanting to build more houses in the village as well.

Borsetshire Land built Grange Spinney

I can't see BL being interested in wind or solar unless for very sound business reasons ... you'd have thought with all those indoor cows that there might be scope for some energy from their various outputs though!

Oh... I'd forgotten they wanted to build a big anaerobic digester ..forgotten what exactly happened...

I do wonder if Brahn is shaping up for another bout of philandering. He's taken 70 quite badly and will need to prove his virility somehow.

I've been thinking the exact same thing jolly - late-life crisis sort of thing Pity the Archers is before the watershed - I can think of an interesting plot line

Go on, tell us ... the watershed doesn't apply to radio anyway.

Grange Spinney was years ago. Planning restrictions have been massively reduced 18 months ago and it is a complete free for all in the countryside since then.

I live in a tiny village in protected landscape in the arse end of nowhere, and we have been fighting a development of new homes for over a year now. A desirable village like Ambridge would definitely have developers hovering over it like hawks...

It involves Brian's manhood and him going . OTOH Jenny seems happy enough.