They don't let any old Tom, Dick or Henry live in Ambridge - The Archers chat continues

[PseudoBadger]

Hello you two :o

I would pay to hear the episode with the farting cows explosion, especially if Darrell happened to be doing some maintenance work at the explosion site.

Ah of course, the Horribins. They had thankfully been wiped from my memory.

another Jenny Darling here! Does anybody else think Helen & Sally Philips doing Clare in the community sound almost identical? Particularly when Helen is being self-righteous all the time

YES! I actually googled the other day just to check they weren't the same actress.

Yes they do!

In fact when Helen talks it's Sally I see, now I come to think of it

(Helen's not quite as funny though )

It seems that Hellin's voice has been ratcheted down a few octaves in preparation for going into screaming banshee bunny boiler mode

It sounds so put on. She sounds like she's pouring treacle over every conversation. bleurgh

I was Jenny too, funnily there aren't any active characters in their 40s apart from Elizabeth, Kate, Adam, Ruth & Vicki & none of those were answers in the quiz iirc.

That quiz was made a few years ago, I think, judging by the answers. I came out as Jennifer, which is preposterous, so I am going to ignore it. Susan is only just 50 and Usha is 51, if that helps.

I really don't want to come out as Susan, I'm happier (just) being Jennifer. I wouldn't want to be Lynda or Lilian either, Lilian is about 70 isn't she?

[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qpgr/profiles/lilian-bellamy
Lilian] [warning: photo!] was born on 8.7.1947 so is now [counts on fingers] 66. Jennifer is going to be 70 on 7.1.15. Another big do to look forward to, I hope!

Link fail. Trying again: Lilian

they must have an archers birthday book

Or an Archers Addicts calendar, like me! My mum sends me one every year and it's littered with Archers birthdays and anniversaries. I've just consulted it and found out that Thursday is Kathy Perks' 61st birthday. The January picture is lovely but utterly wrong for the weather this month so far - snowy fields.

Rats. I was hoping that link would mention Fag-ash Lil's first pony's name, I'm sure it's been referred to over the years, not just at the time, and it's almost on the tip of my tongue...

Hello - not normally on this thread but have wandered on because I don't listen as much as I used to. I've been assuming that ex-con Susan is somehow responsible for Jill's burglary (or one of the Horrobims, anyway), and that the lottery win is pretend.... Or did it really happen but I missed that episode?

She really did have a small win but has been telling everyone they've saved hard for the holiday as Neil didn't want her scrounging extended family to coming knocking . Susan is quite respectable these days as the local postmistress.

Tried googling, but got diverted by this thanks to my old mates uk media radio archers. It doesn't seem to have Lilian's pony's name, but apart from that WOW!

Brilliant Rooble!

I've been assuming that ex-con Susan is somehow responsible for Jill's burglary
Good grief no - she was banged up for not grassing up her dreadful brother Clive not for any sort of theft.

Are Clive and - hm, forgotten the other one who got banged up, was if a Kevin? not so long ago - still safely in jail? But in any case, could be any random career burglar in the habit of reading the death notices in the local paper.

SparklyPussycat that's a great site.

The text below, from 1951, reads like one of the interesting-as-mud storylines that we are subjected to at Brookfield these days. You can just hear Deevid and Rooth discussing it.

Autumn. Dan was disappointed by his sugar beet. The factory complained about dirt tare and said the beet had not been properly topped. In November he received another complaint, from the dairy, who said that Brookfield milk was low on butterfat content. Dan realized he had been feeding too many beet tops to the cows

yawn

The arsonist was Uncle Keith

Oh yes, Keith - knew it began with a K.

Poor Jill - but she's lucky to have family nearby.

BTW, PC Harrison Burns photo is on the cast list page (Enjoy! ) so presumably he's going to reappear.

When do Neil and Susan to St Lucia? Not soon enough for my liking.Sick of hearing Susan rabbiting on-poor Neil's got a fortnight of it undiluted.

And please could they take Jim if he's going to treat us to more poetry readings (squirm emoticon)

They're off.

Oh I liked the poetry :) Poor Jill, she was hoping he would come in, I think.

And loved Neil saying "Bet you'll be glad to see the back of us" - I think scene endings are getting better (cf "hot chocolate Lynda?" from Robert (or some hot choc beverage)).