Sheeping With The Enemy - in a brand new bed? Discuss the trials and tribulations of the Archers

[PseudoBadger]

Just don't be so careless with your watch Helen

[ZeroSomeGameThingy]

For me

(Sid's first wife) Polly's death.

John. That was dreadful.

Shula on the phone to Mark as his car crashed. It was a stressful period at work for me, I was in the middle of breaking up with someone and very, very fragile and tense. It wasn't clear that Mark had died until the next episode. Once it was - I cried all week.

Ed and Emma's incredibly delicate and mature reconciliation. I cried with joy over that.

[ExcuseTypos]

I also thought Helen was the bridal shop lady. I was most confused

I found tonight's quite frankly, annoying. We've all had enough of water, water and more water in rl. I don't want to hear about it on TA too!

[harrietspy]

I was confused by bridal shop lady too.

How could I forget about John and Mark?

[nauticant]

John and Mark? Was that before Adam and Ian (or is it Steve)?

[harrietspy]

Not a couple. Sorry for the confusion. John died under tractor and in a completely unrelated incident and a different time, Mark (Shula's first husband) died in a car crash. Didn't that involve Caroline on a horse! too?

[harrietspy]

*horse, too. Errant exclamation mark!

[ZeroSomeGameThingy]

Yup, the pushy bridal designer confused me too. I do hope the new editor will schedule a meeting with the casting director - really quite soon. Not only do they all sound the same, they almost all sound too smooth. It's only context that enables me to tell Adam and Kenton apart, or Mike and Neil sometimes.

[nennypops]

Why was Jolene whinging on so much about the money lost as a result of the flood? Surely they'd be insured?

[JollyGolightly]

Are vendors of wedding dresses really that pushy IRL? I found that scene clunky and embarrassing, but at least if she's spending all that on the dress they'll have to continue with the wedding at Bridge Farm and relinquish the Giltedge Hall plan.

[SomethingOnce]

Clunky and embarrassing pretty much defines the Archers these days.

[nennypops]

I do find it pretty unlikely that Kirsty would fall for all that sales talk. She's much more the sort of person who would trawl the vintage shops and find something like a 20s evening dress which would turn out to be just perfect and cost under £100.

[CuttedUpPear]

Oh I can never tell Moike and Neil apart.
And I thought the dress shop woman was Helen at first as well.

And I agree - the bridal credit card debt is so unlike Kirsty. Are we to suppose she has had a personality transplant? Such weak storyline.

[SomethingOnce]

Funny that they have different characters who sound so similar, yet couldn't manage a seamless Tony replacement.

[ZeroSomeGameThingy]

Strangely, although the previous actor who played Tony was ill himself, I had often felt that his voice was almost too youthful for the part.

Although it was hard to adjust to a new actor I do actually think this voice is more realistic. He sounds old! So I feel sorrier for Tony now because his miserableness seems more justifiable.

(And I have to disagree about the clunkiness. There are still moments of that but on the whole I'd say TA has suddenly become sharper and wittier than I've ever known it to be.)

[WillieWaggledagger]

We haven't heard will's reaction to the puppy going home and I wondered whether that had even sacrificed to floods. Though Ilof course there could be something new completely that we're missing for endless ruth

[nauticant]

Are we to suppose she has had a personality transplant?

If some women didn't have personality transplants when planning their weddings where would AIBU be?

[PseudoBadger]

SomethingOnce clunky and embarrassing until about 6 weeks ago, much improved now (by popular opinion).

[SomethingOnce]

Well, I have unpopular opinion then

I've been listening a very long time and I liked it more in the 80s. I still miss Nelson Gabriel, and find pretty much everyone, except the glorious bounder that is Brian, fairly annoying.

[Shallishanti]

oh yes, I loved Nelson- he had style

[ppeatfruit]

Yes Shalli I also liked the incredible contrast between the urbane Nelson and his 'country bumpkin' father 'me ole pal me ole beauty' Walter!

[ComposHat]

Our cat was named after Walter Gabriel when I was a little un (sadly he only lived a few months before dying of leukemia)

Our current furry darling came with a name (poppy)
or she'd have got an Archers name too. *

*I know that is our Wyllyerm's daughter's name but the feline poppy predates the fictional infant.

[ComposHat]

Our cat was named after Walter Gabriel when I was a little un (sadly he only lived a few months before dying of leukemia)

Our current furry darling came with a name (poppy)
or she'd have got an Archers name too. *

*I know that is our Wyllyerm's daughter's name but the feline poppy predates the fictional infant.

[cheminotte]

Not usually the dil suggesting the mil moves in!

[ZeroSomeGameThingy]

Think Jill must have had her bags packed already!

[cheminotte]

And thanks for earlier blog link. Saw I can now follow on Twitter too!