Can I PLEASE just have 13 minutes? 13 measly minutes to myself to listen to The Archers?

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Come and enjoy awkward dinner parties galore!

.....And Brenda tonight.

Cup runneth over.

Oh oh oh I've just listened to last nights. I have fallen in love with Ian. And oh my god rob really showed his true colours!

Honestly last night's gave me cold shivers. Poor Helen - she doesn't pick any of it up! There's nothing Rob didn't stick his mark on. And poor little Henry..... :(

Brenda!

Yay Brenda !

Brenda. One of my exes was an Adrian.
He was a shit.

Why is Brenda called Brenda? Is it after an elderly relative? She's my age and Brenda is the sort of name a great aunt whose whiskery cheek you'd be forced to kiss at Christmas whiost recoiling from the aroma of lavender, Murray mints and stale urine.

True but Roy isn't a lot better for man of his age. Brenda doesn't waste much time as was hitched up with that Russian bloke last I heard tho I remember it ending.

I hope they don't spin the Ruth/health thing out too long as it's dull. Tho may only be plot device to get her living at Brookfield.

Also Jennifer's kitchen- let's have more of that story said no one ever.

But what's wrong with her? Someone please diagnose.

Does Brenda know tom is engaged? I imagine she would expect him to still be crying into the pig swill

Compos - weirdly, Brenda is quite a cool name in the US. But I agree that it's very unlikely in rural Borsetshire. I always thought Betty was much older than she really was. But now Betty is cool again

I'm so rubbish at typing on my tablet that I write in a sort of abbreviated form. Hopefully you'll be able to make sense of my cryptic post

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Yippee if it is Wiggo. Wonder why I guessed him before. I've had a crush on him after reading him complaining that nobody ever asked aftr his wife's cycling career as she had a far harder job than him (as was doing all childcare etc, had to carry suitcases on holiday as he couldn't risk getting injured)

brenda's a couple years older than me and i agree it would have been an odd name to hear for someone that age when i was at school. there was a girl called martha which was considered a bit old-fashioned then, but now is quite fashionable again i think, and perhaps it's in a similar category?

there's a baby brenda in claire in the community

roy is... well i don't really know when that was in fashion

yy pat re jennifer's kitchen - "stfu jennifer, i don't give a shit about your kitchen, my family is falling apart" (paraphrasing)

Brenda!
And it was, as it ever shall be, that upon a Thursday the storyline shallst take a dramatic turn. And therefore, upon on Friday, the scribes shallst bring either resolution or cliffhanger to the quivering audience.

Nostropearnuss predicts a Bombshell for Brenda tomorrow

A long, long, long time ago, Willie. If ever.

Is Ruth anaemic? Jill has some thyroid- problem in the dim and distant past so one might have expected her to mention that as a contender. But the menopause has to be a strong contender. I have been relatively fortunate with it but I have a friend who has been wiped out for months and after exhaustive investigations it has been confirmed it's the menopause that's causing it. I hope they don't string out this business with Ruth for too long. Also, what's with Ruth suddenly wanting to make Ben's cake? (a) Jill would do it much better. (b) The supermarket-on-the-bypass would do it much better. (c) Ben won't care about it - he is 12, not 5. Any old cake would do.

OMG it is Wiggo!

So it is!

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I like Wiggo

Maybe Brenda was named after Brenda Lee. Mike & Betty were just about the right generation

If I was famous the first thing I would do would be to appear on The Archers, acting really badly.

Ideally, I'd have a ONS with Brian in Jenny-Darling's new kitchen.

Yes - the guest appearance just being announced on 8pm R4 news!

Much as i don't like to be smug - I told you so!

Even the DC were impressed that Bradley Wiggins is going to be on The Archers. That might be one episode they stay quiet for...