Old (Hall), New (build), Borrowed (money). Will Ambridge be feeling blue the morning after? Discuss The Archers wedding and the aftermath here.

[PseudoBadger]

Roll up roll up for The Wedding special from Catheter Hall. Is the lark flying high? Will Krusty jam that ring on the porky finger?

[OldBeanbagz]

The only wedding i knew that was called off was 2 weeks before the big day. Even then it was a nightmare.

Is Tony going to get the blame for bringing John's name into his heart to heart chat with Tom?

[ZeroSomeGameThingy]

D'you know this afternoon I seriously considered signing up to Twitter and Facebook - purely to feed my hunger for TA snippets. Resisted womanfully.

( Oh, I would say "Aw shucks" but it wouldn't sound natural.... )

[AllMimsyWereTheBorogroves]

Old thread about jilting to get you in the mood. I've put an invitation on there for connoisseurs of jilting to join us tomorrow.

[MollyBdenum]

My friend's cousin cancelled her wedding a week beforehand. The friend's DD was gutted because she was going to be a bridesmaid.

[JoInScotland]

I have heard of a friend of a friend sort of thing that had her wedding called off a few weeks beforehand. I never heard the reason why...

On a separate note, DP has asked that I make some popcorn for tomorrow night's episode. It will be "movie night" for us, if only 12 minutes long.....

[Nennypops]

Ooooaaaaahhh NOOOOAAAAAHHH! I've just realised I've committed myself to going out tomorrow evening!

[EverybodysStressyEyed]

I know someone who said he didn't want to marry - at the start of the longhaul flight to the honeymoon

i've always felt Tom was trying to be Mr Perfect Pigman. his parents are constantly comparing him to John - not healthy

I hope he and Kirsty will go back to their eco warrior days and go travelling etc.

[BitOutOfPractice]

Mimsy that thread is absolutely BRILLIANT!!

[Nennypops]

I do hope it does go ahead, I find it dreadfully tedious the way soap weddings always suffer some sort of disaster. However, I don't see how it could conceivably be managed if we have to fit into 13 minutes That Conversation with Krusty, her words of wisdom that make Tom change his mind, and Alice having hysterics over the rest of the wedding cataclysms that are lying in store.

Talking of hysterics why on earth is Alice being suicidal at the prospect of rain? Surely if you have a wedding in April you have to be totally, utterly stupid not to have an alternative plan for wet weather - especially after the winter we've had?

[NoIamAngelaHernandez]

Aaaaaaaaargh, I missed it!
Can someone do a summary pleeeeeease?..

[Selks]

I didn't find tonight's episode at all convincing, it was so out of character for Mr Sausage.....unless maybe that was the point

[LillianGish]

In a nutshell Tom told Peggy he'd spent his whole life since John died trying to fill his brother's shoes and that he now wondered if that was all he wanted from life - ie staying in Ambridge and being the sausage king. He said he didn't think he could marry Kirsty as he wasn't really sure who Kirsty was marrying. Peggy asked him if he felt better for admitting all this, he said no, she said she loved Kirsty but if it were done twer best 'twas done quickly and sent him off to jilt her - preferably before the wedding (in which case it will already be a done deed when we tune in tomorrow).

[GypsyFloss]

Oh no! I've just realised that I'm at the hairdressers from 6.30 tomorrow night. I'm going to miss it all

[LillianGish]

Disastrous planning Gypsy - Kirsty has been drumming the date in for months now, can't believe you didn't have it on the calendar!

[Ladyflip]

DH's cousin's fiancé called off the wedding three days before the big day last year. He had to ring his poor mother to tell her while she was on the coach, balancing her hat box on her knee.

Happily for all concerned, the couple in question got married just last Saturday. To each other.

Not sure this will happen for Kirstie though.

[GypsyFloss]

I know. In my desperation to have my roots done I must have blanked out the magic date .

[BasketzatDawn]

I thought Peggoi and Tom acted well tonight, and maybe I felt sorry for Tom in his confusion. I'd like to think it's a change of character for Tom, but who knows really - and it would be a huge series of changes for Ambridge, arguably bigger even than Nigel jumping off that roof. Wrapping up (ha ha!) the sausage empire, disappointing his mother and father, everyone else apart from the bag and hat sales people of the county. Not to mention poor Kirsty. There is more mileage in fact in him confiding in his old gran as he did - tonight she was a wise old gran - but not being 'brave enough' as P said to tell Kirsty. So the wedding goes ahead, but Tom isn't happy and keeps straying and so makes Kirsty miserable. Bladdy bladdy bla.

It had crossed my mind in recent months, he only went 'into' pigs cos John died and we've never been given any indication of how he might have turned out or what his interests were/are.. He was child character and not so well developed before that, I think - was it his 18th when John died? I was appalled last night by Tony's words - how much pressure can you put on a son? and it was all talk from Tony. Poor Tom (there I said it!) could hardly get a word in.

I'm glad I didn't get a hat - was going to nip to Primark on way to church but now it looks like I needn't bother.

Another thought - can they have another delayed wedding ceremony? Like Emmur keeping Will waiting but going ahead anyway. It seems too samey to me. I think he either has to speak to K tonight and break her heart, or go ahead. And why is he to wait at the lych gate? Isn't that a tad unconventional for Ambridge? Though my DH was waiting on the pavement outside the reg office when I arrived so maybe we created a precedent

Alice was doing my head in. And she was very rude to her mother. What kind of mature, naice gal says 'Duh!' to their ma? Or am I just out of touch?

[LillianGish]

Waiting at lych gate so he can see her in hay cart I think.

[BasketzatDawn]

Gypsy, but it's a very memorable date, dontchaknow?

[NoIamAngelaHernandez]

Thanks Lillian.

I can't stand Tom, he's so wet and sausage self obsessed. would be a lucky escape for Kirsty.

[GypsyFloss]

Not memorable enough perhaps

Never mind, the wifi is excellent so I can read all about it. I might need you all to give me a précis plus the usual running commentary please?

[BoreOfWhabylon]

Oooh! Do we think he will dump her AT THE LYCH GATE?

[orangina]

Oh. My. Goodness. Have just heard tonight's episode..... He isn't going to go through with it, is he? I was WILLING him to answer more positively to Peggy's question about whether he could find himself WITH Kirsty, but no......



I'm finding all the wedding hysteria v annoying, but she still doesn't deserve to be jilted.....

(boohoo)

[orangina]

Surely after all these terrible omens, they can't go through with a jilting? Can they? Can they?

(wrings hands)