Exeunt, pursued by a sow. And so on, for the next 60 years of The Archers.

[PseudoBadger]

It's all about the Sons at the moment. Tom is having an identity crisis, Dan is off to Sandhurst, and poor old Adam is working his socks off.
Follow the undulating Ambridge pastures here!

[Sneezecakesmum]

Nelson was way back but he was a male Lillian!

Jazzer has grown on me, especially when he said 'I will be working with vegetables now' and Lillian retorted that's no way to talk about pat and tony! Wmsl!

Peggy has become loathesome I agree and yes, Usha! A really sensible female character. bit boring as no decent story lines once the 'marrying the vicar' bit was done

Nigel was better when he was 'nice but dim tim Nigel. When he got all intelligent he lost a bit of his shine but I still liked him.

Allmimsy....I am very happy too to have found this stroll along the Am

[R4]

I don't like Usha. She seems to spend all her time Being Angry or nagging Alan. She's not involved with the village at all, is she?

[ZeroSomeGameThingy]

Have to disagree R4! I'd say single-handedly saving Ruth and David's marriage makes her pretty invoved. I'm sure I remember her, over the years, having a shot at various gardening and baking competitions and being active in the bookclub - as well as being the go-to legal bod for every resident's problems. (Have I made any of this up?) But as a well educated incomer she does have a life outside the village, unlike most people there... I think her relativly rare appearances reflect that.

I'm also hoping that with new writers and a new editor they may find some un-cliched storylines for her in the future. (It would be very interesting, to me, to hear more about her working life - I'm sure some of her caseload must touch on village interests...)

I am completely at how much time I have spent thinking about this.)

[PseudoBadger]

Worn out. Going to bed. Will do new thread in the morning. Sorry.

[ZeroSomeGameThingy]

Stop worrying. Get some rest. We'll just call it "Darrell" in your honour...

[ErrolTheDragon]

zero, yes you're right about usha, she's been quite involved in village events in the past.

[BitOutOfPractice]

Could one of you knowledgable types remind me who Hilary Noakes is? I know she gets mentioned occasionally but is there a back story with her and Lynda?

[Kirk1]

I know this is a bit late, but what is this thing with Lillian and Paul people keep mentioning? He was Matt's half-brother, who turned up while Matt was in prison wasn't he? I thought he left after Matt got out. I stopped listening for a while after that, so what did I miss?

[AllMimsyWereTheBorogoves]

Torrid affair, Kirk1. I think it was last year. It went on and on and on and on and eventually stopped dead, literally, because Paul had a heart attack and dropped dead. There was a lot of unfinished business there because we knew that there was a lot about Paul that Lilian wasn't party to, mostly involving his ex-wife, and I think Matt knew a lot more than Lilian ever realised too, but as a good deal of this came out on Ambridge Extra rather than TA proper I'm not sure. It all got very tedious and I was glad when it was finally over.

Bit - Hilary Noakes is a silent character who lives in one of the newer houses in the village. She has a parrot, I think. As far as I can recall, she has the reputation of being rather formidable which is probably why she and Lynda don't get on.

[PseudoBadger]

She essentially shagged him to death Kirk.

[AllMimsyWereTheBorogoves]

[PseudoBadger]

New thread
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/radio_addicts/2101823-Were-on-a-road-through-Ambridge-come-on-inside-Archers-chat-here

[AllMimsyWereTheBorogoves]

As an inveterate Talking Heads fan, Pseudo, I do like that! I shall have a little sing every time I see it. Off to mark my place now.