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!

[Davros]

Pseudo, I won't mention the titbit about Kurdty then
I LOVE Count Arthut Strong.
Am I an outcast?

[PseudoBadger]

I don't mind Count Arthur, and I liked Down The Line (however I've only heard 2 series). Love TNQ, The Now Show, and I really must start listening to Cabin Pressure. I really enjoy anything with The National Theatre of Brent as well.

[Bea]

Count Arthur Strong? Not too keen on the radio.... BUT you MUST watch on tv.... so brilliant.... very very silly.... kids love it and quite poignant and touching too!!! Deffo

back to TA... Tony is DESPICABLE DESPICABLE!! at the moment!
Soooo dying for him to get his comeuppance!!!! and soon!!! I just want Pat to turn round and tell him to shut up!!!!

[ErrolTheDragon]

Toomuch ...yes, I think you're right... they're just sausages and ready meals on the trotter to Tom. The dairy herd herd was more than that to Tony and Pat - the business reasons may have been sound but they really did miss their cows.

Pretty sure Jazzer is doing the pigs, probably extra during the 'honeymoon' - will be interesting to see how he reacts to Tom's non-return.

Neil is the real pig-lover, of course.

[DoctorTwo]

Bea, that's the clip that gave me this name along with my hovererer.

[BasketzatDawn]

Yes, Jazzer is covering the care of his 'girls' for the 'honeymoon'. He was just saying ?to Tony that he and Ed are going on a sheep shearing course next week. And tony assured him Tom would be back .....

I wonder if Jazzer and Neil will take on the business. Susan will be thrilled, but at least pigs will remain in Ambridge. Maybe Hayley as 'special advisor'?

Didn't Pat tell Tony to 'shut up' already? It's almost like swearing on TA! - gave me a brief shock at any rate.

[Universal]

What's the deal with Jenny's kitchen drama? Yawn. Where is this plot taking us? I can't see it having an impact on any other storyline but it's a very boring time filler.

[TheOnlyOliviaMumsnet]

Marking place
Surely Kingsley is going to do a runner, leaving Brine's study full of decanters, fish kettles and the like….

[unitarian]

My greatest fear is that Darryl will be brought in to rebuild her kitchen if Kingsley has done a runner.

[Swannykazoo]

Nooooooooo! Not he who shall remain nameless coming back
(Though at least unitarian has given me warning to get enough stiff gins in to cope)

[Halsall]

Mimsy, yep! sorry . I have met B. Cumberbatch though, and revere Roger Allam as a dramatic actor, does that redeem me at all?

I once went to a recording of ISIHAC, many years ago now and K. Williams was completely outrageous, directing most of his remarks at his aged mother, who was in the front row along with all the other old gimmers mature audience....

[unitarian]

Breathe again. the kitchen fitters have arrived.

[Kirk1]

I'm disappointed! I wanted Darling Kingsley to have run off with the money...

Who's Daryl?

[unitarian]

Darryl or Darrel (not sure how it's spelt) has the most irritating voice on radio. Even more irritating than Pip's.
He had a sort of long-running breakdown before the Great Script Shift and Shula gave him a roof over his head for a while. He's an out-of-work joiner. It was a misery we never want to repeat.

[ZeroSomeGameThingy]

Perhaps Brian's instincts are correct and these aren't proper builders. They could just drill through the kitchen floor and disappear - leaving the rest of the house to slide into the hole.

So... Roy and Lizzie in a (discreetly far away music fest) tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g?

[AllMimsyWereTheBorogroves]

Oh, very well, Halsall, , you are excused. What was BC like? And yes, RA is marvellous.

Do you mean Just A Minute? KW was always the outrageous one in that and Round The Horne. I'm not altogether surprised Tony Hancock got rid of him from Hancock's Half-Hour.

Kirk1, Darrell is He Who Must Not Be Named for fear the new editor has a rush of blood to the head and brings him back. In the last few months of the old editor's reign I can only assume the Darrell actor was either her godson or had some immensely powerful hold over her as he seemed to be in every scene, having been parachuted into Ambridge just a couple of years earlier (which makes him a real Johnny Come Lately in TA). He had the most awful whiny voice and no redeeming features whatsoever, in my utterly unobjective opinion. Good riddance to him. Buster or whatever the lead builder's called wouldn't give him houseroom, or at least I hope not.

[AllMimsyWereTheBorogroves]

Forgot to say 'Apart from Danny, he's dead!' is a genius line and right up there with 'I came late to avocadoes' and 'People must have access to tea at all times!'

[ZeroSomeGameThingy]

Tut!

Darrell was a thoroughly fascinating psychological case. I really miss giving my daily armchair diagnoses of his various childhood related conditions..

[ZeroSomeGameThingy]

Yes! It was a magnificent line!

So deadpan.

[LillianGish]

Could this herald the return of the Lily of Layton Cross?

[Nennypops]

Slightly irritated at Brian's outraged questioning about why they were digging the kitchen floor up. How the hell did he imagine they were going to put underfloor heating in without doing that?

[Kirk1]

Ah, thanks :) I'm sure the new editor wouldn't bring back a character who was universally hated. Would he?

I am now opening the book on what disaster will befall to prevent Jennifer getting her dream kitchen.

Builders down tools after ripping everything out (Due to not getting paid?)
New units not being in stock?
Floor not setting properly so they can't walk on it?
any other suggestions?

[Halsall]

Of course, I do mean Just a Minute, Mimsy . Gah! I did say it was a long time ago....

BC was both shorter and slighter than I'd expected, and a bit scary

[GypsyFloss]

I suspect that Brian didn't even know they were getting underfloor heating