Don't blame it on a Grundy, don't blame it on Route B, don't blame it on Sean O'C, blame it on the badgers. Discuss The Archers of Prudhoe here.

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This thread is the only bright spot in my life at the moment. Unabashedly over-infested.

Thinking about Brine & co buying Brokefailed....they have to, really, for SL purposes. In RL, D & R might have all sorts of outside offers, but the writers would surely struggle to work that into scripts, especially given the evident freeze on expensive actors. It would all get horribly complicated.

This way they can pursue the SL but still keep it contained within a small cheap group of regular characters.

I still think they're toying with us and they'll let this SL run until something happens to put the kibosh on it. Whether that be sinkholes, butterflies or some other form of obscure endangered wildlife.

But I really don't like the way it's all going, that's for sure.

you are right, it is really impossible to hear a 'proper' Norfolk accent, it is usually a generic 'west country' accent like Joe's and is all wrong!
For those interested in regional accents and dialects (I am!!) do google the "You say potato" website (can't do link). It is an academic study by David Crystal collecting as many regional variations as possible of the word potato, sounds mad, but is really interesting think about all TA characters saying it and you get the drift

I think Peggy's going to have a big fat flounce when she sees Johnny's photo in her birthday album. She doesn't see him as part of the family at all does she? (something that the 16 year old has picked up on, but not P&T!).

I actually like Johnny, I think he has potential to be an interesting character causing ripples in many directions, and the actor isn't that bad either. I enjoy his and Tony's convos, I must admit.

I think you're right songbird

Guineapiglet, one of the best words in a norfolk accent IMO is "superhero"

Delurkng to admit to being another actuary who listens to the Archers. Although from Canada so I listen on a podcast and am usually a couple of episodes behind, making it hard to join in the discussion.

Why was Alice reading at the Remembrance Day service? She isn't a regular at St Stephens is she?. (Clearly it was so that they didn't have to pay for another actor for the episode...)

I think she took peggy instead of Jenny who was ill. So maybe jenny was going to read and Alice took over that too?

The "Helen's taking Peggy to the hairdressers" comments are so clanger like! Something's bound to happen...

Another actuary who listens to The Archers

Oh my, how exciting...

It's good to double my best guess of the number of people who are actuaries and post on this thread!

But I am also a bit embarrassed about how much attention actuaries are getting here.

(Even if it is helping keep us on track to my prediction that this thread will end 13 Nov)

Archers on World at One with Martha Kearney NOW. Everyone fed up with SOB treatment of the show/ludicrous plot lines etc .

They're talking TA on r4! David Blunkett and Elizabeth Marney(?) He for, she against. Stupendous!

petula lol re: Norfolk pronunciation of
Sewpahairoooh
(Norridge or Nahafahk)

But the word pataytow is a great one too!
Bert has a lovely country accent. And I like Jolene's. Rooooths is very hitnmiss.

Footle - sorry, no. Although if you are younger than 28 or older than 63, then that would be interesting.

But I am also a bit embarrassed about how much attention actuaries are getting here.

Maybe we should have a highlighted occupation per thread. to take our minds of the crap SL.

*minds off

Why doesn't Peggy accept Johnnie? Can't be because he was born out of wedlock surely, as she's fine with Adam isn't she?

Just re-listening to the repeat... quite nice to have an episode which has quite a lot about farming and a Public Information message about the importance and availability of quad bike training.

Thinking about Adam's proposal to buy the Brookfield land and put it down to arable - I wonder whether David and Ruth would really be able to contemplate the destruction of their lovely grassland (presumably once it's been arabalized it can't easily be restored?) - even though Jill seems to be able to imagine the orchard being ripped up remarkably calmly.

'Keith' ... these odd drop-in characters, I reckon that these slots (and occasional utterances by silents) should be auctioned to Famous Actors for Children in Need - they could pop up unannounced throughout the year. Or to Members Of the Public - it's been done before here. (I wish I'd heard Pru Forrest's temporary recovery from mutism)

True Errol I liked the discomfort in Jenny's voice when P & T were thinking aloud about who the possible buyers of Brookfield might be

I second what people say about the loveliness of actuaries, based on my experience of one person. He really was a great person who died far too young; his entire office must have closed down on the day of the funeral, because so many of them wanted to go.

Did anyone clock that line when JD said something to the effect that it was going to be absolutely fascinating to find out what happened next re Brookfield? I wondered whether that was SO'C trying to convince the listeners that all this nonsense is all in the cause of keeping us entertained. If so, he needs to learn that eventful storylines that take no account of reality or characterisation simply aren't enough.

Missed world at one as was avoiding this thread until I'd heard 2pm broadcast.
I don't think Peggy will flounce because of Johnny's picture. It will be just one of many in an album.

Quite like the idea of Peggy being so apoplectic (whether about Johnnie or something else) that she FOHMC

It's interesting that World at One and the Telegraph are talking about TA.

I think it's arrogant of the Editor to refuse to discuss this. He declined to appear on Feedback and the statement was that they never comment on stories.