Archers spoilers

[BoreOfWhabylon]

OK, this was posted on another site on January 1st 2014

'Based upon a letter in the DM from a reader who alleged they had overheard "an obnoxiously loud member of TA production team" in a Birmingham restaurant. Believe it at your peril.

Rob is revealed to be homophobic.
Jill will move into Brookfield.
The Grundy's to move back to Grange Farm.
Tom will take over the running of Bridge Farm after Tony has an accident.
Lower Loxley may burn down, but that has yet to be decided upon.
Lynda is to stage Blithe Spirit next Christmas.

Or not, as the case may be...'

How much more will come to pass, I wonder?

Helen gets a special visit? Jess? The in-laws?

Jess, Knobparents or Kirsty, I reckon

And too much information for Helen? I do hope someone will be dishing the dirt on Knob!

Oh it does sound hopeful that the dirties going to finally come out about Rob.

These are getting positively misleading. I take it the "lovely surprise" for Rob yesterday was the scan appointment. But since he arranged it it can't exactly have been a surprise.

True. I thought it would be a surprise for Rob.

That toast to Helen this Thursday - she's not going to be allowed to attend the shop opening is she? It will be a toast in her absence.

What date is Helen's scan going to be?

Great detective work Gasp0!

Calendar Girls star confirmed.

(I have shouted this all over the other thread because it's just arrived on the BBC site and I was excited. Now I'm afraid I've done just what I hate other people doing on non-spoiler threads.)

It's not exactly a spoiler, though, is it, apart mainly from the involvement of Sian Phillips?

It's not a spoiler. I am mightily miffed that she isn't going to play Ursula, though - well, at least I assume she isn't. Could she be the fabled Hilary Noakes? Can't see who else they can suddenly shoehorn in.

Some interesting stuff

Thanks for that, Bore - very interesting (if a bit frustrating re Rob & his future )

Tempted to post this on the other thread:

because they write so far in advance they take absolutely no notice (in the nicest way)of what’s said on Twitter, Facebook etc as there’s little point

Yes - also I always understood it was about six weeks in advance but is apparently much longer

I think the recordings are 6 weeks in advance? But writing clearly ahead of that (which makes sense! 6 weeks from now would mean they're currently recording for mid-Jan, so they're writing a month ahead of that which gives them time to tweak)

& the other most interesting bit is the loss of the dedicated continuity person. That explains a lot...

They should rope in a panel of volunteers from the long-term listeners (They'd have to throw in a few red herrings in case of loose lips though)

Ah yes - it says scripts are written 11 weeks in advance, not recorded.

We are indeed seeing the lack of continuity person though - volunteer rota would be brilliant!

Ooooooooh! Re that spoiler - is it too much to hope it might be a phone call that was meant, rather than a face to face scene?

Is anyone at all surprised that there is now no archivist? Mind you, they're missing a trick. I'd do that job for nothing (in fact, I'd pay to do it) and my TA knowledge is outclassed by some of the other people who used to post on the BBC Archers messageboard.

An international phone call, Gasp0de ?

Yes, that would do nicely. An international phone call to announce she's going into a Trappist convent.

Thanks Bore, the info in the link corresponds with what I've understood about how things are run. Confirmation of the non existence of a working archivist is alarming, though not really surprising. They simply don't know what they're doing nowadays.

I also assumed Valentine's Day might be a sorrowful international phone all.

Yes! That would work for me.

They have earthquakes in New Zealand...

How on earth could Keri describe Knob as not a monster but just someone who considers Helen as weak? Surely that's totally inconsistent with the rape?

I've been thinking earthquakes for a while - dodge the sinkhole, but get swallowed up by an earthquake.

Excellent point Gruntled - and the lack of an archivist can hardly be blamed for that oversight.

It is seriously worrying if the person writing the character doesn't understand what they've created. No wonder everything on TA seems so inconsistent, illogical and oddly timed nowadays.