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BoreOfWhabylon · 17/11/2014 19:24

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?

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Gruach · 28/03/2016 09:24

I agree it would be a poor show if Helen has to pay some terrible price. Hardly inspirational for real life sufferers.

Chilling consequences does doing like someone dying though. Who else might it be?

I'm not sure,btw, that I'd count the shuffling of SOK as a child loss for BF. Fictional child that Helen never wanted - SOC rather fond of Thomas Hardy - Hardy rather fond of infanticide. Just sayin' ....

Gruach · 28/03/2016 09:26

"sound like"

AugustaFinkNottle · 28/03/2016 09:36

Could "chilling" be some sort of reference to Rob locking Henry in a shed or similar as a punishment?

BYOSnowman · 28/03/2016 09:45

Lower loxley fire would be a bit lame given the spoilers are all out though. Shows a distinct lack of flexibility to change

Gruach · 28/03/2016 10:00

Augusta that's what one would have thought in the past - but as I mentioned above, the current trailer writers don't seem familiar with the convention so ...

glowfrog · 28/03/2016 11:12

Gruach it's a tough one about the baby. I think it would/will be potentially quite difficult for Helen to raise SOK but losing a baby could be just as bad and the guilt could be enormous. Plus I don't like the idea of using a stillbirth or a beating from Rob as a way to tie up a loose end, which is what this baby suddenly would be.

I'm hoping the scan was wrong, too and that it will turn out to be a girl!

Stickerrocks · 28/03/2016 13:46

Perhaps it will turn out to be twins with one of them repeatedly hiding during the scans. Knob can have SoK and Helen can have the other one (a girl, obviously.)

A little far fetched maybe, even by current standards.

BoreOfWhabylon · 28/03/2016 15:12

Splendid spoilers, especially the one from nags !

And why would they be banging on about insurance unless LL was about to burn down, as foretold so long ago. I still think the firestarters will be Frilly, who have clearly been locked n the attic for the last couple of years.

I'm also thinkng that the "obnoxiously loud member of TA production team" referred to in my OP will have been none other than SOC himself.

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GypsyFl0ss · 28/03/2016 15:50

Grin Bore

Gruach · 28/03/2016 15:51

That interview with Loiuza Patikas (Helen) that I linked on the other thread - the BBC blog is introducing it with 16 years of playing Helen ...

She is so leaving.

BoreOfWhabylon · 28/03/2016 16:44

oooh, Dead Hellin?

Or, Banged up in jail Hellin?

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 28/03/2016 16:47

I don't think she'll leave. Tamsin Grieg hasn't left, even though she's hardly ever in it now. I hope she doesn't. I think she's excellent.

glowfrog · 28/03/2016 16:57

I don't think that intro suggests she's leaving - sounds like a standard intro to me?

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 28/03/2016 16:58

Keri Davies has tweeted today Working on my draft #thearchers storylines. My week (5-10 June) includes episode number 18,000. Honoured...

Now, it's very hard to believe they haven't engineered something mega for a big round number episode like that. Could that be the LL fire? Rapidly followed by a Richard Locke/Elizabeth embrace?

Gruach · 28/03/2016 17:01

Mmm ... Wasn't thinking gone forever. But perhaps prison, hospital or rest cure in Wales for Helen while LP does Call the Midwife or Hollywood or whatever.

Gruach · 28/03/2016 17:03

Lower Loxkey out of commission would mean Elizabeth drawn back into the village - perhaps living with Richard or at the stables?

Stickerrocks · 28/03/2016 20:22

Please let it just be something like the art gallery or tea room that goes up in smoke. It would be too cruel for Lizzie to lose her link with Nigel.

GypsyFl0ss · 29/03/2016 07:36

Or maybe it would free her to find love and a new life again , one where Nigel is not in every nook and cranny?

Stickerrocks · 29/03/2016 08:49

RADIO TIMES 2-8 April

News of the Lent money theft is going around the village. And as gossip spreads, fingers begin to point in the direction of the Grundys. Will poor Clarrie have yet more sorrow and heartache heaped upon her shoulders?

Soul of discretion Susan is once again getting the wrong end of the stick and divulging more than she should at the worst possible moment.

And when Pat & Tony receive a late night phone call, the ever practical Kirsty springs into action. But when her skills are tested to the max, Tom attempts to come to her aid- unfortunately bringing up their troubled past in the process.

Stickerrocks · 29/03/2016 08:50

Susan is going to blurt something out in the shop in front of Ursula's husband, isn't she? The daily info in the RT is exactly the same as someone else posted a couple of weeks ago.

KingscoteStaff · 29/03/2016 14:26

And who is Dominic Farrell (played by the fabulously named Lex Shrapnel)?

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 29/03/2016 14:47

TOTAL TV GUIDE 2 - 8 APRIL 2016

Kirsty has her doubts when Helen makes a decision about her future - and soon finds herself tested to the max when Pat and Tony received a late night phone call.

Tom attempts to offer support but rakes up their troubled past as a couple and ends up making the situation even more difficult.

Rumours connecting the Grundys with the Lent money theft are beginning to circulate.

Fallon is overwhelmed by an influx of unwanted visitors at the tearoom.

Christine offers pearls of wisdom to Peggy, who's unwittingly pushing Tom's buttons.

Susan puts her foot in it.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 29/03/2016 14:48

RT cast list for 2-8 April:
David and Ruth
Pip
Tony
Pat
Jill
Tom
Christine
Harrison
Rex
Bert
Jazzer
Kirsty
Elizabeth
Fallon
Rob
Helen
Ursula
Bruce
Peggy

Ursula and Bruce! Oh god.

Marchate · 29/03/2016 16:27

If/when they separate, Rob will join Fathers for Justice. He's made for them

AugustaFinkNottle · 29/03/2016 16:30

Late night phone call? Come and rescue me, Rob's hitting me and Henry?

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