Archers spoilers

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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?

They'll probably just get bored and it will just be dropped. A bit like some of the other mega storylines

(And I don't count toms return as a completely different person as the tying up of the wedding fiasco loose ends)

So is Jill going to tell Shula and lizzie of for wanting their share? If she does I would be seriously pissed off if I were them a she shows such blatant favouritism!

I've just had a quick listen to Feedback on iPlayer going back to 7th November - I skipped through so I can't claim it was a comprehensive check. I came across two features on TA, neither of which featured anyone saying Brookfield wouldn't be sold.

Perhaps Lynda's shock is Julian Rhind-Tutt turning up and declaring his long-held secret ambition to feature in one of her productions?

Pip and Josh's late night chat could be interesting. We've all speculated that they can't be going given the investment in NewPipnJosh, so are we about to have one of those spectacular U-turns when they suddenly declare their opposition to moving away?

Maybe josh expresses doubts (cos he's mid exams) but pip seems very pro moving!

Thanks, Icimoi, that is what I would have expected. I suspect a mishearing.

I agree with the rest of you - I am so convinced that the sale/move won't go ahead that I just find this story irritating, not involving. It's all being done in such a cackhanded way that I can't get worked up about it at all. Suspension of disbelief is difficult for me at the moment, as I've just said on the AIBU Tom Archer thread in reference to NewTom, but this is another big reason. I want to get back to the days when all was familiar and cosy and a big storyline came along only occasionally and was just that, big, because it was such a contrast to everything that was happening.

Agree mimsy

So Wednesday - why are Shula and liz faci g Jill?

David and Ruth seemed ok about taking their cash out so what's there to face?

Are they going to demand she stay

I suspect Jill is going to tell them that they're being greedy and disrespecting Phil's memory.

Jill won't be quite so happy about the prospect of selling to Damara - there is nothing in for her to soften the blow. She will have to move north, see Brookfield destroyed and everyone in the village will hate them.

Jill already knows about the bid from Damara, though, and she seemed reconciled to it. To be fair, if somebody offered me £7.5 million for my home, I think I'd take it!

Jill is way too passive when it comes to David. I would be annoyed by her blatant favouritism if I were the siblings.

So lizzie needs her mum - what ott drama will be occurring this time? Spider in the bath?

I'm going to guess Jill will realise that she is needed by all her kids and will be the one who makes the sale fall through. Then there will be a big heartwarming family scene where they all confess their undying love for Brookfield and ambridge and laugh at how silly they had been

Either that or the sinkhole

12th December is the twins' birthday, BYOS. That may be all it is.

Longing for the sinkhole to come into play. Maybe Justin Elliott could fall down it?

I see

Elizabeth needs her mum ...... To bake a cake for the twins

Apologies haven't read through whole thread and may have been covered, but can someone tell me why on earth they decided to replace the actor playing Tom? I assumed it was because the 'original' Tom wanted out, but it turns out he was given the boot. And powers that be have replaced him with someone who sounds NOTHING LIKE HIM. If anything he sounds like the odious (or are we supposed to like him now it's revealed he's gay?) Charlie. Just bonkers. On radio voices are all important - that's all we have to identify a character and get to know them. What were they thinking? I have noticed all the other characters in scenes with him have to keep using his name in all sentences in that unnatural way. Am I the only one to find it really silly and annoying?

Very far from it, Also! It's inexplicable, except that the actor is the son of the actor now playing Tony, which seems an odd coincidence.

there's another thread on radioaddicts that is discussing tom! (it's not about the money...one)

A bumper batch of spoilers as posted in Peet's Mustardland!

Spoilers 5 December - 2 January

5 December The Ambridge Christmas lights go on, and Emma has a question.

7 December Time to learn about the History of the Turkey, but Ed and Emma have some news.
8 December Gossip is spreading about Brookfield, and there is unrest among the Blithe Spirit cast.
9 December Susan is fighting Neil's corner, and the Grundys have a seasonal job to do.
10 December David is feeling hounded, and the chips are down at Home Farm.
11 December Pat is exhausted, and Alice is despairing.
12 December Elizabeth needs her mum. Meanwhile, Carol steps into the breach.

14 December. David and Ruth face the music, and the villagers flock to the Christmas fair.
15 December. Alice makes a radical decision, and Pip and Josh have a late-night chat.
16 December. Carol and Jim go under cover, and Lynda has an exhausting rehearsal.
17 December Justin is hosting the local farmers, and Roy is lonely at Christmas.
18 December. Charlie needs a bit of help, and Helen is feeling the pinch.
19 December Emma makes an offer, and Jill gets a shock.

21 December There is a crisis at Brookfield, and Helen brings a ray of hope.
22 December Kate is home. And who is that playing Father Christmas?
23 December Phoebe is stuck between a rock and a hard place, and Charlie has a suggestion for Adam.
24 December The Bridge Farm Archers have a tree to decorate.
25 December There is Christmas joy at No 1 The Green, and Jill has a quiet word with David.
26 December Peggy hears something wonderful, and PC Burns gets to grips with a ghost.

28 December Kate has some news, and Lynda steels herself.
29 December Carol and Jill get emotional, and Helen looks forward to New Year's Eve.
30 December Jennifer is determined, and Adam is beleaguered.
31 December Kenton has plans, while Ambridge celebrates.
1 January Kate confides in Adam, as Ambridge continues to party.
2 January Rob looks forward to 2015. Meanwhile Roy is all alone.

Oh no! Not kate!

Kind of glad I'm away over Xmas!

My reaction exactly, BYOS, except we're not away over Christmas! She has news - please, please, please let it not be the news that she's moving back to Ambridge. I'd much rather have Debbie back, but only with Tamsin Grieg, and I suppose that's not all that likely these days.

Isn't kate actress busy in eastenders. I can't bear it! But feel that may be the case

Oh dear.

And I'd imagine the only way Kate will come back is divorced and without her children. There's no way the (in this context utterly useless SWs and production team) could cope long term with having Africans in Ambridge.

Or she will bring the kids with her and we will have some really clumsy racism storylines in the future

I bet it's NewKate

I think my head will explode if we have to try to make out a new Kate alongside a new Tom, Pip and Josh.