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?

Now now BYOS Language

I understand though SOC's a right arse.

I read the guardian article with my mouth hanging open! Who are these people who are bemoaning his departure? Seriously? As deluded as the lovely Rob!

I am exactly Shula's age. I have never identified with her

"The Aldridges have one child together Kate, a sometime feckless hippy"

The writer isn't an Archers listener then.

Yeah - I mean who would think Kate was only sometimes feckless!!

I'm surprised they couldn't find one reporter who is an archers fan.

It's worse than that - "sometime" means "former"!

So Alice never existed, & Kate is now a reformed character, in his Archers

To be fair (what am I saying?) I think we have to lay that at the door of the Grauniad, rather than SOC.

That was from the Telegraph! Robert somebody - senior something?

Robert Mendick, Chief Reporter

it's his text, not SOC's

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/07/outgoing-archers-editor-reveals-new-titanic-struggle-plot-line-f/

Sorry - I thought it was the Guardian article we've been slating on the main thread! Must read this one now. Another big ego trip for SOC, I anticipate! I must say, I look forward to the EastEnders audience's reaction to his analogies with Hardy.

Good grief. I've read it now. I know newspapers are struggling a bit but has it really come to the point where they just summarise each other's interviews? That's all that is - a blatant ripoff of the Guardian interview.

The Guardian one is awful, isn't it! Though I'm guessing that as a "40-year-listener" Decca wouldn't make such a rookie error.

I have to say that I'm treating that claim to be a 40-year TA listener with the same scepticism I apply to London media types who claim to be lifelong Man U fans.

oops, didn't see your second one before I posted again. Yes it is, & it doesn't even have the grace to link or refer to it! Just to the DT's own piece when he announced he was going!

The DM is bad for nicking stuff too but it does usually acknowledge the source. Maybe reading reports in all the other papers is what a Chief Reporter.

oh dear, we're doing the 2 Ronnies mastermind sketch now

Which came first - the guardian article or the telegraph article?

Telegraph definitely quoting the Guardian!

Decca piece logged 0800 on Saturday
Chief Reporter piece logged 1235 on Saturday

The red underlined words suggest a link to the "interview to mark the end of his tenure" but actually link to their own interview marking the announcement of his departure, 3 months ago.

Very shifty behaviour all round

Given we never hear ruari is that just a random kid?

I think that's the Irish kid who played him initially (the one who had Mousie)

Although Google tells me Charles C never met the Ruari actor so you could be right

Wait for it........

Wow! This thread has finally filled after a year and a half. Are you going to start a follow-on, Bore.

If no-one else posts here, that leaves one post, for someone to put the link to new thread...

Ta dah!

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