Is that a ferret in your (Gr)undies or are you just pleased to see me? Discuss The Archers vermin (so many possibilities!) here.

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I'm not sure that ferrets cannot through a thumb sized hole - rats can, and mice can fit through a pen sized hole. But I know the SWs will have researched such a statement carefully

She and Jamie were crushed by a tree that he was felling. Chris Carter was smithing nearby and also perished. It's very sad.

Just caught up with the film and this thread. at earlier mention of Heatherpet sounding like Old Morher Riley, just what I had in my head listening to her!!!

They all died? [Shock] Including Alice's Chris? I have NO recollection of this and Alice seems pretty breezy (organising Blithe Spirit at Christmas).

She's having you on Lala

There was a bizarre scene sometime last year where alice and chris went to J&B's for lunch, and Chris was always "in the other room" - parking the car or stacking the dishwasher etc

Elizabeth's children were crushed at the same time as was Amy, Alan's daughter, Vickie & baby. Not much fuss about it, Brenda didn't come back for the funeral. In fact why haven't we heard from Vickie for months? Or Brenda, you'd think she'd come & support Roy in his time of need.

I was puzzled by the lack of hand-wringing from Susan . So, to recap, Chris, Jamie, Cathy, Vicky, Bethany, Alan's daughter Amy, the twins and Susan's Horrobin family are all, ahem, in their rooms listening to tapes a la Tracy Barlow? And what happened to Ifitar, the lovely cricket captaon who lookef as if he'd help Elizabeth get over Nigel?

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Do parents go to Sandhurst passing out balls? Surely not.
Lost ferret episode and Eddie encouraging Ed to be feckless was awful!

Yes of course Seriously It's like a university degree ceremony.

Ed did say that Ed. jnr has got all that clearing work for the estate which is true.

"Let's go outside" said Adam to Charlie (& that's what George Michael sang after his lewdness conviction)I was humming it & thinking of it in that context -naughty script writers!

I was really really irritated today by the way Jill exclaims rather than speaks- now I keep listening out for it! DAVID! OH YES! etc!! !! & !!

So to be clear- Elizabeth& Dr Locke did not have a fling in days' past? I wasn't listening in the 90's. Thanks.

That's right, told. No Lizzie/Docke affair. Yet.

Alistair just now sounded very much as if he's been having one though!

Thanks Bore -yes I was listening for a rare change (film devotee) & got annoyed by the heavy sign posting that all's not well in Shula land.

To the parade, definitely but I'm pretty sure not to the evening ball.
Certainly a generation ago it was strictly new officers and their friends- parents were long gone before the evening.
Maybe Passing Out balls are like University Open days and my generation has muscled in on them too!

I have only just noticed NelsonsWineBar - great name!

There's a moment during graduation day when parents know they should depart before the serious celebration begins and I'm sure Sandhurst passing out parades are the same.

Listening to the Omnibus I noticed that Rob is obviously and overtly hostile. Helen must be aware, having spent months pandering to his every whim - 'It's not your shop' etc. She seems to be courting danger now.

It sounded last night as if Ian is beginning to wonder about Charlie at last.

lalalonglegs, Cathy got a job managing the health club at Grey Gables. Silently, apparently.

Re Shula, I wondered whether the storyline is going to be that Alastair is sliding into boring retirement, Shula is still hankering after What Might Have Been and Surely There's More to Life Than This, and makes the big play for the Doc.

Yes I thought that about Ian as well Icimoi . Poor Ian, I think Adam wanted to go to Dave's on his own as well.

Think you might be right about shula/alistair, ici.

Nice to hear Ian's voice again anyway.... lurking SWs, we want more of him, don't even think about writing him out.

I thought Ian was great last night, he provided a reason for the explanations Adam was giving. I'm really enjoying the soil science!

Loving Helen railroading Knob.

Is PC Plot moonlighting as the doctor? I did wonder whether they'd used the budget up on everyone else at Bridge Farm.

Knob is going to lie to Helen isn't he?

Rob makes my skin crawl. How is he going to try and wriggle out of this one?

Ah ok . I haven't heard Dr Locke but did read that he sounded like The Rev and the PC plot. Didn't realise that it was him doing the swab.

Wasn't that dr Locke?

Only one doctor allowed per program you know

He sounds old!! And an affair. Bleurgh