Follow the subtle trail towards the Christmas storyline climaxes in Ambridge - discuss The Archers here

[PseudoBadger]

So many possibilities.... A visit from the Titcheners Snr? Baby of the wrong gender? A ruined wedding? Re-housed Grundys? RuthRex?

But surely Charlie would have told Justin about the audit he was planning? And Jennifer and David had that chat with the seasonal farm worker about the culverts and and and and aghhhhhhhhh

I don't understand what they're doing with Jenny at all.

She can't have forgotten the conversation with Stefan.

She can't have forgotten how eager Jess was to forge a life in Ambridge.

She would surely never discuss Adam's private life with someone who is, effectively, a former employee of Brian's.

While on the other hand it's been such a joy to hear of her providing the main academic support for Phoebe.

Do we know which Oxford college Phoebe is going to for her PPE interview? When my DC went it took three days.

Following the general pattern of Guardianista-Ambridge audience overlap, let's hope it's LMH and we get cameos from Alan Rusbridger

Was Jenny going to let slip about Pawel? I didn't think anyone knew about that, but my memory may deceive me.

Perhaps Jenny was only going to compare the run-up to Adam and Ian's Civil Partnership ceremony (with both fathers refusing to attend) to the apparently more harmonious Wedding preparations?

Do we know which Oxford college Phoebe is going to for her PPE interview? When my DC went it took three days.

I suspect they will of necessity decline to specify. There are so few PPE places per college it would be identifiable to those who are there (& in any case I bet most listeners won't know how it works).

I mentioned on another thread that in An Education, the letter came from Oxford (well, the faculty) & not a college. & that was historical. This is live!

News! News! News!

Oh god - I don't think it's a spoiler.

News of who's going to star in Calendar Girls.

And after you told off the poor London Spy threaders

I think that should have gone on the spoilers thread!!

Soc is more interested in the play as an extra show for r4 now.

If it wasn't for this thread I would have stopped listening months ago

I think if it's on the Archers page on the Beeb it's fair game, Gruach

Oh Pseudo

I would feel more ashamed if it was about the story. But it really isn't. (Is it?)

Olivia!

Help.

Have I done wrong?

BYOS yes, clearly anyone who has worked in business knows that the previous manager would be to blame for the failings of a company. How has Brian forgotten what Charlie has said to him already?? HOW?? And Jennifer! It's like they've all got fecking amnesia.

BOOP for Phoebe, Will being happy for once and Jennifer's tasty sausages.

Phoebe had better get into Oxford!!

Posting a link isn't wrong, surely? It's up to us whether we want to follow it or not. What would be wrong would be coming back hotfoot to this thread and telling everyone else about it, whether they wanted to know or not.

That little nugget puts paid to my theory, then. I see from the comments on the BBC webpage I wasn't the only one with that thought.

I think Olivia is ultimate judge tbh

Yes really hope Phoebe gets her uni place and kicks her whiney bf to the kerb.

Bit confused where this Rob, Charlie, Justin story is going. Will Rob go after Charlies job? Or will he just try and get revenge on him and get him sacked? I quite like Charlie

Justin does know because Charlie and he duscussed it when he came to visit. Charlie mentioned the yields and the figures and Justin said; "Of course he flounced when you brought in a consultant. Anyone would. You should have handled it yourself." Paraphrasing.

But yyJustin would realise that the fact that Berrow was not doing as well as expected and staff turnover (staff hired by Rob) is high is down to Rob. Or he would realise if he was a convingly written character and not an implausible plot device.

Meant to say before, but on that programme about Ireland earlier this week, there was a robotic milking parlour. It looked pretty cool.

I can't be bothered to comment. It is all so ridiculous and non-nonsensical. My suspension of disbelief has vanished.
It's not an 'everyday tale' of Ambridge folk; it's non-credible tosh about pod people.

I wonder if they have considered sacking replacing SOC with an editor who sounds like all the other editors andwho is also the son/daughter of another editor.

Or do they think he is wonderful?

I am trying to catch up. But Jenny does know about pawel - I remember her and adam talking about him.

What was that stuff Justin was saying about it being one problem after another since Rob left? Surely it's only been the botulism? If the figures weren't good, self-evidently that would be down to Rob's work unless he thought Charlie was fiddling the books, which he clearly doesn't.