He's behind you! Rob's not the messiah - he's a very naughty boy! Watch The Archers pantomime here.

[PseudoBadger]

Oh no he isn't! Oh yes he is!

Given a choice between conspiracy and cock up I always go for cock up, particularly where the BBC's concerned! When they first started the catch up facility on the website, it seemed to depend on somebody remembering to switch on the recorder just before the programme started and switch it off again at the end and then getting round to uploading that recording to the website.

So my guess is that they splice the recordings together for each episode and then splice those together for the omnibus, but on this occasion after that was done they decided they needed to cut a bit out of the weekday episode and just forgot to amend the omnibus tape.

Re last night - I disagree with most of the rest of you. I thought it was quite good and I wasn't surprised to hear that Keri Davies wrote the scripts for this week. I can always tell, because there's something slightly different about his dialogue. He's also extremely adept at picking songs which play in the background at key moments, probably because his other job is being a DJ.

Er, just chipping in to say that my one and only ever speeding fine (in over 30 years) got me a straight fine and points with no offer of speed awareness course. And no, I wasn't doing 20+mph over the limit. I do however live not a million miles from Pebble Mill. I suspect there may be regional variations in how police forces deal with speeding.

"Dum tee dum podcast" ? Where do I find this?

dumteedum.com it's a podcast discussing the week's episodes, usually comes out on a Monday or Tuesday, with listeners calling and emailing in their thoughts. It's about an hour long and I often fall asleep before the end if I listen at night.

Matthew is contracted for more than 2 weeks dipan, I think that he'll be needed till Dave's arm out of plaster. What is worrying me is that there has been no mention whatsoever of them calling Ruth to discuss appointing him.

Will they still need him when Ruth's back? I thought she had this magic touch with the cows.

They did have a whole discussion about telling Ruth and decided against. That's going to go well when she comes back ...

But maybe she won't come back...

Gasp0de I though it was Keri but hadn't got around to checking. He writes very dry interactions and seems to have a special fondness for Brian and his tasselly loafers.

Yes ppeat noted that Kenton is still PAwith Dave and no mention of nor sympathy for the broken arm.

I thought asking Marthew was off. He's a relief milker. Consulting is not his job. And anyway I thought peep knew everything

But even this 'not telling'thing and getting into a deeper and deeper muddle as a result is very soap Corrie/EE. I like a good soap but the ridiculous tangled web plotlines always irritate me.

More Scones less soap please.

Gasp0de, re. 'the extra bit', yes, agree, rather inattentive editing would be my guess too (though it's all digital these days, so the slicing/cutting out is done via a computer screen). Careless, though!

Listening to the Film....I hoped there was going to be some previously undetected detail on Joe's birth certificate that meant the Grundys were the rightful owners of some significant capital or property just then.....

Also listening to film. The 'frisson of verisimilitude '. I must work that into a conversation this week.

Do you think we might be heading for a storyline of abused Helen killing Rob when she finally snaps.

The scriptwriters could explore the issue of abused women who murder their abusive husbands - has this been covered before? Not only would it get rid of nasty Rob but wimpy, wet Helen would have do some time in prison so I wouldn't have to listen to her for a while. Whenever she comes on I suffer radio rage, usually shouting for her to "grow a backbone".

Yes, I thought there might be something significant about Joe's birth certificate when Clarrie started reading out the dates.

I too thought that Helen may be pushed into some form of dramatic action. Running away, attack or getting rid of the baby some way.

Well it's already been done in eastenders. Word of advice to rob - don't wind her up when she's doing the ironing.

I really hope they don't go down the murder route, that would be eastenderisation taken to ridiculous lengths.

I think that by not eating she's unconsciously trying to get rid of the baby, perhaps even consciously.
The MW should have spotted something by now, surely?

Shouldn't have taken Rex to A&E for "not serious" injury. Tsk tsk.

I was worrying that they shouldn't be moving him at all if it's a back injury.

Guess he won't be seeing any more geese this side of Christmas.

Just going to catch up wit tonight's episode and I got this
www.bbc.co.uk/radio/programmes/a-z/by/The%20archers/player

And surely at most all Pip had to do was dump Rex at the hospital and then get home for milking, rather than causing David and Matt to be totally inconvenienced.

That wouldn't have advanced the plot though. That would just have been sensible!

Have just listened to Friday's episode with Charlie and Adam in the pub. There was a missed opportunity for Adam's q of "Do you want me?" to be answered with "Still very much so" by Charlie

*DID you want me?

elephant it dies that a lot

Something to do with how you type it (unintelligent BBC search function )

Best to find it via the schedule

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06r1c2f

does that, tsk