The Archers. No need to share the thread with anyone else darling, we can have a lovely time just us together. It must be Henry's bedtime.

[PseudoBadger]

New thread for the Omnibus.

Auntie Cardboard made Jim's tummy turn over as well! Perhaps his hangover was meant to be a light hearted contrast to Helen's very much less temporary problem.

BTW, I can't always listen with concentration. I thought I heard Rob say 'Mummy knows what's good for her'. I took it as a threat.

I think Jim's hangover was just a bit of humour about him playing fuzzy duck and a device so they could shoe horn in the bird safety advice and so he could be sitting at reception when Helen called to be on hand for bird feeding advice.

I can't believe Jenny would let lil smoke in the house

Listening to Jill and pip talk makes me think of 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue' when they have the duet with the kazoo and the penny whistle

As for pip and Matthew - clearly doomed

Or like The Clangers BYOS?

Next thread title will involve The Cowpat Of Destiny

Can it also involve pip drowning in it?

Do you think Jill does the sounds for the clangers?

Kazoo and penny whistle

Or is it the swanny whistle? That's Jill. Pip is the deeper one that suddenly goes high.

BYO I agree with you, there no way Jenny would let e smoke in her house.

And don't you think Jenny would be a lot less chilled out about the mess?

I'm a little concerned she has a weed habit - would also explain the memory lapse re rob and the culvert

I think Jenny has a cheeky cig with her

Having listened to TA for 15+ years; in recent times mostly to keep abreast of these highly entertaining threads: I must delurk to say BYOS' comment about Pip and Jill sounding like the swanny whistle / kazoo game is one of the funniest things I've seen on MN in a long time, thanks!
As you were

IMO Hell should go NC with Knob as far as she can, why tell him anything when she gets negativity all the time? She's an adult she can just effing go out.

Is Hellin thinking she can cause a miscarriage by not eating? Sorry we probably dealt with this several threads ago! Are oysters OK to eat during pregnancy? Surely Knob would insist on eating them raw & swallowed whole...

I wonder how old the child that plays Henwee is. Does anyone know??

It's funny because it's true! I defy anyone to listen to last nights episode and not wonder if they've tuned in half an hour early

Mr sw - if you are reading this - can we please have Henry take up the swanny whistle. He could then communicate through music and sound less evil. Possibly.

How far in advance are the scripts written? Do you reckon the sw trawl message boards for views and pointers?

Oh, I so want to refer to Piiiiip of the loooooong voweeeeeel sounds as 'Swanny Whistle' from here on in. Shame that that the abbreviation 'SW' has already been taken.

I don't think Henwee is played by a child.

Actually, I've just listened back for a laugh and both of them alternate between the kazoo and the swanny whistle. Has Ms Badger been getting acting tips from Ms Greene? Bad move.

Obsidian Keri Davies tweeted about the writing regime late last year. He said:

Storylines are planned 2-3 years in advance.

Detailed planning 3 months ahead.

Writing 2 months ahead

Recording 1 month ahead.

And as the writers are on Twitter, the BBC runs Archers Twitter and Facebook accounts and the internet is full of Archers forums - it's inevitable that the writing is more and more driven by what the writers read about the show.

E-learning to say I have a child Henry's age and he sounds nothing like any of the reception children I know. He sounds younger, I think, and yet scarily advanced in being happy and able to do things on his own. I feel that he has possibly done nothing other than play quietly with his trains, clean his teeth and go to bed for five years so is very good at these things but other areas of his development are sadly lacking.

Rob getting Henry to join in with the food taunting was one of the most horrible things I've ever heard.

Mind you, at least they remember he exists. I am similar age to Helen and remember listening as a child and being utterly amazed when my mum told me that Pat and Tony had Helen and Tommy as well as John.

De-lurking, not e-learning. Mad auto- correct.