Game of Farms: The 4 Houses of Ambridge. Bleak House, Boring House, Sitcom House and About to Breach the Terms of Their Tenancy House.

[PseudoBadger]

Never mind the yoghurt - who is making the Sterling Gold?!

Oooh, I like that theory mummytime. Or perhaps Jess lost a pregnancy which is why he is so 'overprotective' of Helen.

Between William Smethurst and VW there was Liz Rigby for a few years and then Ruth Patterson (very briefly). I think it was that way round. RP was in my year at school, which is why I remember this! I wrote her a letter of congratulation when I heard she had been appointed.

Well, well. A new era (again). How short eras are these days!

Hey R4 - they cheated us of the news yesterday.

Anyway I'm prophesying a straight swap - Woo Hoo to TA. Moffat to Ambridge, SOC to Dr Who (he doesn't have to go to EE ...)

Will be fab.

Yes, Gruach we need a fan (of at least thirty years' standing) to run it.

I know nothing about radio production, but I'd have a go! How hard can it be?

That would be a help. And YY to character-led drama. The episode split between Brian et al and the Grundys was great. More of that please.

From Twitter:

Owen Ford ‏@skybloo1 10 mins10 minutes ago
@BBCTheArchers Rob Titchener has taken over this role describing Sean as "too fragile" to continue #thearchers

Shall we put in a whole thread application? They'd be very lucky to get us.

That explains a great deal lately. Good news indeed.

Gaspode

Maybe they'll promote Keri "Spare Room" Davies to editor? Would that be good?

Keri who thought we should conduct ourselves on the old BBC messageboard as if "we were at a dinner party"?

Keri who railed at piss-taking posters for "traducing the programme he loves"?

Hmmm...

Let me think about that

D3 - as he's clearly got no grasp whatsoever on the reality of life in Ambridge, that'll be a big thumbs down from me (I started to mistrust his memory during the moving to Northumberland and selling the farm debacle.)

BoreofWhabylon

Yes, I guess I was picking up on the out of the frying pan comment above: get rid of SOC, get KD instead.

I have a long memory Dumdedum [wunk]

He used to always hang out on the music thread with the 'cool' posters, playing obscure tracks to each other and just pop out periodically to shout at the hoi polloi

If they have a less high profile producer maybe they'll be able to reemploy an archivist? Or at least a fact checker. How can creating a 12 mins episode of a radio drama justify a high profile TV soap producer's salary? I wonder how many hours work each episode takes to write & plot? .

Well, Eastpoint, shall we see how long it takes the MN hive mind to write one? Or is that cheating?

Eastpoint SOC is the editor of TA I'm not sure why he should have so much power. DD1 used to edit Hollyoaks and likened it to 'Polishing a turd' .

Maybe the definition is different on the radio who knows.

If rob had lost a baby with Jess it would have been mentioned by ursula by now

We don't want a new editor who thinks they are bigger than the show. An unknown would be nice

Does this mean that I can go back to listening every day? I cannot abide listening to Rib torturing Helen. I do not find it entertaining.

Ps I am very happy about this news.

Briefcasing marvellous news

It all seems rather precipitate. Staying till late Spring is the equivalent of a moonlight flit surely? Wouldn't the normal thing be an announcement that someone new would be taking over at the start of next year?