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?!

Yess, yess and thrice yess to MargieBargie and LilianGish. I've been saying this for ages and it's why I stopped listening. Am now only a half-hearted listener, depending on what I read here first . So won't be listening for a while yet, I guess, as it seems Friday's episode was a faux pas too far..

Of course it could be that the knob actor needed some time off. So Arseula is employed to keep the suspense going.

I'm sure the SWs envisage years of conflict storylines in future between Henwee and SOK. Though it may turn out that it's the reverse of expectations, with SOK turning out the good guy whilst poor old Henwee is irreversibly damaged by Knob's parenting.

Justin is another one whose characterisation is all over the place. He started off as the terrifying boss in charge of a huge industrial farm - Charlie and Knob were terrified of putting a foot wrong, he was going to buy Brookfield lock, stock and barrel with OTT plans for completely remodelling it for his wife, now he has morphed into a sort of benign, gentleman farmer in the mould of Oliver Sterling and his wife has morphed into a townie who has no interest in rural life so he can take up with Lillian (whose own partner - the brilliant creation of a previous editor - left her because of the way his character had been rewritten beyond belief).
Meanwhile Wayne - last heard of dealing drugs to the children of the village at Loxfest - has morphed into a chef fit for a gastropub.
It's not that any of these characterisations are wrong in themselves, more that the editor needs to pick one and see it through - or at least keep track of them so as to offer a suitable explanation and not just forget about what went before (or blindly hope the listeners have).

Just listened to last night's. DS (about the same age as Henry) still wets the bed several times a week month - completely normal

Lilian just so. Justin was presented as the ruthless head of a vast empire with minions scuttling about doing his bidding. The mega dairy was trumpeted as the way ahead, future of farming, researched and planned to the nth degree, etc etc.

A year or so down the line, Justin wails that he 'made a mistake', 'didn't see' that the mega-dairy was the wrong move, and now his dearest wish is to stand around eating soggy canapés at the Borchester Business Awards do. Bit of a climb down from ruthless empire-leader

I think that's more like it PPeat. T Watson must be getting more work off the back of this. Perhaps the rest of the cast are getting restless about his air time.

Justin's character has completely changed and agree that Brookfield was for Miranda and her horses so a bit odd she suddenly hates it

And yes about Wayne - maybe he was doing Michelin cooking classes in prison. If this sl doesn't end with him doing a dodgy bunk with the takings but with him turning into a rough diamond turned good I will be extremely irritated. Even more so if he has an affair with jolene.

I suspect the bedwetting was genuine, and it's a sign of anxiety about the pressure to be "obedient" and not make Mummy more ill.

Bed wetting believeable, sleeping with Helen and Knob unbelievable (hadn't Knob stranded him in a bunk bed with no ladder at one point or something like that?) Knob would never allow Henwee to sleep with them - so either Ursula is lying or the SWs have forgotten/think we have forgotten and that is what is frustrating - pointless to speculate as it could be any of those things and in any case may never be referred to or mentioned again.

Lilian They have done it before, I was surprised but they deffo have. Hell is not sooo worn down by knob.

he is a habitual bed wetter so not that surprising

surprising he would be in with them though

poor kid having his bedwetting nights told to all and sundry

so everyone thinks ursula is lovely having seen her all over the village but no one has said 'i haven't seen helen for ages'

that's not weird at all

The reason I didn't believe the bedwetting was because Ursula absolutely revelled in telling Kirsty about what a major traumatic event it had been for the whole family. FFS.

Really ? and Knob would never let Henwee sleep with them.

I would suggest the sw's at least talk to someone who has met a real child

Unless the whole Henry in with them thing is to rectify the magical third bedroom scenario?

I think Rob would let H sleep with them if he deemed it appropriate at that particular time - as with everything. It's out of character, and he's usually all about toughening the poor boy up, but I think if, for example, he'd told Helen last week that she really mustn't let him do it, then after a week he might do a little 'heh heh, whyever wouldn't we let the poor chap sleep with us, darling? Sometimes I wonder what planet you're on! Come on little chap, see if you can fit in past Mummy's enormous bulk and snuggle in!'.

And then the next day rub his nose in the soiled sheets and make him wash them in cold water, of course.

But actually, basically I think that Ursula was just exaggerating to be a twat. And Kirsty signed her own death-warrant again when she suggested H might be traumatised about the imminent new baby.

good point gypsy

am i the only one who had a child that would happily sleep through wetting themselves?

I thought Wayne was a musician, with a bit of dealin' on the side.

I was a bit dubious when he morphed into a baker, helping Fallon make 1,000's of hot cross buns one Easter, but a gastropub chef???

Surely if you're a musician, gigging in the evening, then hanging out in late-night dives puffing on jazz cigarettes and jamming with your muso mates, how on earth could you be a baker at night, or a chef prepping meals for lunchtime (most musicians don't surface until midday unless signing-on) or cooking in the evening? (I know that Jamie Oliver playing drums is the exception).

Keri Davies has said on Twitter about Rob and Ursula:
"I think it's fair to say that they have a complicated relationship, which we'll see more of as things progress."

Dear keri

We don't fucking care!

Also not enjoying the input from Ursula.

Maybe he learnt baking when he was inside.

Or maybe he just hasn't had enough gigs over the years to sustain life as a musician, so needed amother job, and not just the dealing.

I was surprised a few years ago when he was first mentioned as a baker - but that was a few years ago, now.

They have just made a mockery of the whole DV thing, as if an abusive H isn't enough for one person, they have to bring the sodding, wicked mother into it too!

The SWs should be ashamed of themselves.

BYOS's last post would make a good thread title!

Do we think that Jolene/Kenton "I'm going to give up coffee for Lent" scene was somehow held over from a fortnight ago? Because it made no sense yesterday. If she had given it up, she'd be well over the jitters by now.