As the Archers threads age like a fine wine, or a cheese, come and join us - it's nearly time for the Ambridge Flower and Produce show

[PseudoBadger]

Hopefully we can go back to an ordinary tale of country folk?

Spoilers are frowned upon.... There's a thread for that.

Enoch I'm sure you're correct because that's how I remember it too.

Me too Enoch

Maybe we will have one big scene where he gets drunk and holds Henry hostage. And then he will go down and reappear every few years to terrorise them all again

I hate to say it but I can't see him being convicted for the rapes or coercive control.

How are the (bizarre enough already) tea-room contact meetings with Tony Rob and Jack going to be affected by Rob's drunken lashing out at Emma? Surely she isn't going to want to be anywhere near him in the future, let alone serving him Earl Grey? I suppose she could always change her shifts so she isn't working on those days.

It's a bit weird how Shula's confession has led to absolutely nothing happening at all. Are they saving it all for later? She seems like she may be heading for - at at the v least - a deep period of depression.

Tried buying only one sheet of gold card to make a pro EU poster for car recently, and found myself nodding in agreement with Rob

No £ shops in the archers world then.

Thank you! I'm glad to know I'm not going completely batty.

I wonder if we're being shown the beginnings of an inheritance problem at Brookfield. If Toby and Pip do become a permanent couple will David want to leave the farm to them?

Bridge Farm is the only place with straightforward inheritance. Because it has diversified the business, and all the possible heirs get on: Helen, Tom and even Johnny. (I'd think a 40:40:20 split would be fair at present).

Made myself a golden ticket with card from WH Smith. :o

How did Caroline react to Shula's confession?

How did Caroline react to Shula's confession?

Quite shocked IIRC but muted perhaps by dislike of SABs in general.

Made myself a golden ticket with card from WH Smith.
But Rob would have gone to a proper stationer's - the sort that supplies decent boarding schools and stocks Mont Blanc fountain pens and prints embossed invitations for society weddings - no common high street retail outfit for him.

Don't forget her very quiet idea for organic baby food. Nobody's ever done that before.

There's no reason for Johnny not to get his father's 1/3 share.

RandomDent.

What I don't understand, as PnT were in on organic farming from the start, about 1983, why aren't they massively better off than they are?

Ive forgotten what happens to the Brookfield 'shares' - do they go on in perpetuity? Oh well, a few years yet till David and Ruth hang up their boots, let alone pop their clogs, to early to worry about who inherits what there yet.

But Brine is in his 70s now - and with 5 kids (two farmers not his natural offspring, two nonfarmers and rauri who may or may not be interested in farming but brine may consider as a Myson...) that could be interesting.

Brine's will has been signed in blood. After the Ruari fall-out, JD ensured that Adam and Debbie were going to be provided for, as 'payment' for taking on Ruari.

@Scorbus

Just LA and a massive BOOP for that episode

God I loved it
May listen again too

I really enjoyed that as well.

But - really hoping the SL doesn't become abduction. Rob's in a tea room with Jack. All he has to do is run out, Tony's too old to catch him.

Maybe that's why they're not in a contact centre where he'd have no chance.

The farm is already split. When they bought it Tom and Helen were part of the mortgage and they own part. So some of tony and pats share could go to Johnny but not a third as Helen and Tom already own a chunk

Wonder if Rob knows that? But a short marriage anyway so no shared assets.

I thought Jazzer had said 'fuck'. But I was so busy clutching my pearls I immediately forgot all about it. Aye, gawn yersel, Jazzer. Yeah, I'm sitting here in a sleeping house (people not house really) and wondering if I should LA to wait for the film tomorrow.

I suspect there will be more incidents before Knob gets unravelled completely. We've not hear from many villagers as yet - which is deeply frustrating. And Knob is still failing to admit to himself or anyone that he's done anything wrong at all. He's still the 'victim'.

Mmm, I don't suppose Helen will have earned much in the last year or two. How can she pay her share of the mortgage?

Rob may be aware, in calmer moments, that any attempt at abducting Jack would severely endanger his chances of ever seeing him again. Certainly his solicitor should have advised him of that - though presumably he was also advised of the potential dangers of trying to see Henry, and obviously it didn't stop him.