Surprise surprise - Kirsty has a Mini Sausage Roll in the oven! Discuss the Archers here

[PseudoBadger]

Happy New Year to you all.

How did you manage that EBear? I got through a bike a year...

I hope Phoebe has a cheap bike or an expensive lock.

I think John Finnemore on his souvenir programme just said TASWAMA...

'Because this is The Archers, where every woman is Cassandra and every man is Icarus. Doomed endlessly to repeat the same morality tale about how all men are feckless idiots and all women are joyless wet blankets who are nonetheless powerless to stop them.'

I am also looking forward to Toby setting up the Ambridge Bath and Toaster Company.

I adore John Finnemore. Love that bit tonight, especially the very last 10 seconds of the programme.

Nice episode tonight. Do I sense a forthcoming heart to heart between Ian and Adam? I am very fond of Bert, so I particularly liked that bit.

What is TASWAMA?

Did Ian say 'I'll have another few minutes in my bedroom'?

Separate rooms? Did we know that?

John Finnemore, at about 17:45 minutes. Spooky 😁😁😁

Yes, he did Kingscote!

TASWAMA - Bertrand Russell's mantra - The Archers scriptwriters are misognystic arseholes. I think John Finnemore was actually saying they are misanthropic arseholes, but it's a moot point.

I think we did know about the separate rooms, but months ago, which is another sign that we might be about to see some sort of development between Ian and Adam. I don't know what to wish for. I like both of them, but there was an undoubted chemistry between Charlie and Adam, and Charlie might well be on his way back because of the Rob storyline. Maybe Ian could get off with Kirsty's friend Patrick? I'd be sorry to lose Ian from Ambridge. Apart from the fact that he has an immediately recognisable voice, there's a warmth there and he's one of the few incomers we hear from.

Desolate TASWAMA=The Archers script writers are misogynist a*-holes

I've just seen an old magazine article. June Spencer was 92 in 2011. I am amazed as I thought she was about that age now. She'd had cataracts then too.

Oops, not JS plays Peggy not Jill. Still amazing though. So cataracts not relevant.

I refuse to fix any more typos. I do recall Ian and Adam having separate rooms after the recent crisis.

Rather enjoyable seeing Toebee flailing about in an effort to get other to do his work. The shameless expansion of the jobs to be done and the time to do it: window...door....joists...one day...two days tops.

Loved the dialogues between Lily & Ian, & then Bert & Adam, tonight. They really flowed & felt real.

I still reckon, Rob fancies Adam.

I loved that sentence Francis - "if the Archers was acted by dogs".

Have you seen what's on BBC4 right now?

Horizon: Swallowed by a Sinkhole

June Spencer (Peggy actor) is 97. Patricia Greene (Jill actor) is 86.

I was idly wondering the other day, as you do, why on earth Rob stays in Ambridge - he no longer needs to be that close to be able to see MySon, he can't even buy things in the shop, and everyone makes it clear they despise him.

That somehow led on to wondering if he'd go off to Darrington and join their cricket team and come back and try to sledge the Ambridge one. I now hope they'll follow that storyline, because of course each and every member could come right back at sledging attempts with caring inquiries as to whether he's raped anyone lately, how often he's allowed to see his son, and when he's coming up in court on the culvert blocking charge.

His 'executive flat' isn't actually in Ambridge is it?

I have to admit I enjoyed Pip's contributions tonight, not giving Toby an inch (at last).

Isn't it on the road out to Hollerton or somewhere?

Rather behind, just popping in to say there is an interesting article in this month's Good Housekeeping about facial recognition, how we all have different levels from facial blindness to super facial recognizers. (Re Jenny recognising Stefan).