Lies and subterfuge in Ambridge - from a policeman? That's just not cricket! Discuss The Archers here.

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Thank you R4 for the title.

There was a missing 'the' there. Sorry.

Was it broadcast Broomstick?
I would love them to do an episode with just the silents - sound effects only

John Cage would love it in Ambridge.

The silents only exist through the talking characters so they couldn't have their own episode.

Lilian it would be an experimental art piece
Gasp - exactly
In fact I can see an Academic Archers paper on the role of the silents. Giving voice to the Silents - why Molly Button is as real as any of the speaking cast

What I mean is as soon as you give them their own sound effects they cease to be silent. We never actually hear Molly Button tap dancing for instance, we just know that she does it.

The interesting thing is that the silents are already as real as the speaking cast - they are no less vivid for having no voice.

The interesting thing is that the silents are already as real as the speaking cast - they are no less vivid for having no voice.
I agree and I'm not joking when I say Molly is my favourite character - I have high hopes that we'll hear great things of her in the future. Perhaps England cricket captain, or she'll go into medicine and become an oversea aid worker. And all without disappointing us with her not quite right voice.

And all without disappointing us with her not quite right voice. this - absolutely. I hope she grows up to become something very vocal - Speaker of the House of Commons, for example, or spokesperson for just about anyone (the silent majority maybe )

I picture her in years to come as either a Caitlin Moran type journalist, or a stand-up comedian.

A stand-up comedian would be great, actually. She could start off at a charity comedy night at The Bull where she impresses everyone, and then moves on to venues in Felpersham and so on. And we'd never hear a word. Until for Comic Relief in 20 years time, the top comedian of her day writes a joke which one of the characters quotes as being from Molly's Comic Relief appearance which nobody can hear for some amusingly far-fetched reason.

I guess she has a life ahead of her of silent drudgery at the canning factory, meat packing at Sawyers Farm or sweeping up at Bridge farm as she's a) not from the top drawer socio-economically and b) female.

It would be nice if she too could go to Oxbridge to study maths, or become the local MP or start a profitable business, but I doubt it as she's just a lower class figure of fun.

I see Molly as the continuity announcer or even a script writer.

The Button girls are not lower class. Their father was first mentioned as the Fungal Recorder of Borsetshire, unless I have hallucinated this. I've certainly always envisaged them as middle class incomers.

I don't think they're looked down on. They are lively young women and lynda always found them a bit of a handful when she was trying to get the village children to do maypole dancing.

Are my ears deceiving me - the man who got into bed with Pip last night didn't sound anything like Toby! Anyone else notice?

Sounded like Toby on gin with a dash of reality. His halfbaked plans will just waste Pip's money if he can't make anything good enough to sell to Kenton even.

Sabrina did get to miaow as Puss in Boots.

I only started listening to TA during the run up to Kirsty's non wedding. I don't see the point of Alice, and Chris sounds like the village idiot.

I think Pip cares more for herself and the cows than she does for Tobeee. I am sure I heard the CA call him To beeee the other day.
Surely he is doing more to research and market his product than ask folks at The Bull.

I don't see the point of Alice, and Chris sounds like the village idiot.

... which is a shame, as that wasn't how Chris and Alice were a few years ago. I'll never forget when they arrived back from Las Vegas and announced they were married. Brian and Jenny were not overcome with joy and Brian had the immortal line 'Never mind, Jenny, we must just think of this as Alice's starter marriage.'

I don't know how Alistair has time for other clients. He's always at the stables.

Oh, yes - it was Las Vegas ... Well remembered (as always) Gasp0.

It's nice that Chris and Alice still sound erm ... keen on each other. Perhaps that will convince me about new-Chris.

So is Justin going to spend the rest of his life engaged in a charm-Lilian-into marrying-me campaign? Fun for her!