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

[PseudoBadger]

Thank you R4 for the title.

I'm glad he's back. I don't think Lillian loves Justin. I think she enjoyed the thrill of the affair. Then she was confused.
Whatever happens she is going to have to do some serious soul searching.
Still loving Huge Canoe

I'm newish to TA so looked on this thread to see who the bloke at the end of last night's episode was (I knew you wouldn't let me down )

So now that I know, can someone fill me in on the backstory with Lillian and Matt??

Hi Jelly. It's too long to explain here but the BBC quite often supply helpful blogs so I'm linking to Matt Crawford. Remember him? How could we forget!

Thanks @R4 - I've had a read so I'm up to speed!

Surely a cricketing thread title should include the words "who will bowl a maiden over"???

Or Matt throws a googly, we're all in a spin listening to the archers?

Or a mention of a sticky wicket? I'm currently in Wales, I've little else to do

Sara Francis
I do like the cricketing titles.
I had thought of something like "Will Pip squeak?" although hopefully she will have squeaked (or even better Ed will have done it for her) by the time we need the new title.

I'm one of the Matt-haters. I think he's a thoroughly nasty piece of work and I haven't forgotten his campaign to oust the vulnerable elderly couple from the property he owned by getting He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named to reduce the house to a shell around them in hopes that they'd be 'persuaded' out of their home.

Mind you, I'm not a great fan of a Lilian either. And together they were pretty much unbearable. I don't care for Justin - totally agree that his character is a bizarre mix of ruthless and needy - so quite honestly I can't bring myself to care much what happens in this particular mess.

I do like Jim. And Robert Snell. I'm mainly hanging on to hear Pip get what's coming to her

He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

Who is this? I have seen him referred to before.

We don't name him.

Nooooooo! Don't mention him or Pseudo will ban you. She is worried that if we talk about him he will return.

I would refer you to the BBC's Who's Who but I notice that not all characters are listed. For instance - plucking a name out of the air at random - Darrell Makepiece is no longer there.

He who must not be named:
Darrell
Darrell
Darrell

There, I said it three times, and nothing ba----

Cross-post. I'm in trouble now. Sorry, got to go, there's someone at the door offering carpentry work...

Darryl Darryl Darryl Darryl Darryl Darryl Darryl 😁

Under Vanessa Whitburn, the Darryl storyline (man's life spiralling out of control.....ending up homeless/desperate etc) dominated the airwaves in much the same way that SoC focused on Helen and Rob.

And featured Shula at her saintly best 😁.

A right barrel of laughs.

I think some folk on here are scared that if his name is ever mentioned on a public forum the writers might remember the character and re-introduce him!!

This is the trouble with actuaries. They think that everything is logic and superstitions and witchcraft are hooey. They don't understand Dark Forces.

Pretty please, Pseudo, can we have D3 back.

Me too (x post)! Took me ages to type that out!

Yay! It worked.
I'm now worried about Vango.

Except I've only just noticed that I've been spelling his name wrong so maybe I'm talking about someone else? 😁

Phew! You're safe.

Well we'll know we have power and influence when one of the other characters let's his name drop casually in a future episode, eg. "I heard Sabrina talking about Ilona in Felpersham today..apparently she and Darrell are going to give things another go and are moving to Scotland"....😁

Apologies for mentioning you-know-who......

DDD, are you there?

DDD??

Oh dear

Is he still living in the shed with the kerosene heater?