Hard Times come to Ambridge; will Pip or the Ambridge Fairy save the day? Discuss The Archers here.

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Enjoy!

Didn't we have the housing already with the estate?

I know someone who wanted to build ten houses on a field with big gardens and communal play area etc. Turned down because the council said on that acreage they needed at least thirty houses and gardens weren't a priority. So they didn't build any in the end

Does anyone else get irritated by the way Pip always emphasises the last syllable of people's names if they end in an "y" sound? It's always To-BEE, LillEE etc. I guess it would annoy me less if she were a less irritating character, but it's another crime to add to her list.

She's just a terrible radio actress.

I hope she gets a big break on tv (where she must be a better actress) so leaves us in peace

Ref. Justin's character. I know quite a few changeable people, there's no problem with a chief exec. seeing the details too.

Pip hurt Tobe's pride, he's not used to being dumped. Serve him right.

So Tod's the next one on Pip's list is he? I liked Lily making her up, it's the sort of thing that sisters do, not sure that Pip appreciated it though .

I got to wondering what the actress who plays Pip looks like, and came across this: www.express.co.uk/pictures/galleries/7375/BBC-Radio-4-show-The-Archers-cast-pictures/Pip-Archer-played-by-Helen-Monks-158080

Surely she's now played by someone called Daisy Badger?

That's old pip I think

Old Tom and old Tony too

It was dated 2016 so I thought it was fairly recent.

Found Daisy Badger here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/15zNb6dL1Hhc4Vt3TjzPFSX/pip-archer

Anthea! Oh please....

Yay!

It's definitely Daisy Badger now.

The name wasn't uttered, but it has to be here, doesn't it?

Her, even.

Definitely!

Wonderful opportunity for a topical SL missed. Kirsty could easily have thrown in an expletive-ridden mention of the Orange Excrescence when she was ranting about the betrayal of Mother Nature.

Daisy Badger was in Home Fires and as far as I can remember, was pretty good in it. I never appreciated what a knack there was to radio acting before she became Pip!

Oh, you lot are cleverer than I am with Anthea. I thought we were going to find Justin turning up to an interview to meet Lil herself.

Oh, I loved Anthea!

I hope we will get to hear her and she won't just be a silent.

Also love the fact that Anthea is a link back to Matt.

What actually happened to Anthea in the first place? Lillian has spent no time at all running Amside since she took up with Justin - we might have assumed Anthea was quietly keeping things ticking over. I don't remember her getting the boot. Justin was beyond insufferable last night - smug, self-satisfied and his mention of Helen made me remember just how much he championed Knob in the old days. What is Lillian doing with him?

I'm fairly sure I remember Lilian saying she'd had to let her go - after the financial devastation of Matt's flit.

I know ... Amside used to need a whole team of people to run it - and they were generally 'busy'. Now it takes a couple phone calls a week from Lilian while she's waiting for her nails to dry.

I'm fairly sure I remember Lilian saying she'd had to let her go - after the financial devastation of Matt's flit.

That's what I remember, too.

Justin was beyond insufferable last night - smug, self-satisfied and his mention of Helen made me remember just how much he championed Knob in the old days.

Yes - when he was talking about when you know how people work, you can get them to do anything, I thought just like Rob but more subtle (more decades of practice.) And I thought, Lilian, when someone tells you what they're like - believe them, and run!

I quite enjoyed the thought of Pip having a strop because Toby told her to keep away. She obviously thought she could keep him dangling for as long as she chose. But it's no excuse for being rude to Jill.