Spoiling The Archers one week at a time. Thread 3

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GCSE results coming
For who? Isn't Lily doing A levels?

Sorry, I meant A levels - though Freddie was also doing maths GCSE, wasn't he? It surely isn't going to come as any sort of a shock when he fails spectacularly.

Oh yes of course! I'd like Freddie to do OK. Poor old Freddie.

I think Freddie passing anything would be a miracle!

Radio Times
6 August to 11 August

There are mixed fortunes at the village fête: Jill manages to get one over on the Duxford sisters, but a desperate Brian faces humiliation when he takes on the loud-speaking announcements. And at the end, violence breaks out...

Phoebe falls for fellow picker and ladies' man Constantin and, with Lily's help, sneaks away with him for a night of passion. But her actions may have dire consequences.

Bert and Joe are at their bickering best over the upcoming flower and produce show , but unite to support Oliver through his grief over Caroline. And as Alistair's fears over Matt escalate, he finds himself distracted during a routine visit to the Brookfield herd, which threatens to end in disaster…

No clues for guessing why Phoebe has an anxious wait?

If they have Phoebe dropping out of Oxford, I will personally chain myself to the railings at the Mailbox. Surely they won't go down that route?

Thanks, Gump!

If she has an unplanned pregnancy and drops out I will be furious!! If she has an unplanned pregnancy and still gets a first class degree I will be happy!

Rather she just had a normal uni experience though

Freddie can't do OK when he's missed half the exams.

Surely not another accidental pregnancy so soon after Kirsty's? Could it be an STI?

Or an arrest? Or a life changing accident?

I could see soc thinking he would be very clever to have Phoebe follow in the steps of her mother but making a better job of it so there is a compare and contrast. Hopefully huge canoe isn't keen on that kind of sl

Joining you at the railings! (Surely they won't do that?)

Thanks Gump

If Phoebe is at my old college they have: flats (supposedly for married student but I'm sure they would offer it to a pregnant one) and a nursery. So no reason for Phoebe to drop out.

BBC website update
7 Aug. Alistair's mind is elsewhere, and Kirsty fears the worst.
8 Aug. Oliver receives an invitation, and Shula starts to wonder.
9 Aug. Justin finds an ally, and Phoebe's head is turned.
10 Aug. Lily helps in an emergency, and Kenton is called upon.
11 Aug. Lexi takes control, and could there be mutiny in the Bridge Farm dairy?

13 Aug. Alistair is being secretive, and Will gets a flea in his ear.
14 Aug. Anisha won't back down, and Adam is out of his comfort zone.
15 Aug. Phoebe has an anxious wait, and Clarrie gets to grips with a new recipe.
16 Aug. Jennifer is called out, and Rex blows away the blues.
17 Aug. Susan has been doing some maths, and Freddie spectacularly fails.
18 Aug. Emma's resolve is broken, and Alistair tries to explain.

20 Aug. Oliver needs to ask a favour, and Susan gets creative in the kitchen.
21 Aug. Shula spots and opportunity, and Anisha has made up her mind.
22 Aug. Lynda makes herself indispensable, and Clarrie receives a gift.
23 Aug. Matt's request is denied, and Brian ignores the rules.
24 Aug. Tracy wants to party, and Chris makes amends.
25 Aug. Alice draws a blank, and Adam sees more than he should.

Radio Times
13th to 18th August.

Phoebe's clearly not quite as good at breezing through life as her mum Kate. Thanks to a vomiting bug, the second morning after pill might not have worked, so it's pregnancy-test time.

Things are also in a hot mess at the parish council meeting, where Justin Elliott's development proposal is causing ructions – will it deliver much needed homes for Generation Rent or, as Jennifer worries, just attract riff-raff into Ambridge?

And Alistair is still worrying about how to tell Anisha about his history with Matt. Being a vet, rolled up shirtsleeves and lots of soapy water might be the way to go ...

David Brown must be on his hols as the credit this week goes to Steve Morrissey.

Phoebe

Oh, and thanks, Gump.

How horribly predictable. I'm feeling quite disappointed by how it's all going at the moment and not sure I can be bothered anymore

Oh ffs!

If they DARE drag her out of Oxford I will actually picket BBC Brum.

(I'm a little ambivalent about just how spoilery the Radio Times is though ... Does the BBC think we'll stop listening otherwise?)

I can cope with Phoebe being pregnant - but she shouldn't drop out of Oxford!!!! There is no reason to. Even when I was there a while ago there was a girl sitting finals when 9 months pregnant (people were hoping she'd make it through the exams before going into labour - she did).

But they've given her a bit of a personality transplant. Before I would have said she's so practical and sensible she would either have an abortion or work out how she can go ahead with the pregnancy and get her degree. Now I'm not so sure.

I've taken to tweeting Huw Kennair-Jones about it :)

How you doin' that m'time? He doesn't seem terribly active on Twitter. Am I looking in the wrong place?

I'm not sure he is that active, but it's worth a try. I just pointed him to some Uni of Oxford documents and press releases.

Radio Times
20th - 25th August

Poor Oliver. Not only a widower, but also broke (well, these things are relative), he's now considering putting Grey Gables on the market. Roy knows nothing about it, and neither does Lynda. What will they say if a horrified Shula lets slip that Oliver is toying with an offer from from a hotel chain?
Meanwhile, much of Young Ambridge is at Chris and Alice's party, and if the country beats the town at anything hands-down, it's a wild thrash. Which, one over-enthusiastic reveller realises the next day, isn't necessarily a good thing. And in a development flagged so heavily their scenes must've been written in semaphore, it's finally judgement day for Lilian and the wheedling Matt.

Author Steve Morrissey again.

Weirdly, neither R4 website or Digiguide have the one liners for the next 2 weeks. I thought whoever writes them might be on holiday (though I don't remember it happening last year) and then 2 random days appeared.

18 Aug. Emma's resolve is broken, and Alistair tries to explain.

20 Aug. Oliver needs to ask a favour, and Susan gets creative in the kitchen.
21 Aug. Shula spots and opportunity, and Anisha has made up her mind.
22 Aug. Lynda makes herself indispensable, and Clarrie receives a gift.
23 Aug. Matt's request is denied, and Brian ignores the rules.
24 Aug. Tracy wants to party, and Chris makes amends.
25 Aug. Alice draws a blank, and Adam sees more than he should.

27 Aug. Ian doesn't like what he hears, and Roy's confidence takes a knock.
28 Aug. Contemporary drama in a rural setting
29 Aug. Contemporary drama in a rural setting
30 Aug. Contemporary drama in a rural setting
31 Aug. Contemporary drama in a rural setting
1 Sep. Contemporary drama in a rural setting

3 Sept. Contemporary drama in a rural setting
4 Sept. Grey Gables staff learn their fate, and Phoebe has to face her fear.
5 Sept. Contemporary drama in a rural setting
6 Sept. Contemporary drama in a rural setting
7 Sept. Contemporary drama in a rural setting
8 Sept. Contemporary drama in a rural setting