Spoiling The Archers one week at a time. Thread 3

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Don't think Lexi is coming back, more likely we will hear her on the phone.

The 🔮 thinks bombshell will be that she is pregnant with Roy's baby. It still thinks Roy will go to Bulgaria to be with her and they will run their hotel together.

New editor, huh?

You know how some editors hate to have anyone living alone (except Carol who rarely appears) and feel compelled to corral residents into strange and unwelcome cohabitations?

I'm wondering if LL will still be standing this time next week ... It might be a good moment for conflagration. No young Pargetters would be harmed. The business is already going to rack and ruin and needs a rest. The Stables have an accommodation vacancy*. No house to come back to would be another reason for Lily not to return (and she's looking increasingly like the new Lilian - was it Jersey that she disappeared to for years?). And fire damage will need months of renewal before the king in waiting is freed to lead his people into a new dawn.

*In other circs I'd expect Elizabeth to arrange to stay somewhere closer to Freddie - but conveniently he doesn't want to see her, so they can keep her in Ambridge.

That having no one living alone thing annoys me, it’s so unrealistic. We mainly hear characters outside the home anyway. Apart from Pat and Tony, who never seem to leave Bridge Farm.

There would be no point Elizabeth moving closer as Freddie is only allowed three visits a month. Plus there’s the business for her to run/neglect.

Thanks for the update Gump!

That's a thought about no-one living on their own, so how would they interact? Endless piss-ups at The Bull or fattening cakes at the tea-rooms.

Just as they go about their day to day business and socialising. Take Bert, for instance - you rarely hear him at home with Rex, he's normally out and about doing something. The Brookfield lot are generally heard interacting over work rather than meals. Pip sort of lives alone but we hear plenty from her . Likewise Elizabeth now. Jonny lives with Tom and Hannah but apart from the painful shagging storyline we mainly hear him outside.Etc ect etc!

Is everyone braced for tonight? Is Ben going to cause havoc with whatever bit of machinery it was?

Really hope it's only a small disaster. Don't feel up to any major trauma right now ...

And why LL again?

Worried suddenly that Ruairi isn't listed after tonight ...

well nothing's on fire yet...

Relief!

The 🔮 is biding its time...

Radio Times
4 November to 9 November

There can be no doubting it now: Lower Loxley is the most cursed property in Ambridge. Following the Halloween disaster last week, yet more problems beset the stately home, while Elizabeth appears dismissive as to the true scale of public feeling, despite Emma vowing that she won’t be letting the matter rest.

Elsewhere, Roy is delighted when an old face returns to Ambridge, but is soon disappointed when the reunion isn’t quite what he expected. Plus David metes out the punishments when he finds out about Ben and Ruairi‘s recent activities, Natasha makes her presence felt at Bridge Farm and Neil gets a shock when he discovers all about what’s been happening at Berrow in his absence.

Cast

David, Ruth, Ben
Tony, Tom, Lilian, Peggy
Kenton, Jolene,
Neil,Susan, Emma
Jim, Shula, Bert
Elizabeth, Lynda
Roy, Lexi
Hannah, Lee, Geraldine

4 Nov. David has a bone to pick and Emma is on the warpath.
5 Nov. Tom issues an invitation and Jim offers some unwelcome advice
6 Nov. Ben looks to the future and there's an awkward first meeting for Tony.
7 Nov. Roy is left disappointed and Peggy has concerns.
8 Nov. Frustrations grow for Shula and Neil discovers what's happened in his absence
9 Nov. Elizabeth goes too far and Hannah has a change of heart

11 Nov. Johnny receives a lesson in life and Hannah has regrets,
12 Nov. Emma hatches a cunning plan and Adam fears for the future
13 Nov. Emotions run high on Peggy's birthday and Neil is not impressed
14 Nov. Helen gives out the wrong signals and Lynda offers a solution
15 Nov. Lexi drops a bombshell and Oliver causes a stir
16 Nov. Lily is in for a shock and Hannah attempts to save face.

18 Nov. Lily takes the strain and Roy struggles to adapt.
19 Nov. Neil confronts the enemy and David is unhappy with his new role.
20 Nov. Brian's birthday proves eventful and there's disaster for Will.
21 Nov. Joe spots an opportunity for revenge and tempers flare at Lynda's rehearsal
22 Nov. Helen has a change of heart and events take their toll on Elizabeth.
23 Nov.

God Emma is so chippy about everything isn’t she?

thanks for the updates. I think I might have a week off!

You weakling, witchmountain!

Thanks, Gump. Lily mentioned more than once - I wonder what that betokens?

I know, but look at what’s coming. Enraged whinging from Emma; Tom’s sex life; Roy’s apathetic whinging; pantomime baddy Hannah; Helen missing chances because she’s destined to never be happy; slightly more intense apathetic whinging from Roy; Lily being pulled back from university; more evil Hannah; Will’s grudging, resentful voice; Bad Lynda; Elizabeth cracking up.

Maybe I’ll have three weeks off!

Prediction: the horror at LL will be picked up by the tabloids; Emmur and Keerer will feature in Daily Mail sadface photos; Lily will get endless messages from her Borsetshire friends asking her WTF her mum was thinking; Lily will dash home to find out!

I can see Emma abusing her parish councillor powers to try to get back at Elizabeth. We only ever hear her acting in that capacity when it affects her own interests.

What does the 🔮 make of the speculation on tv email thread about A Brookfield fire instead? 🔥

Who are the trustees of LL? I wondered if Oliver causing a stir had something to do with that?

Tv email thread = the main thread!

The 🔮 says there is no chance of a Brookfield fire.

The broken biscuits are red- herring flavoured.

I must say I'm enjoying the idea of the cows poking around the trough trying to pick out the broken bourbons from the bits of straw.

Do you think they lick the cream off first before crunching the biscuit?

I had a pony who used to carefully select the bits he liked best from the muesli type mix he had and leave the rest behind. Incredible how precise they can be. I think cow tongues wrap and pull though, so perhaps not.