The Archers No. 94: Freddie’s doing porridge, Tom gets his oats, but will Home Farm be toast? We’ll have to wheat and see ... Serial production is in full swing in Ambridge

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It took me a while to work out what was going on there, at first I thought they were playing a computer game but didn't know who it was.

Grandma Peggy wants it done properly! 😄😄

Made me chuckle did that!!

Listening now - absolutely brilliant the way they wrongfooted listeners with the 'computer games' sound-scene!

How will Ruairi be beating on Wednesday - he should have been back at school on Sunday evening?

(Granted his school might run a different timetable ...)

It’s half term here (Borcester) and David mentioned that the spooky walk was a good idea for half-term.

I'm warming to Johnny, I think.

Also, love Carole Boyd's voice. I have several audio books of her narrating Miss Read novels. She interprets them very well.

Our local boarding school has half term last week and next week.

I'm sure it's half term here as well - but at least one not-local boarding school I know of went back yesterday.

My Welsh college is on half term this week. My Hampshire one was last week. It gets confusing...

Most of our local schools had half-term last week but some have a 2-week half-term and don't go back till Monday.

Half term here.

Ben speaks!

Geraldine sounds ... promising! Nice to meet her at last.

But seriously - they ordered the rink two weeks ago? For this winter? Yeah, right.

Hannah is still such a caaaaaah.

Tom and Hannah- bleurgh.

Is this the work of the new Editor. Will we have a new character speaking every day this week?

Tom turned Hannah down. A good sign, the beginning of the end?

That would be damn fine R4!

Hated the way Hannah tried to widen the rift between Tom and Jazzer.

(Oh, I meant the new characters every day.)

God, that Hannah. What a piece of work.

None too pleased about the clocks going back, though. Because of the time difference, it means instead of TA being ready on iPlayer when I get up in the morning, I'm hanging around at 6.00.a.m. my time for the live broadcast to be over. I prefer iPlayer as I can pause it and re wind stuff that gets drowned out by the microwave.

Thinking about the Hallowe'en at LL, the capacity for things to go wrong with so many unknowns is considerable. I hope Elizabeth gives Geraladine a bonus this Christmas.

dolya was doing a fine imitation of Lexy then :)

echt, do you know that i-player is no more, it is 'BBC Sounds' instead. Info here

It's 'Sounds' on the website, and really annoying to navigate, but the app is still iPlayer.

I wondered if Ruari and Ben were going to launch in to a gay affair?

Hannah is such a negative person, unecessarily nasty about Neil and Jazzer. I hope she comes up against her match soon.

I think Hannah is going to get her come uppance.... possibly in a chaucerian manner.