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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Thanks to LilG for the title, and DDD for starting the last thread and the tradition of the thread starter nominating the next thread starter

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Ohhhh right! Silly me

Should've known you'd be on first name terms......

I was just pondering about Hannah, and why she's so popular amongst the single (youngish) men in Ambridge, ie: Tom, Jazzer, Johnny etc.

It made me realise how few single and available (fairly young) women there are to go around.

No wonder they're all drawn to her with such fatal fascination

Apart from Tracy Horrobin and The Button Girls, who else is there?

TheEfficient I've got a thing about Simon Williams have you seen the repeats of Upstairs Downstairs? He's gorgeous, Or he was .

Hannah is supposed to be pretty IIFRC. Though that was said by Jazzer (I think) when she first arrived recently in the Bull so it could've been the beer goggles

I suppose that the price of property causes the house sharing.

I'm probably being thick again, but...

I know what IIRC means, but what does IIFRC mean, please?

I don't know what's wrong with me today. Can't seem to get my brain out of first gear!!

Sorry silly me, I'm tired, I meant "If I remember correctly"

If it was a choice between getting rid of Hannah or Tom I would choose Tom every time. I am bored with his endless useless business ideas, bored with his failed personal life, bored, bored, bored.

Also remember there is a vacancy that has been left by Lil ( I wouldn't put it past the lovely Hannah to have an attempt at filling it

That is actually the only polausible explanation for having Hannah in the the story lines.

Shooler !!

Lass They definitely deserve one another. Yeuch.

Well Helen is also single but a single mum with her history isn’t quite as attractive. And we can see who is being lined up for her.
Anyone any idea what the male female ratio is in the Archers? It feels like there are more men or maybe the single men are younger and the single women older (Peggy, Christine)?

Re a title - every time I hear mention of Lexi’s home country I think of Great Uncle Bulgaria and TA characters wombling along - can anyone make a title of that? I think Helen is Madame Cholet, and Jonny would be Orinoco. Who are the other Wombles?

Tony would be great Uncle to Adam’s child so he’d be Great Uncle Bulgaria?

I believe there was a McWomble with kilt and bagpipes, but I just... can't... think... who that might correspond to in TA.

DDD - well it would be unlikely to have a bagpipe playing, kilt wearing Scotsman in rural middle England Ambridge wouldn't it?

Absolutely Lettice , that would be a stereotype too far!

I rather think that DDD was hinting at Jazzer.

I rather thought so too Baxter

Me three!

Saw this and thought of Ben

Tell a lie, actually thought of Hannah.

Tobermory is your womble DadDadDad

Inky- Bit insulting to badgers, that

She really is the lowest common denominator isn't she?

Neil/Neal - crap storyline about his bad back. If you have a bad back you don't empty a dishwasher - stooping over and bending down is guaranteed to aggravate it. No way would he do that.

Too true, Inky!

And I am sick of hearing everybody bad-mouthing Hilda.

Not one person has had a good word to say about her since she joined the cast.

She's an innocent creature, entirely without malice - and if Peggy sends her away it will make me thoroughly cross.