Keep it to yourself. The Archers Spoilers Thread 4

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Spoiler thread for The Archers. Please keep all discussion in this thread and do not share spoilers on the main Archers Thread.

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Spoiling The Archers one week at a time. Thread 3 www.mumsnet.com/Talk/radio_addicts/2958254-spoiling-the-archers-one-week-at-a-time-thread-3

Oh gosh! I really can't see Ed as a receptionist at all, never mind working with Lynda. I hope that's not what's going to happen.

I like the idea of Kate being humiliated in theory, but may find it excruciating in practice.

Thanks, Asking!

"Wild card names" in the plural - could it be Emma also? I guess she has a little more time available if she's not cleaning regularly for Peggy, and maybe the Reception job pays better than the chicken factory. Or she could do Reception whilst Ed takes over the chicken factory job.

Surely this hasn't been planned so that Philip and Kirsty move into to their shiny new house on the day that Ed and Emma were to have completed?

I am glad to see that Tracey Horrobin is still on the cast list - she's the only one to add any cheer to 7pm.

No mention of Lexi again - the one with the illegal (in Bulgaria) surrogacy arrangement. Won't she need to come back to Britain to have the baby?

Emma would be quite good as a junior receptionist, and might be able to keep to more regular hours.

My friend strikes again:

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine Archers Update Aug 4-9
Egg whites are whipped to a froth as contestants rise to the soufflé challenge.
You would think the annual Flower and Produce Show blood bath would leave villagers little appetite for feuding, but you’d be very wrong. While eggs are separated, in a bid for soufflé glory, the winner of the contentious art project is announced, and Archer is set against Archer as pitches are perfected for Peggy’s Pet Project.
Ben and Ruairi’s bid to make this year’s Summer Fête the best yet goes horribly wrong, while the terrible events of last week put the Grundys well ahead as Ambridge’s Unluckiest Family.

Thanks, Asking!

I was thinking that Molly and surely Kirsty’s job at Grey Gables will be up for grabs!

Good thinking, Therapist - Emma would be a good spa manager. By Kirsty's account it's chiefly about folding towels and ordering stock, all of which Emma should be able to do standing on her head.

Wasn't Kirsty planning to carry on working and fit the wildlife thing around that?

Ah yes is the Wildlife Trust job just part time?

No, I think it’s full time. Kirsty voiced her concerns about taking a pay cut to Philip - citing that as a reason for not applying for the position. And he reassured her that her own job satisfaction should, and could, be her primary consideration.

I could have sworn I heard Kirsty say something about having to stay at Grey Gables to supplement her income. Was I dreaming?

The Wildlife Trust job is part-time. There was talk of trying to compress her hours or something at GG so she would still be bringing in a full-time wage, but overall even if she goes on working pt at GG it would be a pay cut because the WT job is not well paid. Philip said not to worry about that as he could cover the mortgage and had no problem paying more than half. He wanted her to have a job that she really enjoyed at least part of the time. Unusually for this board, I like Philip.

More previews:

11 Aug: Alice hatches a cunning plan and there's a crisis at Home Farm.
12 Aug: Susan struggles to put things right and the pressure is on for Freddie.
13 Aug: Emma attempts to face the future and Will feels guilty.
14 Aug: The past returns to haunt Will and Jazzer makes a monumental error.
15 Aug: Kate faces the unexpected and Tracy's girls night in does not go as planned.
16 Aug: Jazzer's frustrations get the better of him and it's a big day for Shula
18 Aug: Emma's behaviour causes concern and Jazzer attempts to lift a friend's spirits.
19 Aug: Jim finds himself a new focus and Phoebe issues an ultimatum.
20 Aug: Will struggles to let go and Lynda is determined to come out on top.
21 Aug: Susan has a crisis of confidence and Brian is perturbed by the contents of a letter.
22 Aug: Ruth has the rug pulled out from under her and Peggy remains tight lipped.
23 Aug: It's a big night for Peggy but who will come out on top?

Oh dear, looks like plenty more Grundy misery.

Thanks Isatis. Glad to see there’ll be more of Brian.

Clearly I wasn’t listening properly on the subject of Kirsty’s new job! (But still, did we not talk about who might replace her at GG? )

It's all a haze for me, QuaterMiss! I don't think we've heard what Kirsty is going to do about the job.

Unusually for this board, I like Philip.

Same here, but that's more because there's nothing to dislike. He's really quite boring!

He seems just an ordinary chap. Pleasant.

an ordinary chap. Pleasant.

Sure, but what’s his role? There are one or two other ordinary, pleasant chaps; they’re there to serve a purpose. Robert exists to show us a different side of Lynda, to prevent her from seeming monstrous. I’m not sure he’s had any significant story of his own (beyond losing / having lost his well paid job when they first arrived - thus catapulting Lynda into the GG job). Rex is ‘pleasant’ (if not quite anyone’s definition of ‘ordinary’ as a middle class, ex rugby professional, now inexplicably working two jobs in a random village) - his entire purpose right now is to make his brother look both ‘bad’ and lucky to us.

Someone on the main thread objected to the speculation about Philip’s likely early demise - it’s only because he seems to have been invented entirely to provide Kirsty with a stake in property in Ambridge. Meaning she has a solid reason to stay in the story, which she really didn’t before. His boringness suggests he isn’t going to have any major s/l of his own. (But then, I thought rather the same of Rob at first ... )

He was someone for Shula to confide in when splitting from Alastair.
Then as a single man in Ambridge was paired off with Kirsty.

Another Thursday roundup for next week:

One-line BBC Spoilers
11 Aug Alice hatches a cunning plan and there’s a crisis at Home Farm.
12 Aug Susan struggles to put things right and the pressure is on for Freddie.
13 Aug Emma attempts to face the future and Will feels guilty.
14 Aug The past returns to haunt Will and Jazzer makes a monumental error.
15 Aug Kate faces the unexpected and Tracy’s girls night in does not go as planned.
16 Aug Jazzer’s frustrations get the better of him and it’s a big day for Shula.

Credits
Sun 11/8/2019, Mon 12/8/2019, Tue 13/8/2019, Wed 14/8/2019, Thu 15/8/2019, Fri 16/8/2019
Writer: Nick Warburton
Director: Julie Beckett
Editor: Jeremy Howe
Brian Aldridge: Charles Collingwood
David Archer: Timothy Bentinck
Kenton Archer: Richard Attlee
Ruth Archer: Felicity Finch
Lilian Bellamy: Sunny Ormonde
Alice Carter: Hollie Chapman
Chris Carter: Wilf Scolding
Neil Carter: Brian Hewlett
Susan Carter: Charlotte Martin
Clarrie Grundy: Heather Bell
Emma Grundy: Emerald O’Hanrahan
Will Grundy: Philip Molloy
Jakob Hakansson: Paul Venables
Shula Hebden Lloyd: Judy Bennett
Ray Hepburn: David Holt
Tracy Horrobin: Susie Riddell
Alistair Lloyd: Michael Lumsden
Jim Lloyd: John Rowe
Adam Macy: Andrew Wincott
Jazzer McCreary: Ryan Kelly
Kate Madikane: Perdita Avery
Freddie Pargetter: Toby Laurence
Lynda Snell: Carole Boyd
Roy Tucker: Ian Pepperell
Peggy Woolley: June Spencer

Radio Times Ambridge Diary10 - 16 August 2019
Jim is finally taking steps to move on with his life by joining Lilian's quiz team. But just as Alistair is breathing a sigh of relief, along comes Jazzer, whose shock admission threatens to send Jim straight back to square one.
Shula is nervous as she faces her first meeting with the Diocesan Director of Ordinands. No surprise there really; expect the appointment to get off to an immediate bad start and for Shula to make a valiant attempt to swing things in her favour.
Will, meanwhile, continues to blame himself for recent events at Grange Farm, only to confront an even bigger drama when one of the Grundys faces a dash to hospital. What will the diagnosis be?

Looks like Joe being rushed to hospital, and Will getting flashbacks to Nic's death there, to me.

Thanks Asking.
Poor Joe.

Thanks Asking.

Who's Ray Hepburn? Could he be from Will's past?

Sounds like Jazzer's going to tell Jim about going to Harrison. After tonight's episode, with Harrison telling Jazzer to try to persuade the victim to come forward and speak to the police, he'll speak to Jim.

He'll be the bishop.

Ray Hepburn will not be the Bishop but the Diocesan Director of Ordinands. I expect her to be told it will be a long process.

But I also expect the SW to follow a process similar to that described here