Discuss The Archers #107: Beware of the Dragon! Peggy's in her den awaiting bids - who gets the hoard and who gets flamed?

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Thanks to @MrsGrindah for inspiration for the title of this thread. I was hoping to find a way to combine it with @C8H10N4O2's inspired suggestion of '"The Assumption of the Ambridge Angel' and @chemenger's comment 'I hope she gets kicked in the head by a horse and wakes up an atheist', but it all got a bit too lengthy.

Odds on Joe shuffling off this mortal coil before this thread ends? We've been marking/anticipating his passing for a while now.

I am struggling to think of a nice one, at the moment.

Their mortgage would have been agreed long before this so Ed loosing his job would now be irrelevant surely - another stupid SL.

Their mortgage would have been agreed long before this so Ed loosing his job would now be irrelevant surely - another stupid SL

How are they going to pay it? Where is Ed going to get another job? It's going to be obvious at job interviews that he was sacked.

Agree that they will in the end probably default on the mortgage but they still have it so can move into their house for now.

Not much point in moving in if they're going to have to move out again within the year. The shame will kill Emma. I wonder if Oliver might step in?

We all knew something like that was coming, but oh my word, that was tough listening.

I do hope we're not going to have Emmur going into whiny victim mode again. This one is totally down to decisions both she and Ed have made.

For the first time in recent Archers history, a manager makes a proper management decision. Well done Adam- but bloody hell, poor Ed.

Gruesome and really hard to hear.

But not as hard as when he has to tell Emma....

Not sure I'll be able to listen to that, quite honestly.

I do have to say it’s rough that the SWs have chosen this particular storyline to be realistic. Let’s slam the working class characters, while apparently Lower Locksley is happily back to its profitable prime 3 and a half seconds after getting its licence back.

while apparently Lower Locksley is happily back to its profitable prime 3 and a half seconds after getting its licence back

Is it? Have I missed something? When did it get its licence back?

I’m sure I heard someone say to Shula they had their licence back- did I imagine that?

I didn’t think I could bear Freddie’s incarceration ...

But this. It’s too hard. Just think of Ed - I was going to say waking up to this, but of course he wouldn’t have slept. Oh, it’s horrible.

I need to catch up on the past fortnight's omnibuses, but caught last night's. I do wish the scriptwriters would cut Ed some slack!

How many gallons of weedkiller is Ed now hiding? Couldn't he just drive over to the 3 or 4 nearest council recycling centres in the county and pop it with the paints/oil? Yes, he might need to use Emmur's car rather than his van.

When did it get its licence back?

It was mentioned by StS just before she launched into her "All About My Vocation" monologue to Lizzie. I zoned out of that as well but did catch the comment about the licence.

It sounded like they only just have it back so doubt they have recovered much business yet.

Tim is the baddie... like I said months ago Ed should tell PC Harrison. I can’t bear it for Ed.... let’s crowdfund him! Oh just remembered this is not real.

Will was stupid to go to have it out with Ed at Home Farm but on the other hand Ed was bloody stupid ever to get involved in illegal pesticides.

If I had heard that my kids had been put at risk by someone's stupid, illegal doings I'd be very angry as well.

Yes Emma did encourage Ed but he let her think it was no more than a bit of VAT avoidance which plenty of TA listeners will regard as "victimless" crime (like dodgy claims on house insurance). She never knew anything of the reality and doesn't know about the chemicals stored in the barn.

This is down to Ed.

“It sounded like they only just have it back so doubt they have recovered much business yet.”

This is the Archers, remember!

This is the Archers, remember!

Good point. Next week will be the tale of the groom's mother at the 500 guest wedding

Yes, there was a brief mention of LL finally getting it's licence back, possibly at Rosie's party, also with reference to Freddie being at the stables and thus making it possible, and all that's now needed is for him to find a job.

I think Willis reasonable in feeling anger. I don't think he was reasonable in how and when he expressed it. And the real issue is Timotei, and what I really want is for him to go down (and take Martyn Gibson with him, not Ed.)

I felt for Ed but understand why Adam had to sack him.

can't willned hide the barrel(s) in tim's garage and then call the police?

Adam had no choice (although strictly speaking Adam did not follow the correct process for dismissal even in such extraordinary circumstances)

Will's timing and choice of location was a disaster but he was right about Ed's culpability and stupidity.

It's a horrible storyline. Will and , probably , Adam are going to be vilified. It will create irretrievable grievances and feuds in and between the Grundy, Archer and Carter families.

Hi. I've just returned to Ambridge after a 15 year absence. Feels like I've never been away. The only plot line I'm not fully with is why Eddie and Clarrie are moving. Can someone enlighten me please?

They can’t afford the rent if emma and Ed don’t house-share with them.

But that might change now...

Oh ... that’s another thing that will be up in the air. Kayemm they are due to move out of Grange Farm because Eddie and Clarrie (+ Joe) wouldn’t be able to afford the rent once Ed and Emma move into the home they are buying on the new estate.

But now that purchase looks doubtful ...