Archers thread #114: Bull banished, Bali beaches beckon, bickering bullshitters burgeon

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Thank you, @PseudoBadger, for kicking off this long, long series of Archers threads.

All views on The Archers welcome here! New blood welcomed. We don't all agree on all points and most of us are posting tongue in cheek a lot of the time, so don't worry about revealing that you'd like Gavin to stay around, or other unusual views.

Spoilers: not on this thread, please. We don't wait for the omnibus to discuss the weeknight episodes, but we do try our best to avoid cross-contamination from www.mumsnet.com/Talk/radio_addicts/3439443-keep-it-to-yourself-the-archers-spoilers-thread-4, where spoilers are positively welcomed!

For newer listeners, lurkers or those who just have no idea what we're talking about, @DadDadDad has created this useful thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/radio_addicts/3557323-For-Archers-fans-a-guide-to-acronyms-on-the-long-running-discussion-threads-and-any-other-meta-thread-questions-you-may-have - BOOP point for him! (See thread for explanation.)

Thanks for all thread title suggestions! I've gone with a B theme which with a bit of luck will seem odd and irrelevant by the end of this thread. Here's hoping, anyway.

Haven't caught up with tonight's episode yet, so off to do that shortly.

Who were the last people to marry in St Stephens?

Also Alice and Christopher.

Long (30 years) term listener here, despairing at the aimless storylines and poor writing. My latest bugbear is ‘the likes of’, as in “the likes of Lynda Snell” this evening. Also used at least twice in the film. Sloppy.

Bracknell has had a recent makeover. I have only been to Waitrose there, so can't report an what the town is like since the makeover.

Basingstoke is near Jane Austen country and Bracknell is near Ascot and Windsor.

I think that the last couple married at St Steve's was Mianed.

The an in my pp should have been on.

Relationship advice from Helen?

Hmmm

Where did Ian and Adam get wed?

The whole Kirsty/Philip thing is annoying because no-one ever mentions financial security, even though Gav was at pains to call Kirsty a gold-digger.

Relationship advice from Helen?
Poor Kirsty. Relationship advice from Helen and Tom. Nobody deserves that!

I think Helen gave pretty good advice.

I think Helen gave pretty good advice

Yes me too. I'm now convinced it will be the first male-female Civil Partnership on TA. I can't see something like that being a missed opportunity for the Beeb.

I think they will just pop in to the Borchester Register office and get married with no fuss, with Helen and Joy as witnesses.

Then Gav will take offence because they will steal thunder from his Bali extravaganza.

I'm hoping for a new fangled civil partnership thing with Roy and Helen as witnesses....with the possibility that they might not even tell anybody other than the tax office that they have done it........

Can anybody remember when the Bali wedding was planned for?

Yup - good advice from Helen - otherwise I'm really struggling to maintain my enthusiasm these days. I'm only posting here to keep this thread in threads I'm on. It's a sad day when I have to force myself to post

Lilian said that Eddie was wanting to make a fast buck from the alternative Burns Night event, didn't she?

But how exactly?

I suppose there could be a charge for admission and food, but he can't sell alcohol, can he? Not even home-made cider.

And if he did, I'm sure Kenton, or even Lilian, would take great pleasure in reporting him.

Or am I wrong?

Hi all! Long time listener but took a year off, any idea where I can get up to date with it all? I've listened to the last 3 omnibus episodes but still no idea who this Vince Casey chap is, among other things!

any idea where I can get up to date with it all? I've been listening off and on since Mrs Dales' Diary bit the dust. In my experience it all makes sense in due course even if you've got year long chunks missing.

still no idea who this Vince Casey chap is I've been listening fairly continuously for the last 2-3 years but my first reaction is I don't know either! I think he's a Baddie agri-industry chap who bought up the local abbatoir (when everyone was hoping Justin would buy it to keep it open for the community). Whatever, he's definitely a Baddie. And not an Archer.

Vince Casey owned a large abattoir and charged high prices, so the Ambridge farmers tended to avoid him, and used a smaller, more local one until it closed down and was sold to Vince. He's the replacement baddy for Matt/Tiger.

Paws its a shame that The Lowfield isn't producing summaries still (though I appreciate it is a massive piece of work/admin).

I found this blog a while back that I tend to go to after I've been away and can't face the omnibuses:
haharchers.blogspot.com/

Vince Casey was introduced for no obvious reason than to make us hate him more than Joy/Hannah/Another newbie.

He lives near Brum and sounds a bit too much like Matt Crawford. He is supposed to be wealthy, having made his money in meat processing and abattoirs: "Casey Meats". He pops in and out of the programme like a pantomime villain.

His redeeming feature is that Justin Elliott hates him! He has flirted shamelessly with Lilian on several occasions. When the local (small) abattoir used by Brookfield and Hassett Hills went into administration he outbid Justin (who had wanted to redevelop the site, but omitted to mention this to David Archer).

To summarise, David hates Justin, and doesn't trust him an inch, but he hates Vince Casey marginally more.

its a shame that The Lowfield isn't producing summaries still (though I appreciate it is a massive piece of work/admin).

They are, every day; they are posting them at www.paranormal.org.uk/mustardland/viewforum.php?f=1
(I hope that link works: if not, search for Peet's Mustardland and look in the Index for "Discuss the Archers". They get pinned at the top each day. You don't have to sign in.)

Unfortunately they are only up for a maximum of three weeks before they are deleted, because Peet's board has limited capacity and old posts have to go.

There are also BBC synopses at www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qpgr/episodes/player
but unfortunately the site is a cow to navigate, and I am not sure how you get to any of the synopses that are not on the three whole pages they let you have access to.

Asking. Thank you! I've never spotted that sticky (will have to explore that forum in more detail!).

Somewhat annoyed that Jim didnt go to the funeral after all.

Somewhat astonished that we have had two days (with more to come) in NotAmbridge.

I pop by here daily to check what I’ve ( not) been missing, saves me the aggro of shouting at the radio.
Imagine my surprise just now to realise I had actually heard tonight’s non event episode!
Back to non-listening, but reading these threads instead. So much more entertaining.
As you were!