👩‍🌾 The Archers spoilers thread #5: Can't wait for 7.02pm? Join us here!

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Well, we will be getting Kirsty doing monologues, anyway. Does this mean that she now knows about the horses?

I suspect it won't go quite that far but she might become suspicious of his comings and goings.

I want effing Philip tp die of Covid that would get rid of him without to much drama\misery.

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I want effing Philip tp die of Covid that would get rid of him without to much drama\misery.

But what would happen to the slaves? They would starve if he just disappeared, I wouldn't trust Gavin to look after them. It needs a proper resolution.

Oh I hadn't thought of that, I must have missed the episode about him pretending to look after horses. What's happened?

Philip and Gavin referred to the slaves as 'horses', a kind of code word.

Here we are again.

BBC One-liners
22 June Kirsty attempts to make the best of a bad situation and there’s panic at Brookfield.
23 June Helen hatches a plan and Susan’s confidence takes a knock.
24 June It’s a big day for Tracy and Susan goes too far.
25 June There’s a near miss for Kirsty.

Credits
Mon 22/6/2020, Tue 23/6/2020, Wed 24/6/2020, Thu 25/6/2020
Writers: Adrian Flynn & Liz John
Director: Marina Caldarone
Editor: Jeremy Howe
Ben Archer: Ben Norris
Helen Archer: Louiza Patikas
Josh Archer: Angus Imrie
Susan Carter: Charlotte Martin
Tracy Horrobin: Susie Riddell
Kirsty Miller: Annabelle Dowler

Neither diary has come to hand.

Thanks, Asking!

Thanks Asking.

Good god it's midsummer!!!! . Thanks Asking

And Captain Ref. Philgav. Yes I definitely missed that, was there a whole ep. with them monologing?

That was way before lockdown.

The slave workers(aka horses) came to light after the fire at Grey Gables was caused by one of them.

But no one else knows about them yet.

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine Archers Update 20th June
Like so many other brides-to-be, Kirsty's wedding plans have been thrown into chaos. For Kirsty, though, having already been jilted by the Sausage King, there's an added bitterness to her current woes. At first, she frets about the situation, but as the week progresses, she gets an inkling of her intended's dark side. Will it be Kirsty who does the bolting this time round?
Susan, having turned into a bit of a broadcast star after revealing details of the saucier aspects of her life with the Pigman, has been feeling pretty confident over the past weeks but that will take a knocking this week. Meanwhile, her brash sister, the ever ebullient Tracy, has her own performance fears as she faces a Skype call with Roman's parents.

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Still no RT that I can easily find: has anyone else got it?

Radio times Ambridge diary
Fans wondering when Philip's dark secret will be exposed have been left hanging, but it seems revelations might finally be in the offing. At the start of the week. Bride to be Kirsty is feeling frustrated because her wedding plans have once again been thrown in to chaos. Helen, though, comes up with a novel way to support her friend. But when the idea goes wrong. Kirsty finds herself getting closer to discovering her groom's dark past...

Elsewhere, Susan puts her foot in it. Tracey is feeling nervous as she preps for a Skype call with Roman's parents. And a mass exodus from Brookfield ends up causing chaos.

Of course I remember the fire, i must have just missed the beginning of the conversation between Philgav. I do remember Philip saying\pretending to Kirstie he was visiting\or taking the injured guy back to Norfolk.

Interesting that slavery is now very much in the Zeitgeist

Thank you Captain and Asking

Thank you, Captain. (I swear I wrote a post yesterday saying this, but it seems to have vanished.)

Will it be Kirsty who does the bolting this time? Oooooh I do hope so. But what will happen to the house? Isn't he paying the mortgage? She'll probably run to Roy.

That will be fine so long as one or other of them counts as a single-person household so that she can be part of his "bubble" or vice-versa.

Oh I'd forgotten all that Roy lives with feebs doesn't he? I'm sure if it's an emergency it won't be questioned. She could lock Phil` out I suppose.

Here's next week's roundup (isn't that a weedkiller? How appropriate somehow)

BBC One-liners
29 June Elizabeth considers her options and Freddie is up to his neck in it.
30 June Ed has his arm twisted and Emma takes on a challenge.
01 July Elizabeth takes the first step and Ed finds himself caught in the middle.
02 July Freddie realises what’s important and Susan is haunted by events from the previous night.

Credits
Mon 29/6/2020, Tue 30/6/2020, Wed 1/7/2020, Thu 2/7/2020
Writers: Katie Hims and Nick Warburton
Director: Kim Greengrass
Editor: Jeremy Howe
Susan Carter: Charlotte Martin
Ed Grundy: Barry Farrimond
Emma Grundy: Emerald O’Hanrahan
Elizabeth Pargetter: Alison Dowling
Freddie Pargetter: Toby Laurence
Tracy Horrobin: Susie Riddell

Radio Times Ambridge Diary June 29-July 2
These lockdown episodes all seem to feature a little life lesson for the characters involved. Something salutary that gives them and us hope for the future. And this week, it’s Freddie who has the chance to put some ghosts from his recent past behind him, after he tries to solve a problem at Lower Loxley.
Elizabeth, meanwhile, is also on a new path, when an unexpected invitation presents itself. After struggling so much this past year, will she be able to throw caution to the wind? Plus, Ed finds himself torn between teams at The Bull’s alternative quiz night, while Susan and Tracy’s disagreement gets out of hand, leaving others caught in the crossfire.

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Katie Hims is new. I am fairly sure she did well for Home Front; maybe she will be able to make a reasonable job of The Archers, so long as she doesn't think she knows things but instead knows that she doesn't know, and consults the archive. (The programme badly misses having an archivist or indeed anyone doing continuity.)

Thanks for this!

I'm surprised to find that mention of Home Front still leaves me feeling furious that TA didn't inherit Jessica Dromgoole as Editor ...

Yes thanks Asking Is there any gossip about the health of TA cast?

I was thinking that there could be a good SL about Ben getting together with Chloe and catching THE DISEASE. Unlikely to die but it could be interesting.
IMO They're dragging out the "when will kirstie find out?" SL more than bit too long, she's no fool.

I have come across no gossip about any TA cast getting ill. I have a vague memory that Michael Lumsden was said to be going to self-isolate before we all had to, but no reason for this.

Thanks, Asking! I hope June Spencer's OK.

Robert Snell (Graham Blockey) is or was a GP in real life so may have been very busy in recent months. We have a GP friend who is absolutely worn out, but he works in East London and he's the senior partner in his practice, I think. Huge changes to working practices in a very short time.