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

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Spoiler thread for The Archers. Please keep all spoiler-related discussion in this thread and do not spill the beans on the main Archers Thread. Last thread here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/radio_addicts/3439443-keep-it-to-yourself-the-archers-spoilers-thread-4

No, sorry, I am wrong and she co-wrote last week; but there is no evidence that Katie Hims rather than Nick Warburton wrote Freddie's letter, is there.

I'm still listening but am not enjoying it, although it was better as an omnibus. I haven't warmed to Tracey. Freddie is adorable though.

DEBBIE !!!! Adam's a cold fish about his stepfather Roger. I was wondering if he ever knew his biological dad.

He didn't AFAIK.

Adam met Paddy Redmond in 1981, and Paddy knew (having been told a couple of days earlier) that Adam was his son, but at that point Adam did not know that Paddy was his father.

He did find out later, but I don't think he ever met Paddy again.

I knew you'd know, Asking.

Yes so did I Mike thanks Asking . So Roger was his 'proper' dad , was there a bitter divorce?

When they had been married for about four years Roger started to spend longer and longer on "business trips" and after a bit Jennifer moved with Adam and Debbie into Wynford Farm where Christine and Paul Johnston lived. After a year or so of her being there, Roger simply left, and eventually Jennifer sued for divorce because he was living in London with his to-be-next wife.

So Jennifer and Roger were married from September 1968 until January 1976, and living in the same house for perhaps as much as six years of that. Roger came into Adam's life when Adam was just over a year old and had left it again by the time Adam was six or just seven, so I really don't think Adam ever knew him all that well, and Debbie even less. Adam's only real father has been Brian, who was certainly a constant figure in his life from when he was nine.

(Jennifer moved in with Paul and Christine shortly after Christmas 1973; she and Christine had both been more-or-less abandoned by their husbands by that time, but it was the first Christmas that Roger spent elsewhere, which was rather the last straw for her.)

What would we do without you Asking. You're an Archers Encyclopaedia.

Erm, not really. I own one! (compiled by Joanna Toye and Adrian Flynn, BBC Worldwide Ltd 2001). I have most of the history of the characters who are still around in memory, and reference books to check my memory against along with the Joanna Toye books which were written from the old scripts, and Hesky's dates-list, and so forth. Because I know roughly where to look, I can find the information fairly easily. And why not, if it means other people don't have to hunt around? I can't work and I am not much use for many things, but this is one that I can do.

It's hugely appreciated Asking

I'm really glad you like it. It sometimes feels like being know-it-all, but honestly it's just having the books and the time to look things up in them.

Ohhhhh nooooooo!! It's lovely to have our own archivist! If TA had any sense they'd offer you the job.

Another one who loves all your insights Asking . It is a great privilege to have our very own archivist and human vade mecum.

I am listening very rarely at the moment but enjoyed hearing Debbie and Brian yesterday. Adam always sounds wooden but at least he sounded the same as usual.

My goodness thank you so much Asking I was going to say the same Bore about TA archives people giving her a job !! It's lovely to have someone who has all the details. I did wonder when I asked the question about Adam's childhood, whether you'd know

It's not surprising that he's very lukewarm about Mr Macey .

You are too modest Asking.

Well, here I am again with next week's info:

BBC Spoilers
13 July Fallon ends up disappointed and Jolene makes a controversial decision.
14 July David turns detective and Elizabeth struggles to find the right words.
15 July Harrison finds himself with some making up to do and David feels guilty.
16 July Harrison bares his soul and Elizabeth takes the next step.

Credits
Mon 13/7/2020, Tue 14/7/2020, Wed 15/7/2020, Thu 16/7/2020
Writers: Sarah McDonald Hughes & Sarah Hehir
Director: Peter Leslie Wild
Editor: Jeremy Howe
David Archer: Timothy Bentinck
Jolene Archer: Buffy Davis
Kenton Archer: Richard Attlee
Harrison Burns: James Cartwright
Elizabeth Pargetter: Alison Dowling

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 13th-16th July
Against all the odds, Susan’s radio show has managed to remain on the air and her latest guest is set to be Harrison. However, the village police officer feels that he needs help ahead of his appearance and turns to Kenton for tips. This, though, only results in wife Fallon feeling sidelined. Can Harrison make it up to her?
A fly-tipper is causing chaos in Ambridge and David is turning detective. By the week’s end, he’s convinced of the culprit’s identity - but has he got the right person?
Elizabeth receives encouragement from Jolene as she tries to move on with her life.
And one Ambridge resident reveals a traumatic incident from their past …

Two new writers. Well, Sarah McDonald Hughes has done three weeks before this one, one in 2018 and two in 2019; Sarah Hehir is completely new.

Elizabeth is about to go online dating, mark my words

And thanks Asking

Yes, thanks Asking I'm wondering when TA cast will be able to get to the studio now things are loosening up again. it'll be boring monologues for how long...........hmm]

More today:

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine Archers Update 13th-16th July
Few of us have missed the terrible screech of Eccles the peacock over the past few months. This mysterious bird, which made fleeting appearances over the years, finally came to a bad end after a run in with a car. Kenton was behind the wheel, and was nowhere near as sorry as he should have been. Now, it seems - to Kenton’s and our dismay - that Jolene is considering a replacement banshee to fill the village with its fearsome shrieks.
Another unpleasant threat to the tranquillity of Ambridge life is the chaos caused by fly-tippers - but David is on the case and, after some snooping around, has a pretty good idea who the culprit is.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth, attempting to move her life on, gets encouragement from Jolene.

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I suppose Elizabeth might give Jolene the peacock we heard recently at Lower Loxley Hall. A sort of very back-handed thanks for advice from Jolene. (I had an aunt who had a pair of peacocks given to her. She was not grateful. Later, she expressed a strong opposition to fox-hunting!)

Did the fox eat the peacocks?

Keri Davies has answered a tweet about when they are getting back to normal recording by saying it won't be happening in the near future but that they are "heading in that direction". I'm guessing that, given the lead-in time, we're at least six weeks away.