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Goodness, I was right about her only being on the phone, though she didn't do the ringing up. That's unusual, because I don't have access to the crystal ball and my prophetic notions tend to be completely wrong.

This will be the last four-day week; on 15th we start to get five days, which may or may not be a good thing -- I still don't understand why they have gone for Sunday to Thursday instead of Monday to Friday, but hey ho.

BBC One-Liners
09 Aug Alice struggles to stay in control and plans for the summer fete are thrown into chaos.
10 Aug It’s a big day for Ruairi while Brian attempts to pick up the pieces.
11 Aug Jennifer struggles to find the right words and Alan hatches a plan.
12 Aug The Aldridge family attempt to hold everything together and Lynda makes a shocking discovery.

Credits
Writers: Keri Davies & Katie Hims
Director: Gwenda Hughes
Editor: Jeremy Howe
Brian Aldridge: Charles Collingwood
Jennifer Aldridge: Angela Piper
Ben Archer: Ben Norris
Lilian Bellamy: Sunny Ormonde
Harrison Burns: James Cartwright
Alice Carter: Hollie Chapman
Ruairi Donovan: Arthur Hughes
Alan Franks: John Telfer
Fallon Rogers: Joanna Van Kampen
Lynda Snell: Carole Boyd

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 7th - 13th August 2021
Last time she vented her anger in the village, Alice ended up lobbing a brick through the window of the community shop. On that occasion, new glass was fitted and Ambridge's resident alcoholic was forgiven. But events are now set to spiral out of control at Willow Cottage -- and it appears the damage Alice causes may well be irreparable. In the aftermath, it's left to the Aldridges to sort through the wreckage while Alice's guilt plunges her into despair. Cue a drastic decision that threatens more heartache.
Elsewhere, we have an update on something that has aerated everyone in the neighbourhood -- yes, it's the scarecrow competition, which finds Fallon & Harrison going all out to snatch victory.

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine Archers Update 9th - 12th August 2021
There’s a right ding-dong over at Willow Cottage, the likes of which have not been seen in Ambridge for at least a week. Alice lashes out left, right, and centre, and the damage seems irreparable. As ever, she’s riddled with guilt after the event, but this time she makes a drastic decision.
Meanwhile, the much-humbled Aldridges wearily attempt to create some kind of order, but it’s all getting too much for them.
The chaos seems to be catching as the summer fete - always a bit of a tinderbox - gets some of the villagers overheated and, as if that wasn’t enough for our poor frazzled nerves in one week, Lynda makes a shocking discovery, and the results of Ruairi’s A levels (and the fiercely fought scarecrow competition) are announced.

Oh, another shocking discovery.
Thanks Asking

@WhoppingBigBackside

Oh, another shocking discovery. Thanks Asking

Yeah. The spoilers tend to them, mostly among women:

12th December 2013: Shula makes a shocking discovery
23rd March 2015: Clarrie makes a shocking discovery...
7th October 2016: Helen makes a shocking discovery
31st January 2017: Ruth makes a shocking discovery
7th April 2019: Jill makes a shocking discovery
15th July 2019: Clarrie makes a shocking discovery
9th November 2020: Ruairi makes a shocking discovery
12th August 2021: Lynda makes a shocking discovery.

Sometimes they vary it:
14th January 2018: Kirsty makes a horrific discovery
24th February 2019: Jennifer makes an unpleasant discovery.
29th August 2019: Emma makes a horrifying discovery
17th August 2020: Emma makes an alarming discovery.

Since May 2013 the word "shocking" has appeared in the BBC spoilers 31 times; it just feels like more. And whatever it is somehow fails to shock me, time after time.

Thanks Asking. Shockingly, I can't remember what any of those shocking discoveries were.

Neither can I.
No Pip in the coming week. Yay!

@BoreOfWhabylon

Thanks Asking. Shockingly, I can't remember what any of those shocking discoveries were.

Um...

I think the first one, 12th December, 2013, was that Darrell had discharged himself from hospital without Shula's permission. It's not very clear in Lowfield!

Clarrie realised that she had lost £20 from her purse and Alf must have nicked it. (He admitted as much.)

Helen was actually entitled to be shocked to discover, on 7th October, 2016, that Rob had cleaned out their joint account.

31st January, 2017, was the day Ruth "discovered" Pip in tears in the lambing shed because Toby had gone to Brighton for a few days.

On 7th April, 2019, Jill was shocked by Pip's decision to name her daughter Rosie Ruth Grace.

Clarrie discovered that Will had taken his baby daughter to work with him, on 15th July, 2019.

Ruairi's shocking discovery on 9th November, 2020, was that his mother had left a CD for him to play on his eighteenth birthday.

But I had to hunt through Lowfield, because I didn't remember either.

Thanks Asking. Nothing all that shocking there, really.

Phew! I'm shocked.

I'm quite glad the crisis at Willow cottage wasn't Ruairi mucking up his A levels, I feared it might be as he keeps talking about his results.

Thanks as ever, Asking!

@Terhou

I'm quite glad the crisis at Willow cottage wasn't Ruairi mucking up his A levels, I feared it might be as he keeps talking about his results.

It could still happen tonight.

Right. Could some kind person bear to take a look at what was posted about Ruairi ‘twenty hours ago’ on Facebook. I don’t do FB (but am still somehow signed in and don’t want to be inundated with unwanted updates on people I can’t stand ...).

But there’s definitely something ...

I'm avoiding Faceache too.

Bastarding Fakebook, I hate it.

@Edmontine

Right. Could some kind person bear to take a look at what was posted about Ruairi ‘twenty hours ago’ on Facebook. I don’t do FB (but am still somehow signed in and don’t want to be inundated with unwanted updates on people I can’t stand ...).

But there’s definitely something ...

I use FB, but would need more of a hint than that, @Edmontine! Any idea which Archers FB group it was posted in?

Oh dear, no ... I think I googled something like ‘Is Ruairi leaving The Archers?’ and something from FB came up - apparently from the day before yesterday.

@Edmontine - a Quoogle leads me to the BBC Archers page, which on 10th August, posted "Ruairi pushes the envelope" and then links to the BBC Sounds website and the episode description for 10th August. See screenshot which I hope is attached!

Just noticed in the cast for the week beginning 26th August, Pat's back.

Bad news - so's Pip

Good to see Pat back. Great shame about Pip.

Thanks, Terhou (I think).

Next week we are back to five episodes a week, starting tomorrow.

BBC One-Liners
15 Aug The Ambridge summer fete descends into chaos and Tracy fails to spot a celebrity in their midst.
16 Aug Jennifer discovers the truth while Ian attempts to navigate a thorny issue.
17 Aug Elizabeth is left disappointed and Tracy braces herself for a challenge.
18 Aug Lily attempts to keep the mood romantic and Jennifer is at a low ebb.
19 Aug Home Farm looks to the future and Vince offers an explanation.

Credits
Sun 15/7/2021, Mon 16/8/2021, Tue 17/8/2021, Wed 18/8/2021, Thu 19/8/2021
Writer: Keri Davies
Director: Dave Payne
Editor: Jeremy Howe
Brian Aldridge: Charles Collingwood
Jennifer Aldridge: Angela Piper
Susan Carter: Charlotte Martin
Vince Casey: Tony Turner
Ian Craig: Stephen Kennedy
Alan Franks: John Telfer
Usha Franks: Souad Faress
Shula Hebden Lloyd: Judy Bennett
Tracy Horrobin: Susie Riddell
Russ Jones: Andonis James Anthony
Adam Macy: Andrew Wincott
Elizabeth Pargetter: Alison Dowling
Lily Pargetter: Katie Redford
Lynda Snell: Carole Boyd
Roy Tucker: Ian Pepperell

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 15th - 19th August 2021
We're one step closer to normality this week with the return of Sunday-evening episodes - welcome news, I'm sure, for Archers devotees who have written to RT asking why our visits to Ambridge were still being rationed.
As for the drama itself, it seems that the summer fete is set to be plunged into chaos when one resident launches a protest. As unrest grows, Lynda comes up with a controversial suggestion - but is it destined to be remembered for its upsets?
At Lower Loxley, plans for Steph Casey's wedding are being finalised, but father-of-the-bride Vince has news that will leave one of the Pargetters out in the cold. Has someone been telling porkies? If so, why?

Usha! Usha!!!

Frabjous day, etc.

I cannot help feeling that two siblings each running wedding venues - even though deliberately differentiated - with the father of the bride ensconced at the venue that is not holding his daughter’s wedding, is frankly just asking for trouble ...

Thank you, Asking!

Thanks Asking

Many thanks, Asking!

And the Mail has surfaced, a day late:

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine Archers Update 15th - 19th August 2021
As we know, the Caseys have made vigorous - though not, in all cases, totally successful - attempts to test the services at Lower Loxley to the limits. Now, as the unblushing bride gets her final fitting, Vince issues an edict, leaving one Pargetter out of things and another to discover that lies have been told. As the Caseys barge around the stately pile making demands and frightening the peacocks, creepy Russ and Lily make a vain effort to sneak off.
Meanwhile, beyond the verdant 400 acres of Pargetter parkland, another row is brewing as plans for the summer fete are plunged into chaos and one resident launches a protest. The celebrity who is already embedded in Ambridge must be wondering what kind of a hellhole this is.