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Thanks Asking
I hope you are feeling better.

Thanks @AskingQuestionsAllTheTime, No Pip.

Forgot to ask, are you feeling better now Asking?

Bless you all; yes, the fact that I have come downstairs and eaten a whole egg (which is the most I have eaten all week) suggests things are improving. I still feel Blech, but less so than I did earlier in the week.

Anyhoo: today's Mail has come to hand.

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine Archers Update 28th November - 2nd December 2021
One Ambridge resident is struggling to deal with some uncomfortable facts, leaving Chelsea to do what she can to contain the emotional damage. The situation, even by Horrobin standards, is complex, and Chelsea might find herself out of her depth. Harrison could come to the rescue, but he’s a man on a mission, and has to grapple with his feelings and his sense of duty.
There are further problems as Lynda finally - after what seems like weeks of build-up - trots off to collect her MBE, leaving a vacuum of power at the Mystery rehearsals. Those of us hardened to Ambridge ways will not be surprised if disaster strikes in her absence.

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If the "disaster" is as appalling as "six turkeys got out and were recaptured but Nobody Must Ever Know" this week, we are in for breathless excitement.

Thanks, Asking! Very glad to hear you're feeling better. Hope you can progress from the egg to some nice nourishing soup, or similar.

Hazel returns! And still played by Annette Badland, which is a plus. Well, well, well.

If we have to have a repulsive individual in the programme, let her by all means be barnstormed by somebody competent, who is not readily mistaken for three or four other characters in the way that the younger denizens tend to be.

I fear that we have another bleak, Blake, week. Hazel can usually be relied upon to ruffle some feathers (and I wonder what Kate is going to be up to).

I'm glad to hear that you are on the mend, Asking. Not quite the "full English", but eating an egg sounds as if it might have been progress for you.

Should we know who Yvonne is?

@Platax

Should we know who Yvonne is?

Nope.

She's just finished studying at the Guildhall www.gsmd.ac.uk/drama/final_year_actors/final_year_actors_2020_21/grace_cooper_milton/

My guess is that she will be a friend of Mia or Chelsea.

Well, let's hope it's Chelsea; one proselytising wet lentil is enough per programme as far as I am concerned.

(NB I was equally opposed to careless and ill-informed dosing on a herbal basis when Carol Treggoran gave people herbs which can cause death without finding out what if anything they were already ingesting. Mia does need to be informed about possible allergic reactions before she gives unfamiliar foods to people she doesn't know. If she fed me soya protein in a casual way she would make me very ill, for instance.)

But it's natural, Asking!

(as is cyanide, deadly nightshade and COVID)

Just so!

Here we are again. Next week isn't a Stimpson week; I wonder if there will be anyone being pleasant during it.

BBC One-Liners
05 Dec Natasha’s on the move and Lynda has a surprise visitor.
06 Dec Johnny’s getting snappy while Hazel has it all worked out.
07 Dec Fallon puts her foot in it and Susan doesn’t like what she sees.
08 Dec Eddie gets his own back and Natasha has the wrong end of the stick.
09 Dec Tom is thrown into a panic and Natasha can’t get a word in edgeways.

Credits
Sun 5/12/2021, Mon 6/12/2021, Tue 7/12/2021, Wed 8/12/2021, Thu 9/12/2021
Writer: Caroline Harrington
Director: Jeremy Howe
Editor: Jeremy Howe
Natasha Archer: Mali Harries
Pat Archer: Patricia Gallimore
Tom Archer: William Troughton
Tony Archer: David Troughton
Susan Carter: Charlotte Martin
Ed Grundy: Barry Farrimond
Eddie Grundy: Trevor Harrison
Kirsty Miller: Annabelle Dowler
Johnny Phillips: Tom Gibbons
Fallon Rogers: Joanna Van Kampen
Lynda Snell: Carole Boyd
Hazel Woolley: Annette Badland

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 5th - 9th December 2021
Hazel is taking a stroll down memory lane, but where will efforts to retrace her past lead? Pat, for one, is trying to put past animosity to one side, but it’s going to prove very difficult to heal those wounds. Especially when it seems as though Hazel may well be trotting out the same old lines.
Elsewhere, Susan is about to tread the boards for her stage debut in the Mysteries, but an incident in the dairy results in her feeling unusually self-conscious. Tom and Natasha try to clean up their act as an important visitor arrives. And Eddie is feeling a little hot under the collar as he realises someone has revenge on their mind.

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine Archers Update 5th - 9th December 2021
Revenge, old sores and past grudges occupy Ambridgers this week. Poisonous Hazel rarely returns to the village, unless she’s after something, so the sight of Jack Woolley’s adopted daughter snooping around Memory Lane has everyone on full alert. Pat, a warrior queen in her time, makes an attempt to bury the hatchet, but finds old wounds run deep. Eddie is plotting revenge, Tom and Natasha have the rug pulled from under their feet, and Fallon finds herself drawn back into ill-willed company.
Meanwhile, one of Ambridge’s many cats is let out of the bag, giving another villager all that’s needed to wreak havoc. Yes indeedy, the season of peace and goodwill draws nigh unto Ambridge.

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Is Hazel Tomtashe's "important visitor"? She does own their flat. And there isn't really anyone else in the cast-list for it to be, is there?

Thanks Asking. What's the history between Pat and Hazel? Must admit I can't remember anything about that.

@BoreOfWhabylon

Thanks Asking. What's the history between Pat and Hazel? Must admit I can't remember anything about that.

I can't either. Maybe at some point Pat took exception to someone else bullying Tony?

Thanks, Asking! I assume Yvonne was the woman from the charity interviewing Bleak with Harrison.

I'm pretty sure she was, yes. Didn't Woodencop use her name once at the beginning?

Thanks Asking. Hope you are feeling much better

Thank you! Yes, I am putting weight back on (I lost 12 pounds and my legs got alarmingly like sticks with lumps) and sleeping through the night without being woken by coughing any more. I intend to take it easy for at least four weeks' convalescence, though: better safe than sorry at my age.

Gosh, that sounds rough. Nice simple Christmas!

I find your caring about it touching to a degree that makes me slightly weepy; put that down to me being convalescent, please!

Christmas Day will involve a leg of lamb (expensive and thus special) and yorkies just because we like them, roast spuds, buttered carrots, peas (for him) and gravy; ice cream to follow. Simplicity itself. And if it is a fine day and I am feeling better, a walk in the afternoon, but not for too long because I don't want to get exhausted. Otherwise just slobbing around, possibly telephone with various offspring if they think of it. It's a Saturday so I don't have to worry about The Archers hurrah!

Sounds absolutely perfect, and not too different from ours. I am a born slob, which helps.

Asking, you poor thing.Your Christmas sounds good.

I'm a slob too

Next week is almost upon us, so here we go again.

BBC One-Liners
12 Dec Tom receives an unexpected gift and there’s another mouth to feed at No.6 The Green.
13 Dec Mia’s making a bold statement while Stella shows a firm but fair hand.
14 Dec Tom gets a load off his mind and Mia has a bright idea.
15 Dec Will begins to smell a rat while Harrison saves the day.
16 Dec Ruth gets herself worked up and Lynda pussy foots around a decision.

Credits
Sun 12/12/2021, Mon 13/12/2021, Tue 14/12/2021, Wed 15/12/2021, Thu 16/12/2021
Writer: Katie Hims
Director: Dave Payne
Editor: Jeremy Howe
Natasha Archer: Mali Harries
Pat Archer: Patricia Gallimore
Ruth Archer: Felicity Finch
Tom Archer: William Troughton
Tony Archer: David Troughton
Harrison Burns: James Cartwright
Martyn Gibson: Jon Glover
Blake Goddard: Luke MacGregor
Mia Grundy: Molly Pipe
Will Grundy: Philip Molloy
Chelsea Horrobin: Madeleine Leslay
Tracy Horrobin: Susie Riddell
Jazzer McCreary: Ryan Kelly
Kirsty Miller: Annabelle Dowler
Lynda Snell MBE: Carole Boyd
Stella: Lucy Speed

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 12th - 16th December 2021
Natasha’s single-mindedness has rubbed a few people up the wrong way, but the time has now come for Pat and Tony to reveal whether they share her vision. It’s fair to say that the Bridge Farm veterans are feeling a little overwhelmed by the current situation.
Will is back at work and keen to impress the supercilious Martyn Gibson. But not everyone is on their best behaviour and Will soon feels the need to lay down the law. Meanwhile, Kirsty has chilling news for Harrison, only for him to then make an announcement of his own.
And as one villager decides to close the door on Ambridge, Chelsea starts to plan a fitting send-off that she hopes will make them feel very much at home.

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine Archers Update 12th - 16th December 2021
We all knew that Natasha was going to be trouble. Now, on top of her scheme to turn the orchard into one big shed, pumping fruit juice into a steady stream of tanker trucks that all bear her name, she’s been cooking up another wheeze. Pat and Tony try not to feel overwhelmed by her ideas, but it’s a struggle.
Will, his boots all polished and his jeans washed and ironed with a crease down the front, reports on his first day back at work. He’s keen to impress Martyn Gibson, but finds he has to lay down some rules.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in Ambridge, too many cooks are spoiling the broth, Kirsty has some chilling news for Harrison, and he’s got a bombshell of his own to drop.

(I am feeling a lot better, but going to the shop for milk and my prescription was tiring. Still, I got some ice-cream too, so I shall be braced for the dentist on Tuesday at midday for a filling, my booster on Thursday afternoon and an ENT appointment at the hospital at argh 9:20 on Friday.)