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I suspect that now he is no longer in charge there, Justin would love to be rid of Berrow Farm, and the difficulties with slaughter at the moment will give him the perfect excuse.

Poor Neil.

The Job Fairy will provide though. Again.

@BoreOfWhabylon

The Job Fairy will provide though. Again.

For Neil I do hope so. I don't give a tinker's cuss about Hannah.

Meanwhile, the Mail has come to hand at last:

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine Archers Update 20th - 24th February 2022
Rex, the brightest of the Fairbrother brothers - though let’s face it, the bar is set low - is keeping very quiet about his future plans, leading to a lot of speculation in the village. While Rex comes over all mysterious, Pip makes her feelings about the bungalow’s replacement tenant a little too clear. Her worries on this matter, however, will pale into insignificance when she finds herself in a horrific situation later this week.
There’s more trouble over at Berrow, where, with business in a trough, Neil and Hannah are under pressure. Matters get even worse when Justin goes on the warpath, and Brian makes a controversial move that could lead to a heap of trouble.
Watch out, by the way, for Tracy - she’s on the hunt.

Thanks Asking. Yes, I meant Neeyull.

Thanks Asking

The weeks seem to be happening faster and faster at the moment. I think I might be getting old. Anyhow, here is this week's spoiler-offering.

BBC One Liners
27 Feb Rex puts down some roots while Phoebe’s ready to fly.
28 Feb Amy is forced to remain tight lipped while Phoebe spells it out for Kirsty.
1 Mar Justin’s thinking big and Brian’s hatching a plan.
2 Mar Leonard plays a blinder while Chris plays detective.
3 Mar Lynda won’t take no for an answer and Fallon doesn't know which way to turn.

Credits
Writer: Caroline Harrington
Directors: Julie Beckett & Dave Payne
Editor: Jeremy Howe
Brian Aldridge: Charles Collingwood
Phoebe Aldridge: Lucy Morris
Lilian Bellamy: Sunny Ormonde
Leonard Berry: Paul Copley
Harrison Burns: James Cartwright
Chris Carter: Wilf Scolding
Neil Carter: Brian Hewlett
Justin Elliott: Simon Williams
Rex Fairbrother: Nick Barber
Amy Franks: Jennifer Daley
Tracy Horrobin: Susie Riddell
Jazzer McCreary: Ryan Kelly
Kirsty Miller: Annabelle Dowler
Hannah Riley: Helen Longworth
Fallon Rogers: Joanna Van Kampen
Lynda Snell MBE: Carole Boyd
Roy Tucker: Ian Pepperell

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 27th February - 3rd March 2022
Roy is preparing himself for empty-nest syndrome as Phoebe's leaving date fast approaches but, as it turns out, she isn't the only one planning a future away from Ambridge. Not everyone, though, is convinced that this particular person has made the right decision.
Rex is enjoying playing the man of mystery as the villagers try to guess his next move. Hannah tells Neil the shocking truth about Berrow. Will their cloak-and-dagger plotting be rumbled? And who might face the chop?
Plus, Fallon decides to speak her mind - and it's not just partner Harrison who'll be left in a tricky position. And Amy struggles to put the past behind her.

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine Archers Update 27th February - 3rd March 2022
No one in Ambridge seems to be much bothered about Lent this year. Jill is usually a stickler for getting the locals to exercise a bit of restraint, but - what with one thing and another - restraint is not really the sprightly widow’s thing these days. With this kind of laxity prevailing, the village is on the slide. Eavesdropping and gossip flourish, Neil and Hannah continue in their cloak-and-dagger machinations, and Amy struggles to say no. Chris, up until now a model of probity, finds himself with some explaining to do, and Justin’s greed for power, land and money grows. No wonder someone other than Phoebe is planning a break for the border.
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I don't really get that Mail spoiler: Jill isn't generally the one who makes a hooha over Lent, and anyway she isn't in the cast, so what's that about?

Painfully obvious that the mysterious someone planning to move away from Ambridge is Kirsty.

Just hoping I'm not going to be proved embarrassingly wrong about that ...

Thanks, Asking! I've been feeling rather ho hum about TA recently, so have taken my eye off spoilers. The world news doesn't help.

Thanks Asking. Kirsty and Rex are destined to be together, just a question of when.

And Alice is going to flip when she finds out about C & A. I think it's her (Alice) who will be heading for pastures new.

It's a bit weird that Alice isn't in the cast, given this week's cliff-hanger.

@BoreOfWhabylon

Thanks Asking. Kirsty and Rex are destined to be together, just a question of when.

And Alice is going to flip when she finds out about C & A. I think it's her (Alice) who will be heading for pastures new.

Oh I do hope so.

I want Alice and Kirsty to stay

At least it seems that we won't hear Pip this week

Alice has a really odd intonation. As far as i am concerned she can pop away for a bit and come back with a new voice. It seems unlikely though.

We've already had Kate abandon her daughter to head off to the far side of the globe, so i can't see them doing it with Martha.

I suppose Chris might find that dream job in Newmarket?

The relationship between Alice and Amy will become very interesting if Amy become's Martha's stepmother, especially when, inevitably, Alice and Chris disagree about something and Amy takes his side.

I like Alice's voice and think she is well acted.
Alice and Amy have fallen out before.

I don't like Alice or Kate's voice.

Alice's voice comes over as quite spoilt and affected, but that's appropriate for her character. She's very well acted.

@EthelTheAardvark

Alice's voice comes over as quite spoilt and affected, but that's appropriate for her character. She's very well acted.

Yes it is appropriate and if I met her in RL I would instantly dislike her.

I wonder whether Ukraine will get a mention in The Archers if Putin goes completely off his donkey and nukes Kyiv.... Short of that, it's going to be ignored, unlike the Falklands war during which something was mentioned in TA on the day it happened. Hi mi.

BBC One-Liners
6 Mar There’s mortifying news for Tracy while Alice is in party mode.
7 Mar 07 Mar Amy has a mountain to climb and Oliver loses his temper.
8 Mar Neil spills the beans while Tracy picks up the pieces.
9 Mar Kate’s feeling competitive and Chris is not impressed
10 Mar Susan’s put in an awkward position and there’s a new beginning for Phoebe.

Credits
Sun 6/3/22, Mon 7/3/22, Tue 8/3/22, Wed 9/3/22, Thu 10/3/22
Writer: Daniel Thurman
Director: Peter Leslie Wild
Editor: Jeremy Howe
Phoebe Aldridge: Lucy Morris
Alice Carter: Hollie Chapman
Chris Carter: Wilf Scolding
Neil Carter: Brian Hewlett
Susan Carter: Charlotte Martin
Rex Fairbrother: Nick Barber
Amy Franks: Jennifer Daley
Tracy Horrobin: Susie Riddell
Alistair Lloyd: Michael Lumsden
Kate Madikane: Perdita Avery
Jazzer McCreary: Ryan Kelly
Kirsty Miller: Annabelle Dowler
Fallon Rogers: Joanna Van Kampen
Oliver Sterling: Michael Cochrane
Roy Tucker: Ian Pepperell
Peggy Woolley: June Spencer

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 6th - 10th March 2022
The storyline about the rewilding job opportunity has somehow become an episode of The Apprentice with Rex cast in the role of Lord Sugar as he puts potential employees Kate and Kirsty through their paces. But will the best woman win?
Over at Grey Gables, Oliver also has leadership stresses when a grave error of judgement on the part of one of his workers tests a friendship to its limits. Alistair, meanwhile, is feeling his age, and Jazzer comes up with a risky plan that could land a loved one in serious trouble. And Alice tries to make Martha’s first birthday an event to remember - but Chris is left unimpressed, and tensions soon start to mount.

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine Archers Update 6th - 10th March 2022
Neil must have hoped that he would spend his later years leaning on the gate of a pigsty, idly scratching a sow’s ear and thinking about the changes for next week’s bell-ringing practice. Susan, a woman with an insatiable hunger for status and soft furnishings, had other ideas. This week, as is her way, she feels called upon to give her unambitious husband some sound advice.
Oliver could do with a bit of sound advice over at Grey Gables when one employee makes a bad decision, while at Greenacres, Jazzer hatches a risky plan that could go horribly wrong.
Amy has her own decision-making crisis, tensions mount between Alice and Chris about Martha’s birthday, while Kate and Kirsty take very different routes as they bid for the same job.

Thanks Asking. Loving the idea of The Apprentice/Archers mash-up.

Thanks, Asking! I wonder what Tracy's about to do wrong.

I suspect that she and Jazzer are going to get caught in flagrante by Oliver.

well done...

I mean, I wish it hadn't had to happen, but you were right that it would.

Well, it couldn't have been telegraphed any more clearly

I suppose it could have been Roy or the silent Kathy who walked in on them. But no, poor Oliver had to have it inflicted on him, in a most improbable bit of plotting.