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I'm taking the liberty of posting a few spoilers from the BBC again. I wonder if there's something interesting expected for early May or if they just haven't got round to putting them up yet.

Mon 19 Apr Fallon is left reeling and a breakout at Berrow sees Jazzer as happy as a pig in mud.
Tue 20 Apr Martha’s christening is thrown into jeopardy and Justin is perturbed by the past.
Wed 21 Apr Rex may have found the answer to his prayers while Tracy tries to make a good impression.
Thu 22 Apr Chris is confronted with the ugly truth while Jazzer is offered some career advice

Writers, Caroline Harrington & Nick Warburton
Director, Kim Greengrass
Editor, Jeremy Howe

Lilian Bellamy .... Sunny Ormonde
Harrison Burns .... James Cartwright
Alice Carter .... Hollie Chapman
Chris Carter .... Wilf Scolding
Neil Carter .... Brian Hewlett
Justin Elliott .... Simon Williams
Rex Fairbrother .... Nick Barber
Tracy Horrobin … Susie Riddell
Jim Lloyd .... John Rowe
Jazzer McCreary .... Ryan Kelly
Elizabeth Pargetter .... Alison Dowling
Lily Pargetter .... Katie Redford
Fallon Rogers .... Joanna Van Kampen

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Mon 26 Apr Ben makes a surprising confession and Justin finds himself with a new nemesis.
Tue 27 Apr Joy turns the tables and debate rages at Lower Loxley.
Wed 28 Apr Lilian gets her hands dirty and Eddie springs a surprise.
Thu 29 Apr The walls close in on Alice, and Rex looks to the future.

Writers, Sarah Mcdonald-Hughes and Daniel Thurman
Director, Peter Leslie Wild
Editor, Jeremy Howe
Ben Archer ... Ben Norris
David Archer ... Timothy Bentinck
Ruth Archer ... Felicity Finch
Lilian Bellamy ... Sunny Ormonde
Lee Bryce ... Ryan Early
Alice Carter ... Hollie Chapman
Vince Casey ... Tony Turner
Ruairi Donovan ... Arthur Hughes
Justin Elliott ... Simon Williams
Rex Fairbrother ... Nick Barber
Ed Grundy ... Barry Farrimond
Eddie Grundy ... Trevor Harrison
Mia Grundy ... Molly Pipe
Jakob Hakansson ... Paul Venables
Joy Horville ... Jackie Lye
Kate Madikane ... Perdita Avery
Kirsty Miller ... Annabelle Dowler
Elizabeth Pargetter ... Alison Dowling
Freddie Pargetter ... Toby Laurence
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Mon 3 May Contemporary drama in a rural setting
Tue 4 May Contemporary drama in a rural setting
Wed 5 May Contemporary drama in a rural setting
Thu 6 May Contemporary drama in a rural setting
No cast list or anything else yet.

They mostly seem to have stopped giving cast lists and spoilers more than a fortnight in advance.

Excitin'! Looks like Harrison blabs to his wife before the christening then.

It'll be good to hear from LL again.

It is to be hoped he does, otherwise we get the infinitely boring incorrect assumption "You're having an affair!" trope. But I suppose someone (Eddie out poaching?) might have seen Alice and Harrison in the car, and tell Fallon, whereupon she assumes the worst. (yawn)

Oh. Hadn't thought of that!

Whatever happens, I think Fallon at least is going to withdraw from being a godparent. A few voices coming up we haven't heard for a while.

Thanks Gasp0de. Yes, many of the older cast members will now have had their second vaccination so will be shuffling back, I imagine.

Joy and Vince back too! I really enjoy them both

Thanks Gasp.

I do not love Joy, and wouldn't have minded if the producers had bribed Covid to carry her quietly away ...

Neither do/would I.

I didn't say I loved her, I enjoy the character. Same way I did Maurice Horton and Anthea (and I wish they'd bring them back).

I wish wimpy Lee and his bright white trainers had been carried off, and Helen come to that. Unfortunately, it looks like we are stuck with this trminally dull couple for the forseeable.

And how come the entire over 70's population of Ambridge seems to have survived unscathed?

The BBC spoilers and casts we already have, but here are the Radio Times and the Mail:

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 19th - 22nd April 2021
I’d never have predicted Ben’s time capsule project hanging around for this long, but it’s proving to be unexpectedly dramatic. This week, Lilian rummages through the past to contribute, only for Justin to make it clear he’d rather some memories remain buried.
Mind you, it’s understandable why he’d want to keep a low profile, as when secrets blow in Ambridge, the aftershocks are sizeable. Take Fallon, who’s left reeling when something hush-hush comes to light and a fallout follows.
Elsewhere, plans for Martha’s christening are thrown into chaos, while Rex is wrestling with a pig of a problem. Enter Lily with a rescue plan.

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine Archers Update 19th - 22nd April 2021
The past is never too far away in Ambridge. Prehistorical burial sites leave pock marks on Lakey Hill, Nigel’s long scream still echoes around the roofs of Lower Loxley, and photos of Lilian’s unlifted face often come back to haunt her. This week finds the much-married Lilian having a rummage in the Dower House, where she unearths something from Justin’s past that he would rather remain buried.
The past also delivers a blow to Fallon when a shocking secret emerges that sends aftershocks across the village.
Over at Greenacres, they’re on some kind of time loop, with Tracy as a recurring figure in different guises; this week she crops up as Jim’s dinner guest.

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I don't think it's fair to call Lilian "much-married"; there was Lester "Nick" Nicholson between May 1969 and March 1970, when he died, and then Ralph Bellamy from September 1971 until his death in January 1980. Hardly a vast number of husbands, nor for a large proportion of her life.

Thanks, Asking, and Gasp0!

So is Lily inviting Rex's soon to be homeless pigs to reside in splendour chez Pargetters?

Lillian has been married twice, as have her sister and mother, Kenton and Shula, Alistair, Jerlene, Will, Emma, and Oliver.

Sorry, forgot to say thanks to Asking

Thanks!
I am so excited for Lily's rescue plan for Rex's pigs - maybe this is the first step to Lex?

Then the Furbrothers will be quite embedded in the Archer family.

Many thanks, Asking! Lilian has been married twice but has also had two long-term relationships which have not ended in marriage (Matt and Justin). Not excessive at her age, but more than most Ambridgeites have had.

Rex and Lily, eh. Could work. (Lex is good!) Would be delighted to hear Ross given his marching orders.

Ugh. CMR. We don't hear much of the Russly relationship.

Rescue plan for Rex's pig problem has to be rewilding with feral pigs/wild boar, surely?

If they're feral how does Rex make a living from them? Hunting parties ..?

Kinda loving the thought of wild pigs rampaging across the village ...

👹 (I don't know what this emoji actually means ...)

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If they're feral how does Rex make a living from them? Hunting parties ..?

Dunno, but Gloucester Services on the M5 sells wild boar sausage rolls at eye-watering prices, so there's money in it somewhere.

Before it became overly touristy, we used to holiday in Corsica. The pigs and boar were left to roam free on the wooded mountains (but a quick klaxon of a truck horn and shaking a bucket of pig feed soon had them cantering out of the forest).

I think the NT often use pigs to help improve woodland soil.

And how come the entire over 70's population of Ambridge seems to have survived unscathed?

Why not? The small town in Aberdeenshire I was born in has had no Covid deaths. There are 18 areas in Aberdeenshire, covering several villages and small towns which have had none.