🤐 The Archers spoilers thread #7: Can't wait for 7.02pm? Join us here!

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Spoilers thread for The Archers. Please keep all spoiler-related discussion in this thread and do not spill the beans on the main Archers Thread (hence the zipped mouth on the emoji!). Last spoilers thread here: www.mumsnet.com/talk/radio_addicts/4197199--The-Archers-spoilers-thread-6-Cant-wait-for-7-02pm-Join-us-here

Current main Archers thread here: www.mumsnet.com/talk/radio_addicts/4632741-archers-thread-139-whos-the-daddy-no-ceremonial-required-to-join-us-discuss-the-archers-here The main thread tends to last a few weeks. The spoiler thread runs for well over a year, but I strongly suspect it gets read about as much as the main thread.

Thank for the new thread, Gaspode.

Thanks for the new thread @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g . Quite a lot of drama in TA recently, what with Chelsea running away, Lily and Call Me Russ splitting up, Shula getting a ministry in Sunderland, and JoshnBen and Boring Beth moving to The Stables.

I don't think Shula has got a ministry in Sunderland; I think she has joined something called the Outreach Project, which doesn't require her actually to have done the work and got ordained.

Thanks Asking, I did think I'd used the wrong word.

Good of you, Gasp0de - thank you.

I’ve just had a look at the Characters list on the BBC TA site. Why does Russ suddenly have a photo??? He never did before, did he? Is it just to usher him out or is he about to move into Jim’s spare room?

Though she is herself referring to her stint at Outreach as "my ministry", so the word is being used in its loosest possible sense in TA.

She said 'pioneer ministry' I think. Thanks for the acknowledgement, Asking, much appreciated. You were technically right though.

Thanks Gasp0de, as always.

This week I have not yet got either the Radio Times Ambridge Diary or the Daily Mail Archers Update (I blame the Bank Holiday) but here is what I do have.

BBC One Liners
25 Sep Emotions run high for one Ambridge resident, and Jolene’s interest is piqued.
26 Sep Vince makes a surprising offer, and there’s a new venture in the pipeline at Grange Farm.
27 Sep Someone has a confession to make, and Alan finds himself torn.
28 Sep The past returns to haunt Clarrie, and is there a cuckoo in the Nest at Brookfield?
29 Sep Chelsea faces the music, and Eddie pushes his luck.
30 Sep Will Jill smell a rat, and Alan seeks divine inspiration.

Credits
Sun 25/9/22, Mon 26/9/22, Tue 27/9/22, Wed 28/9/22, Thu 29/9/22, Fri 30/9/22
Writer, Sarah McDonald-Hughes
Director, Gwenda Hughes
Editor, Jeremy Howe
Ben Archer: Ben Norris
David Archer: Timothy Bentinck
Jill Archer: Patricia Greene
Jolene Archer: Buffy Davis
Josh Archer: Angus Imrie
Kenton Archer: Richard Attlee
Ruth Archer: Felicity Finch
Lilian Bellamy: Sunny Ormonde
Leonard Berry: Paul Copley
Beth Casey: Rebecca Fuller
Vince Casey: Tony Turner
Alan Franks: John Telfer
Clarrie Grundy: Heather Bell
Eddie Grundy: Trevor Harrison
George Grundy: Angus Stobie
Usha Gupta: Souad Faress
Shula Hebden Lloyd: Judy Bennett
Chelsea Horrobin: Madeleine Leslay

Also, about Shula/Judy Bennett: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1cq51TFpNfc51kcnZBd0Jrl/half-a-century-as-shula-judy-bennett-looks-back-at-her-time-in-the-archers

Thanks, Asking!

So, is The Only Lawyer in The Village being wheeled out to divvie up the Archer-Horrobin baby or for some other purpose???

Lets assume Alan isn’t planning to run away with Shula. Though that might be amusing!

Interesting use of the phrase cuckoo in the nest there. Maybe Chelsea has it wrong.

Thanks @AskingQuestionsAllTheTime lots to mull over there.
Which bit of poor Clarrie's past will be returning to haunt her, I wonder?
And looks like the departure of St Smugula will be permanent

And here's the rest of it:

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 25th – 30th September 2022
The Grundy Christmas turkeys are fattening up at Grundy Farm, leading Eddie to look forward to some festive profit. But when George reveals a tempting business opportunity, it seems the pair might have to hold their noses and talk about money.
Over at Brookfield, it’s all change for Ruth and David as they work out what to do with Josh and Ben’s old bedrooms. With Ruth spoilt for choice, it might be hard to say no to Leonard’s surprising offer of help, but could Mr Berry be up to something?
Talking of offers, Ben receives a surprising one from Vince, while Clarrie must face up to the past. And Jill proves - if proof were needed - that with age comes wisdom.

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine Archers Update 25th – 30th September 2022
The past - or so we are reliably informed - will come back to haunt Clarrie this week and surprising revelations will emerge. How can this be? Did she let the entente get a bit too cordiale all those years ago when Ambridge was twinned with Meyruelle, or has that nasty E.coli business reared its head again? We shall see. As far as Eddie's concerned, a healthy profit is heading the Grundys' way, while George hatches his own - not quite so healthy - money-making scheme.
Up at Brookfield, Leonard throws himself into doing the old place up, but he too may be hatching plans.
Meanwhile, Vince makes an unexpected offer to Ben, but Ben may not be in a position to accept his largesse.

BoreOfWhabylon
And looks like the departure of St Smugula will be permanent

Well, unless they re-voice her; they may still need her, they may still feed her, she's only 64

Thanks Asking. I'm sad to think that Shula is leaving.

29 Sep Chelsea faces the music

A visit from Bore spitting tin- tacks?
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Who's "Bore"?

Beth. I think she's awful- a junior St. Smugula in the making

Scrolling further ahead I read ‘One young person needs to talk.’ And then ‘Pip offers some personal advice’ Which suggests to me that Baby Horrobin-Archer may still be baking in a week or two … But I’m very bad at interpreting the teasers accurately.

Why have they started mentioning brand names? I thought that the BBC had rules against this.

BBC One-Liners
2 Oct What on earth is Kirsty hanging on the washing line? Pip needs an urgent favour.
3 Oct A very happy 92nd birthday, Jill! Toby reflects on his greatest achievement.
4 Oct The Grundys look forward to new arrivals, and Helen’s concerned about the neighbours.
5 Oct Has Kenton been taken for a fool? Leonard is feeling fastidious.
6 Oct Is it really time to call time at the Bull? One young person needs to talk.
7 Oct Pip offers some personal advice. And has the peace been shattered for Helen?

Credits
Sun 2/10/22, Mon 3/10/22, Tue 4/10/22, Wed 5/10/22, Thu 6/10/22, Fri 7/10/22
Writer, Keri Davies
Director, Kim Greengrass
Editor, Jeremy Howe
Ben Archer: Ben Norris
Helen Archer: Louiza Patikas
Jill Archer: Patricia Greene
Jolene Archer: Buffy Davis
Josh Archer: Angus Imrie
Kenton Archer: Richard Attlee
Pip Archer: Daisy Badger
Ruth Archer: Felicity Finch
Tony Archer: David Troughton
Leonard Berry: Paul Copley
Lee Bryce: Ryan Early
Beth Casey: Rebecca Fuller
Eddie Grundy: Trevor Harrison
Clarrie Grundy: Heather Bell
Eddie Grundy: Trevor Harrison
George Grundy: Angus Stobie
Toby Fairbrother: Rhys Bevan
Chelsea Horrobin: Madeleine Leslay
Tracy Horrobin: Susie Riddell
Joy Horville: Jackie Lye
Kirsty Miller: Annabelle Dowler

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 2nd – 7th October 2022
The Grundys look forward to the arrival of the turkeys, but George's money-making scheme may have come undone, along with Eddie's tall tales at the Bull. Tracy is at her wits' end worrying about daughter Chelsea, who has some serious decisions to make. Helen and Lee have a noise problem, but their lovely neighbour Joy doesn't seem too bothered, until new plans cause a headache for all.
It's Jill's big birthday, with Leonard all set to take a family photo, until someone goes missing. Kirsty is caught in the middle of endless conversations about soil quality, and disputes over the findings. Is this the start of the famous Ambridge Soil Wars?

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine Archers Update 2nd – 7th October 2022
All this talk of burying underpants to assess the state of Ambridge's soil has been rather distasteful, and it's been heartening to see how few have been prepared to stay in The Bull when the nasty subject comes up. It will be difficult to avoid the somewhat sordid business this week, though, as up and down the village they talk of little else but soil quality.
There will, thank goodness, be occasional distractions from the subject as Jill celebrates her 92nd birthday and this year's crop of doomed turkeys are delivered into the hands of the Grundys.
Meanwhile, Chelsea has to grapple with a difficult, daunting decision that will have a profound effect on the rest of her life.

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Two minor niggles: there are already turkeys at Grange Farm, because Eddie was feeing them there; the new fifteen might be what they mean.
92 is not a "big" birthday exactly, because those are the ones ending in 0.

When has Chelsea not been not-really-grappling with that decision, for goodness sake? I know it's only been thirty days really, but it feels like thirty years. And I fear that if it is going to have a profound effect on the rest of her life she is going to keep the child and give up on having a career, just like Emma before her, which will leave her an embittered horror in the same sort of way.

3 Oct A very happy 92nd birthday

No doubt with Princess Bore currying favour again.

Thanks Asking.
Hope the Gasp0Parents are ok.

Thanks, Asking! Surely Chelsea must come to a decision this week. I don't see that she has to give up her hairdressing ambitions, though, if she does go ahead and have the baby. She could go on with the course as long as possible and take a break for a little while when the baby's tiny and she's recovering from the birth. Then start a mobile hairdressing business if working in a salon doesn't fit with childcare. She's much better placed than Emma was, because IIRC Emma had no qualifications at all, other than a basic food hygiene certificate. Also, Emma was married to a man in a reasonably good job with a tied cottage, so had little incentive to work when George was small.

@ILoveShula, the Gasp0Parents are not doing too badly, many thanks for your kind thoughts.

My hairdresser has a salon but works part time. She has her baby with her in a pram with a jiggly thing to soothe her. I've just had a quick search for a pram jiggler with no success but someone on here might know what they're called.