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

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 18/09/2022 23:31

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.

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Gonners · 06/02/2023 15:10

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 06/02/2023 14:33

Many thanks, Asking! I'm puzzled by this bad news Adam has to break to Xander. Surely he's already been told about his grandmother?

Xander's what - 3 and a bit? Yes, even if they haven't told him you'd think he would at least have overheard something by now.

WhoppingBigBackside · 06/02/2023 15:10

He's been too wrapped up in his PhD to absorb the news properly, @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g .

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 06/02/2023 19:37
Grin
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WhoppingBigBackside · 06/02/2023 19:45

When Helen and Pip find out, they'll be distraught that their offspring aren't gifted. Grin

Gonners · 06/02/2023 20:31

WhoppingBigBackside · 06/02/2023 19:45

When Helen and Pip find out, they'll be distraught that their offspring aren't gifted. Grin

Arf! So cruel! Helen's children are clearly gifted mime artistes, and Rosie's impersonation of Mr Blobby is second to none.

ILoveShula · 10/02/2023 13:08

I don't think we've heard the last from Julieanne, but I think that Ruairi will hook up with Paul, and turn down Julieanne's offer of further work, which will infuriate her.

Will Sippho (sp?) and Noluthando come over from South Africa? Will Phoeble and Debbie come back for the funeral?

Half-term next week, I think, and Mabel and Evie will be at their father's, or more likely will be farmed out to Pat and Tony.

Also Valentine's Night at The Bull. Will there be romance in the air?

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 11/02/2023 14:30

Another week, another set of spoilers:

BBC One Liners
12 Feb Brian is in no mood to make decisions, and will some neighbourly do-gooding backfire?
13 Feb Things are looking up for David and Ruth, and Justin’s ears are pricked up.
14 Feb Freddie is setting the stage for Valentine’s, and Ruairi is making a pact.
15 Feb Where there’s a Will, there’s a way to talk. And there’s speculation about last night.
16 Feb Alice is trying to keep all the plates spinning, and can Brian swallow his pride?
17 Feb Noluthando takes a trip down memory lane, and Alice gets some tough love.

Credits
Sun 12/2/2023, Mon 13/2/2023, Tue 14/2/2023, Wed 15/2/2023, Thu 16/2/2023, Fri 17/2/2023
Writer, Sarah Hehir
Director, Jenny Stephens
Editor, Jeremy Howe
Brian Aldridge: Charles Collingwood
David Archer: Timothy Bentinck
Ruth Archer: Felicity Finch
Alice Carter: Hollie Chapman
Ruairi Donovan: Arthur Hughes
Justin Elliott: Simon Williams
Will Grundy: Philip Molloy
Jakob Hakansson: Paul Venables
Paul Mack: Joshua Riley
Kate Madikane: Perdita Avery
Noluthando Madikane: Mogali Masuku
Kirsty Miller: Annabelle Dowler
Freddie Pargetter: Toby Laurence
Roy Tucker: Ian Pepperell
Julianne Wright: Lisa Bowerman
Lisa: Katherine Jakeways

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 12th – 17th February 2023
Brian is struggling to organise Jenny's funeral and wishes everyone would stop fussing over him, but Roy & Kirsty can't help themselves.
In these challenging days, Brian could be about to make a rash decision, Ruairi tests Alice's patience after his recent social embarrassment, but she won't give up on him, unlike Julianne, who seems less than impressed.
David & Ruth put everything aside for Valentine's Day – until a letter arrives about the land for sale, and David can't help but be distracted.
Freddie helps out an old friend who's unlucky in love. It seems Freddie may have just the answer.....

Daily Mail Weekend Magazine Archers Update 12th – 17th February 2023
Brian broods – as well he might – over his cavalier attitude to Jenny.
Marriage was, for her, often a pillow full of tears; gallantly, she’d dry her eyes and soldier on, making the best of things.
Now, racked by guilt and grief, the ageing widower can’t bring himself to organise her funeral and scuttles away at the sight of any Ambridgers offering him a shoulder to cry on.
The only person Brian really wants to deal with is Ruairi, who – as we all know – But Brian doesn’t – has his reasons for being evasive.
As the family wade through a somewhat polluted lake of bitter tears,
other villagers doll themselves up ahead of Valentine’s Day,
while Freddie cues up tracks and gets ready to play Cupid at The Bull.

+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

So more misery, with added woman who met Jennifer about three times in her life and is miserable about something else as well as a death in the family.

BoreOfWhabylon · 11/02/2023 14:43

Thanks Asking.
So, more Julianne and Noluthando also puts in an appearance (in person or via the Interwebz?)
And who is Lisa? I can't remember if we've encountered her before.

Gonners · 11/02/2023 15:47

@BoreOfWhabylon And who is Lisa? I can't remember if we've encountered her before

Played by Katherine Jakeways, so I'm hoping (almost certainly in vain) that it's a comedy part. We could do with a bit of light relief.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 11/02/2023 16:18

Thanks, Asking! The funeral isn't for a while yet, is it? End of the month?

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AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 11/02/2023 17:28

Lisa (played by Katherine Jakeways) was Alice's 'detox buddy' and only appeared on the telephone, back in 2021.

We were told on 31st January that the funeral was to be "a month away".

BoreOfWhabylon · 11/02/2023 17:47

Oh yes, I remember now. Thanks Asking

ILoveShula · 11/02/2023 18:31

Thanks Asking

#8So more misery, with added woman who met Jennifer about three times in her life and is miserable about something else as well as a death in the family.*
Who is the added woman?

ILoveShula · 11/02/2023 18:31

Thank DCat for messing up my post.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 11/02/2023 19:39

ILoveShula · 11/02/2023 18:31

Thanks Asking

#8So more misery, with added woman who met Jennifer about three times in her life and is miserable about something else as well as a death in the family.*
Who is the added woman?

ILoveShula
Who is the added woman?

Noluthando. who is miserable because her boyfriend chucked her.

ILoveShula · 11/02/2023 20:13

Thanks Asking, I thought Noluthando had been over a few times but it's probably only 3 times.

DCat has been given a box to play with. Predictably, she jumped into it. I think she might be Hildarogden's twin.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 11/02/2023 20:58

ILoveShula
Thanks Asking, I thought Noluthando had been over a few times but it's probably only 3 times.

I was including the times Jennifer went to RSA, and not including the time Noluthando was born because one can't really say that she met or knew Jennifer because of that.

Noluthando has visited Ambridge in 2017-18. So far as I know, that's it.

Sipho came over in 2010 with his mother, but Noluthando was left with her father's family in RSA on that occasion, just as Sipho was not included in the Lovely Birthday Surprise For Kate in 2017.

ILoveShula · 12/02/2023 15:16

I think Nolly is visiting to bring a diverse character into the village, or I may be being cynical.

I was decluttering some old bits of paper and found an old Waitrose magazine from 2020, and there was an article about this splendid young man in it.
award
Ryan Bogues

What an inspirational, and what an achievement!

They could have done something like that as a SL for Bethany.

ILoveShula · 12/02/2023 15:17

inspiration not inspirational.

TottersBlankly · 12/02/2023 15:26

I imagine the SWs were patting themselves on the back when they had Kate get together with Lucas. So far I haven’t had too many reasons to cringe over the portrayal of her SA family (only over Kate’s own customary behaviour). I’d be disappointed if Noluthando was re-invented as anything other than her own individual self.

ILoveShula · 12/02/2023 16:10

Me neither, but I don't know any mixed-race south africans IRL. I know some white south africans.
There's a Spitting Image song that springs to mind. Sorry.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 17/02/2023 09:36

Right, the BBC has finally put up the teasers for two weeks hence, so here they are. This may save Asking a job for tomorrow, as I'll do both weeks available at present. Looks like the funeral is Friday 3rd March. No Debbie in the cast list, and as I see that even Adam is not in the cast list, and neither are Ian or Phoebe, and understandably, neither are Peggy, Christine or Jill - my hope is running out.

I see Jasper Carrott is following in his daughter's footsteps and joining the cast. B&B guest at Brookfield?

Also, surely Chelsea isn't going to volunteer to show visitors round Lower Loxley?

19/02 Stubborn Brian gets a wake-up call, and Helen is concerned about Lee.
20/02 David is doing his research, and Susan has a surprise for Alice.
21/02 Have Helen and Lee come to a decision about the future? Kirsty and Roy have company.
22/02 Adil has some tough love for Roy, and Lynda is about to up the ante.
23/02 Is Brian ready to play host? There’s a real character coming to stay at Brookfield.
24/02 Is it time for Lilian and Tony to bury the hatchet? Ben gets ready to take notes.

Writer, Naylah Ahmed
Director, Gwenda Hughes
Editor, Jeremy Howe
Brian Aldridge ….. Charles Collingwood
Ben Archer ….. Ben Norris
David Archer ….. Timothy Bentinck
Ruth Archer ….. Felicity Finch
Helen Archer ….. Louiza Patikas
Tony Archer ….. David Troughton
Lilian Bellamy ….. Sunny Ormonde
Lee Bryce ….. Ryan Early
Alice Carter ….. Hollie Chapman
Susan Carter ….. Charlotte Martin
Kirsty Miller ….. Annabelle Dowler
Adil Shah ….. Ronny Jhutti
Lynda Snell ….. Carole Boyd
Roy Tucker ….. Ian Pepperell

26/02 Freddie needs to find some new volunteers, and Alan starts to feel the nerves.
27/02 Ben has a baptism of fire, and Kate needs a sounding board.
28/02 Does Chelsea know what she’s volunteering herself for? It’s time to learn a little more about ‘Sykesy’.
01/03 Tony and Lilian have something important to discuss, and Helen tries to cheer up Lee.
02/03 Brian may have the solution, and Chelsea spins a good historical yarn.
03/03 Friends and family pay tribute to Jennifer, and Brian is in a colourful quandary.

Writer, Keri Davies
Director, Peter Leslie Wild
Editor, Jeremy Howe
Brian Aldridge ….. Charles Collingwood
Ben Archer ….. Ben Norris
Josh Archer ….. Angus Imrie
Helen Archer ….. Louiza Patikas
Tony Archer ….. David Troughton
Lilian Bellamy ….. Sunny Ormonde
Lee Bryce ….. Ryan Early
Harrison Burns ….. James Cartwright
Alice Carter ….. Hollie Chapman
Neil Carter ….. Brian Hewlett
Susan Carter ….. Charlotte Martin
Alan Franks ….. John Telfer
Brad Horrobin ….. Taylor Uttley
Chelsea Horrobin ….. Madeleine Leslay
Kate Madikane ….. Perdita Avery
Noluthando Madikane ….. Mogali Masuku
Freddie Pargetter ….. Toby Laurence
Lily Pargetter ….. Katie Redford
Sykesy ….. Jasper Carrott

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 17/02/2023 09:37

Formatting gone mad! I hope it's still legible. Hmm

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TottersBlankly · 17/02/2023 09:52

Fabulous, @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g Grin

So KD gets to write the funeral? Hopeful … Though having Lee 😴and Harrison 😴and random new person in one week might be trying.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 17/02/2023 09:54

I thought that. Huge week for the family and we get a new character in what threatens to be a comic storyline? Hmm

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