Archers thread #148: Unseasonably, it's panto time in Ambridge. He's behind you, Pat! BANG. Discuss the Archers here.

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Thank you, @PseudoBadger, for kicking off this long, long series of Archers threads.

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Will Rob return, or are they playing with us? Will Pat run amok with her shotgun and wipe out half the village? (We can but hope ...) Will Oliver come to his senses and turf the Grundy clan out of Grange Farm? So many questions, so much time.

Over to you!

Thank you. Checking in. This is now my only Archers outlet after the BBC removed the discussion forum from FB.

You know, I was going to say I couldn’t manage another Grundy eviction - but perhaps it would be good for them? The ‘mythical return to their homeland’ story is a bit stale and stagnant now - and I doubt there’s a single listener who believes Oliver would still be lodging in his own house.

Thanks, @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g ! ⭐️

Hello! Checking in

re: Asking's comment "it seems to be only Grundys who hypnotise him into not spotting scams."

I'm actually pretty sure George looks like this:

Love the 'trust in meeee' picture @WitcheryDivine

If Rob comes back I may need to stop listening, it was too stressful last time.

Thanks for the new thread!

Thanks for the new thread, Gaspode. I have nothing to add to the conversation for now, other than I too hope Rob doesn't make an appearance. Let Pat get her gun out, let there be a Bridge Farm huge argument, but don't let Rob back into Ambridge!

Thanks Gasp0de
I shall be very disappointed if someone doesn't get shot before this thread runs its course.

Wish list:

Den

George

Russ

(Not sure I believe Rob will be back in human form. Prefer the fear of him as a catalyst for chaos!)

Or a near miss at least

Let Pat get her gun out, let there be a Bridge Farm huge argument...

...and let David Archer marvellously flip his lid again, leading massed ranks of anti-Rob villagers atop his murderous forklift.

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g thanks for the new thread. Excellent title!

If it’s George, Ed n Emma can buy a nice little place of their own with their share of the compensation …

I wish Will could get a job far away. Then he could let Eddie and Clarrie move into No 1 The Green.

I'm not sure how I feel re the Rob and Helen storyline resurrection... on the one hand, it's true to life... on the other hand, it doesn't really feel like an 'Archers' storyline and I just don't like it!

My wishlist is George, Helen, Pat (in a mysterious backfiring accident).

Thanks for the new thread. I’m a listen when I go to bed person so so will catch up later.

Dog tricks in the radio. Kill me now.

"You just missed him" surely wins the scriptwriters' prize?

So presumably, if no one in Ambridge had his contact details, Paddy Redmond had not been informed of Jenny’s death?

We’ve had Silent Cinema on TA - dog tricks are nothing!

Ooh thanks for the new thread.

I do agree the whole Rob business is not the sort of thing I pop to Ambridge for.

Two weeks ago?!? Ridiculous- last year, may be - but a fortnight ago is just a bit farcical.

The tricks were excellent, and much better now that I'm not trying to work out which one of Beth and Bess is the dog and which the human.

I expect that he read of Jenny-Darling's death on the Borsetshire Echo's website, which he has been eagerly reading for 20 years, and lost the will to go on.

🤣 Agreed!