The Archers spoilers thread #8: 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. Last spoilers thread here: www.mumsnet.com/talk/radio_addicts/4197199--The-Archers-spoilers-thread-7-Cant-wait-for-7-02pm-Join-us-here

Current main Archers thread here: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/radio_addicts/4887688-archers-thread-153-total-absolute-rubbish-but-we-keep-on-listening-hoping-for-better-things-its-the-hope-that-kills-you-discuss-the-archers-here?latest=1 The main thread tends to last a few weeks. The spoiler thread runs for around a year, but I strongly suspect it gets read about as much as the main thread.

There may have been no more than a drunken kiss in terms of physical contact, but on the Relationships board here the dalliance with Charlie would have been labelled as an emotional affair, I feel. Ian has never been unfaithful to Adam as far as we know. He has other failings, but not that one, which for most of us would be a major issue in a marriage, given the breach of trust and the dishonesty involved.

What Ian has done is threaten to move out and leave Adam every time he is displeased with him about something (including about having been hit in the face in public by a homophobe: so supportive of Ian!), and also on one occasion threatened to move out in order to go and live with somebody else. I tend to regard those occasions as being quite as destructive and unpleasant as anything Adam has done.

Who was Ian threatening to move in with?

Madds.

"Adam and Ian are haunted by the past when Xander lands a role in the Christmas show."

I'm also perplexed about this. Would love it if Charlie turns out to be a school dad, maybe he's got a little girl now playing Mary to Xander's Joseph?

Doubt it's anything that interesting though.

Maybe Lexi has come back

Well, technically the Baybee Jesus was conceived through surrogacy.

Ah it's more hand wringing.

I like the veil falling from Lilian's eyes though....

The new set-up of the board means that the "threads I'm watching" bit fills up with umpteen notifications on all the threads I've had anything to do with, plus any occasion anyone has quoted me or said thanks for something, rather than having just the most recent thing for each thread on it. Makes finding anything nobody has posted to for two or three days a complete pain. The "improvement" to the board really did make it a whole lot less easy to use.... (mutter mutter mutter snarl) (and when thanks are there, clicking doesn't take me to the post that was thanked for, it takes me to a random post early in the thread, usually on P6... more snarling noises)

BBC One-Liners
17 Dec Chris finds his confidence knocked, and David puts his foot in it.
18 Dec Alan faces a last-minute hitch, and Emma finds herself in a precarious position.
19 Dec Life gets awkward for Alice, and George makes the most of a situation.
20 Dec Susan offers some encouragement, and Jill’s hackles are raised.
21 Dec There are surprises galore at the comedy night, and Stella refuses to back down.
22 Dec Chris makes a surprising decision, and there’s a bump in the road for Freddie.

Credits
Sun 17/12/2023, Mon 18/12/2023, Tue 19/12/2023, Wed 20/12/2023, Thu 21/12/2023, Fri 22/12/2023
Writer: Nick Warburton
Director: Kim Greengrass
David Archer: Timothy Bentinck
Jill Archer: Patricia Greene
Pip Archer: Daisy Badger
Alice Carter: Hollie Chapman
Chris Carter: Wilf Scolding
Susan Carter: Charlotte Martin
Harry Chilcott: Jack Ashton
Alan Franks: John Telfer
Usha Franks: Souad Faress
Emma Grundy: Emerald O’Hanrahan
George Grundy: Angus Stobie
Jakob Hakansson: Paul Venables
Freddie Pargetter: Toby Laurence
Stella Pryor: Lucy Speed
Lynda Snell MBE: Carole Boyd
Syksey: Jasper Carrott

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 17th – 22nd December 2023
As the comedy evening at the church faces problems, Sykesy steps in with a solution. Will his near-the-knuckle material just add another problem?
Christmas lunch at Brookfield hits a snag when David puts his foot in it and Stella clashes with one of the family.
Emma suffers embarrassment on a students' night out, and Alice risks telling Chris about her new situation.
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No Daily Mail again this week.

It looks as if the one of the family Stella clashes with is Jill, from that "Jill’s hackles are raised" and " Stella refuses to back down", so it's probably something completely different.

I might not bother to listen on 21st until I read some synopsis for it, because I can do without unfunny comedy, and I'd bet that it will be.

Thanks @AskingQuestionsAllTheTime
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Daily Mail....
Grumpy old Sykesy is the star attraction at the church charity comedy night with his near the knuckle "Gagriculture" routine.
Will it help vicar Alan lure back his congregation or will it be too close to the bone?

Goodness me, a comedian starring in the TA Christmas comedy show! That’s even more of a surprise than Ellie winning Strictly.

Thanks @Wilma55!

Thanks, Wilma! Saved me some scratching around there.

And thank you to Bore as well. I'll go and see what I can do it the way of calming it down a bit; this morning I had 11 notifications for 5 threads, which is simply silly.

Thanks for the one-liners Asking.

I'm looking forward to Gagriculture as long as Eddie doesn't get any airtime.

Maybe they are gearing Emmur up to being the next Kay Mellor

WhoppingBigBackside
I'm looking forward to Gagriculture as long as Eddie doesn't get any airtime.

You're safe: he isn't in the cast.

On Thursday I plan to have something to be doing whilst TA is on so that I don't need to give it all that much attention: it's going to be filler.

Yay! but Pip is [boo!]

Top of the year tomorrow then the days will be getting longer. 😃
Gagriculture tomorrow. 😃

Oh dear today is our longest day. Hope the summer weather stays around until the shortest day.

Lucky you, @FiveShelties! Rather wintry here. No snow, but windy and overcast. A dull time of year.

Incidentally, my husband tells me it's not the shortest day until tomorrow. Apparently it's not always 21st December. Confusing. I feel things should be better arranged, but when I said this for some reason he rolled his eyes, a not uncommon occurrence chez Gasp.

I think it depends on the exact time of the winter solstice which, this year, is at 0328 GMT on Friday 22nd. So if I have understood it correctly (HUGE caveat there!) presumably "the shortest day" will still be today in, say, the USA, where at that time tomorrow it will still be today?

Typical. I'm pedantic at the best of times, but when I've only done a quick internet search I get it wrong.
Good thing is, I now get to look forward to tomorrow.

There was once a fairly long peevish correspondence in the Bristol Evening Post about how inconvenient it was when the swing bridge at the Cumberland Basin was swung during the rush-hour to let boats through into the floating harbour, and couldn't They (unspecified, because nobody seemed to know who was responsible for letting through the boats) arrange to swing it earlier or later to avoid the horrible traffic-jams. It went on until someone crossly pointed out how inconvenient it was of God to have high tide happening at the same time as the rush-hour sometimes.

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g it was around 30C yesterday and I will never ever get used to Christmas with sun. You can take the girl out of Lancashire but never Lancashire out of the girl, Christmas should be cold and dark from around 4pm!😁

After today the days will get longer. I enjoyed Gagriculture.
As for Christmas, Bah humbug!