The Archers spoilers thread #8: Can't wait for 7.02pm? Join us here!

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Oh it's just occurred to me - Harry will end up in hospital (and worse?) - that's the point of all the GP scenes.

And it's his mother who faces devastation. It'll all come out about Alice's involvement.

The 🔮 predicted cirrhosis/liver failure some weeks ago.
Possibly including an appearance by the Ambridge Liver Transplant Fairy.

OMG, awful thought - don't let them kill off someone so they can do an organ donation s/l!

Bore will know, but surely liver transplants can only come from a dead donor? So there's no question of Alice saying 'Take mine, Harry, it's in marginally better nick than yours', I hope.

A very small number of liver transplants are from living donors, who remain living (with luck) because they don't take the whole liver. I think that's mostly done by parents donating to small children, though.

Perhaps someone will drop a chainsaw on George and 'Arry can have his liver, for a "small" donation to the Grundy family?

No, @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g , living donor donation is possible
https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/become-a-living-donor/donating-part-of-your-liver/what-is-living-liver-donation/
It's just the sort of thing Alice would decide to do

Likelihood of Harry being a match and being high enough up the list are nil!

oh wait, this is nonsenseland so no doubt it will happen

Surely Alice’s liver wouldn’t be ideal

maybe she’ll give him Martha’s

Spoiler alert!

After Ed's ludicrous realisation this evening, are we being prepared for disaster? As long as no livers are damaged, this might give 'Arry a double chance of a transplant ... or even more if they manage to take out a few of the inevitable spectators who have caused the whole disaster by shouting unwanted advice.

Judging by the stunning recovery made by Lynda (who appears to be running the B&B single-handed/with minimal assistance from Robert), any "shocking" injury is likely to be forgotten within 4-6 months.

I can't believe that Eddie and Joe didn't have a chainsaw for cutting firewood. Or Will as a gamekeeper, for that matter.

Mmm … Lynda did suffer for a long time and continues to struggle, both physically and mentally, as a result of her GG injuries and trauma. They did that reasonably well.

Ben of course had the entire resources of the midlands health services concentrated on his wellbeing day and night, and ready and waiting to tend to his family at no notice and with no expense spared - so it’s not surprising he recovered within days …

Ed had a chainsaw but there are different types.

Here are some updated spoilers

21.4 Cricket captain chats up Ali-stare. Denise turns up.
22.4 Alissss shags Harry. Helen & Henry talk about Rob.
23.4 Adam yawns in the polytunnel.
24.4 Ruth admires Pip's adeptness in the milking parlour.
25.4 Fat Rosie and Zarnder are deemed gifted children.
26.4 Kristiffur shoes a horse at The Stables. Marthyr told him about Uncle Harry reading her a bedtime story. Kris decides Alissss is an unfit mother.

28.4 Ed tells Em he has become scared of heights and won't be doing tree surgery
29.4 Susan scowls in the dairy and sours the milk. Clarrie's tears drip into the yoghurt ruining the batch.
30.4 One of the llamas is ill and Lynda calls the vet. Lynda remarks that the cricket captain would make a nice girlfriend for Ali-stare.
1.5 Denise is furious with Ali-stare and leaves the practice
2.5 Azra buys a book of stamps in the shop. Jim's mole has miraculously vanished
3.5 George disturbs a bird's nest when practising his chainsaw technique infuriating Mere.

4.5 Jolene pulls a pint of Shires for David. He says the rain will mean a bumper silage crop.
5.5 Jakob gets kidnapped by Markie.
6.5 Harry drink drives and crashes the car, Alisss is shaken but unhurt.
7.5 Harry is in a coma. Alisss cries non-stop for the last 10 minutes of TA.
8.5 The Master of the Hounds shoots a poacher
9.5 Jill takes a flask of tea and a flapjack to Ben who is revising.

Well! I won’t need to listen now …

Excellent effort, @WhoppingBigBackside!

Those spoliers sound more plausible.

On the subject of moles (the subterranean furry ones, though seemingly popular with somebody's cat on X), have they ever featured in any Ambridge gardens? I have a feeling that Joe's ferrets might have been involved.

I made some of them up, but I can't wait for tonight's episode. It will be vastly better than the previous two episodes.

@Madcats , Asking will know.
I might need to rewrite the spoilers to incorporate moles

As far as I remember moles have never featured in TA. They should have done, though.

Oh, no, hang on: there was a nasty occasion on which moles invaded the cricket square from the Country Park, and Sid called on Mike Tucker to eradicate them. Only it wasn't moles at all: it was a practical joke played by "Mr Mole", who was subsequently unmasked and found to be Kenton.

Maybe we could have the other type of moles too. Would a mexican sauce be one?

Wayne could pop some Mexican dishes on the menu at The Bull!

(Is he still in the kitchen, diligently baking bread?)

It's very clear that Whopping needs to be hired by TA scriptwriters as soon as possible.

So who’s going to be Azra’s new friend - Helen, or Fallon?

Denise isn’t quite properly part of the village, yet.

And Lillian or Joy seem unlikely, though not impossible, and they’d both encourage her to get involved in village life.

… I’m assuming they mean female friend, avoiding the narrative complications of a new male friend given her husband is on another continent? The candidates would be Harrison, Ed, Alistair (and he’s … busy). Could be Henry, of course!

It would be good if it was Joy as I think that would pull those characters in more

How old are azra and Joy supposed to be

Azra is young enough to have school age children but is much older than her brother.
Joy is old enough to be a grandmother.

Well I guess grandmothers can be in their 40s as can be mothers of teens

Azra: Yasmin Wilde - playing age 44 -55

https://app.spotlight.com/9814-6754-3302

Joy:

Jackie Lye - full TA entry.

She’s 64, apparently.

So actually less distance between them than I’d imagined.