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This week is a bit better than last week, but the Brad/Adil/Lily stuff is very odd. Coming up to the anniversary of Jennifer's death (22nd January last year). We need a new matriarch - could that be Natasha? I find her quite an interesting character. Sometimes she's awful and then she has moments as last night where she utterly redeems herself.

Over to you!

Like everyone, I'm unsure whether Harry's weird speech patterns are bad acting or bad writing, but did anyone else get the impression yesterday that he recognised the name Shula in a horsey context and wasn't keen to meet her?

I can just barely imagine a horsey set with lots of Harrys not being able to pick one out, but Shula is a unique name and she was MFH for at least a year, as well as running the stables, so he probably knows her.

That's a thought. She might even know him.

He did question the name. I assumed it was because it is an unusual one but you could well be right.

The weird speech patterns are even odder having listened to the first few minutes of the podcast linked by Totters above. He speaks perfectly normally there. I can't believe an experienced actor would lose the ability to speak normally just because he's been asked to use a much posher accent than his natural one.

New thread, in case you fill this up overnight:

@Sidebeforeself , why is she awful?

Oops, that should have been @CaptainMyCaptain , and there's a new thread.

I just don't like her from interviews and articles I've seen. She seems very much like her character in CTM to me including the voice.

I haven't seen her in anything so can't say but from a quick search she seems to be good at getting married to co-stars. She and 'Harry' have 2 DD called Wren and Lark! Seren and Nova might not seem so bad after all

And how did he react when you pointed it out? Was he even aware he was doing it?
My brother is a code-switcher extraordinaire, as he spent a lot of his working life either on site or in management offices and is adept at blending in to both groups. It’s more than just sprinkling in “pal” (Scottish equivalent of “mate”) though.