The Archers spoilers thread #9: Can't wait for 7.02pm? Join us here!

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Spoilers thread for The Archers. All Archers listeners are welcome here, whether you post on our main Archers thread or not. There's just one rule: please keep all spoiler-related discussion in this thread and do not spill the beans on the main Archers thread.

We usually add the BBC teasers and cast lists for forthcoming episodes as they
become available, plus the Radio Times and Daily Mail previews when possible.
Feel free to add anything else you come across, e.g. cast news, scriptwriter
tweets!

Well, Eddie, how about you and your Dad spending your entire lives working out scams instead of buckling down and doing things properly? And then boasting about them and patting yourselves on the back for your amazing cleverness? And minimising the effect on everyone else?

And you, Clarrieluv, have just sat back and let it all happen, with just the occasional martyred squawk. At which Eddie buys you a box of Milk Tray and thinks everything's OK again. Pah.

This, in absolute spades. I’ve known too many Grundy Grifter types to have any sympathy for them.

I certainly don't have any sympathy for Eddie after today's episode.

I have been trying for years, possibly decades, to point out that Eddie is not a lovable rogue, he is just a seedy scam artist. Not a very good one, either. One who will spend ten quid'orth of time and energy cheating someone out of a quid.

It's a shame Oliver wasn't earwigging on that encounter. Or was he?

And one that, when caught, is the true victim in whatever grift he was running.

Usual full round up of teasers some time over the weekend, but here's next week's Radio Times. Sabotage at the Flower and Produce show! <clutches pearls> Is nothing sacred? O tempora, o mores ...

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 22-27 September
Ambridge matches St Mary Mead for intrigue as a mystery saboteur strikes at the Flower and Produce Show, and Lynda turns Miss Marple to unmask the culprit. Meanwhile, the cricket team's celebrations for winning the league see one resident making an emotional confession. As ever, George is struggling with recent events, and Eddie and Ed battle to help the Grundys to come together through adversity.

For the ultimate spoiler, for some reason Sunday 29th September's episode is on BBC sounds!

Not for me …

No, it's gone! I started listening to it as I thought it was yesterday's then wondered why I had no idea what was going on, then saw the date! I had to stop listening about five or so minutes in to join a meeting now it won't play.

Any spoilers from it @Blarn ?

It might be the first introduction of Zainab who I can see from above is possibly the daughter of Azra. Ben got to use his nursing skills following a meet-cute sting incident. Alice had a big day with Martha planned and I stopped listening just as Chris was taking a call suggesting something had gone wrong. Stupid work meetings!

Gosh! Didn't they put the wrong episode up last week as well? Only one day early that time, and I didn't hear it. There used to be some confusion because TA was broadcast on British Forces Radio or similar, a couple of hours before it went out here, and a woman who heard it that way would sometimes comment on things the rest of us hadn't heard yet. Can't remember if that was on Mustardland or here.

I lurk on this thread and occasionally comment on the other one but have followed the Archers since about 2008, heard occasional episodes before that. Hearing next Sundays episode was like hearing the future!

Ambridge matches St Mary Mead for intrigue as a mystery saboteur strikes at the Flower and Produce Show

I'm guessing the sunflower meets an untimely end...

It’s going to be a squirrel isn’t it

Or maybe Catty develops a taste for pie and wrecks both Joleyne's and Kenton's efforts...

It has to be a cat. There have been too many mentions of kittens for it not to mean something cat-related is about to happen. A catastrophe even.

A cataclysmic catastrophe that categorically catapults the Ambridge caterers, catamite and TA listeners into a catatonic trance?

OMG! Bruiser! That's why the 'Look, squirrels!"

and Eddie and Ed battle to help the Grundys to come together through adversity.

Unless Eddy does a total U-turn on his attitude earlier this week, I can't see any intervention from him being anything other than disastrous.

On the other thread people are assuming that Emma may not be off the hook, but the silence about her on the spoilers suggests that she is. Fingers crossed.

My thoughts exactly, @MsCheeryble!

Spoilers round up. Who is Sharon, three weeks hence? Surely not Johnny's mother?

22nd September - 27th September 2024
22 Sep Eddie may be fighting a losing battle, and there’s sabotage afoot at the Flower and Produce Show.
23 Sep Kenton offers support to a loved one, and Oliver struggles to find the right words.
24 Sep Opportunity knocks for Fallon, and Lynda lines up the suspects.
25 Sep Tony puts his foot down, and George is struggling with recent events.
26 Sep There’s a breakthrough for Jim, while Pat makes a controversial decision.
27 Sep One resident makes an emotional confession, and Ed attempts to hold everything together.

Writer: Tim Stimpson
Director: Pip Swallow
Editor: Jeremy Howe

David Archer…. Timothy Bentinck
Jolene Archer…. Buffy Davies
Kenton Archer…. Richard Attlee
Pat Archer…. Patricia Gallimore
Tony Archer…. David Troughton
Harrison Burns…. James Cartwright
Usha Franks…. Souad Faress
Ed Grundy…. Barry Farrimond
Eddie Grundy…. Trevor Harrison
Emma Grundy…. Emerald O‘Hanrahan
George Grundy…. Angus Stobie
Tracy Horrobin…. Susie Riddell
Alistair Lloyd…. Michael Lumsden
Jim Lloyd…. John Rowe
Jazzer McCreary…. Ryan Kelly
Lynda Snell…. Carole Boyd
Oliver Stirling…. Michael Cochrane

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 22-27 September
Ambridge matches St Mary Mead for intrigue as a mystery saboteur strikes at the Flower and Produce Show, and Lynda turns Miss Marple to unmask the culprit. Meanwhile, the cricket team's celebrations for winning the league see one resident making an emotional confession. As ever, George is struggling with recent events, and Eddie and Ed battle to help the Grundys to come together through adversity.

29th September 2024 - 4th October 2024
29.9 There’s a sting in the tail at Brookfield, while Alice’s problems may not be over.
30.9 Lilian lays down the law, and opportunity knocks for Ben.
1.10 Susan faces a dilemma, and Tracy is on the warpath.
2.10 Azra has a lot to contend with, and suspicions arouse for David.
3.10 There’s a shocking request for Will, while Jill makes a friend.
4.10 George faces the consequences of his actions, and Ed’s plan backfires.

Writer: Keri Davies
Director: Kim Greengrass
Editor: Jeremy Howe

Ben Archer…. Ben Norris
David Archer…. Timothy Bentinck
Jill Archer…. Patricia Greene
Pat Archer…. Patricia Gallimore
Tony Archer…. David Troughton
Lilian Bellamy…. Sunny Ormonde
Alice Carter…. Hollie Chapman
Chris Carter…. Wilf Scolding
Susan Carter…. Charlotte Martin
Ed Grundy…. Barry Farrimond
Emma Grundy…. Emerald O’Hanrahan
George Grundy…. Angus Stobie
Will Grundy…. Philip Molloy
Brad Horrobin…. Taylor Uttley
Tracy Horrobin…. Susie Riddell
Azra Malik…. Yasmin Wilde
Khalil Malik…. Krish Bassi
Zainab Malik…. Priyasasha Kumari

6th October - 11th October 2024
06.10 Lynda fears she may have gone too far, and a new arrival causes a stir.
07.10 Brad attempts to take control, and will Adam help or hinder?
08.10 Azra tries to keep the peace, and Hannah finds herself in a potentially embarrassing situation.
09.10 It’s an emotional day for one family, and a bombshell is dropped for Will.
10.10 It’s judgement day for George, while Fallon relives her nightmare.
11.10 Susan offers some advice, and debate rages at the Bull.

Writer: Naylah Ahmed
Director: Dave Payne
Editor: Jeremy Howe

Jolene Archer…. Buffy Davies
Kenton Archer…. Richard Attlee
Lilian Bellamy…. Sunny Ormonde
Alice Carter…. Hollie Chapman
Susan Carter…. Charlotte Martin
Ed Grundy…. Barry Farrimond
Eddie Grundy…. Trevor Harrison
Emma Grundy…. Emerald O‘Hanrahan
George Grundy…. Angus Stobie
Will Grundy…. Philip Molloy
Brad Horrobin…. Taylor Uttley
Azra Malik…. Yasmin Wilde
Khalil Malik…. Krish Bassi
Zainab Malik…. Priyasasha Kumari
Hannah Riley…. Helen Longworth
Fallon Rogers…. Joanna Van Kampen
Lynda Snell…. Carole Boyd
Ms Bartram…. Julia Winwood
Mr Marney…. Nuhazet Diaz Cano
Judge Hardwick…. David Acton
Sharon…. Amanda Wilkin