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

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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!

Plenty of opportunity around Brookfield . . .

Where will Fallon and Harrison go on holiday? Isn't Split meant to be nice?
Not many from Ambridge seem to go on holiday but many are self-employed.

Perhaps the Am is far wider than any of us realised as well as tidal, and there's a causeway similar to the one to Lindisfarne or the one in Secret Water (Arthur Ransome), only passable at low tide. Would make as much sense as much of the SWs' geography!

You've got it @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g . We have the same picture, although the brook where the ford is isn't tidal. It is pretty wide, or wide enough and deep enough to give a grown man panic attacks. I was think Hilbre or St Michael's Mount but not dissimilar.

The Am isn't only tidal but it can also change the direction of its source.
It is indeed a magic river ruled by the Ambridge Amriver fairy. Maybe the Grundys could monetise the magical powers.

I want Rochelle to remain a mystery. I have a fear that she might be Jason.

Excellent holiday arranging, @WhoppingBigBackside!

What’s Tom going to be mithering about tonight - remembering the accident with Mike?

And there doesn’t appear to be anyone new in the cast to surprise Joy this week - but maybe @WhoppingBigBackside will be right next week?

Couldn't think of anywhere else that sounded like a good idea for them, unless there's a Runforthem Hills somewhere.

Oh. Maybe it will cause SausageBore to remember he wasn't the driver and that he said he was because Hellin was over the limit. Maybe he'll say it to George and prick his conscience or to Fallon or anyone who might turn it round and think 'Hang on, Alice was incapacitated. Was she set up?'

Joy is the key. (sounds like a piece of advice)

So Rochelle will turn up and say ‘I just so happened to be stalking my mum that night and saw everything’

29.5 Ben struggles to say no, and Jolene makes an interesting discovery.

to do with the crash?

Shame they didn't have balut. (if you don't know what it is, don't look it up)
Comparing an early miscarriage to what was almost a stillbirth is insulting.

** sorry if I got the terms wrong, not intentional.

I am sick of Harrison's whining.

WhoppingBigBackside
Comparing an early miscarriage to what was almost a stillbirth is insulting.

Yes, it definitely is. And crass, too.

If that imbecilic doctor had not opened his big yap in front of Harrison, Harrison would not have known Fallon was not simply having a heavy period, and if he hadn't told Fallon she was pregnant she wouldn't have known either.

Okay I missed tonight but is Harrison’s "do whatever you need to" from Fallon going to be hunting Alice down???

@AskingQuestionsAllTheTime , yes, crass.
The doctor would not have revealed the information, yet we have to listen to this dross, which is deleted expletives insulting.
I'm tempted to complain to the BBC.
I'm

NC but have previously posted on these threads, I tend to stack a few omnibuses up and then binge listen.

Anyway... in my experience doctors ARE more discreet. A few years ago I visited A&E with extreme abdominal pain (which later transpired to be gallstones). My dad was the person who had taken me.... blood and urine tests were done and in front of my dad the a &e doctor said it isn't x, y or z, but we haven't ruled out A,B or C, but he did pass me a piece of paper discreetly which simply said 'you are not pregnant'. So there are clearly procedures for dealing with these things delicately.

There are gazillions of reasons why test results should only be given in private to the person affected. There really should be a protocol that even if the recipient says they don't care that it should still be private.

If a test shows anything of concern, it should always be the patient's decision, once they know , to share or not share, that information.

Ali-stare is going to morph into Alis-dare and turn to gambling.

Spoiler time of week again!

Fri 24/5 Fallon reaches the end of her tether, and there’s a shock for Joy.

Writer: Liz John
Director: Jeremy Howe
Ben Archer…. Ben Norris
David Archer…. Timothy Bentinck
Tom Archer…. William Troughton
Pat Archer…. Patricia Gallimore
Harrison Burns…. James Cartwright
Neil Carter…. Brian Hewlett
Vince Casey…. Tony Turner
Mick Fadmoor…. Martin Barrass
George Grundy…. Angus Stobie
Joy Horville…. Jackie Lye
Alistair Lloyd…. Michael Lumsden
Jazzer McCreary…. Ryan Kelly
Kirsty Miller…. Annabelle Dowler
Elizabeth Pargetter…. Alison Dowling
Freddie Pargetter…. Toby Laurence
Lily Pargetter…. Katie Redford
Fallon Rogers…. Joanna Van Kampen
Inspector Norris…. Bharti Patel

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 19-24 May:

As the fallout from the crash continues, tempers flare and hearts break. At Brookfield, barn dance preparations are hampered by a farming emergency, events prove triggering for one Grey Gables resident and Ben has a brainwave. Controversial decisions are made at the cricket, Kirsty finds herself in trouble and Tom makes an admission.

[That GG resident thing has been puzzling me, but it's a mistake, isn't it? They meant Ambridge resident, i.e. Alistair in the ford. Ben's brainwave was making him a cup of tea and driving him back to his car so he didn't have to tackle the ford again.]

26.5 Harrison has some making up to do, and Chelsea learns a few new tricks.
27.5 There’s a crisis at Casey Meats, and Lilian treads carefully.
28.5 Jakob has bad news to impart, and Lynda launches her latest scheme.
29.5 Ben struggles to say no, and Jolene makes an interesting discovery.
30.5 Freddie hatches a plan, and Oliver has concerns.
31.5 Vince issues a warning, and a new era dawns for Tracy.

Radio Times Ambridge Diary 26-31 May:

Since that fateful car crash, George has been a haunted man. Now the weight of his actions is becoming unbearable - but Chelsea is determined to get him back to his old self. Meanwhile, a devastated Harrison eats humble pie, Freddie gets out of his depth trying to solve a mystery at the abattoir, and Jakob imparts worrying news to Lilian at the stables. Lynda embarks on a project to mark a historical occasion and the T20 cricket battle of the sexes takes place.

Writer: Sarah Hehir
Ben Archer… Ben Norris
Jolene Archer…. Buffy Davies
Pat Archer…. Patricia Gallimore
Harrison Burns…. James Cartwright
Lilian Bellamy… Sunny Ormonde
Vince Casey…. Tony Turner
George Grundy…. Angus Stobie
Jakob Hakansson…. Paul Venables
Chelsea Horrobin…. Madeleine Leslay
Tracy Horrobin…. Susie Riddell
Freddie Pargetter…. Toby Laurence
Fallon Rogers…. Joanna Van Kampen
Lynda Snell… Carole Boyd
Robert Snell…. Michael Bertenshaw
Oliver Sterling…. Michael Cochrane
Jason Burntwood [who he?]…. Ian Conningham

2.6 The penny drops for Lynda, and Freddie faces a dilemma.
3.6 Fallon springs a surprise, and Vince is on the warpath.
4.6 Joy attempts to make amends, and there’s trouble brewing for Lilian.
5.6 Freddie has a dangerous idea, and George is feeling the pressure.
6.5 Harrison comes to a realisation, and it’s a big day for Ben.
7.5 An intense and gripping week of events unfolds in Ambridge. Listen to all the drama here. [Placeholder text, in other words. Hmm.]

Still no cast list for this last week yet! No writer's name either.

09.6 Alan has a suggestion, and one of the Grundys attracts an admirer.
10.6 There’s a shock for Paul, and Lilian fears the worst.
11.6 Emma has some surprising news, and Josh has concerns for a friend.
12.6 Plans take shape for Harrison, and Stella is in panic mode.
13.6 Debate rages at Grange Farm, and Lily treads carefully.
14.6 Fallon throws caution to the wind, while Harrison struggles to let go.

Writer: Nick Warburton
Director: Julie Beckett
Editor: Jeremy Howe
Josh Archer…. Angus Imrie
Pip Archer…. Daisy Badger
Lilian Bellamy…. Sunny Ormonde
Harrison Burns…. James Cartwright
Alan Franks…. John Telfer
Ed Grundy….. Barry Farrimond
Emma Grundy…. Emerald O’Hanrahan
George Grundy…. Angus Stobie
Will Grundy…. Philip Malloy
Paul Mack…. Joshua Riley
Kirsty Miller…. Annabelle Dowler
Lily Pargetter…. Katie Redford
Stella Pryor…. Lucy Speed
Fallon Rogers…. Joanna Van Kampen
Oliver Stirling…. Michael Cochrane

Interesting stuff

does Freddie find horse meat at the abattoir?

or find out all the workers are there illegally after the end of the visa scheme?

far too much Harrison in the coming weeks

Lilian fears the worst - Justin is going to live forever?

If I were Fallon, I might think this was a good time to visit my stepsister Meriel, wherever she may be. New Zealand?

I'm hoping that Fallon tells Harrison that the baby wasn't ever going to happen.
Harrison's making up will be to Pat not Fallon.

We've not heard from Lynda for a while. I hope New Robert has found some incriminating CCTV footage of George on the night of Bridgeadoom .

@Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g was Ben’s brainwave not when he suggested Joy could do the calling at the barn dance?

Ben said it was Lily who thought of that.

I think it was about reviving Jasper Carrot’s career…

Perhaps it’s like the lands at the top of the Faraway Tree, and it’s a different river each week?

Today a babbling brook, tomorrow a raging ocean you could float the QE2 on.

No Rochelle in the future cast lists. Unknown male character. Hmm. I won't be best pleased if the speculation on the main thread turns out to be right and there is a trans identity involved in the Joy/Rochelle story. Surely not. Far too difficult to do convincingly on radio. The voices are a total giveaway.

It could be one of those occasions where they conceal a name from us …

On the other hand, she won’t need a voice if she’s no longer alive.