Archers thread #185: Some farming would be nice. Discuss The Archers here.

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That was delicious. And I don’t mean the radishes.

I don’t like how breathless Brian sounds every time we hear him ☹️

Could the oddness of the figures be accounted for by tax?

But aren't Tony and Lilian the main beneficiaries?

They won't know the IHT unless the exact amount of estate is known. The IHT wouldn't affect small legacies like this if there is a significant estate - they would be paid in full and the IHT is paid from the residue.

We don't know that. It's very unlikely Peggy's estate was only around £5,000 so someone or something gets the residue.

She might have said "the sum of £5,000 to be shared equally amongst all my grandchildren and grandchildren and a memorial for Wren"

£278.94 doesn't round up to a round figure no matter how many legacies there are.

It seems that Peggy's will is going to be as much of a surprise to her family as Jack's will was to her. Either there's not much left - after care home fees (hers and previously Aunty Cardboard's) and giving away her money to the rewilding project are taken into account or she's left it to an unexpected beneficiary (St Stephen's for an entire chapel of commemorative windows, the Cat's Protection League, Emma or an individual member of the family she deemed was particularly deserving or in need?) To be honest, I think either course of action would be entirely in character - the controlling matriarch tentacles extending beyond the grave.

I’m amazed that the lawyers have everyone’s email addresses. Even Henry’s?

hmmm, @LillianGish , you've sent me back to Bing

I love how we're already over-infested in Peggy's will.

Speaking of wills ...

Glad that Brian hasn't forgotten Will Grundy - the SWs clearly have.

It would be very odd if her to ignore jennys passing in her will. Have we heard that jennys kids are only getting the odd sum

"I leave the sum of £278.94 to each of the following and the residue of my estate to whichever of the above is the first to work out how this amount is significant." My suggestion is that 2+7+8+9+4 = 30, which is the number of days in November (Peggy's birthday month). Either that or there is some hitherto unrevealed significance in the letters BGHID.

Because let's face it, we need something to account for why this happened immediately after the inexplicable escape room outing.

Very unseemly to discuss anything to do with the will prior to burial unless absolutely necessary. I thought that was a generally accepted, unwritten rule…although, in this case, I am obviously loving the speculation!

Isn't that what Kate got?

No Kate’s text to Brian just said she was worried there’s been a mistake. That could mean either way. It could be that she’s got the lion’s share and the rest are left £278! Ha ha ha.

Oh I do hope so!

20 possible beneficiaries

Tony, Johnnie, Helen, Henry, Jack, Tom, Nova, Seren
Lilian, James, Mungo
Adam, Xander, Debbie, Kate, Phoebe, Noli, Sipho, Alice, Martha

If so, poor old Ruairi, excluded again (although this time I imagine he will have expected it). I wonder if Hazel will turn up for the funeral. Some mention of her in passing would be good. Ditto Christine and Carol Tregorran, both of whom seem to have slipped the SWs' minds. Has anybody said anything about Jill, who was Peggy's sister-in-law and knew her for longer than anybody except Christine?

I wondered if the sudden mention of Will and Nic is a precursor to a SL reviving his love life.

I didn't take it that way. Kate, I'm sure, believes she was her grandmother's favourite- getting a vast amount of money wouldn't be a mistake.

I reckon that Kate has been left megabucks. She is the sort of person to phone, unless she wanted to keep things quiet.

It would be fab if there is to be simmering resentment in Ambridge for years to come.

Also my parents (still with us) paid for their funeral long ago - as lots of people do. They got theirs through the coop and spent the dividend on champagne. 🍾

I also wouldn’t mind a significant gift to rewinding so that Tom can be all grovelly and then cross with Kirsty.

The SW’s have put Brian and Tony alone in the Bull for a reason, I’m sure.

Goodness I’ve missed hearing the main characters; what a well-deserved treat this week is turning out to be.

It’s pretty impressive that the executor/accountant has all the grandkid’s email addresses (but I’ll stop being picky).

If Peggy did the logical thing and left the residuary estate to her children with the share of any who predecease to go to their children, then they presumably can't work out yet what Kate's ultimate bequest will be. So maybe she's worried because she hasn't heard anything, or she had the same text as all the other grandchildren and thinks that's the lot.

Presumably Peggy provided them along with the instruction this is what they are getting.