Archers thread #188: New Order, please! Discuss The Archers here.

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Thank you, @PseudoBadger, for kicking off this long, long series of Archers threads.

All views on The Archers welcome here! New blood welcomed, and of course we are always delighted to welcome back former or occasional listeners/posters. We don't all agree on all points, although we do mostly try to be civil about it. Most of us are posting tongue in cheek a lot of the time, so don't worry about revealing that you'd love to spend time with Martyn Gibson, or other unusual views.

Spoilers: not on this thread, please! We don't wait for the omnibus to discuss the weeknight episodes, but we do try our best to avoid cross-contamination from https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/radio_addicts/4636789-the-archers-spoilers-thread-7-cant-wait-for-702pm-join-us-here, where spoilers are positively welcomed!

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In some haste as we are going out for the day. I was asked weeks ago to put I've Killed the Vicar in as the new title but I agree with more recent comments that Peggy's funeral feels like old news now. Great line, though. Sorry not to have used Markie Malarkey, though. I've settled on something that will only make sense to people who were also youngish in the late 1970s or early 1980s. Here's a clue. If a certain person appears in tomorrow's episode the title will be relevant.

Over to you!

Somehow missed new thread

So when did Markie's mate go on trial, to know that Kenton had grassed him up? Or do the police tell suspects that they have been identified, and by whom?

Clarrie pulled a sickie (to check on Amber).

Amber is off work with stress.

Liz John – I'd say 50s. Going by writing for "Doctors" and other radio and TV since 2001.

In short, all the SWs are old enough to know better (not that youth would be an excuse).

Why do they have to torture poor defenceless animals all the time? They could have poisoned Kenton or Jolene if they wanted to make a drama. We might have pretended to care.

But not a little cat.

I’m glad I didn’t listen if an animal was harmed in the making of the episode

Yes and it seemed a Bit Basil Exposition in outlining what type of ailments the meds in question were for

Also if I want cat vomit I can get it at home. Not because I'm a poisoner but because I get suckered into cutting bunches of grass for the little rotters darlings.

Bruisername, she is currently safe under Alastair's care, but they still shouldn't have put her in harm's way.

They don't like cats. I've remarked on that before with regards to Hilda.

Tortoise (ridiculously undignified name) must have the mental acuity of Kenton if he or she was tricked into swallowing a pill.

Or Amber.

I do like Alastair. I didn't think I'd ever say this but poor Kenton and Jolene.

I agree about Alistair, as long as we no longer have to hear about his sex life. Poor Kenton and Jolene ... not so much. Kenton is an idiot and I have never understood why Jolene (who isn't) puts up with him.

That was my immediate thought.

I gave up listening for quite a while after the "buy a child a puppy for Christmas"" storyline, which I found sickening.

How did they put her in harm's way? They didn't do anything wrong.

She is a cat. If anything happens to her it's their fault. That's the rule.

Even if the thing involves the cat eating a pill concealed in cat treats left - somewhere, I'm not sure where.

Just as it's my fault that a cat (who shall remain nameless) declined to eat a worm pill concealed in a cube of his favourite deLuxe chicken parfait with sweet white wine last week. I am wracked with guilt.

Most cats or dogs won't take medication you want them to have never mind eat it voluntarily.

I've never had a problem with dosing a dog.

I keep mishearing Tortoise as Sawdust.

My older dog manages to eat the treat it is hidden in and just as I think I’ve tricked him he spits the pill out and we have to go through increasingly valuable treats until he has it

my younger dog is so greedy we have no such problems

I turned on a bit late and thought they were talking about an actual tortoise at first.

I've just listened to Friday's episode and thought Susan's outburst was well written and beautifully acted.

I think Clarrie is enjoying being Top Grandma and her budding relationship with Amber.

I think the lawyers would have been served with copy witness evidence, including presumably one dealing with the identification.

Poor Kenton. Poor Pirate. Poor Tortoise. Poor dogs who Markey's lot were trading. This SL is too Eastenders for me.