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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!

Thanks! Nose above water (just). Feeling some kinship with Anna Tregorran, let's just say.

I thought that might be the case.
Oliver!
Pip has a nasty shock. A lethal electrical one I hope.
George is in court, and, in a rare moment of self-awareness, worries about Esme finding out I hope she sacks him.
And Tracy's concerned about Helen’s move.
money problems loom for Natasha and Tom. Sounds promising.

I thought Helen was staying rent free at Toms?

😂at the very idea!

Sympathies to Gaspode; Anna T is probably the closest the SW’s have been to writing the “elderly, frail but obstinate parent” SL. Everybody else seems to become silently compliant or able to afford The Laurels.

I missed a week, but are they planning to ditch Henry’s goats as well as the Angus’s?

@Madcats , I thought he was going to be selling them for slaughter.

Tracey not keen on having Helen as a neighbour.

But is it also because she has other housing options and it was supposed to be a house for lower income families?

I'd imagine it's more to do with it being Helen.

I am a bit concerned about the absence of Angus Imrie (he is a very private individual) but 3 writers last week seems to indicate some last minute rewriting.
My favourite line last night was that David and Ruth had volunteered Pip to do some gardening as part of the promises.

Well, this may be promising. <yes, I really do never learn> Hot off the press from Mustardland. The poster who supplied it says Khalil and Usha are in the cast list.

Radio Times 5-10 April
Easter doesn't bring much hope to Ambridge. Something happens during the church service that'll cause problems for weeks to come, and Oliver offers to take some of the burden off Alan's shoulders. He also takes Miranda under his wing after her break-up with the insufferable Brian. At his 21st, George contemplates his impending fatherhood and seeks reassurance from Emma - though she'll likely give him the truth, unvarnished. Chris spots something George would rather remain hidden - and it's not a price tag.

I doubt we'll hear from josh again, or certainly not for many years when he'll return with a different voice.

Oliver and Miranda, excellent.

Full details in now for next week. RT preview a few posts higher.

Sun 5th Apr - Something unexpected happens at the Easter Day service, and Robert receives a surprise birthday present
Mon 6th Apr - Can Robert square his conscience, and will George go to Keira’s birthday party?
Tue 7th Apr - Adam has some news for David, while George ponders his impending fatherhood
Wed 8th Apr - David is full of the joys of spring, while Lynda takes her problems to Azra
Thu 9th Apr - Alan rallies the troops, and Oliver takes Miranda under his wing.
Fri 10th Apr - David persuades Pip to talk to Ruth, while Azra finds herself becoming fond of the new arrival.

Writer - Nick Warburton

Brian Aldridge - Charles Collingwood
David Archer - Timothy Bentinck
Pip Archer - Daisy Badger
Ruth Archer - Felicity Finch
Chris Carter - Wilf Scolding
Alan Franks - John Telfer
Usha Franks - Souad Faress
Emma Grundy - Emerald O’Hanrahan
George Grundy - Angus Stobie
Adam Macy - Andrew Wincott
Azra Malik - Yasmin Wilde
Khalil Malik - Krish Bassi
Lynda Snell - Carole Boyd
Robert Snell - Michael Bertenshaw
Oliver Sterling - Michael Cochrane
Carol Tregorran - Mia Soteriou

I've no idea what's going on with the BBC website. They have all the teasers above and the cast list to 10th April. Then it's Contemporary drama in a rural setting until suddenly up pops the teaser for Friday 24th April and the cast list for that week. So here they are. Den is father to Chelsea and Brad, Tracy's ex, played by the same actor as when he last appeared (which I have no memory of). No idea who Sophe is. Aimee Berwick, the actor cast, graduated 20 years ago. She is based in the West Midlands.

Friday 24th April - David is looking for help with the Borchester Show and Rex tries to put things right.

19 – 24 April 2026

Writer: Tim Stimpson
Director: Mel Ward
Editor: Jeremy Howe

Brian Aldridge … Charles Collingwood
David Archer …Timothy Bentinck
Helen Archer … Louiza Patikas
Tony Archer … David Troughton
Lilian Bellamy … Sunny Ormonde
Alice Carter … Hollie Chapman
Chris Carter … Wilf Scolding
Ian Craig … Stephen Kennedy
Miranda Elliot … Lucy Fleming
Rex Fairbrother ... Nick Barber
Chelsea Horrobin … Madeleine Leslay
Adam Macy … Andrew Wincott
Kirsty Miller …. Annabelle Dowler
Stella Pryor … Lucy Speed
Den … Laurence Saunders
Sophe … Aimee Berwick

Den's missus? At least Pip isn't in that cast list.

Thanks, @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g .

Ah, I thought the happening in church might be Alan collapsing - but now, given Azra’s growing fondness for a ‘new arrival’, I suspect it might be a hawk. (Or something wild and un-churchy, anyway!)

Thank you as always, @Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g.

A bat.

Protected species, so unlikely. Could be a bird, I suppose.

I meant bats in the church belfry. Didn't they have them before - Alan broke the window.

Yes, they did. I was thinking of something Khalil would take in and hand rear.

Mr Hedgehog? Duke?

Maybe Zainab will use him for delivering takeaways.

Are Lynda's llamas still alive?

2 of them, I think. Is Benjamin the donkey still alive.

Bugger, Pip is going to still be alive on the 10th. Can't Ruth run over her with the tractor?

Did we ever find out why Keira ran away?