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ReplyDeleteAnneveggie - July 6, 2020 at 11:34 PM
My vote would be a positive one, despite some dissatisfaction with some episodes. I will listen to whatever they are able to put out.
Xander certainly sounded a happy little baby with Brian chatting away to himself.
Lanjan - July 7, 2020 at 9:12 AM
I have to admit to checking The Archers website to see who is going to feature.
To give them their due the do try to tempt listeners by giving spoilers .
I think they are probably over egged though.
I decided to listen last night to see what was going to happen.
"Debbie Aldridge reveals some shocking news."
I decided to listen.
It was sad news.
Not really shocking and involved a character we haven't heard of for years .
Sorry Miriam I don't see how listening to several monologues all following one another and having no connection does not appeal.
I won't be listening to the Omnibus.
Seasider - July 7, 2020 at 9:42 AM
I think the monologue idea was a good one as it does give an opportunity for inner thoughts we are not usually party to with the dialogue format. I agree with Miriam that there are references to story lines and characters that subtly move the stories forward, albeit frustratingly slowly, but that and the distancing of the characters mirrors what we have been going through with the virus, so has some merit. Some of the scripts have felt a bit laboured or trite, as if they are being tailored to fit the time slot, but overall I applaud their attempts to create something different. I listened once to an omnibus and did find it helpful as there is a story progression throughout each week’s set of episodes.
I was also pleased to hear Debbie. Haven’t seen her Alan Bennett monologue yet but I intend to have a look.
Found another old omnibus...
ReplyDelete"The Archers Omnibus 29th September 1985
It's the day of the wedding at last! Subversively it goes smoothly. Dan and Joe aren't going on the over-60's trip. Walter is, but he's less keen when Mrs Antrobus takes charge. Mr Snowy is sent away. Brian sorts out the squatters. Hazel wants to make a promo-video for Grey Gables."
Coming late to the previous discussion due to 'on line' being infrequently available to me.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Miriam and Seasider, some good some poor, but on the whole worthlistening to, though not on a daily basis as far as I'm concerned. Prefer to catch up with two or three at one session.
And like Sarnia I enjoy this format and intimacy of a voice speaking directly to me.
So my vote is ✔️✔️✔️
I think I keep listening to all of these episodes because I don’t want to miss out on what might possibly be some interesting information.
ReplyDeleteDebbies ‘Important News’ wasn’t very, at least not to me. And as Lanjan said, it involved a character we haven’t heard for years. So unless there is going to be some sort of inheritance shock I can’t see how it advances the story.
I find now, that listening to each evening’s episode is enough for me.
I have broken the habit of a lifetime and no longer listen to the Omnibus on Sunday morning as well because hearing these episodes twice is just boring.
No doubt I shall pick up the habit again when normal episode resume.
How very different I seem to be...as I am probably, quite alone now, whilst still listening to, and also, still enjoying the Sunday morning catch up.
ReplyDeleteI will continue to do so, as it is purely what appeals to me, at this moment in time.
I appreciate that, this is anti- many others thoughts, but this is my simple, choice only, and I will stay with them.
Isn't there a phrase like - and the Last Person standing is...
You are not alone, Miriam, as a number of people on other blogs favour the continuity flow of listening to the omnibus monologues.
Delete.
Personally, I just pick what sounds( to me !) slightly interesting, out of the week's offerings, & wouldn't want to hear everything.
Make that the last two, Miriam. As I'm unlikely to be working again on Sunday morning until September at the earliest, I might just make a point of 'chilling' with the omnibus.
ReplyDeleteI have read, on FB, that proper dialogue will be returning in August!
ReplyDeleteNot sure if this is absolute gospel, but the poster did say it was official.
If true, I shall be joining you again on Sunday mornings Miriam. 😊
I really don’t like Alice!
ReplyDeleteEntitled, selfish, and rapidly turning into an alcoholic. Can’t imagine why Chris puts up with her.
No change there then. Totally agree. She is even making Sister Kate sound preferable.
DeleteShe’s her father’s daughter then.
DeleteI am not sure of how you correlate that. Brian has taken on and nurtured children who are not his blood relatives and been a good father to them and his own daughters, whereas Kate has casually abandoned her brood in order to "find herself"
DeleteGoodness, Alice was so desperate for the wine to arrive. Definitely alcoholic tendency there. Poor Chris, he sounds really in love with his wife and she sounds like trouble brewing.
ReplyDeleteI bet her employer was delighted to be rid of her. What a terrible attitude. I hope it's not going to be a constructive dismissal story.
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting giving COVID to Roger rather than one of the regular characters. It gives some reality without the drama that would have surrounded others. It certainly showed up Adam as being very selfish as he didn’t want to get involved although as Debbie said, Roger had taken him on when he married Jenny which should at least have awakened some interest in Roger’s plight!
ReplyDeleteThese thoughts, are similar to mine. Covid needed to be introduced in some way.
DeleteThe way it has been done, is extremely effective. It does not affect any of the Ambridge residents directly,
However - it does affect some-one, who once did..Other residents, will also have their own memories + feelings, about this person, even though, a long while ago.
I think..😀😀??
I wonder how Jenny will react....as Roger is Debbie's Dad and their daughter. She is though, busy looking after Xander, her grandson, so will she have time to be in contact with Debbie?
DeleteGoing by what's been said here, caught up with the last 2 episodes, & thought the internal musings were reallt not bad at all ! Adam, Brian, Debbie, Alice, Chris convincingly true to character, some real insights into how they felt
ReplyDelete....but most of which they wouldn't say to others, & the delivery was natural, though 'Adam' was a
Deletebit forced at times.
Particularly liked Chris being creative about his sculpture commission
I loved last weeks episodes with Freddie + Lynda's letter. Would he open it, and if so when? His reply was well thought out, especially how he ended it.
Delete(Omnibus - 5/07/22).
Agree with you, Miriam, about bringing in a covid19 casualty. Struck the right note, in tune with the times.
ReplyDeleteHave I actually said something interesting, for a change??
DeleteJoking apart, this is why I am still intrigued with TA, both now and in the future.
My thoughts only - 😁😂😘
Alice does come over as being very arrogant, so full of herself but she was beginning to realize that she's been hasty. I like Chris' business idea and hope he can make a big success of it.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it was a good idea to introduce someone with Covid who's not in the regular cast.
Oh dear! Wake up Chris, open your eyes. Your wife needs help to quit the drinking, not having you aiding and abetting her.
ReplyDeleteI’d quite like to know how they pick the cherries. I presumed the workers were all up ladders against the trees, quite dodgy for older folk like Clarrie and certainly Brian.
But then Alice said it was stuffy under the plastic, so I assume they are being grown in some sort of Poly tunnel. Is there a new variety of very low-growing cherry tree - does anyone know? I love cherries & would like to grow some.
Archerphile - Most fruit, here in Kent (the Garden of England!,) are grown on Dwarf stock. No ladders needed. Cherries, apples and pears at least.I'm not sure why the cherries are being grown in poly tunnels though. I thought poly tunnels were used to 'bring on' crops or grow out of season or even fruits not able to be grown in the English climatre at all. At present we have roadside stalls selling cherries and notices on gates saying Pick your Own so why they poly tunnels? Once again I suspect it's lack of research!
DeleteBack in the 50s my Dad was working on a pig farm/nursery for all sorts of trees and roses. There was also a large cherry orchard which was leased out every Spring, when in bloom, then when cherries were ripe (June/July) the labourers were hired to pick the cherries for the man who had leased the orchard for that year. They would pick until dark as they were on piece work. The cherry trees were enormous and Dad would come home and say 'I had the 60 'runger' today! Had I been old enough I would have been frightened for him! imagine climbing a ladder with 60 rungs1
Oh dear a touch of Clarrie there! Not 'they poly tunnels' but 'the poly tunnels' In future please excuse typos. It's difficult to type as thumb and index fingernails are nearly off, another effect of the bullous pemphagoid I'm afraid!)
DeleteSpicycushion I am not very computer literate, but my daughter when writing informational ebooks is now using her tablet's voice recognition. It types out the words after you have spoken them. She thinks if you look you might find you have it as well. You might need to copy and paste to the blog afterwards . Very modern phones apparently would be able to listen and write it direct to the blog. Your son Jon might be able to find it for you, if you thought it would be easier than typing.
DeleteWe had more cherries on our cherry tree this year than ever before, and the blackbirds scoffed the majority of them. They eat them before they are as ripe as we like them. I suppose it would be possible to net dwarf trees. I wonder if growing them in polytunnels also protects them from the birds.
ReplyDeleteThe birds in our garden have an order of preference. First the cherries, then the very old fashioned small sweet gooseberries, then redcurrants, then blackcurrants and lastly the modern not quite so sweet gooseberries. Have frozen some, but it is a good job we like birds!
You & Yours R4 right now discussing fruit pickers - talking about picking cherries in poly-tunnels.
ReplyDeleteJanice, very interested in your post to Spiceycushion suggesting voice recognition.
ReplyDeleteI shall investigate for myself, not for the blog, but to record my thoughts/ history.
Thank you.
My daughter has no soft fruit, yet, but a very large fig tree.
The lawn below was littered with small ripening figs picked off by the birds.
Such a shame.
My goodness, that's a leap forward.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much to Janice and her daughter.
I've tried it and it works.
Need to refine my ability now, but have just sent an email, dictated, to my very very techie friend.
Hope it works for Spiceycushion too.
I sometimes dictate my posts on here too.
DeleteI have just remembered something about growing fruit. On our way down to Toulouse to visit our son when he was living there, we drove through an area of huge fruit farms. The rows of trees were covered by a sort of open sided poly tunnel made of net held up on poles. Miles and miles of them. I think the fruit being grown were cherries, peaches and apples (probably Golden Delicious!) we thought the nets were to protect the fruit from theiving birds and also to keep the rain off. Also miles of kiwi fruit being grown too, but they were on lower bushes, still protected by netting.
ReplyDeleteSo I knew the answer to my question all along. Silly me!
I didn’t think Adam sounded like Adam tonight. He was speaking very softly and sounded much less boring and much happier than usual.
ReplyDeleteDebbie also was very reflective and I really felt I was privy to her innermost thoughts.
That’s just the way an internal monologue should be acted, in my opinion.
But then Tamsin Greig is a superb and experienced actress.
I agree with you about Tamsin Greig Archerphile. I enjoyed tonight's episode as we heard from different characters and it was good to hear Adam actually being happy.
ReplyDeleteI am listening to the monologues but not particularly enjoying them. There seems to be a competition to see who can reference the most old plot lines, and especially on Thursdays a slightly smug giving of thanks for family. I guess it is supposed to be uplifting & comforting but it doesn’t work all that well for me.
ReplyDeleteThat said I continue to listen and wait for the pre-pandemic plot lines to resume.
Just seen yours, KP, we were writing at the same time ! It was rather sentimental re family, but well meaning.....
DeleteI understood the theme last night to be about The Family. Blood, or, at least, upbringing in the case of the Aldridges, being thicker than water.
ReplyDeleteDon't quite see why Debbie was even thinking about some long ago love affair. Agree, it was heartening to hear Adam being positive & appreciative about some aspects of his life for once !
Best week of monologues we've had so far, I reckon.
I enjoyed last nights TA, but then Debbie was heard again.
ReplyDeleteAlthough she hasn't lived in Ambridge for quite a long while, it must be hard for her, when her family is so far away.
She has made her own life, but a situation likes this, is so unknown and makes one think of family, who live in a different country.
I enjoyed her thoughts, and that she is in contact with Roger.
Tamsin Greg is obviously between jobs. I am thankul for this, in a wierd way, as she could rejoin TA, be it only temporary. I noticed that the writer was Keri Davies, so was he the influence to re-introduce her, and write accordingly?
DeleteJust one of my simplistic and idle thoughts. 😁
I think almost the entire acting profession has been between jobs, what with theatres closed and tv and film production halted. It’s affected the stars and the rest alike. I do agree that it’s one of the not so bad products of lockdown if it means we get to see and hear the really good actors in the remaining jobs, which might usually be at the bottom of their agent’s list. I like Tamsin Greig on stage as well.
DeleteLast week Sunday Times readers were asked the question.
ReplyDelete"Have you given up on "The Archers".?
The result was printed this week.
85% of the readers who responded , have.
Gosh! Well, I have to confess I’ve cheated because, although I’ve ( temporarily given up listening, I’ve been relying on this blog to give me any essential clues. It”s thanks to Miriam that.I know about Adam discontinuing his aquaponics, which I thought was interesting especially in relation to Jazzer’s future employment.
DeleteSame with me maryellen!
DeleteI tried to vote in that poll in the Sunday Times last week and couldn’t - because you had to be a subscriber to the Times. So the result is somewhat biased to fee-paying Times readers only.
DeleteArcherphile..... aren't all polls biased ?
ReplyDeleteThe only true answers re statistics is surely the census every ten years.
Well this fee paying Sunday Times reader didn't vote but if she had it would have been a smidgeon more than 85% .
ReplyDeleteI don't see why we should be more biased than non subscribers , though Archerphile.
By being a member we get our daily newspaper plus the tablet edition which suits me , far cheaper than buying the paper daily.
No, that was a bad way of putting it Lanjan. I simply meant the poll didn’t include all Times readers or, of course, all listeners to TA.
DeleteAnd the stupid thing is, that I could have voted by using Mr A’s subscription to the Sunday Times, which I had totally forgotten about! My vote and your vote would have cancelled each other out!
(He has the sub to the Sunday Times which is a big saving on the shop price, and I have a sub to the Saturday Telegraph for likewise reasons. We only take these 2 papers every week - there’s enough reading to last the whole week!)
I now understand re the votes about TA, which I was so confused about.
ReplyDeleteThis seems that you have to subscribe to an on-line newspaper, to have your say, and so "vote".
I don't do this, and I am sure that I am not alone in this. Is the vote then biased??
PS I still have not listened to the TA Sunday Omnibus. It is downloaded, ready for later.
I think that I will hear + learn, so much more.
I listened to the downloaded TA omnibus, this morning (whilst blitzing my bedroom).
ReplyDeleteHow I enjoyed it..as due to the continuity, which I have mentioned previously.
It made me think - Will Debbie return to Ambridge, and so upset the Aldridge clan?
Now that would be, an after "lockdown" twist - but then, Tamsin G. must be booked up for years, so unlikely. 😭
Alice must have jumped ship, before being sacked. This is so transparant, along with her love of wine.
This is a thread of a S/L, which was there before, and seems to be continuing, in this strange time.
I so want to hear Joy again? She lives alone, with the kitten of Hilda O. I bet she has many thoughts to reveal.
DeleteAlice mentioned a Willow Tree, which was thought to be 50yrs old, and still on their property. It must be taking over, blocking light out etc.
DeleteArcherphile 9:38am I don't think it is biased but is possibly not representative of Archers listeners in generaL
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading the daily papers - on my Ipad and doing the puzzles daily but I would happily not get the weekend papers.
From my point of view there are too many supplements and such a waste of paper.
Pity we don't live nearer we could save a bob or two by behaving like Jack Spratt although I do like the sports sections -sometimes- at the weekend.
Luckily, taking out the sub to the Saturday Telegraph also gives me access to the whole newspaper online during the week too. Which is jolly good value, because it’s like having 5 free newspapers in addition to the Saturday one. I like being able to do the crosswords, codewords and other puzzles too. And I often send a copy of a good political cartoon out to Dubai.
DeleteI think the best thing about reading the online versions is that you dont get your hands all blackened from the printing ink!
I always get the under butler to iron my newspapers to avoid ink stains on my hands AP....😉
DeleteOh, is that why they iron papers? I thought it was to get the creases out!
DeleteI didn't know that either!
DeleteAs I'm fond of saying - "every day's a school day!"
DeleteI couldn’t understand why Harrison was so excited about being on the radio. It Is only a local radio station and you would have thought a mature man would take it in his stride!🤔
ReplyDeleteSo there is to be another peacock at The Bull! I’m sure the neighbours will love being woken up each morning with its awful squawking. Sounded to me as if Jolene and Kenton are not seeing eye to eye at the moment, but it was interesting hearing what measures they have had to take at the pub to make it covid safe.
ReplyDeleteAwful squawking AP? Loud a peacock's cry may be but it is more akin to a cat's miowing!
DeletePierre, in my experience they sound like high pitched T-Rex's! When I'm up in the Cairngorms next week I will be surrounded by dozens of them shrieking like banshees all the night long.
DeleteWhen I lived in Cornwall the local butcher used to say “Do you want to hear my peacock?” We all used to say no but he did it anyway, a perfect peacock cry! Ot pleasant and Jolene will regret defying Kenton!😉😁
DeleteDid customers flock to The Bull to see the peacock? If not it's difficult to see why it's a good idea to get one.
DeleteI have just read in today’s Telegraph that the BBC, ITV and others have drawn up plans to enable actors to ‘get up close and personal’ when filming for TV. It is already being used to record soap operas and plays, and could also be used for this autumns Strictly Come Dancing Series.
ReplyDeleteSo, surely these tactics could be used to produce radio plays and The Archers where the actors dont even have to appear to be holding hands or kissing?
I haven’t heard whether any new scripts have been written or recording sessions are planned for the return to normality. Has anyone else?
The most beautiful peacocks I have seen are on Brownsea Island near Poole. It's a National Trust site and there no foxes. Some of them had tails at least six feet long. They roosted in the trees with the tails hanging down like curtains.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea why Jolene and Kenton remain married. All they do is bicker and argue. They sound more like children than Ben and Josh.
Thought you might like to see Dudley’s haircut. It took years off him! He looks cute but is still a menace!😁😉
ReplyDeleteHe's a sweetie Ev.
DeleteI liked the other one, of Buddy, you put up yesterday, Ev - even more appealing ( shouldn't say that, should I !)
DeleteI led you astray, wrong blog! But yes, Buddy is cuter and he knows it! Sorry, Gary!
DeleteNo worries Ev! By all accounts, not much is happening in Ambridge.
DeleteI think that Jolene + Kenton and their "bickering" is just them. They are Chalk + Cheese and this is why they work so well together. It would be awful to hear them, up close + personal, and always agreeing with each other.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the saying - Opposites Attract - or similar.
As for the new peacock - Well Done Lizzie + Jolene. 😁
Once staying in a B&B somewhere, breakfast at a table in front of full length windows onto a small patio in front of the garden a peacock appeared displaying his wonderful tail. Less than two foot in front of me.
ReplyDeleteApparently his usual trick.
I really enjoyed tonight's episode of TA.
ReplyDeleteIt is sounding a bit more normal, but there is still a long way to go, until normal service is resumed.
Are they back in the studio?
DeleteAs you know, I enjoy Coronation Street. It is interesting with pre Lockdown recoded scenes interpersed with recently recorded ones (post total Lockdown). The hairstyles change from scene to scene, which are fun to spot.
DeleteI wonder if TA is doing a similar mix + match, with recorded episdes.
So, who's the fly-tipper?
ReplyDeleteCould it be Gavin???
First thought was Big Bad Philip himself - but he wouldn't be careless enough to leave the junkmail.
My first thought too OWIAS. I think Philip probably just supervises or perhaps does the craftsman stuff, leaving the labouring to Gavin and the other workers. (I can't bring myself to refer to them as 'horses.')
DeleteBut I wonder how the unravelling of this and the crime of slave labour can be passed on to Harrison from David? Do police prosecute fly-tipping or is it Councils?
Could be the beginning of the end for the Mosses!!!
Yes first suspect to mind is Gavin. Let's hope their 'outfit' gets discovered.
DeleteWhat a selfish and thoughtless crime fly-tipping is.
Eddie? Someone from Birmingham?
DeleteMaryellen, nobody from Birmingham has appeared in Ambridge since Vicki and Mike left!
ReplyDeleteWales ,Yorkshire, the North East but not the a West Midlands .
That’s my point, LanJan - the fly tipper isn’t necessarily someone from inside the enclave.
DeleteI don’t see how junk
ReplyDeleteMail could identify the culprit. Junk mail
isnt usually addressed, at least ours isn’t. Just a load of leaflets from local businesses or charity appeals.
Some junk mail is addressed to a specific house e.g. The Occupier, 27 High Street, etc,etc.
DeleteI am getting a lot from estate agents at the moment as a house four doors along the road, and of the same design as mine, is up for sale. The house next to it has just been sold.
Very handy as they included in the envelope precise details of the house for sale so I have kept it and need not measure for carpets etc in the future!
Of course it could all be a red herring anyway but it's fun to speculate.
Another thought occurred while I was boiling my breakfast eggs.
DeleteHow and why would someone from Birmingham have a bag of rubbish with junk mail in it addressed to the Beechwood houses?
Secondly the same goes for Eddie. Why would he have Beechwood junk mail? Although he is useless and verging on the criminal sometimes, he is basically a farmer and he would know the damage fly-tipping causes so doubtful he would do it.
I missed hearing that it came from Beechwood. Now I understand why people were suggesting it was dumped by Gavin. Of course, we do know another resident who lives there......but she wouldn’t....would she? 😳
DeleteAh, but the Beechwood junk mail may be a red herring.......
Delete*** LANDMARK ANNOUNCEMENT ***
ReplyDeleteThought everyone would like to know that at some point in the middle of the night we got our ONE MILLIONTH page view! I think that's something worth noting, don't you?
I will email Ruthy to let her know too.
Hooray!
DeleteWow! That's some achievement!
DeleteWell, that really is a landmark! How many of those views are from established Archers fans and how many from blog surfers who just might be intrigued enough to listen to the programme I wonder?
DeleteThese blogs could have gained TA a whole new worldwide band of enthusiasts!
Congratulations to Ruthy and Gary!
DeleteA million views! That really is a landamark! Congratulations, Ruthy and Gary!
DeleteFab-U-Lous, as a well known "Strictly" judge, says.
DeleteI hope GG can contact Ruthy, as I for one, would love to hear her response.
I remember, the picture heading, for the first posts - a Lifeboat - and it was. It is thanks to GG -
that it still is.
To add - looking back at the original pages, there are so many posters then, who have now disappeared.
DeleteHow Sad.
Well done one and all and one and a half cheers each for Ruthy and Gary.
DeleteJust back from the mill house in the Appenine mountains. Had a wonderful week with the family and saw fireflies. Congratulations and many thanks to Gary and Ruthy for this wonderful blog.
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted to see fireflies Gianna, lucky you. And is all the work now finished at the house? (I KNOW I'm asking this on the wrong blog - you can answer on the other one!!!)
DeleteDoes the millionth viewer get a prize 😃😃
ReplyDeleteThey got, as we say in Scotland, hee-haw....
DeleteCan I enter the competition for naming the new peacock?
ReplyDeleteHow about
The P@theB ?
Not knowing if it is male or female, my choices would be either, Sid or Freda
Delete... Both Sid Perks + Freda Fry, were stalwarts at The Bull, in their own ways.
Wouldn't it be a peahen if it was female?
DeleteI thought I heard Jolene say it was a cock.
DeleteIf it were a hen it could always be Kathy - at least then we'd hear her from time to time!
Not sure Kenton would like it being called Sid.
How about Phil the Peacock - I'm sure that would be suitable recognition to the fine, upstanding citizen who rebuilt the playground for free. And, for that matter, effected a major buildings alteration at Grey Gables, equally gratis.
In my last year in primary school our teacher was called Mr Peacock. One day we had a quiz and one of the questions was what was a female peacock called. We all shouted out “Mrs Peacock”!! Following on from Eccles maybe the new peacock could be Neddy after Neddy Seacombe who I seem to remember was one of the Goons. My brother and I were big fans!
DeleteSad though it is a peacock is a very spectacularly beautiful bird. The peahen, like other females of the pheasants, is rather drab and does not have the amazing tail feathers.
DeleteThe hens, sit on nests and need to be inconspicuous. The cocks merely show off to impress a mate. Although the tail is so beautiful it is a hindrance to getting airborne and many show off fall prey to tiger and leopard by having the tail seized.
Most impressed with the millionth viewing .
ReplyDeleteThanks Ruthy and Gary.
Ha! So it was Joy after all ( though not her fault, due to unscrupulous rubbish clearers)
ReplyDeleteBut I do agree with David’s opinion about fly tipping. We currently have a huge dump of rubbish on the verge of the narrow lane between our house and the village. It includes what looks like an entire stripped out kitchen! 🤬
Shame, I was wrong.
DeleteBut could dopey Dave *really* imagine little sunbeam Joy creeping out in the dead of night to dump rubbish on her fellow villagers' field?
(Mind you, most of the village would have laughed at my suggestion that St Philip and his crew could be behind it.)
Of course, that’s what we were meant to think. But when I realised the junk Mail was from Beechwood I thought that P & G were a bit too obvious and the only other resident we ‘knew’ from there was Joy.
DeleteI think they are keeping P & G very quiet for the time being in order to have a big dramatic denouement when proper episodes are back! 😉
Never mind, it’s given the scriptwriters something to chuckle about!
DeleteCongrats on the millionth viewing to Gary and Ruthy!!!
ReplyDeleteDull Dave! 🕵️♂️ Aka Dick- Head Detective Agency.
ReplyDeleteWe always put our clodhoppers in it and find it hilarious.
Let’s give you a rip roaring 😆 laugh at someone else’s expense.
I so agree, that that the Philip/Gavin/Kirsty situation, cannot be resolved, until normality resumes in TA.
ReplyDeleteIt needs to be done, as a major story, with a build up and then the resolution.
Poor Kirsty, will be devastated - but that is in the future - whenever.
Perhaps a Special for Halloween, Bonfire Night or even Christmas...that is these actually happen.
DeleteThree cheers for Boring Burns!
ReplyDeleteHe's got more pluck than we've tended to credit him for.
I was very disenchanted with tonight’s programme until near the end.
ReplyDeleteI’m just not interested in Elizabeth putting herself on the market again or Kenton’s musings on the wretched peacock and it’s aviary.
Dull as ditchwater, one if the most boring of recent episodes.
Then Harrison began his radio broadcast and I sat up and really listened. His revelations about his childhood, the bullying and misery he went through and his reasons for wanting to join the police were so enlightening - and moving.
It transformed a very mediocre broadcast into a captivating one. My opinion of Harrison has shot up and I am now convinced his hatred of bullying will see the arrest and prosecution of Moss and son.
Archerphile - I agree with everything you put in your post 10.33 pm.
DeleteI'm definitely not enchanted by Elizabeth's dating plans or Kenton waffling on about anything but Harrison saved the day. Good for him and I'm so pleased he received applause for his efforts.
I have just been offered a pint of Old Bull with a chaser of Twaddle on the side.
ReplyDeleteHarrison was bullied so he becomes a policeman to save the world!!
Is the lonely, lovely Elizabeth due to scammed by an on line con merchant.
It is now standard procedure when removing a large some of money from the Bank/BS to be given a leaflet outlining all the ways of being scammed.
Online dating sites are notorious.