The Archers #2

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The writers love Mulligatawny soup. Pat’s favourite and now cranky pants Bert too and apparently Jazzer makes it fresh.

I swear to god no normal person knows wtf this soup is. Writers showing their little bubble again.
 
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Why is Bert in it so much recently? Must've been about the last fortnight he's in it everyday moaning and his family placating him.
 
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Hi folks .. I made this comment on Facebook only to be greeted with “she’s young” “she’s a teenager with roaring hormones” or “she’s just defending her brother”

“Keira suggests that Amber providing Chelsea with hair styling products when her own have been stolen is being Amber being a “show off”. Takes one to know one I guess. Amber had been provided with said products gratis (to promote them, that was the whole point about all the boxes in the house taking up so much space). Wonder what term Keira would have come up for Amber with if she (Amber) hadn’t helped Chelsea out😳. OK plot device etc but I suppose I should congratulate the actress on this outrageous mean streak she harbours, I have seen such behaviour in actual life and find it extremely concerning not to mention scary.”

Just wonder what anyone of here thinks.
Personally this is beyond teenage, sibling stuff to me: actually correction, maybe it is but not in a supportive way, more about ‘will you now pay attention to me because I deserve it’. That is good writing and acting and illustrates how we all interpret situations differently. Just to expand, why is Keira now so suddenly protective and caring about George when for years he wasn’t exactly nice to her🤔

Bert and Keira in the same episode…. enough already, we can only take so much. 😩
 
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I don’t think Bert or Keira add anything to the show. Surely at 90 Bert will be dead soon? Not soon enough for me. The scenes between Brad and Keira were evidently written by an intern, so clunky and ridiculous
 
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I quite like the scenes with Bert but it may be because I find everything else quite boring

Keira’s voice annoys me. So whiny - but maybe that’s the point
 
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Hi folks .. I made this comment on Facebook only to be greeted with “she’s young” “she’s a teenager with roaring hormones” or “she’s just defending her brother”

“Keira suggests that Amber providing Chelsea with hair styling products when her own have been stolen is being Amber being a “show off”. Takes one to know one I guess. Amber had been provided with said products gratis (to promote them, that was the whole point about all the boxes in the house taking up so much space). Wonder what term Keira would have come up for Amber with if she (Amber) hadn’t helped Chelsea out😳. OK plot device etc but I suppose I should congratulate the actress on this outrageous mean streak she harbours, I have seen such behaviour in actual life and find it extremely concerning not to mention scary.”

Just wonder what anyone of here thinks.
Personally this is beyond teenage, sibling stuff to me: actually correction, maybe it is but not in a supportive way, more about ‘will you now pay attention to me because I deserve it’. That is good writing and acting and illustrates how we all interpret situations differently. Just to expand, why is Keira now so suddenly protective and caring about George when for years he wasn’t exactly nice to her🤔

Bert and Keira in the same episode…. enough already, we can only take so much. 😩
Omg Archers FB groups are bonkers - they take it so seriously. I rarely post on any of them as they can be so po faced. There is one with a mod who drives me mad. Takes everything personally and sulks eg (not an actual example).
Poster 'ugh isn't Bert a repulsive old man'
Mod 'my father is elderly. Thanks for saying he must be repulsive. I need to take a break from this group'.

But I agree with you. Especially Kiera now being so protective of George all of a sudden. It feels like they're trying to make a new Mia - who was all into her environmental stuff and was argumentative too.
And the nonsense of Lynda not knowing Chelsea's van had been robbed. The horsebox is on her driveway so surely Chelsea or Harrison should have told her and Justin there was a thief on their property? Or ask if they'd seen or heard anything?
When Amber and Brad kissed weren't she and George on a break anyway?
 
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really not enjoying this dog storyline. It’s not exactly enjoyable to listen to and the discussions around it also just put me off

With this probably being a bit of a PSA - and probably supported by some charity or something of the like - I can’t see it turning into a “it’s all just one big mistake!!” Situation like I’ve seen some suggest as that would undermine the introduction of these DNA tests


I’d be interested to see what groups/charities influence the Archers. Surprised that information isn’t made publicly available given the BBC
 
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Sneaky Ruth not telling Zainab she'd traumatised her son with those photos. Instead insinuating he was dangerous as he's so big coming into their house :unsure:

Btw Felicity Finch (Ruth) is one of the few actors I can actually hear reading her lines if you know what I mean. All sounds so unspontaneous.
She's been on TA so long and she's still not very good imo.
 
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Hope you guys don’t mind me mentioning recent Facebook discussions, but they’re just too funny not to share. For instance (in brief) Monty has a long lost twin brother (with same DNA) who is responsible for the attack on David’s sheep .. won’t elaborate too much here suffice to say it gets more ridiculous.

However.. the latest .. after one conversation Harrison and Lily are getting together 😂. And there was me thinking we were getting an insight into the role of Harrison’s new job factored into how good Lily is at her job; but of course silly me within a few weeks of being at the end of a very happy marriage Harrison wants a new relationship. I daresay he will go on to have a new relationship with children but not for a while. And let’s not forget that after years of living in the same village without hardly exchanging a word Fallon and Lily have bonded over a cup of coffee and it seems will be moving along to a good supportive friendship. Chess pieces all in place .. where is the Queen 😜
 
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Have we heard the last of Deadly Diane, the B&B guest from Hell? Will she be going on to slate the business online causing a dearth in bookings.
Quite interesting sideways take on the Monty story I thought, bad reviews can and do scupper small businesses, they don’t even have to be true.
 
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However.. the latest .. after one conversation Harrison and Lily are getting together 😂. And there was me thinking we were getting an insight into the role of Harrison’s new job factored into how good Lily is at her job; but of course silly me within a few weeks of being at the end of a very happy marriage Harrison wants a new relationship. I daresay he will go on to have a new relationship with children but not for a while. And let’s not forget that after years of living in the same village without hardly exchanging a word Fallon and Lily have bonded over a cup of coffee and it seems will be moving along to a good supportive friendship. Chess pieces all in place .. where is the Queen 😜
You have too much faith in the writers 😅 as I was listening to that episode with the CCVT footage I was thinking ‘what’s all this pointless crap about? What are they up to?’
Then when Harrison rocked up to Grey Gables and was chatting to Lily, I remembered Elizabeth had mentioned Russ for the first time in years the other day, reminding everyone how much Lily loves an older man 🤦🏻‍♀️ knew what was about to kick off straight away.

That scene in the Tapas restaurant was harder and more nauseating to listen to than the details of the lamb massacre, Jesus H
 
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Lily and Harrison - eeuuwww. No doubt she'll be pregnant soon.

And honestly Kiera/Ciara - could she be any more needy and whiney? Her voice 😩
I wonder if Ruth being remorseful over showing Khalil the horrible photos might mean a reprieve for Monty?
I quite like the way that family deflate the smug Archers sometimes. Khalil saying to Ruth thanks but no thanks for wanting me to work for free on your farm, and the dad (sorry forgotten his name) turning down Helen wanting him to work in the dairy saying it didn't interest him 😂
 
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Lily and Harrison - eeuuwww. No doubt she'll be pregnant soon.

And honestly Kiera/Ciara - could she be any more needy and whiney? Her voice 😩
I wonder if Ruth being remorseful over showing Khalil the horrible photos might mean a reprieve for Monty?
I quite like the way that family deflate the smug Archers sometimes. Khalil saying to Ruth thanks but no thanks for wanting me to work for free on your farm, and the dad (sorry forgotten his name) turning down Helen wanting him to work in the dairy saying it didn't interest him 😂
I have just listened to the latest Archers podcast. Quite a lot of background on the Malik family which I’d forgotten or didn’t know about in the first place. A really good broadcast. The actors playing Ruth and Khalil got suitably ‘grilled’ on photo-gate and I actually came away with not quite sympathy for Ruth and her actions but a better understanding of the situation and its aftermath.
And Lily .. oh yes, of course she will be pregnant and it will be a boy. The Trustees of Lower Loxley will find a way to get Freddie out of his heritage expectations and said baby will become the heir with Elizabeth still bossing everyone and everything in sight for the next 25 years. And Harrison gets to be a dad. Sorted ✔ ✔ 😁
 
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So Lily will be pregnant presumably but will decide she has too many plans for her future. Harrison and Fallon will get back together and bring up baby.
Or not.........😄
 
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So Lily will be pregnant presumably but will decide she has too many plans for her future. Harrison and Fallon will get back together and bring up baby.
Or not.........😄
Lily will get pregnant with Harrison, it certainly does take 2 to tango (unless you're Helen who uses phone4sperm).

Lily wanting to avoid Fallon leaves for Australia, funded by bank of Lower loxley. Harrison in the midst of writing up another statement on dog poo littering, hears he's a father and police sirens down to the airport asks Lily to marry him (cant have a baby out of Christian wedlock).
The newlyweds return to The Bull, Kenton side eyes them and Jolene shouts 'get out of my pub my lover'. Pom pah pom pah pom pah pom pom pom, pom pah pom pah pom pom.
 
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