BS: The Archers UK Soap

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: MBSLynne
Date: 17 Jul 07 - 03:18 AM

Yes Ruth, that was my thought too, though it was just the one fling, where Brian has been consistently unfaithful most of their married life. Besides, it's different when the shoe is on the other foot isn't it?

What I want to know is what country Borsetshire is in to be having perfect weather for the harvest??

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 17 Jul 07 - 04:41 AM

Will Adam make it to Norfolk and back without having an accident?
G

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 17 Jul 07 - 03:00 PM

But Lynne, she's not exactly the most conventional woman to be holding up the values of the county set: four kids, three different fathers...and her first child born out of wedlock, to the cowman (ooooh nooooo!)...her mortification over what the village would think about Ruaridh coming to live with them seemed a touch misplaced.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Kampervan
Date: 17 Jul 07 - 04:10 PM

Of coure all the men are wimps, the programme is controlled by women!

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 17 Jul 07 - 04:30 PM

What, because the editor is a woman?

Last tome I checked, Agrcultural Story Editor Graham Harvey was a bloke.

Anyway, where's the logic in saying women write wimps? I think it was a woman who dreamed up Mr Darcy. And another who gave us Heathcliff.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 17 Jul 07 - 04:38 PM

Graham Harvey only checks the veracity of the farming bits, he doesn't write the scripts.
G

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 17 Jul 07 - 04:55 PM

I thought he had a more strategic role in deciding which important farming issues would be incorporated into the storylines...

Anyway, I'm pretty sure there are a fair few men on the scriptwriting team.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Captain Ginger
Date: 17 Jul 07 - 05:44 PM

One of them is Simon Frith, currently chief judge in the Mercury Music awards.
It's true, though - the blokes are either drips or cads. The women seem to be more, er, rounded.
Sorry, I'll get my coat...

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 18 Jul 07 - 07:43 AM

Adam's lovely. I'd have him.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: MBSLynne
Date: 18 Jul 07 - 09:49 AM

Ian's lovely but Adam is a whining, complaining, humourless Aldridge. I still fancy Jazzer

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 18 Jul 07 - 11:34 AM

I have this image in my head of tanned, blond Adam in his cricket whites...

*sigh*

He moans a bit sometimes, but he's one of the few I'd have dinner with. Him, Ian, Lillian, and Joe Grundy. There's a dinner party for you.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: MBSLynne
Date: 18 Jul 07 - 01:36 PM

Ah now Lillian! I think she's probably my favourite character. As straightforward as it's possible to be, loves a bit of fun and doesn't seem to suffer from all the angst and hand-wringing that everyone else does.

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 18 Jul 07 - 02:56 PM

One of my best friends claims Lillian for her role model.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: GUEST,jOhn
Date: 29 Jul 07 - 02:18 PM

waht was David up to?

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: greg stephens
Date: 29 Jul 07 - 02:49 PM

Something involving muck-spreading?

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 29 Jul 07 - 02:52 PM

Yes that's what I think, I reckon a load of slurry delivered somewhere.
G

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Leadfingers
Date: 29 Jul 07 - 03:02 PM

The Builder who dumped the rubble and yew clippings !!

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 29 Jul 07 - 03:11 PM

Ah but was it actually him wot did it?

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: MBSLynne
Date: 30 Jul 07 - 06:17 AM

I think it was him and I also thought it was something to do with muck spreading. It will be interesting to see

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Michael
Date: 30 Jul 07 - 06:28 AM

They'll suffer for it, anything Kenton is involved in goes wrong. And remember David and the badger!!

Mike

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: MBSLynne
Date: 30 Jul 07 - 07:46 AM

Kenton's due to suffer anyway. How often lately has someone said "Aren't you supposed to be helping Kathy?" to get the reply "She's coping ok"? His chickens will come home to roost!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: greg stephens
Date: 30 Jul 07 - 12:27 PM

Due to the puerile storylines we are getting these days, I imagine they have hilariously tipped ten tons of shite into the wrong person's garden. This one will keep us laughiong till poor Alice is killed on her first training flight/bombing mission over Basra(whichever the script-writer feels is more likely when advised by her mentor on the GCSE Creative Writing Course).

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 30 Jul 07 - 12:48 PM

I expect Brian wants a Nanny for Ruaridh in order to get another bit on the side.
Alice won't join the RAF, she just wants to upset her Father, and one way of doing that is to reject his monetary input.
Will Debbie even speak to Brian when she arrives? If he's lucky, she won't, stupid bitch.
No wonder she can't keep a man.
G.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Morticia
Date: 31 Jul 07 - 03:54 AM

Don't hold back there, John, tell us what you think. We should have an Archer's meeting club at Sidmouth for those of us who will be huddled over our radios on Sunday morning. Personally I can't imagine the RAf wanting whiny, spoilt brat Alice but you never know

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Leadfingers
Date: 31 Jul 07 - 06:20 AM

OK - Where are we meeting on Sunday at ten am to listen to the omnibus ??

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: MBSLynne
Date: 31 Jul 07 - 06:25 AM

Terri, for many years "The Archers' Workshop" took place on Sunday morning on the campsite. It used to be a great way to start Sunday. There were, in the early days, probably 20 people at them and they had different names. One year it was called "The Grundys and their opressors". It used to take place on camp Derby at the bottom of the field though later migrated up to Steward's village when camp Derby became sparser. One year there was a shelter between the tents called "The Grace Archer memorial Hall". It bore a sign "No admission after Midnight". We even used to have an Archers' quiz. Should we resurect (How the bloody hell do you spell that??) it?

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Morticia
Date: 31 Jul 07 - 10:22 AM

Sounds good to me, how many people would be interested and at Sidders?

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: vectis
Date: 31 Jul 07 - 05:42 PM

Liz and I will be having an Archers "where did all that shite come from?" workshop in my van on Sunday morning. All welcome to join us but the van will only hold six of us.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 31 Jul 07 - 05:45 PM

Sic Transit Gloria
G

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Michael
Date: 01 Aug 07 - 08:18 AM

Or more probably:
Sic Transit Lilian

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Leadfingers
Date: 01 Aug 07 - 09:00 AM

Lillian in a Transit ?? Heven Forbid !!

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 19 Aug 07 - 06:14 AM

So, what kind of a surprise is in store for Clarrie and Eddie when they finally get to meet Nik? Is she black perhaps? My guess is Chinese.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Menno
Date: 19 Aug 07 - 06:35 AM

I was once a party to an evil and wicked plot to smuggle the Archers' theme tune onto someone's phone as a ring tone, just to watch him projectile-vomit the next time someone called him.

And we would have gotten away with it, if it wasn't for those pesky kids.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: MBSLynne
Date: 19 Aug 07 - 07:22 AM

What's wrong with the Archers' theme tune as a ringtone?? It's what I have!

She won't be black...they've already done that with Kate's husband.

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: MBSLynne
Date: 19 Aug 07 - 07:24 AM

Anyway...Susan's met her and if there were anything at all different about her Susan would have been rushing to tell everyone. all she could say was "She's not as pretty as our Emma". I think the fact that she's got two kids is probably enough for Clarrie

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 19 Aug 07 - 07:40 AM

Amy is black as well, so it would be overdoing it if she was black. But there is something I'm sure. Susan was leaning over backwards NOT to be racist/disablist etc. Maybe Nik only has one arm, and that's why she was struggling with the pushchair - or she could be Chinese AND only have one arm.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: GUEST,Ancient Briton
Date: 19 Aug 07 - 08:05 AM

I see an analogy of rising rate of sin and fornication in Ambridge in the manifestation of the Ambridge Worm - surely a subconcious re-run of the biblical Eden story.

But why should The Lone Ranger have to die to atone for Will's bit of fun?

What next? David parting the waters of the Am to get the cows across to new grass? Sid turning water into Shire's?

Discuss

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: MBSLynne
Date: 19 Aug 07 - 09:59 AM

Knowing Susan, I think she'd fight a losing battle to keep quiet about something gossip-worthy. She would at least have told Neil. I think the problem is going to be Clarrie not Nik. It's Nik whose going to get a nasty surprise. Mind you, she thinks's Joe's 'sweet' so her taste may be sadly lacking.

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Morticia
Date: 19 Aug 07 - 10:25 AM

I think Emma is going to be the problem...another spoilt brat.They must breed them specially in Ambridge.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: MBSLynne
Date: 19 Aug 07 - 12:17 PM

Do you think Ed will fancy Nik?

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 19 Aug 07 - 12:51 PM

And just how put out would Fallon be, if he did?

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Folkiedave
Date: 20 Aug 07 - 12:36 PM

Mind you, she thinks's Joe's 'sweet' so her taste may be sadly lacking.

Joe is sweet. Her taste in older men is immaculate.

"Never trust and Archer".

(Ruth does not count.......)

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Morticia
Date: 20 Aug 07 - 02:22 PM

So, Scarlett Delmonte, eh? Will the girl from Delmonte say yes to any but Bertie? I could positively hear drooling.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: MBSLynne
Date: 20 Aug 07 - 03:12 PM

Lol! One of the more amusing Archers' scenes!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Michael
Date: 26 Aug 07 - 04:12 PM

What about this Dead Aunt then? She must have been introduced for a reason. I can't see an inheritance for Eddie but Will or Ed perhaps?

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: MBSLynne
Date: 27 Aug 07 - 04:13 AM

One but not the other to cause more dissent and resentment.

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Michael
Date: 27 Aug 07 - 05:04 AM

That's my theory, Lynne. Probably to Will to p off Ed AND Emma in one go.
Mike

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 27 Aug 07 - 05:53 AM

Oh no, let it be Ed, I can just imagine social climber Susan's apoplexy. Not to mention the fact that it would piss off just about everybody else except Oliver and Fallon.
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: MBSLynne
Date: 27 Aug 07 - 06:57 AM

If it's Will it will make Clarrie even more suspicious of Nik

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers UK Soap
From: Leadfingers
Date: 27 Aug 07 - 01:49 PM

400 !!!!

But what about Mike and the Lonely Hearts ?