BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!

Subject: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 09:30 AM

I don't know what to do with myself for the next four hours and thirty seven minutes, until Debbie faces her dad with the eventual realisation that he is the father of Siobhan's baby-to-be! Just heard the re-run of last night's row between Simon and Debbie, when he cracks under her questioning his fidelity, to blurt out about Brian and Siobhan carrying on these past few months. Debbie slams the door and heads off to face Brian as the theme music cuts in.

Note: This refers to the world's longest running soap opera, the Archers, on the wireless, BBC Radio 4. Just in case anyone is wondering.

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Amos
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 09:43 AM

What instruments do they play?

A

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: BanjoRay
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 09:45 AM

Ed plays guitar with his group called Dross, and has a new effects unit.
Ray

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 09:46 AM

I have never licked Brian anyway, somebody should thump him.johhn

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST,greg stephens
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 09:51 AM

seriously worried, am going to be driving somewhere at 7 tonight where I'm not sure our radio will get Radio 4. I just hope the fragrant Jennifer will cope...but she's used to it.

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 09:54 AM

You're big on licking, aren't you, jOhn.

Has Tim and that woman vicar cleared off yet? He was the last person tempted to burst Brian when he found out about the rumpy-pumpy with his missus.

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: nickp
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 10:03 AM

I gave up when we lost Walter...

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST,Brian Aldridge
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 10:04 AM

Bugger off, all of you

Jenny's been a strumpet in her time

I deserve my nookie & brand new conbine harvester

Eddie used to play in a band with Jolene - Cor!

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST,Keith A o Hertford.
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 10:25 AM

At least Brian has tried to do right by them both after the event.
Simon is the worst sleaze ball.
4 hours to wait.
Tum ti tum ti tum.....

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: The Admiral
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 10:55 AM

3 hours and counting....

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Declan
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 12:55 PM

Thanks a Lot !

I only listen on the omnibus on Sunday mornings. Now the suspense is spoiled.

I suspect Brian will be telling tails on Simon to try to change the subject.

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Amos
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 01:44 PM

Interesting study in language -- I assume "telling tails" is an Anglo expression roughly parallel to our American expression "kick butt and take names"?

A

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 02:01 PM

yes , but what about the harvest? And all those useful tips for farmers "The Archers" was designed to give? Urbanisation creepeth on apace!

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Les from Hull
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 02:03 PM

Well, it's just coming on now - yes there it goes - Dum de dum de dum de dum.

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: fiddler
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 02:15 PM

OK just got on line

What happened?

Somebody tell me!

Heelllpppp

I hardly ever get to listen to it these days - work intrudes into my life my life

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 02:21 PM

Not mutch happened, there was some good poetry in it though!

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST,Brian Aldridge
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 03:35 PM

Sperm for sale

Now EC subsidised

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: RolyH
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 03:55 PM

Jeffrey wrote a naughty book about prison life and got into trouble.

What is he to do.............

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST,Brian Aldridge
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 04:00 PM

I think he has a fling with Joe Grundy

Prison life you know

My autobiography is on sale from all well known compost heaps

Its called 'up the haystack'

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: fiddler
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 05:24 PM

I can see as usual when any soap gets to a cliffhanger state it was a let down - with luck and a tidy Ofice I will pick it up on Sunday!

Rotters

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 06:12 PM

Sorry, peeps, I forgot you omnibusians. Let's just say our Debs is in a bit of a state. I think Sunday night will be the real ripsnorter

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: croc
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 06:49 PM

Brian alwaysnwas after anything ina skirt - rmember Caroline bone when she was the Ambridge bike?
Croc

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 11 Oct 02 - 06:59 PM

I can remember when the theme music was played by "The Yetties".

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST,Les in Manchester
Date: 12 Oct 02 - 02:57 AM

The Yetties made a record with Tom Forest, the Gamekeeper who died a few years ago. They also re-recorded the Sunday theme music and it is their recording that is still played for the Sunday Omnobus edition.

God, god what have I done? I have fallen into the evil web of Ambridge. Can I get help? Counciling, methadone, aromatherapy, look am willing to try that strange practice with the organic yoghurt that I think I I heard on that really interestng story of Country Folk called ..............agh. Quick, quick get the childern out whilst their is still time

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Sarah the flute
Date: 12 Oct 02 - 03:31 AM

Trust Brian to get caught out by the one man no-one will believe cos he's a rat too. ...... but ooooooooh the suspense!

Sarah

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST,Les in Manchester
Date: 12 Oct 02 - 04:20 AM

No, no I can't help myself now.

Don't read this or you will also fall under the evil spell, get out quickly.

Has anyone noticed the undead in the Archers? Higgs for instance. As far as I can tell Higgs has never spoken a word, which is pretty good for a Radio programme (sorry that should have been Wireless). I think he works for Jack Woolley...... Higgs, bring the car round now.

Pru Forrest died having failed to speak for years. Her strange existance became part of script writers jokes..... Tom Forst saying 'What's that Pru... you'l have to speak up....... and so on.

Look, I'm not that bad, I didn't believe that stuff about dead Paul McCartney.

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: The Walrus
Date: 12 Oct 02 - 06:18 AM

Les,

I'm sure Pru Forrest spoke once (IIRC it was Judy Dench doing a charity guest appearance or for a bet or something). Now Freda Fry - there's a character in the Higgs mould.

Walrus

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 12 Oct 02 - 07:17 AM

Higgs got rat-arsed at Sid's stag party recently, when he was 'sposed to be wheel man. The Beeb didn't even stretch to 'noises off' vomitting. Peggoi had to come and pick Jeck up.

There is a superb volume by the Archers Anarchists (the sect that believes that Ambridge exists) that deals with the un-dead at length.

Anyone think Simon has given Brenda a portion yet?

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: belfast
Date: 12 Oct 02 - 07:30 AM

The useful thing about the Archers is that you can hate, despise and loathe people and wish them dead withoout any feelings of guilt. After all they are only fictional. They are fictional, aren't they?

Subject: RE: BS The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST,Peter from Essex
Date: 12 Oct 02 - 09:04 AM

Fictional? Heretic!

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: vectis
Date: 12 Oct 02 - 09:56 PM

If they're fictional then the whole purpose of my existance has just gorn..
Please someone, reassure me.

They are real aren't they?

I'm off to quietly gibber in my nice comfy dark corner until the omnibus comes on.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Mr Red
Date: 13 Oct 02 - 05:55 AM

the longest running soap opera? I dunno, tell us someone - in the US - is "the Days of Our Lives" still running? and how lonng has it been running?

Truth to tell I had to switch off at that point because it did intrude. I only leave the radio on at 7:05 because I am too lazy and usually engrossed in the writing of some software or DTP doc. Right now it is Javascript in a PDF document (don't ask it is frustratingly engrossing)

I listen to the radio if it catches my attention or ignore it as I happytap but this story line was infuriating me. I had to have an opinion (its just that I didn't care to). Good story writing I guess.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: bradfordian
Date: 13 Oct 02 - 09:42 AM

Well, I'm still choked up about Grace Archer who died trying to save the horse Midnight in a fire in the stables; and then Dan, Doris, Walter, Tom, not to mention young John. Oh so sad! But of course its real, I've got a map.

Now then, Mr Aldridge, you can't keep your "bit on the side" quiet for much longer, it's bound to come out now and then what are you going to do? Buy her off? Of course, you've survived your indescretions before haven't you, Brian, but can you do it again, you two faced Smarmy *%#@£!!!

BTW keep in touch
here

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Mr Red
Date: 13 Oct 02 - 09:58 AM

That's Archers for you - for or against but rarely "Oh he's all right really"
Is Brian going to be penalised with "Loss of priveledges" or will they "send him to Shepton Mallet?" (must be true I read it in the Western Daily Press).

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 13 Oct 02 - 02:28 PM

I look forward to Debbie's chat with Elizabeth tomorrow.

When will Neil Carter remember that his brother-in-law was responsible for Susan landing in jail, and stop slagging off William Grundy?

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST,Brian Aldridge
Date: 13 Oct 02 - 03:11 PM

Leave me alone you buggers

Can't you see I'm the only one who can save Debbie's marriage

Plus I keep insect havens by the side of the fields

Allow deer & salmon to frolic on my land

Fight against big developments in tut v'u'llage

Just because I'm a two faced conniving git, you hold a grudge

You people

THE ARCHERS IS ACTUALLY BROADCAST LIVE

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST,Julie B at home
Date: 13 Oct 02 - 03:30 PM

When is the baby due? I'm guessing that Brian & Siobhan won't get found out, at least until the baby arrives, and probably not even then. Seems somewhat incredible, but I guess the same secrets carry on undiscovered in real life for what seem amazingly long time (Edwina/John!). The longer the secret is kept, the easier it is to keep? Still, I'll be listening again tomorrow at 7:02pm - but I doubt much will happen!!!

Julie B



P.S. Claim-to-fame: Jack Woolley (aka Arnold Peters) ran the youth club I went to.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Brian Hoskin
Date: 14 Oct 02 - 04:14 AM

In the unlikely event that anyone unfamiliar with the Archers wants to find out what these deranged people are on about, they can listen to them here: The Archers

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST,Les in Manchester
Date: 14 Oct 02 - 01:44 PM

Somebody mentioned a map. God I love maps. If I map exists it must mean we can go their!

Ok, who has the bloody map? ( quote from Roy Jenkins 1979)

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Julie B
Date: 14 Oct 02 - 01:53 PM

...do I sense that a Mudcat gathering in Ambridge may be on the cards?...

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST,Peter from Essex
Date: 14 Oct 02 - 04:23 PM

No problem - The Bull has a PEL! What is more Sid din't need to do any remedial work to the building. Hang on perhaps it is fiction after all.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: johnross
Date: 14 Oct 02 - 05:02 PM

Not the oldest soap opera, by more than a dozen years.

The American soap opera "The Guilding Light" started on radio in 1937. They're still at it on television. The Archers is a relative newcomer, since they've only been going since 1950.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 14 Oct 02 - 05:16 PM

And you from Dallas, too, JR!

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Oct 02 - 06:51 PM

Shepton Mallet IS REAL! tis round here!

btw.. what has happened??? I heard Fri or Sat night installment while washing up, but not since then!!??

I'm mildly obsessed by the archers Theame tune, I think it probly stems from being put to bed just B4 the Archers when I was little.
"lumpty.. lumptty... lumpty.. lum meant "bed time"

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 14 Oct 02 - 07:10 PM

Guest from near Shepton Mallet
The theme tune (Barwick Green, I think) may be addictive because it sounds as if it could be a Cotswold Morris tune, even though I know it was specially composed. The lumpty (as opposed to dum-ti-dum-ti-dum-ti-dum) sounds like a West Country variant.

Debbie appears to be in denial. She keeps going on about how much she loves her husband Simon despite his mobile phone bill to Brenda Tucker(silly Debbie, she should have known after the original Simon Gerard debacle, not to mention the Simon Pemberton fiasco, that Simons in Ambridge are not to be trusted). Even while agonising over Simon G to her cousin Elizabeth, she has omitted to mention that Simon fingered Debbie's evil stepfather Brian as the father of Siobhan's baby (just for once, Simon was telling the truth, but as was pointed out earlier in this thread, he's such a rat that no-one will be inclined to believe him).

Meanwhile, little Phoebe has both Debbie and Brenda as aunts and Kate Aldridge as her mother.

There, that should cure you from listening for years and years and years....

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST,Peter from Essex
Date: 14 Oct 02 - 07:31 PM

Guest - if you want to catch up with TA then go to the web site. The BBC has the previous 7 days editions on line.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 15 Oct 02 - 08:07 AM

Aaaah, Shepton Mallet chokey. Many's the time I passed it when I lived to Stoke.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 24 Oct 02 - 09:21 AM

How stupid is Debbie? Going back to that Gerard guttersnipe.

Serious credibility problems here. Why didn't she face her dad with Simon's assertion that Brian was the one who rogered Siobahn?

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: GUEST,Peter from Essex
Date: 24 Oct 02 - 06:58 PM

I thought that Lizzie was going to let it slip when they had their heart to heart.

Subject: RE: BS: The Archers - Cliffhanger!
From: Keith A of Hertford
Date: 25 Oct 02 - 02:28 PM

So, you were right about Gerard Skipjack. The swine.