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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/archers archers_20130401-1920a.mp3

You are listening to Monday's episode of The Archers from BBC Radio 4.

how the potatos looking? / a few are starting to sprout / look / put / vegi box / Helen / pesimistic / decent weather / positive / first / even if we do / spuds / I suppose you are right, dad. / next harvest already / may / some of our principles / Tom does, too. / pleased / brother / concerned / I suppose / enemy at the moment / pretty / naturally / mean / actually going to happen / feel about it / well, it's a difficult thing / head / all / dairy farm / truely / be us / I don't know / mother / don't / might have on her. / for the sake of it / This is too big / knows / really / I hope you are right / Tom Archer brand / best / all of us / getting rid of the herd / go / dad / looking / as a separate entity. We need / both / brand / thrive / Tom's personal ambition / playing / succeed / not / expensive / mom thinks / good business / not convinced / She hasn't even given him a chance / farm / support / Tom / in order to achieve that. / seriously / what he's saying.

another cup of tea / I can't take any more hot drinks, Alice. / toast / or a sandwich? / no thanks. I'm fine / ok / telly / screen / days / I'm fed up with it. / know / invoices / bank holiday to me at the moment. / get it myself / What? / Nothing. / ring __. / I know / Come on, Chris, cheer up a bit. / easy to say / mad / know / spend / open / normally / five minutes. / OK. Sorry. / ask / order / with that. / Good. / few queries / tomorrow / today / relaxing like normal people / bank holiday / means / in / wonder / for goodness sake. Why on earth / happy / of / are / no way / business call / monday / put your customers off you / maybe you are right / come / do / know / invite some people over / up to. / be / Lower Loxley / remember? / OK, Chris, you win / talking / through / invoices.

How's the chicken doing? / it's perfect to me / rest / don't we all? / Henry / eventually dropped off / not long now / water / all day / more of the same, easier / some / not so sure. Emma called / apparently / practically / do that / Mom, check the calender. / course / fool / when you are seven / got in store for us / what's the joke / Helen / boys / all / around / something smells good / I'm starving / 'All good things', dad. / Helen's made a gratan / improvised / gladly / us / morning / hadn't / washing down the parlour / world of his own / accustomed / put / table / by / meant to ask / evening / babysit / Jonathan / need / why / rang / got to work / Friday / that's a pity / postpone / if that's OK / good to see you / about / Emma / imagined / know / children that brought us together really. / introduced / called him. / devices / good for her / it will be fun / we'll see how it goes. / rather / he hadn't postponed.

great / good day. / work too hard / yeah / you've cheered up? / about the Fair / beer tent / change / mike / the same thing himself not so long ago / vintage / Oh / going. Well, maybe next year / well / Yeah, we'll see. / wednesday / I hope so / He's been great. / Yeah, everyone has / work / wednesday / quite behind / catch up / anyway / I don't care / I'm glad you are feeling better / ready / in a bit / Chris / work / today / look after you. / Yeah / 100% / I know / frustrating / just for today / look after you / try not to / work / lucky / step in / be sure of that / at least / something I can be sure /

Mmm, this is delicious, Pat. / can you pass me the asparagus / ten out of ten / definitely / Excellent. / cheese / Bridge Farm milk, of course / much / tom / way / actually, Helen and I / proposals / Really? / why don't you / think / ok / Well, it does / feels / distraction / his opinion. / In his view / valuable time and resorces / bridge / true / so clinical / when / selling the herd / same reaction as you, mom / imagine / without the cows going through the yard / know / almost like a betrayal / how / take a step back / mom / think / rationally / Tom's point of view / Really? / too / fully occupied / cheese making / Henry / farm / the field / vegi box / the milking / mean / before / thinking about expanding the frozen meal / busy / manage / very well / hardly / we can't do it all. ... Maybe / too thin / we need to / focus / survive and thrive / mentioned / and bacon / nothing to do with us / really dangerous / in terms of him and us / it's always been separate / my cheese / enterprise / sell / though / brand need each other / this isn't an easy thing to say, but I think we should listen to / we should look carefully / about / go / helen / proposing / brought / first / turn / bad guy. We all want / question / bottom / ethos of the farm / cows / everything / We are completely / into / true / same certainty / be rigorous about that, mom. / why put ourselves through it? / viable / forward / at least consider / without lettin your emotions get in the way. 

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