Source: BBC Radio 4 "The Archers" Archers: 2013-04-25 Thursday http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/archers archers_20130425-1920a.mp3

Y a l t T's e o T A f B R 4.

I w h, o t d. I m b g m. / W w i? / M B m f f t m. I p i o r t m. / Well, don't look at me. I've not seen it. / I'm n s y h. Oh, I g b l a. / this / you must have / here / Oh, thanks / Mind! / Oh, I'm all fingers and thumbs. / it's all right. I've got it. Here, there you go. / Thanks Matt. / More haste? Ha. / I do so hate walking in late. Such bad manners / only a market board meeting / never start on time anyway. / T's n t p. / Martin gives / financial projections for the next quarter. You'll need / caffeine / last / stay awake somehow. / why / so jumpy about? / N. / Come on. You've been all on it since / J a b t, t's a. / I's b a l w a. / O i t s y h't t m / W? / You've been secretly gambling away the hospitality fund? / M, i's n e f. / OK, OK. Here. Off you go. / I'll see you later. / Y. O, a s h f m t A, w y? / A...? / Yeah, and tell him, as soon as he's up for another nine holes, give me a call.

On my land, in my barn. I couldn't believe the cheek of it. / ... does take some beating. / How had they got in the first place?  Honestly, Andrew, / lock up the whole gang and throw away the keys / still / a couple of them. / Yes, including the one / pop / shot gun / poor old Neil. / mob / very nasty indeed. / dog fighters, eh. / Yeah / I'm just so relieved he wasn't seriously hurt / grateful / way / handled it / R m i t r p. / Yes, yes. / He saw / straight away and he didn't mess about. He kept his cool and called in the police, and then tried to get / car's numbers / A. H s i. L. / Is that a full ... ? / J a. / H. / A. / ... / A l o T? / L? / I was just telling / going / my barn / Oh, the dog fight? Yes, wasn't that terrible? / apparently / wasn't the first time / Really? / No, no. / going on for quite a while / what astonishes me is how / as long as they did, right under our noses? / Well, sounds like / game's over for a while anyway. / Thank goodness. / And here's Martin. If you'll excuse me, I need to,... / Ah, Andrew, before we start / Yes, Lilian? / if you've got a moment / I'd like to pick your brains / W, y m n f m i t t. / grab another coffee when I can / Good plan. / Oh, both of you, um, look out for next month's B...ster Life / A s r? / Well, there should be / interesting / informative piece / Will there? / Yes. / O. A, J L's a? / Yeah. 'Cause one of my neighbors fancies himself as a journalist. He came / interviewed me, photographed a lot. / Nice one. / good / bit of a free P.R. / I l f t r i. / So, Andrew / Ah, Lilian, do you mind if we leave it until after the meeting? / Uh, well,... / then we can find somewhere quiet, have a proper chat / Y, a r. / So, talk later. Y? / Y.

D! / O, n. / H, d't. D't r a. I've been wanting to have a word with you. / O y? W a? / Come on. / surely, the man who helped stop a violent gang of dog fighers. / Oh,... that. / Y, n j, w d. C, m. / I keep telling everyone / nothing at all really / Uh, don't be modest / very brave, I say / good, Darrell, but you can't hide from the lime light / not now you are famous. / F? / Well, it's all over a lot of press / it's Neil Carter who should take the credit / sure you didn't get shot at, but you obviously played your part / note / make / story / out of anything. / I konw, but, the point is, when you saw / suspicious behavior / a lot of dodgy-looking men with dogs near an empty bar,... / But it was dark. Remember? / I didn't get a clear look. / all the same, you saw what you saw. You didn't / around / you stuck in there and you did the right thing. / Oh. Yeah, I suppose. / whereas a lesser-mind might turn a blind eye and go ... / safety / wife and kids / really proud of you for what you did, eh. N t m m a i.

Andrew? / Oh,... once old Martin gets on a roll, I thought there'd be no stopping him. / Yes. / I'm glad that's over. / some of us / alive to get back / A, b y r o,... / A, y. O l c. / I w't t a m. I j w t a,... / I was hoping we meet up again on Tuesday, at the race course. / Umm,... / I did look out for you, but,... / Yeah, I, uh,... well, I had to leave early, so I,... / Oh, right. / Anyway, uh,... I wondered, with all your contacts in the building trade, you see, Matt and I are looking for a good builder who specializes in restoration work. / R? / Y. I'l t y w. Do you remember the man I introduced you to at the races? / A, y. S? / S. / S, y. D't y t m t h w a r s? / Y. W d. Y m h b p a. / Y s y w t o u h. / Hmmm. Yes, at Gilbert's Cross. But once I talked to him, it was prettty obvious that he didn't have the skills we are looking for. / Oh. / we / back to square one / find somebody else / Well, Lilian. I can see / you do have a problem. Y w m t help you out? / Y, u, i y c. / ..... N, n, I'm s. I c't t o a o h. / O w. / So many cowboys in the building trade. That's the trouble. / real craftsmen / teeth / Y. T u a i. / But if I do have a sudden brain wave, I'll give you a buzz. All right? / A r. T.

... take this sling off when Susan's not around. / All right. I won't give you away. / I gotta go easy. The arm's still not much use, really / It must be a real nuisance for you. / much longer / I'll tell you why I'm here. / Jenny and I wonder if you and Susan would like to come / dinner sometime. / Dinner? / Well, a kitchen supper, nothing too formal, / just the family / well / that's kind of you / sort of thank you for what you did the other night. / Oh, well,... / Of course / feel / I owe you / more than that / see you anyway, if you think / Yeah, yes we'd love to. I'm sure. / G. w,... / I'l h t c w S, just,... well, you know,.. / Yeah, of course. Well, you talk between yourselves and ring ... back / sort out the date / after what you've done for us. / Really, Brian, you don't need to worry about that. / Look. here's your brave comrade / Afternoon. / Afternoon, Darrell / Hello. You've come to bask in your moment of glory? / Y w? / Here here. Look. This week's Echo. / O, y. / I's a o t f p. Y t a r c. / I's n m. I's N. / What, your name's mentioned too, I'm sure / I wish / I'd rather be anonymous. / too late for that I'm afraid. / Yeah. / thanks again for both of you. Uh,... Darrell, Look. Neil and Susan / one night soon. Why don't you and Elona join us? / Uh,... well, I mean,... uh,... / Good man. Let's all check our diaries and find a date. / talk / soon, Neil. / I'll give you a call / Dinner? / Yeah. That was decent of him to ask. / Oh Neil, I can't. I'm feeling bad about this. I'm feeling terrible / Why? / being treated like a hero when I'm the one / got / nearly got you killed. / asked you to cover for me / I w m c, m d. N y. And / like I said, as long as we both stick to the same story, / still / believe us. / Why not? / My / called this morning. He was asking / questions / Questions? / Yeah / way / all happened / Friday night. / so he's just being nosy. / He is no daft. / what if / suspect / of course he doesn't. Why should he? / before / He's got a lot of contacts / not in the dog fighting world. You are just getting paranoid. / OK. / it's not just / worried about / stuff in the papers, how you and me / gang / what if / wrong people get to see it? / W p? / Des's mates. / don't know / up / got involved / if you'd just done / say / I know, but / help / no use worrying about it now. It's a risk we have to take. / Maybe. / Darrell, you'd got yourself in so deep. It was the only way out for you. What else could you have done? / Elona was right. I've got no sense, no will power. I should have had the gut to say no in the first place. / Maybe you should. / gut / bad feeling, Neil / yet.

I h a q w w A a t e. I d't t h s a. / There you are ... / Such a relief. I had to sit through the whole meeting, fearing the worst. / ... come on ... lose any sleep over anyway. / Paul, if he had called on / all along. He hadn't a clue. / I c't u h y c b s r a i. / We can't always live in a glass bubble, Lilian. I mean, what is this all about, you and me? If we can't take a few risks now and then / bump / some harmless bore / you press the panic button. / Oh Paul, you know how sorry I am, and I've told you I'll make it up to you somehow. / Hmm. / But this harmless bore just happens to be a big cham of Matt's. ... They golf together for heaven's sake. / So what? / All it would take is one casual remark from Andrew about how he'd met me on the race course with a man. / W s h e m i? / W, y'd b k y f c a h h d't t. T's a I c s.