The Archers 2013-05-27

Source: BBC Radio 4 "The Archers" Archers: 2013-05-27 Monday http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/archers archers_20130527-1920a.mp3

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So, we'll bring in a couple of / last year / grab that end, could you? / Sounds good. I've got / organized / young farmers / Here will be fine. / But I'm not really going to be able to help much / with the preparation. / I know. / Not with my revision. / I understand, Pip. / You want a hand, Dad? / Oh, yes, please. I'm making up a couple of / Open Farm Sunday. Hopefully, it will be a lot less exciting than last year. / Yeah. No stampeding / cottage? / I've just been telling about the single wicket. / might come down later / beat the pants off both of you. / Yeah, brave words, Josh. Let's see how / to the boundary, eh / Right. / back to my revision. / OK, Pip. / going to be bashing Josh to the boundary, it will be me. / Oh yeah right. .... Revision? Unlikely story. / she's got it / time table / It's just to get out / Sunday / I can help / that's good / let's bring this one over. / Dad, will Neil be at the single wicket, do you think? / of course. He's doing the announcements / because I wanna get / sorted out / some more research. / That's great, Josh. But remember, Neil's got quite a bit to do this afternoon.

I've just / Tony / for some work / Have you, love? / he was looking for someone for the ... planter / still short. / the troulble is / it's on Wednesday / good for you / Nuh. / me and Jazzer have got a shearing job / been set up for a while / I don't want to mess the bloke around, you know. / why don't / give / good reference? / Yes / Tony know / well, never mind / more money with / Yeah, that's something, guess / Hello, Ed. / Rob / this is my mom, Clarrie. / We've met. / Oh? / Well, at least I think you've served me / pub / haven't you? / Yeah, that's right / Rob's / mega-,.... uh, Borchester / dairy / This is great, isn't it? Is it always such a good turnout? / Yes, usually pretty popular. / You are entering today, I take it? / Yeah, yeah. / Do you play for the team? / Ah, No. not really a cricketer / No? Nor me. Very lusty. / My partner's son, George, is. He's / me to have a go / really. / Hello mom. / afternoon / William / George / getting me a burger / see me play. / Yeah / here. don't worry / you are a cricketer, aren't you / play for Ambridge when I can / Oh, so, we might have brother against brother / sparks / Eh? / Yeah, well. / Yeah, let's see about that. / Hello, hello. / Well, welcome to the annual Ambridge single wicket contest. .... We are all gonna have a great afternoon of friendly competition. / been ... the draw for the first rounds, so here are the pairings / Daniel Hebden Lloyd plays Roy Tucker / Josh Archer versus Richard Thwaite / Ed Grundy / plays Lucy ... / Easy. / David Archer versus Barry Simons, Rob Titchener plays / That's me. / plays / another bloke / really a cricketer / maybe a lucky draw then. / Alistair Lloyd, / Oh. / Nathan Booth plays Tom Archer, Adam Macy versus Jamie Perks ....

So, they are even now. / Yeah. Josh got four / in his innings / all depends on what happens / this last ball. / Josh needs to / He does. Right, here he goes. / Roy's got it. Look. / Bowler's end! / Oh, good throw. / He .... him. / Well done, Josh. / you must be pleased. / Ah, yeah, it's just that,... / Josh Archer is the winner there. Congratulations, Josh. And,... he'll go on to meet, uh .... his sister Pip in the next round. / Oh. / Yeah. .... This isn't going to end well.

Prepare for humiliation, little brother. / You are joking, aren't you? If you hadn't had a ... in the first run, you wouldn't even have got this far. / Oh yeah? As it happens, I've been taking lessons. You might actually get a big surprise. / Best of luck, you two. / Thanks. Someone's going to need it.

Oh, yes / Josh / lesson there / Pip / stand much chance / and so it's Pip to bowl. / drink one more? / thank you, George. / How / Pip / two runs. / really happy with that / You are going to score more than that, aren't you? / more / help it / playing your dad next / I hope you both win. / don't work that way, George. / Come on / play with Jake and Mia. / Jaky, I'm a stumpire. / It's "umpire". / It's nice that / Nic / service / Darlington yesterday. / Huh? Yeah, yeah. She said she enjoyed it. / didn't know / many people there, of course. / I know, but / got to chat / another young mama / coffee after the service. / Yeah, sounds like Nic. / Oh, here we go. / short run-up / that's miles off. / what's this about the Flower Festival? / What about it? / When I was getting a burger, / said / cricket team entering / Oh, yeah. She pursuaded Alistair. / None of us exactly are flower arrangers, mom. / No. Well, / said / be your special advisor, and I'm sure some of / get involved / Yeah, probably. / patron saint of cricket, though, so, I don't know / gonna choose. / That's a bit straighter. / Gosh / for / surely. / No, look at Tom. / Oh, oh, he's under it.

Well, I can thank you for one thing, Rob. / What's that? / Now you've knocked me out, I can have a beer. / Hey, it could have been me drinking now. It was a very close / great ... as a bowler. / nor me, David. / I wouldn't say that. / here comes Pip. / meeting her / quarter finals. / now she beat her brother. / to be honest, I think Tom did most of the work there. / another / match going on now. / Will and Ed Grundy. / Yes. I was talking / made a little joke about that, fell rather flat, I fear. / Can you get me a lemonade, dad? / expect / run to that. .... Now you will go / my daughter / there's no need to patronize me. / I wasn't. / I've already got one famous victory behind me. / Well, that was an amazing catch. / You should have seen Josh's face. / You've got him, Ed, LBW / LBW? I don't know even how to spell it. / What happened, Clarrie? / William / LBW / I never / Looks like it's a David's giant-killing. / Are ... giants? / It's just a saying, George. / Oh, it's hard to know who to support / isn't it? / Puts me in a very difficult situation. / Tell me about it. / I would have been much happier if we had / all afternoon without playing each other really. / Yeah. / Never mind, William. / I don't know what Tony was thinking of with that decision. / So, who won? / just a bit of a fun now, ain't it? / If you say so, mom.

So, with Rob Titchener. having beaten Pip Archer, / beating / it's time for the grand final. Please give our finalists a big hand. / Mega-dairy. / Ah, yeah. / It's almost like a / batting for the future of the British dariy industry. / let's hope it doesn't come down to our cricket match. / No. Hear, hear. / I've got to get off now, Neil / need to do the hens. / fine. / to ball first. / You know, I was saying about this American system / Hmmm? / The poultry houses / wheels, or threads / what they do / towed by / fresh grass every day. Wouldn't that be great? / Wow / because then, we can market / grass-fed, and we can / bigger / nitritional advantages and charge an even bigger premium. / Nice one. / Can we, Neil? / Hmm? Oh, I'm sorry Josh. What were you saying?

Come on, Ed. .... How many runs does he need? / Ten, love. Well, eleven to win. / Pfft, no chance. / You never know, William. / a couple of ...s, maybe. / Come on, mom. He didn't get / nowhere near / Here we go. Come on, Edward. / So, the winner of the Ambridge single wicket competition 2013 is our new comer, Rob Titchener.

You are a dark horse, Rob. So much for being lusty. / I was. I didn't play at all while I was overseas. / Yeah. Before that, you / occasional pub team. Anyway, I got lucky. / Ed / at all. / I didn't even see the / bawling at me. / final, Ed. / semis / you both played very well / let me buy you a drink. / same for me / David? / I'll give you a hand. / Hard luck for not winning. / I don't mind. I did what I came to do. / Yeah, me too. / Just remember, Pip. It's not the taking part that counts. / It's beating your brother.