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

Neil / what to do / all right. Luckily Susan / dinner / finish it properly / you might have known / darts and cricket teams / display the / routine / Yeah, I know. Shula is over there now / cricketers to be seen. ... Right. / up to? / Eddie reckons / set to go. / What do you think / milk churns instead of the terra-cotta pots? / very good / you wait till you see / all working. You / surprise / As you can see. / Yes. Well, good. Uh, ... see you later. / You will. / She's kinda bit __ ain't she? / couple of hours / before / she hasn't even started yet. / Right. You leave the lilies to me, and you sort out that ___. / OK / Oh, and, tell your mom thanks from me. / I will. / thanks, by the way. / our saint / display for junior church is looking lovely, ain't it? / Yeah. / So, she / help you / with that forum / some guidance notes. / Ah, good. / And, once / processed / clearance / come through / I can stop / I'm very pleased for you, love. ... Now, come on. Let's crack on. St. Bridget's taking shape very nicely.

Tony, what time is the chap coming for the rest of the milkers? / Mid-afternoon. / Right. I'll give you a hand later. / Aren't you working this afternoon? / No. I can't bend my mind to it at all today. / Uh, you could have a stroll down to St. Stephen's, might take your mind off things. / Oh, yes. The Flower Festival opens this afternoon. Clarrie will never forgive me if I miss her famous display. / Yeah. And, if Neil's around / that cheque for the organ fund. In fact, I might walk down with you.

Well, what do you think? How's Christine's display looking? / Uh, it's difficult to tell. / What do you mean? / Well, all she's __ so far / vase / a few lilies. / Lily? / As far as I could see. / Hang on. I'll step back a bit so it looks like / good look at our display, and then I  / have a quick peep / for meself / OK. / Uh, all right, Christine? / Yes, thanks. You? / Yes, ta. ... You are right, Nic. She's very behind. / That's what I thought. / She'd be lucky to finish at two o'clock. / I know / speaking of which, / on / let me staighten these fairy lights. There. How's that look? / Yeah, yeah that's straighter. / Did you sort the extension lead? / Yeah, that's all ready. / Now ... I'll plug the lights of the water feature in / switch all on. / OK / hope it works. Right. Ready? / Yeah. / One, two, three ... / Oh. / Oh, look at that. And it's taken your breath away, I can see. / Oh, it has, Clarrie. / I forgot to tell you the fairy lights were green. / Yeah. / It's on account of her being Irish. / Yeah. I got that. / So, what do you reckon? I think it will make quite a bit of money / organ fund, don't you? / milk looks realistic anyway / Don't it just? Much better than having water just trickling down. / Yeah. / And you can't tell / can you? / this brainwave on Monday about using diluted emulsion paint to look like milk. Now / looks like / in the ___ ___. / Get the full effect. ... Oh, yes. eh? / Uh, ... yeah. / Oh dear, Christine still only got a vase and a few lilies. / Oh. They are very nicely arranged, though. / this rate, / she won't finished / closing time, never mind opening time. / Yeah. / What's she doing now? / Oh, it looks like she's plugging something in. / What though? / nothing there ... Oh. / Wow. / Oh. Uh, but, surely that ain't finished. ___, it's just one little light over the top of it. / Looks finished to me. / But, / I mean, what ... / very classy. / Classy? Yeah. Right. I'm gonna get to the bottom of this. ... Christine. / Uh, just a second, just need to add ... / Christine / adjust this one ... there. Yes, Clarrie? / it? Three lilies and a tall thin vase with a light shining down? / I'm not sure what you ... what you / but where's the flashing fairy lights? / I'm sorry? / You know. / I don't think I do. / The fairy lights. The water feature / things / I don't know what you mean. / I mean ... why did you ask for such big alcove? / a minimalist design needs space around it, Clarrie. / Minimalist? / Well, I thought that simple ___ of the flower would best symbolize the Virgin Mary. / Wow. / Do you think it works? / I, ... well, ... It's beautiful, Christine.

Everything OK? ... Jolene? / Oh, sorry. Yeah. Fine. / Are you sure? / Yeah. I was thinking about Lilian and Mat / what about them? / throught / might have rung. / no news is good news. / Yeah. / Oh, did I tell you, Shula / heard from Daniel. He's arrived safely. / I should think / all the way to Wyoming / come back with a ten gallon hat / cowboy ___. / backpacking for a few weeks soon / do him a world of good / with / all this travel / make a man of him / uncle Kenton / Mrs. Perks / tells / ten pieces / better watch out / missing out best tea towel / flicker / this side of / quick. Let me through the backdoor / Jim / force me / Flower Festival / why on earth / do that, Jazzer? / I'll tell you later. Quick! / spot us / too late, I'm afraid. He's heading this way. / what was all that about, do you think? / I haven't the faintest.

Oh, before you go in ... Tom gave me his cheque for Neil too. Ah, here it is. / Ah, thanks. / How long do you think you'll be? / I'm not sure. / quite a few displays to see / in case, I might have a swift one in The Bull / in there or see you back at home? / No no, you get off when you are ready. / Bye then. / Bye love. / Right. Now, where's St. Bridget? Oop, ... Hhh ! / Shhhhh. / Jazzer, you gave me such a fright. / Sorry. / What on earth are you doing, hiding behind that? / It's a long story / how long / plan to be in there? / hello, Pat / it's free / sorry? / to come in. Were you looking for a plate to put your entrance money on? / each display has a / for donations / I just wonder / why are you standing here / Oh, am I? / Jazzer ! / Hiya, Clarrie. ___ I was just, uh, looking for my glove / Oh yeah? I've got bone to pick ___ ___. / going back to my work, ain't I, Pat? / don't get me involved in whatever you've been up to / Come on, come on, you come with me, this way. ... Now, look at the lovely lilies. What do you call that? / Is this a trick question? / No. But I think you've been playing a trick on me. / Clarrie ... / Flashing lights, you said. Water feature, you said / What can I say? Christine must have changed her mind. / Changed her mind, my eye ! All the time I was feeding you with lovely Sunday dinners and the like, you were feeding me b___ b___ stories !

I wish / you had stopped me. / me / did have a go. / Yeah, you did, didn't you? / I did wonder when you showed me your sketches / you had other things on your mind, Pat / Here we are. Coffees. Ah, you've worked so hard this morning. / Well, we've all done our best, haven't we? / Your arrangement for Grange Spinney really is lovely, Christine. / Oh, thank you. / Mmm. Pat's right. Simple yet striking. / Yeah. Really unusual. / Very generous of you to say so / I'm pleased to say lots of others / judging by the money in my bowl. Uh, pleased for the organ fund, I mean. Oh, hello, Jolene. / someone / super job for The Bull, hasn't she? / Oh, she has. / St. Sebastian / quite so / water / over there / light / I don't know, talk about / Uh, Jolene / pretend-milk / in / be more / be in here / it's all right, Christine. That one's mine, Jolene. / Oh. / And mine. / Oh, right. Uh, sorry, Clarrie. / it's lovely to have so many different styles. Something for everyone, isn't there? / Clarrie, you know your display / Yeah, I do. / right idea anyway. / What about, exactly? / your milk's genius, trickling / to one churn from the other / that is a really original idea. / Here you are, Clarrie / people / walking about / tea or coffee / use your display / top up the milk / drink stand / Hang on, you put the milk from my display in that coffee? / Aye. Brilliant. / It's not milk. It's paint.

Ah, I thought I'd find you here. / The last of our milkers heading off. / Uh, Rodways called. / And? / The total was just short of 200,000 pounds, as Alec predicted. / Was it? / Yeah. I reckon that after fees and expenses, we'll probably be looking / around hundred and sixty five thausand / I know it's not quite as much as we thought, but it's not at all bad in the current climate. / I suppose so. / It'll be fine. / Will it? / Yes, of course it will. / Oh, Tony. / Come here, love. / Bridge Farm is a very different place now. We are not dairy farmers any more.