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Source: BBC Radio 4 "Ambridge Extra"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/archers archers_20130808-1430a.mp3

Thank you for downloading The Archers podcast. This is Thursday's episode of Ambridge Extra, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 extra.

Happy birthday. / Ah, let me guess. It's a cigar. / I didn't have enough time to think about anything more original. / Nuh? Cheers, though. / What are you gonna do? You are not gonna try to find / this Nicolai B____ / you saw that horrible village yesterday / that poor old man said / I wanna go back to his office. I'm sure that secretary wasn't telling me  / terrified, and so was I. / scaring a few b___. / if it's / even / doing it / must be. / We don't know. / some guy stole my money. / that's all there is to it. / some guy now / disappeared. No one wants to talk about him. ... / still the contract? / no, no, no, not that again / Show it Dmitri. At least get his opinion before you go storming off / somewhere else / Vodka, to toast to your birthday. / Ah. / Please, Matt, / what else / Show me what? / When Vitaly / money / Brenda / have to / All right. But not here. Go on, / Let's take these drinks up to my room.

Sorry about the mess of the living / I'm living out of a suitcase / No worries. / Come on / That's odd. Did I leave the TV on? / Oh ... / Oh, good god. / maybe / come back. / No, no, it's not me. / Matt, it's fine. It's your room. / Where's the remote? ... I never watch this stuff, all right? / You don't have to explain. / I'm not lying. I don't even think I had the TV on last / are you sure? / Do I look like a p___? / Matt / know / Maybe it was the cleaner. / Why would a cleaner be watching porn? / Well, it wasn't me. / And we believe you, don't we, Dmitri? / Well ... / Yes? ... Hello? / Are you expecting anyone? / No. / So, who is it then? / Oh, for god's sake, why don't I just open it and find out? / Matt, check the people. / there's no one out here. ... Oh. just a bottle of champagne. / Oh, champagne? / No. It says "Happy Birthday". / In English? ... Shut the door. / Is this some sort of wine or ... / I said "shut it". / Dima, what's the matter? / Did you send this? / No, we didn't send it. / Could be from Lilian / they want you to know that they are watching. / Oh, come on. / ... that they can get into your room. / How / my birthday / only had to be in the bar. / Hhh? Are you serious? / Brenda / ignore / he's being ridiculous / You explain it then. / I ... I feel sick. / Do you understand what you are dealing with now? It's a warning, Matt. Stop looking for B___. / Well, it's a funny way for scaring someone. / you ask __ though, aren't you? / Dima, what are we gonna do? / I know what you are going to do. You are getting on a plane straight back to England.

Soon you'll be playing Rakhmaninov. / Oh. Hi. / Have you finished packing? / Yeah. All done. / OK. We'd better not hang about. We don't want to get stuck in the traffic to the airport. ... Brenda? Oh, hey / ignore me, I'm just being daft. / No. / I'm not even sure why I'm crying. I don't want to go, but, at the same time I'm so terrified. / Of course. / I'm sorry I didn't believe you. / Believe me? What, what are you ...? / About how dangerous things are. / Oh / I've been having such a wonderful time with you. Just, never imagined things could get so ugly. and now it's all over. / I'm sorry. I wish it wasn't. / Dima, I know. / It's for your own safety. / I understand. It's not like it could last forever ... / Don't say that. / well, it couldn't, could it? / I'll visit as soon as I can / come and stay at my place ... if I had a place. / I don't care where you are so long as / Matt / better / but, but be quick. I'll close the wondows. / Hi. / Brenda. Are your still at Dmitri's? / not for much longer / about to leave / I'm sorry I / had a chance / no, no, don't worry / need to do. I just wanted to say, uh, thanks for sticking by me. / Yeah. / Yeah, at least up until now. / I know / exactly been the vacation / made out to be / Well, at least you paid for my flight. / Yeah. / Just promise you won't do anything stupid. / I'll be fine / I can look after myself. / just make sure you do / there is one thing, though / when you get back to Ambridge, don't mention any of this to Lilian. She'll only be worried. / Matt ... / This is my problem. Let me deal with it. / How? / I don't know. I'll go back / office / talk to that woman again / Who? B___'s secretary? Matt, you can't / what's / doing / it's not worth it. Look, / anything, but you need to come home / let me talk to him. / Dima, / Matt / Dmitri / don't do anything / back from the airport. I'll meet you at your hotel / excuse me, I don't take orders from you. / see / Now, say goobye. / Matt, I have to go / all right / says, please. He knows what he's talking about. / I said OK. We'll see. / bye then. / Yeah. Bye / Dima ... / I'm sorry, Brenda, but he drives me insane. Well, he's not going to make you miss your flight as well. Come on. / do / we haven't got time / he told me not to say anything to Lilian / bound to bump into her / what if something terrible happens and I've lied to her / I don't know, but we need to leave. / I couldn't stand it. I'm serious. How, how can I go back to Ambridge at all?

Hey, you, wait there. / I need to talk. / Go away. / I went to the village. I asked about your boss. / I think you make a mistake. I don't have a boss. / Of course you do / think / make a mistake / don't / get away from me. I have to catch / no one / anything / there was / a black four-by-four, and somebody broke into my hotel room. Was that him? / Who? / Don't play silly / keep coming back / everything / office is gone / and so is Nicolai. / Where? Where? You know, don't you?

Zac's a great guy. You can stay with him as long as you like. / And he definitely doesn't mind? / you / till / calledhim / I know / feels / I've known him from school. He has a big, beautiful little flat / you can relax, / and not bump into Lilian. / As long as you are sure. / ___ will do what I ask / you / get / on that plane / Ah, do I have to? Can we just ___ together, pick a destination of the ___ of fly away / I don't care as long as I am with you. I'm not even joking. / I know. But you need to be here to look after Matt. / you have to. I know you think he is an idiot, but, he's just desperate / and I told you. I'll take care of him. ... Now go on. / OK. I'll call you when I get to Zac's. / Bye, then. Da svidania. / Yes, da svidania. We'll meet again, Brenda Mikhailovna Tucker.

No, no no no no. / Please. / Stay. You see? Nobody's watching. / Why are you doing this? Let me go. / I'm not gonna let you. / I'm / Just listen, all right? I didn't mean to get into this, but now / forced into / my money back. / I have no money. / I don't care / what I have to do. You understand me? / I understand. / Good. So, where is he then? / I told you, he goes to the site, / Nuh. / It's true. Then he disappeared. / So, he told you to close up the office? Huh? Come on, look, just give me something to go on / get off at the next stop. / I can't. / Why not / Because they will know / who / come on. Say something. This is my we are talking about. / almost everything I have left / And it's my life, too. / don't you know,  / anyone might see us / There's nothing I can do. / Then just whisper it to me. A name, an address, anything, and I'll leave you alone. ... You must have something you can tell me. I'm not gonna give up. / I do have something. / Huh? / If I give it to you ... / ... you'll never see me again. / He left it in the office. / I / give back to him but / he didn't. He never came back. / What is it? / This. / Ha. / You must not say that I give it to you. It's the only thing that __ destroy. / Now, who are they? / Now go, go. You promise. This is station. / All right. All right. And thank you. I mean it. Thanks.

Ah, Dmitri, there you are. / Matt. / What took you so long? / I had to get back from the airport. So, now at least Brenda is safely on her way. / Look at this. / It's a phone. / Yeah. Nicolai B___'s phone. / B___? / Yeah. I followed the secretary. She gave it to me. / You did what? / texts, numbers, emails / put it away / I said ___ it away. / charged / Hey, hey, what are you doing? / be quiet and move / take your hands off me / Dmitri / what's the matter with you? I can't believe, / after everything / happened / I'm a doer, Dmitri / get / stop talking / haven't you learned anything? / unless / your room / probably / Why do you think I told you not to do anything? / and / if / be / this phone might be the only thing linking my money to B___. Everything else have been destroyed / So you said. / You don't seem very surprised. / Just give me the phone. / You are ... / need to get rid of it / certainly don't turn it on / trying to stop me? / Stop you? I'm trying to save you / yeah / so / even / everything that old drunk / over and over again you put yourself at risk. / Aw, wha wha wha wha / Brenda back to England because of you. / get off, get off, you / good / Well, go on, go on then, yeah yeah, see what your precious kroshka thinks of / then / You are going to get yourself killed anyway. / Yeah, well, I'm not as naive as you think. / What ... what were you going to show me earlier? / Huh? / when we went up to your room / wanna know / Nuh, it's nothing / Brenda didn't think so. / Yeah, forget it. / not now / Matt, / What? What? Huh? You / beard out to me, eh? / you know what? Do what you like. / Let's see / how you manage on your own. / I'm warning you, Matt. / Oh yeah? What's that? / You'd better watch your back.