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Source: BBC Radio 4 "Ambridge Extra"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/archers archers_20130822-1430a.mp3

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

Now, order anything you want, darling, on me. / Thanks. / Are you going somewhere? / What? / The suitcase. / Oh, yes, I'm, uh, living / Dima's flatmate / like / I / of his own? / What? / Dmitri. Dima.  / got / his own? Here in London? / Yes. / Wow. He must be an ambitious young man to own a flat in a foreign country. Good for you, darling. / I think I'll have / a glass of C___ / Huh, right, well, OK. / Oh, do you think a Shabri would be better / with / red robster? / Well, I, uh ... oh. ... Oh, it's Matt. I'd better take it.

Matt. How did you get on? / Not good. / What do you mean? / Robin was my last lead. / I just don't know what to do next. / I can't hear you. / Look. I'll, uh, I'll come over. Where are you?

Mmm. that was gorgeous. / Mmmm, that was excellent. Good choice. ... Now, tell me about you. How's everything going with your gorgeous Russian? / It's just brilliant. I've never met / like him / he thinks differently, if you know what I mean. / I do, darling. And he's very attractive. / Yes. ... And / in St. Petersburg / it's just huge, and elegant, and stunning. / Gosh. / some / difficult to get to know. Maybe it's just the cultural thing / How do you mean? / lovely and clever and all that, but, he doesn't care all about, ... about how other people / to him. / Oh, I see / I'm sure / much more / as far as, well, to be honest, I don't really care. I feel like I'm on a wonderful roller coaster ride. /  Yeah. Couldn't be more different from Tom / that's right. ... What about you? / Me? Ah, I'm all right, darling. Well, / business is worrying me. / I didn't mean Amside. Are you all right? / yes. ... yes, I am, honestly. / You know, Matt didn't say anything to me about what was going on between you, but it was obvious that it was bad. / Yeah. / So, how are you coping? / Brenda. ... Truth is, I'm ... I'm not coping very well at all. / Oh. / must / to support Matt, but, Amside has been badly neglected. Brenda, I know I wasn't easy to work with, but there were, / things going on, ... but Amside really does need you. Will you come back? / Lilian, I'm flattered, and thank you, but things are changed for me now. It's time / something different with my life / yeah / yeah, I can see that. / Lilian / God, he looks / bad way / he wants to talk to you / you are probably right. / Brenda / go? / I'm just off / thank you for lunch. ... Speak to you soon. / Bye / you look awful. ... Well? / Robin's lawers say / my contract is worthless. / Matt, I'm so sorry. / Yeah. ... There's something else. / what? / He says ... this is the / names on / those / dead / Stolen identities. / My god. / Yeah. all faked. Not worth the paper that it was written on / Vitaly was as g___ as I am.

looks very civilized / privet. Let me / look what I found / got your stuff? / a lot of servants downstairs, Dima. I had to show them my passport before they would let me in. ... Right. I'm starving. ... Here. Got the Russian papers might be / interest / Thanks / Nicolai B___ / looks like they found him / what's the matter? / Russian businessman Nicolai B___ Found Murdered / shallow grave / outside / St. Petersburg / man he's been looking for / until now / absolutely sure / thought / simply a s___ but ... / But what? Do you think that's why B___ was murdered? Is there something to do with the development / what / got in the way? Dmitri ... / Hey, hey, it's all right / No, it's not all right. Matt should stop s___ around. God knows he's been told often enough / suppose / Robin C___ too. / What's the matter with you this morning? / Oh, sorry. / get crabby / breakfast / What information? Tanya, what do you mean? / Dima, what does she mean? / Look, maybe you should invite Matt over. We'll have a chat with him. / OK, yeah, yeah, OK.

He says to wait here, and Mr. D___ will come down / himself / big / big boss's place. Brenda / came to meet this Dmitri. What does he do, again? / Uh, I don't know. Some kind of architect. / Matt. / Gosh. ___ ___ a long hair. Rather suits him / Aren't you going to introduce us? / Dmitri, Lilian, Lilian, Dmitri. / Please, call me Dima. / Right, so ... / I've been very much looking forward to meeting you, Lilian. Please, after you. / Ooo, thank you, darling.

Now, what about this one? Do you like it? / Yes, I think so / tiny / Dima doesn't. It was the only / at the time / I know / big bottom is not his idea of female beauty. / this one. Wow / Oh, yes. I got that one last month. ... Do you like it? / Brenda. ... Tatyana. / Matt. How are you? / Well, I'm OK. Thank you. / Recognize this? / Oh, yeah, of course I do. It's, .... it's / reminds me of / What? / Exactly. But, to you, it's more like, uh, an old quilt / It's the one you bought for your boss. / Oh. / That's right. / So, this is your boss's flat, then? / Dima's flat / Lilian, allow me to introduce my sister. Tatyana D___. Lilian Bellamy. / Hello. / Hi. / I'll / some coffee / I'll help you, darling. 'd love to see / what kind of kitchen / come and sit down, Matt / yeah, I think I will. / Matt, we need to talk. / what did Lilian / ? ... OK. I'm assuming, I'm around here for a reason. / Yes. B___'s been murdered. / What? / Yeah. He was found last week / how did you know? / just a wild guess. Oh my god, / appaling / it's really dangerous now. / It was dangerous before. You just didn't believe me. / and Robin C___. I've done some / him, too. I don't think you should trust him / Robin? Why not? / we've had him checked out / Tanya, I was speaking. / C___ has got a lot of unofficial business contacts / in Russia / he's got / he's got some kind of interest in your deal. / What kind of interest? / We don't know / the point is, Matt, you shouldn't trust / anything / What has he told you? / All right, he's told me that my contract is worthless / he would say that, wouldn't he? / will you let me look at it, please? Let me do it, Matt. I'm a lawer. / Are you? / An international lawer. / khorosho, shto  / davai / kopia, khorosho

Oh, let's let it brew a little. ... He's a quite a guy, your Dmitri. / Yes, yes he is. / Another league. / And I can see / completely smitten, the way he look at you. ... He's got a kind of / he's not even trying / can you / Oh, Brenda, what does that mean? / Money sticks to him. / that's a good one. Oh, imagine / in Ambridge / Well, I'd love to introduce hime to Brian. ha ha, ... darling / They are looking at / contract / Good decision, Matt. / how long / all about this / for god's sake / you too? Honestly. No curiosity or any / observation, as far as I can see / oh, come on, you didn't know any better / The minute I saw ... what's her name? / Tatyana. / it was obvious she / all-knowing fixer / turns out / long-haired hippii / GDP of Chad / bank account, and you didn't see the signs? Ha ha ... / Well / know, Lilian, / kind man who / expects to see / OK. Um,  / I'll take this through / let me get the door. / Thanks, Lilian. ... Here's the coffee. / Services are a bit slow / hey, you / show / that sort of talk / I'm sorry. I've had enough. / What? / It's time we left. I'm exhausted. / get some / at the hotel / right. Well, um, / looks / on our way then. ... Dmitri, Tatyana, ... / Yeah. / I look forward to meeting you again soon, Lilian. Uh, Tanya is taking a copy of your contract, Matt. / I see. / We'd like to / permission / keep working on it. Is that all right? / I don't know / you've gone as far as you can. You've done brilliantly. And you've kept it all safe. But it's my turn now, isn't it? / Let her do it, Matt. / OK. But it's only because it's you. / Good. Here's your original. Keep it safe.

What a / taxi ride / traffic / as bad as / Petersburg / intolerable / all right / no it isn't / you were rude / know me / so humiliating / OK, OK, / humiliating. Just shut up about it. I'm knackered / hotels are waste of money / through this / separate hotels for a while. ... Look, you don't have to come in. / Well, I'd like that cup of coffee now, if you don't mind. ... Good grief. What's all this? / ah, ... uh, yeah, yeah, this is a mess / suits all over the floor / look at the bed / get / housekeeping. / No, no, it's all right. / What? / Yeah, yeah,  they are always late cleaning the room. I, uh, look / switch the hotels / you are exhausted / his phone / whose phone? What are you talking about? / it should be here / behind the picture? / yeah. there was just the room to jam it in. ... Oh, thank god, it's here. Yes, here. / look / Lilian, take it. / But why? ... Matt, what's going on? What are you doing? / it's just a phone. It belongs to someone / who was in the development. Keep it safe for me, Lilian. It's / absolutely vital / keep it safe. Is that all right? / Yeah, but I just ... / Good. Look, I think it's time / back to your hotel. / Well, all right, but really, Matt, I think you are overreacting. / Lilian, just do it.