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

Bye, Robert. ... oh, Constanza.

I just wanted to check with / going well, Ray / Everything's fine, Oliver. Tell Caroline she needn't to give the place a second's thought / totally / switched off, thanks, in very large part, to you, of course. / Well, tell her / time. / Good. / hosted / little cocktail evening / Wednesday. / Oh, really? / say so myself, it was rather a success. / Well, we are certainly enjoying ourselves / that's the object of the exercise. / Soaking up / sunshine / the arena is quite extraordinary, I must say / Excellent. Oh, bye, Hector. Catch you later. / Uh ... you are not in the office? / coffee / guest lounge / good to mingle with the  / Yeah, right. / Anyway, Oliver, / both / wonderful time / rest assured, Grey Gables is in safe hands. / Well, / that, of course / everything, Ray / it's a pleasure. Bye, Oliver. / Bye. / ... Lynda, Oliver sent his best regards. / Oh, right. Um, you haven't seen Mr. / No, I haven't. Sorry. / he left his reading glasses in the reception. / Ah, well, I'm sure he'll be back for them / yes I suppose you will. / Is, uh, is something wrong with you, Lynda? / a bit of a shock. / I have, rather. Something awful has happened to my Peace roses. / Your Peace roses? / The ones I'm entering / the ones I was entering / the Flower & Produce Show / it seems, Constanza strayed out of her usual patch, and she's eaten the choice of blooms / I am sorry. / poor Constanza's fault / to know, but / if you had seen / why don't you sit down for a moment, Lynda, / Well, I shouldn't, really / go on. You've had a shock. / just for a moment. / No, the thing is, I've got a rather exciting idea I want to talk to you about. / Right. / And I am sure it / going to cheer you up / Oh really? / I've just been on the phone to Oliver, telling him how magnificent you are being / Thank you, Ray. That was kind. / Not at all, Lynda. It's the truth. / Um, so, what was this exciting idea you mentioned?

So, all the money is in the box, and I put the tickets / envelope on top / thanks, Jolene, that's great. / haven't managed / shift a few more. / don't worry. I think / pretty well on target. / must have been a nightmare / soloist / real panic. / lucky / and she just happens to be a celist, which was even luckier. / So, will she / all the same pieces / some, but not as many / should be OK. ... I just hope the audience aren't too disappointed about Simone. / Oh, they'll be fine. It deserves to be a success anyhow, the amount of work you've put in / assuring / mode / a bit of an emergency / last night and all / it was, yes. Who told you that? / we had a few vet students in at lunch time. / they were full of it / certainly did a good job / by the time Alistair got there / sounds like they won't forget in a hurry. / Anyway, how's everything going with the wedding plans? / Oh, OK, so far. / I, uh, I think we've sorted the flowers now, so that's another thing off the list. / Good. / And we are taking Lily / shopping tomorrow / Elizabeth said / excited / she's like a bottle of pop. ... Oh, excuse me, Shula. / I'd better make a move anyway / concert / start without me / from / back home this weekend. / I hope she's feeling better for the break / Yeah. I really hope so, too.

I was sure you'd appreciate the huge potential of the idea, Lynda. / But ... a Mexican night? / Themed evenings are really the way to go. We'll transform the restaurant for the occasion. ... It'll be my gift to Caroline and Oliver. / Yes, I see. / It's so easy when one's been in a place for years to let / I really don't think that's ... / Our guests need to be shown how to have a good time, and I am up for the job. / Ray, Ray, to be honest, most of them like to be left to their own devices. / I wonder though. I think this is exactly / spice up the atmosphere. / Really? / And I'll tell you what we'll do. For those brave souls who come in fancy dress, we'll offer a free margarita. / Huh. / How does that sound? / It really isn't really in keeping with the ethos of Grey Gables. / Huh. And, sadly, that's where the problem lies, The thing is, Lynda, those guests are really / head down / good time / other / come back for more. Believe me, I've seen it time and time again. / So, would you like me to tell Ian about your plan / yourself? / I'm sure Ian will embrace the idea. / Huh / I'll catch him later, Uh, just need to check the state / front desk / you take your time, Lynda. You've had a shock. / On several fronts.

everything OK, Shula? / think so, yes. Those last two came on ___, so we've actually sold the last tickets. / Oh, great. / be glad / start. ... I can't believe this time yesterday we hadn't got the soloist. / I know. / And, so far, / there haven't been too many grumbles / yeah, I'm sure / impressed / yeah / I'm sure / sorry, Neil, I, I've been in such a spin I forgot to thank you for getting that / that addendum / programme / that's OK ... I've got some news for you. / Oh, really? / Yeah. I'll tell you in the interval.

I'm really not keen, I'm afraid, right? / it's different, of couse, but that's not bad thing. I'm sure you'll agree / it's too different. / themed evenings are not Grey Gables style at all / we need / gooseberry courie / for the starters / But, as I told Lynda, we need to spice things up / about / reputation, Ray. I've been / years / known for / high-end quisine / Mexican Night went / properly done can only enhance that reputation / did you say your plan / Thursday / two weeks from now? / that's right / Well, apart from anything else / bookings for that evening / expecting our usual menu, not / tacos and britos. ... ___ that chicken ___ for table nine. / easily solved / is it? / just don't accept any further bookings for the regular menu on that night / really? Uh, look, uh, Ray, / have to excuse me / fense off the little area / booked / how does that sound? / fense off / fense them off? / fense the area off / What? / feel / eating / some sort of / of course / tastefully screened with some, um, artificial f___ / Artifical f___? / to be honest, Ian, I'd be rather surprised if your other customers don't ask to join in / Mexican festivities / Really? / laughter's always infectious, isn't it? / look, sorry, the troubl is, Ray, / organize two very different menus for the one evening, aren't I? / Mexican menu / quite limited / set price. / Right. / very simple, but great fun. / look / I've said / I'm really not keen ... / I know / rise to the occasion, Ian. / I'm not sure about that. / Of course you will. Caroline and Oliver / been / in fact, I was speaking to Oliver just now. / Huh. / they both told me how versatile you are. / OK, OK. ... Uh, I'll try and get me head round / Mexican menu / see how / excellent. I knew you'd step up to the plate.

That was wonderful. / Yeah. / these / Hey, let's go outside for a minute. You can tell me that news you mentioned. / Oh, yeah, OK. / So, what was it? / Darrell / you found him? / Jazzer did. He spotted / He was in a terrible state, looked as if he hadn't washed in ... I don't know how long. / poor man. / He really paniced when I woke him up. / Did he say why he hadn't been back to The Elms / chance to ask. / Right. / I took him back / for a sandwich, but / a bit difficult, to be honest. ... Susan was shocked when she saw him. / I'm sure she was / and he / so ... I don't know, paranoid, / message / want / told him to keep in touch, but, I don't really hold __ much hope / it sounds like he's in a worse state than / yeah, probably. / It's just seem awful that someone we know is living on the streets and we can't do anything. / I kept thinking / let him down. / Oh, you did your best / feel like it. / I was getting worked up / replacing the soloist for our concert hardly much of a tragedy, compared to what he's going through. / No. / Neil, / Huh? / I wonder if there is any church money we could give him to / back on his feet. / Mm, maybe. / great / raised so much / organ repairs, but surely the church ___ be spending money helping people like Darrell. / I suppose it should, though I don't know if everyone would agree with you. / Mmm. I'll talk to Alan. / Huh. OK. / We've got to do something, haven't we? / Hmm.

You OK, Lynda? / Not really, no. / you look a bit like / I'm just trying to gather the energy to __ __ to go home / tickets for the concert at St. Stephen's / you should have gone / just couldn't make the effort somehow, although / very s__ing / I'm sure it would, yeah. / very understanding. __ __ seemed so much to do. And I've just had another directive from Ray. / Oh, no / about the Mexican night again? / I'm afraid so. He's asked me to / put / advitisment / Echo / r___ up some posters / isn't it? / even though the / one of them / After the awful fate that befeld my roses, I'm afraid this feels like a final straw. / look / nearly step back / ornamental palm / probably trying to get away / isn't it? / if only we could escape. / No chance, is there? / Suppose not. / Because, like it or not, Lynda, he's the boss.