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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/archers archers_20130922-1920a.mp3

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

Um ... / Huh? / I wondered if I would find you here. / Oh, Lynda. You are not working today, are you? / Well, I thought you might appreciate some extra help. / Oh, that's very kind of you. But you need your / off / sorry / such / turmoil, Caroline. / Ray's fault. Not yours, Lynda. / was very p___. / Yeah, yeah, he could talk and talk, all right. Unfortunately / little substance behind it. / No, I'm afraid not. / Well / certainly / paying for it now / take weeks to sort this mess out.  / v___ comment / hotel comparison site. Did you see it? / Oh, yes, the one about roadside c___s / better / service / Quite ridiculous. / How could people be so spiteful? / This is the last thing I wanted you to come back to. / listen to me, Lynda. None of this isn't in any way your responsibility / any one person / all this. / we did do our best / extreme ideas. / I'm sure you did. / But he was the manager / final say. / Yeah. And Oliver and I put him in charge. / Hello, Lynda. What are you doing here? / she is kindly offered / to sort things out / Oh, really? / today / has the local authority been in touch yet? / doing it tomorrow / do their inspection / you know where I am if you need me. / That's jolly kind / I'm sure / darling / Why / Lynda / coffee for three? / No, not for me, I'm afraid. There's one job I really can't put off any longer.

Ahgggg / There you go, dad. / Oh, careful. / There. Is that better? / Yeah ... a bit. / Now, let's get a look over your knees. ... Right. ... How's that then, dad? / do you want a drink? A cup of tea? / No, no, no, it's all right. / Are you sure? It's gonna be a while till we we eat. / Oh, yes you will. It's roast beef. Clarrie's got a nice big joint in case / Nic / no, no, no, don't worry. We'll put them off / Joe, you've got a visitor. Come on through, Caroline. / Hello, Joe. / What are you doing here? / She's come to see Joe. / How are you, Joe? / you / feel__ any better? / it was a nasty break. He's got very bad bruises. / yes / all over. And that's apart from his broken wrists. / I'm so sorry. / So you ought to be. / when you get to 92. / Yes, I appreciate that. Look, I've bought some / little pastries, Joe. / Huh. / Ian made them. And / best wishes as well / very hungry these days. / Well, then, whenever you feel like / can you, Clarrie love, / I just wanted to say how sorry we all are about this, Joe / you know, that bit of the carpet / of course / look / ground / nobody / shouldn't have to / Well, we all feel terrible about it. It's the last thing we would / to happen / night out, too, when you / gone out to enjoy yourself / I'm so sorry / sorry /  p___s. / So, have you got everything you need, Joe? / he's been well looked after / don't you worry about that. / I'm sure he is. / We made up his / room, and, / big chair in here. / what's gonna happen about your wrist? / more plaster / a full-cast, they call it, / what / got on now / so / back / done again / this week / see / man / 92. / Yes. / So, uh, what have you got to say about it, eh? / like I said, we are all very sorry this has happened. / Oh, I bet you are. / fault. / I'm not sure we can say that. Not at this stage. / So, what are you saying? / that bit of carpet / in / It was negligence, that what it was. Don't think you're gonna wriggle your way out of it. / No one was / wriggle out of anything. / Well, you'd better not. / The important thing is, / as soon as you can, Joe.

I wanted this holiday to be a real relaxing break, you know, get away from the worries of this place / she badly needed a break / then / recharge the batteries / come back full energy / roaring to go. / You had a nice time, though? / Oh, yeah, yeah, it was wonderful. But / back / all this / good work, I'm afraid / Oh, don't say that. / this morning / she's under huge stress again. ... And that's how / weekend / Eddie shouting about compensation. / I feel so awful about poor Joe. I can't help feeling responsible. / Don't be silly. This / absolutely nothing to do with you. / I never wanted / Mexican night in the first place / impossible circumstances, from what I can see. / Now, if anyone / to blame, it's me / agency / real professional in / wise off / after / event / such / obvious solution. Ray appeared to be a perfect choice. / He could certainly talk a good game / how can I be so stupid? / especially when the answer was there in front of us. / Uh, what do you mean? / Well, you, Lynda. / Me? / you know, if we had left / in charge in the first place, / come back / anything like this / Well, I hope not. / first / job. I know it. / Well, I suppose, working with Caroline all these years ... she's such a professional / not what / now she's feeling at the moment / she mustn't / Oliver / I'm afraid it has / it's time / off home. You / quite enough of you / Sunday / nothing / jolly kind of you to come in / Well, in that case, thank you for the coffee. / You are very welcome. Oh, ah, allow me. / Oh, thank you. Um, tell Caroline I'll see her in the morning. / Will do.

Right. Steady there, dad. Mind the little table / where, where is it, Eddie? / Don't worry. I'll shift it. ... There you are. You are clear now. / that's it / yourself / steady ... steady ... oh, sorry. Get your bruises / I'll be more careful next time. Now, do you want your / No, no, I / just lie on the bed / for now / a bit of a rest / Yeah, good idea. Let's just take your slippers off. / there we are. ... Now, let's get / be careful, Eddie. / Steady ... that's it. ... You comfy? / better / Right. I'll leave you to it, then. Call out if you want anything. / I / only next door in the kitchen. You have a nice rest. / shut me eyes for a half hour. / he's ever so wobbly on his legs. / That would do him the world of good, little sleep. ... it's really knocked the stuffing out of him / it's like he's lost all his confidence. / He will come back. Give it time. / I hope you are right, Clarrie. / saying that, he's hardly touched his dinner. That's not like him at all / loved his roast beef / cut it up for him so he could eat it in one hand. / at least he had some ice cream / Yeah. / Now, do you want a cup of tea? / no thanks, love. / Right. Well, you can give me hand clearing this lot away / I'll tell you something. If Carol / come round here, / ask / out / the end of it, she's got another thing coming / She didn't have to come, Eddie. You could see she was genuinely concerned about it. / damages claim, more like. / I'm not sure that's fair. / Well, I am. And I tell you something else / she's not gonna get away with it.

came as quite a shock, seeing him like that. ... I really hadn't expected it / He is obviously in a lot of pain. / poor Joe. / and his wrist, of course. / is that in plaster? / it's not just the physical damage, though. / so down / fights out of him somehow / really no / not / Joe we all know / what did you say? / how sorry we were that it had happened. / seem so inadequate somehow. / is a man of 92 as Eddie kept reminding me. / 92, eh? / Celebrating his birthday, and, this happens. Goodness knows where it's going to end. / Well, at least / to see him. / Of course, I had to. Oh, I just wish there's more I could do. / Right. ... Well, how about eating your sandwich? / Oh, I'm really not hungry. / you must have something / at least take a break. / I haven't got time. You've seen the backlog of inquiries / together / this afternoon / Oliver / appreciate that / of course. / Thank you. / now, then, I can recommend the smoked salmon. / Eddie was looking d___ at me the whole time I was there. / you can't blame him. If it was my dad / I'd be looking for someone to blame, too / all because / if I / his references / again. What's done is done. / Absolutely. / The most important thing is that Joe gets back on his feet again.

All right, love. Thanks for phoning. Bye ... bye. ... That was Edward. / Oh, yeah? / wanted to pop in and see his grandad before he started milking / thoughtful of him / told him Joe is having a lie down at the moment, but / after milking / what are you looking for, Eddie? / Ah, the camera. Do you know where it is? / I think it might be ... upstairs, in the sock drawer. / a daft place to keep a camera. / you put it there / did / Well, I certainly didn't. / I need it. / What on earth for? / been out since Keira's Christening. / I need / some photos of dad. / Not like this. / if / Clarrie. If we are gonna get some proper compensation out of Grey Gables / we've got to prove how badly he's injured / show them to? / Only the solicitor. That's all. / What solicitor? / Well, I haven't got one yet / I'm gonna / tomorrow / couple / never mind the solicitor / what I'm worried about is / who's gonna take him to the fracture clinic on Tuesday? / I will. / How can you? / be at the market. / I can't get in this week. / Oh, don't / lose that job, Eddie. We need the money. / What else can I do? You're gonna be in the dairy / take / Emma to chip in / Oh, no, it's my dad. I'll take him. Right. In the sock drawers / yes / I'm not sure it is a good idea, Eddie, not the way he is at moment / that's exactly why I need to take the pictures, love. / You think so? / He didn't deserve this, Clarrie. We were supposed to be having a fun night out. / I know / he is entitled to proper compensation, and those photos will help us get it.