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

That was Caroline. The story is in today's Echo. / What? Joe's accident? / On the front page. / Huh. Must have been / news / reporter there, apparently / invited / high-risk strategy / inviting / press / like that / fine / all / according to plan / in this case, it didn't. / Oh, here it is : Pentioner Hurt in Mexican Night Fiasco / Oh, dear. / The Margaritas are flowing / band / charming diners with their saucey love songs / goodness / laughter / to gasps of horror when pentioner Joe Grundy / tumble / Gasps of horror? How ridicuous! / not to, uh, ___ Mason / Caroline is dreadfully upset. There's a long / say / fun night out, this is the last thing to expect, especially when it's meant to be one of the top hotels in the county / into his mouth / yeah / according to Mr. Grundy his father suffered extensive bruising and a broken wrist as a result of the accident. To a man of his age, a fall like this can be very serious" he added / Oh, poor Caroline. She's in pieces over it. / I can imagine / I / inspector / coming in today. / Really? / Yeah. Whichever the department / regulations / right. I'd better be on my way. / Have you got time for another coffee first? / Oh, no, I'd better not, thanks. / little / 9:30 TB testing / if you see Caroline, do give her / love / Of course I will. / rotten thing / what happened, coming back / holiday / to all this / It's awful / reputation is everything. And once you lose it, there's no easy way back.

Hi, Helen. / Hi, Rob. / How are you? / I'm fine,  uh, uh, look, sorry to bother you. / fairly manic here at the moment / we've got seventy / odd / any minute / check / sorry / bad timing / OK / problems / sometimes quick decisions are called for. / Yeah, I understand / it's just that / Alice / party coming up / it's / at Jaxx, Friday next week / think about / think about this right now / no, hang on a minute / start unloading them / I'll be right with you ... Uh, sorry, Helen, I ... I've got to go. / I'm sorry / it's fine / really / be on top of this / OK / look, what about later this morning? Are you free? / dairy, but, yes, I could be / why don't you pop over? / a couple of hours / are you sure? / won't have long, but, uh, we could have a quick coffee in the office. / All right. I ... I'll see you later / see you / Bye.

There you are. / Darrell. ... Oh, what ... / not pretty, is it? / whatever has happened to you? / I've got mixed up with you / biggest mistake / made in my life / I don't understand. / Just stay away from me / stop interfering / life / do you understand that? / sorry / I don't know what this is about / you / keep your nose out of my business. / What are you talking about? / getting grief there / it must have been you that started it, and because of you, I / good kicking, because of you. / Darrell, please, please, calm down / I'm sure we can sort this out. / You still don't get it, do you? / don't want you / sorting anything out. Have you got that? / talking to me, I don't want you / to me, / talking about me / want / do / is that clear enough for you / Darrell / next time you wanna save the world, / street, yeah? / use / feel good / that's not how it is. / that's exactly how it is. I've ... I've met plenty like you, making / wanna help, but / out for themselves / No. / sick of it. Do you hear me? I'm sick of / to make your empty life worthwhile.

Hi. / Helen. Great to see you. Uh, hang on a tick. ... There. That's better. / Oh ... it's been so long. / I know. Too long. ... Look, uh, I'm sorry about earlier on. You just caught me in the thick of it. / Ah, forget it. / Oh, I can't tell you how good it is to see you / calling in / I'm really glad you did. / Good. ... And, I did want to talk about Alice's party. / Oh, OK. Have a seat / thanks / fancy a coffee? / yes, please. / It's very / fresh / able / biscuit if you are lucky / up here, don't you? / Oh, you bet. / Here. Here you go. ... Yeah, as it happens, Alice texted me earlier about her party. It sounds like quite a lively affair. / should be, knowing her. / I couldn't decide what to do about it / don't you want to go? / I'm not sure. / whole lot of bright young thing. I thought I might feel a bit left out / be there / which does make a difference. / I hope so / just / chance for us to be together. / There you go. / Oh, thanks. / Well, even if we are both there, we wouldn't be able to be, ... you know, 'together'. / sit / smooching / that's true / Pity. / But at least / being with you anywhere is fine with me. / Good. Oh, / just / so little of each other / job / it's full on at the moment. / but / on / party / I'll do my best, as long as you promise to wear that prize-winning necklace of yours.

Oh, come on, Alistair, pick up, please. / Hi, Shula. / Oh, Alistair, thank goodness. / What's the matter? / It's Darrell. I met him in the church yard. He just went for me. / What? / He was so angry. It was awful. / nothing like that, but, he was so agressive / into this great / I mean, he looks terrible. / What do you mean? / fight with Eric. You know the one that has been bullying at the Elms. / Right. / horrible black eye, and one side of his face / all puffed up, and, he says I'm to blame for it. / You? Why? / Well, I told them he was having trouble there. I thought / I never dreamed. ... Anyway, they've barred Eric from the place and he blamed Darrell / I see. / and Darrell's right. It is all my fault. I've managed to make things ten times worse. / Wherer are you now? / Outside the church. It was a real shock. / half the herd to do / very very soon. / Yes / ok / why don't you drive back / cup / with you very very soon. / Alistair / All right. Thanks, darling. / See you later then. Love you. / Love you too. Bye. ... Oh, dear.

I'm sorry, I'm gonna have to get back to work. / Yeah, of course. So,  / only chance meeting up for the party? Even for a quick coffee? / I wish I could. This is a crucial time, turning f__ into a commercial proposition / I know. / that's the end of me. / That's not going to happen. / listen, if this place / no one's gonna let me run anything. / No? / small world, agri-business / everyone gets to know your mistakes / with Tom / give you a job / pigs. / great, huy. / second pig man working under Jazzer. / under / a lot more of each other. / Well, now, if you put it like that. / Anyway, thanks for the coffee / coming / it's been ... it's been great. / Oh, Rob. / Oh, I've missed you. / I know. I ... / just find a way to be together more. / 'll have to work on this. / Promise? / Huh huh. / Damn ... come in. / Um, excuse me, Mr. Titchener, have you got a minute? / Um ... uh, yeah, OK. / Darrell, what's happened to you? / It's nothing. I'm OK. / just hang on a moment. Can you, um, / Darrell. Darrel Makepeace. / Right. Um ... Helen, I think / sorted, don't you? / so much for / no problem. / good-bye, then. / we'll be in touch. / OK. Bye, Darrell. / See you. / Right. Uh, ... what ... what can I do for you, uh, Mr. Makepeace? / Uh, look, I'm, um, sorry to just call in like this / it's OK / passing / I wondered / jobs coming. / We haven't actually got any vacancies at the moment. / OK. / But ... best of luck with your job hunting, OK?

Oh, Alistair. / Oh, Shula, you are back. / You sure you are all right? / Yes. He didn't hurt me or anything, he was so angry, though / sounds like he's right on the edge / made it all worse. / Ah, don't be silly. / The Elms / phoned them straight away / what did they say? / Not a lot. They confirmed that Eric had been barred / impression / before / there you are, then. It's not your fault. / Darrell thinks it is. / Darrell isn't himself at the moment / differently when things have settled down. / I hope so. / how about / this afternoon. / No, Shula. / But I / apologize to him / life harder than it already was. / Well, you didn't mean to / can't see / difference that makes / You said he'd made it clear / going near him / Alistair / leave it like that / Why not? He's made his feelings perfectly clear. / I know, but I feel awful about it / Look, I know you want to make a world good place, but it can't always be done, I'm afraid. I wanted my / farmer / clear of TB. / and / not? / six reactors / no / Darrell will get his head together again. And, when he does, he'll understand what you were trying to do. / Oh, I hope so. / Until then, I think you should stay away. I mean it, Shula.