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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/archers archers_20131015-1920a.mp3

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

late start, darling? / I've got an hour to spare this morning. So, I thought / cricket / paint / more than an hour / me a hand / even / better than nothing. / Hmm. / I've been meaning to / for ages / yes / one of those jobs / before you know it / passed / up / I've got a couple of lessons / Darrell / doctor / on his own, Shula. / friend / so resistent up until last week. I suppose I want to make sure / gets to the surgery / if it makes you feel better / last / early hours, I know / it was awful / I'd better make t___. / bye / have a good day, Darrell / Yeah, thanks. / do / like some toast / cup / a bit sick / to tell you the truth / sit down for a minute. / OK / keeping busy / start the dish-washer, shall / actually, those mugs are clean / it's OK / today / come and sit down for a minute. / OK. / You haven't forgotten / No, I haven't / eleven / a bit early / lessons / after / you don't have to / I know, but I'd like to / Thanks ... Shula / Yeah? / I don't / it's just / have you remembered why you are going? / to make things better with Rosa. / Exactly. / going to talk about / sleeping / wasn't that it? / it's the first step / better state of mind, it can only improve / with the family. / girls / but Rosa. She ... she's just so angry. / Darrell, the important thing is, you're trying to sort it out  now / Yeah, ... yeah.

This brush is dreadful. / It's a bad w___, dad. / I defy / touching up / painting / ___ C___ / you've asked a wrong person. / get on with it? / I / going to change it / only / I'm afraid so / Oh, for goodness sake, Alistair / huge gap / skirting board / have I? / worth doing / dad / let's see ... uh, ... I'll try this one / actually doing quite well. / might even finish it. / have you ... have you seen much of Joe / since his fall / no / well / spent Saturday evening with him / terribly low. A shadow of his former self / engage / conversation / a few times now / no sign of improvement / Oh, dear. / I promised Eddie / p___ him up / nothing seemed to work / nice of you to try / before the accident / apple identification / on / Apple Day / mentioned it on Saturday / at all / I wouldn't have been able to shut him up. / give him time / So everyone keeps saying / it's hard to see / such poor shape, though / imagine / I don't know what to do / Huh. You and me both. / hands full there / have you considered getting Joe out of the house? / easier said than done / take him down to the orchard, maybe / his project / after all. / true. Yes. / I'll give it a try / excuse me, dad. / I'll give this useless brush a wash / Ed / how are things? / not great. Um, one of the cows / aborted this morning / Right. Sorry to hear that / thing / had / lost a new born last week, one of the same batch. / I see / can you come and take a look? / sure / when / the sooner the better for me. / Uh ... I can be there / about 20 minutes / great, yeah. Thank you.

There you are. We are going to be late for your appointment / track / time / you doing? / sitting, thinking, you know / Are you all right? / yeah. ... yean, / course / mulling over the questions / think I'm mad / He won't / best to be prepared / it's not a job interview. / Huh, I wish it was / all / have to do is / honest / going on / I don't what's going on / trouble sleeping / feeling anxious. Darrell, you've been through a lot. The doctor will understand. / Yeah. / leave now. We / n't want to be late / right / Yeah, let's go.

been here for ages. / lot to do, ain't he? I mean, / mandatory to test / yeah, I suppose. / other tests, besides. Alistair / very thorough. So, hopefully, once we know what's going on, / can / ni___ / in the bud / last thing we need / infection yet. / hold on. We don't know / come on, Mike / now this / looking good / but / worried as you are / these are Vicky's cows, remember? / all I'm saying is, let's get the facts first, / all / finished. / Oh, thanks, Alistair / samples / including blood and milk / lab this morning / results / four to five days / working days, that is / takes that long? / Yeah, I'm afraid so. / weekend / no / what do you think? / going on. Can you / I'm sorry, Ed, I really can't shed any light / until the results are back.

goodness / is that the time? / we are not late, are we? / not for your appointment, no. / thanks to those roadworks / it's OK / Joan / If I'm not / my fault, innit? / really / one of those things / look, I'll, uh ... I'll let / get / my mate / pick up my tools / doctor / sounds like a plan / fix that stable door / great / see you later, then / good luck / I'll need it. ... Oh, ... hello, love. How are you?

here you go, Ed / look like you need a pint. / yeah, yeah. Cheers / come on. We / worst / probably / future / worried about. / vet / can't afford / help that. / said / I'm sorry, mate / deal / milk, remember? / Yeah, I suppose / anyway / no point in / the result, is there? / good b___ on Saturday / Susan enjoyed herself / mind you, Neil raised the bar / how's that? / next significant birthday present / cost me a packet / nice / have / night / I know what you mean / Brenda / babysit for us / couple of jobs recently / get either of them / working / in a coffee shop / be enough / good for her / she helped a lot with Bethany / in Ambridge / so / looking / Saturday / Lynda / almost sleeping through / remember / like a zombie / two o'clock in the morning. / pretty lucky / anyway / she's got one of those developmental / health / hello / Mike. Now, Ed, / just / your grandad. / how's he doing? / I'm pleased to say / managed to convince him to leave the house. / Oh / that is good / community / brilliant. / how did you manage that? / I reminded him that I / Apple Day / one of the only people in the village / profound knowledge of / traditional varieties / true / new / we planted / for / Borsetshire Beauty / worse than death / while / man / job / pack a picknic. And, when I left, Joe / actually quite excited about it / thanks / that's ... that's great.

was delicious / finish of the n___ / don't mind if I do? / lids / sure / I was thinking / like some / when he gets in / Oh, yes ... Darrell. / bound to be hungry / I have to say / been very nice / for a change / hopefully / closer to getting back on his feet / getting quite late, though / I tried to call him earlier, but / voice / Shula / no credit to call me back / he is a grown man / you've seen how strangely he's been behaving / what're you doing / texting. / picking up his tools? / decided to stay over / I don't know / just feels something's not right / think / can you try and put Darrell out of your mind / few / please / you can't control him. / what / put the phone down and leave it for a bit. ... Please.(6)