The Archers 2013-10-21

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There's enough left in the pot. / have for a while / another 40 minutes left / deliver / Deri in W___. / Aye. Go on then, Maurice / even longer if / telling them about the B___ / new squeeky toy. / Here you are, Jazzer. / Ta. / very welcome / I've heard nothing else all morning. / I can believe that. / still, / selling meals there, and elsewhere / we can stop worrying about / over-production / even started worrying. / at least / keep / job / safe a while longer / help yourself with milk and sugar. / Ta. / So, was there anything in particular? / so wound up with __ own idea / sugar / mothership / put his mind a rest / stir it with a Tom Archer biro. / of course / enough / I don't take advantage. / of course no / Ten more minutes, and I'm back, ___ing down the m__ / you / you know the answer to that one. / Aye. I was / crafty / drag / yesterday, you know / Tom / catch / worse than that. I was / Dower House / bushes / cover / carpet / perfect for / be addicted / Only, it seemed / sparked / Lilian spotted you? / not her / temp / Anthea? / Aye. I think that's her. / A ___, well-presented lady. / bob / she's got quite searching eyes. / that many sorries in me / n't even raised her voice / certain authority. / A certain authority? / Naturally, she / dim view of / smoking on the premises. / thanks for the sympathy. ... You know her well then? / Uh, not well / we have, you know, spoken to each other on a few occasions. / Oh, aye? / pacemaker / no / come on. There's no shame / I've done no such thing. I simply find her a refreshing change. / Is that right? / Yes. It's not often you find someone / integrity over pupularity. / If you say so. / But I've no interest in romantic attachments any more. They don't suit me. / You and me both. / Besides, she's already married / Ambrige / simply admired / she conducts herself / you should've seen her with Tom yesterday. / What happened? / she and I happened to be queuing next to each other in the shop / happened to be, yeah? / he came in / delivery / he couldn't resist / his ready meals. / always the master of small talk / she told me / very firmly, that she never insults her digestion with convenience food ... / excellent / ... especially when it's so over-priced. / Ha, ha, your beauty. / Now, that's, to my mind, is a woman. / could almost feel sorry for him / hard time and all.

Come on, in you go, in you go. ... That's it. / thanks, Ruth / got me text? / Yeah / I'm so sorry / don't worry about it, / keep / plenty of time for milking / no trouble / them in / like / clinics / Oh, yeah. Uh, how did your dad get on?

No, I wouldn't say that / argument / what was it, then? / More like, Tom tried to talk to __ about something / Helen pushing them off / and that's it? / Aye. / You don't know what Tom wanted to talk about? / I was too far away to hear clearly. / well, the giants of investigative journalism can rest / that's not much of a scoop. / What I'm saying is, Tom's concerned about something. / never mind / good 40 minutes. / Hello. / What is she doing here? / We are in the office. / Ah, ... good afternoon, Maurice. ... Hello, Jazzer. / Hi. / Uh, Tom's out at the moment, I'm afraid, Lynda. / Oh, I ... I don't want Tom. I've come in search of / Borsetshire's very own Sean C___. / That's uncanny. How did you know I would be here? / Uh, it's not you I'm talking about, Jazzer.

Surely that will cheer him up. / normally it would. He loves a good nose around someone else's cider __. / quite a reputation. / Oh, yeah. One of the best micro-brew__ry in the county / I don't know, Ruth. It depends on his mood. ... It was when they took the cast off, / Didn't look very good? / Oh, he was horrified / the truth is, his arm looked awful. / it'll soon get back to normal. / Oh, I hope so. They put on a wrist splint to give him some support / sore / he must be. / So, on the way back, he ... he suddenly decided / want to go anywhere else this week. / he might change his mind by Wednesday / I hope so / I know J___'s looking forward to it / the pair of / over / wife / friend of hers / yeah / I thought / too much on with the wedding / don't / make me feel guilty / oh / job as well / what's that? / soon / yard / she insisted / she's like dad ... well, like he was. Only happy when she's busy. / Every time I / wedding cake. / that'll be / all right, girl / start sending them in / Jill's / way / yet.

... not at all, Maurice. No one's put me up to it. / They must have done. / Why? / Me? In a play? / Yes. / As Robin Hood? / As Robin in the prime of life, one who served abroad for 20 years / I don't care what sort of Robin / you / be perfect / I'm not an actor / No, no, no. What you mean is, you haven't had much experience on stage. / I've no experience. / I hear / chance to remedy that / by choice, / only because she promised / Lico__ B___ if ___ went off all right. / So, you have acted before? / One ___, and two "Behold"s, and that was it. / Maurice / Mary / tongue out at me / you mustn't / modesty hold you back. / It's not modesty / very lack of experience may give you an advantage over everyone else / you see, Maurice, / bring / fresh and un___ed charm to the role / Lynda / a simple authenticity / I'm not bringing anything to it / well, if that's how you feel. / I do. / I won't press you any further ... for the moment. / Good. I need to crack on with the mincer. / But, perhaps, if I leave you a script / There's no point. / Oh, what harm is there in looking? And, perhaps, we / the harm is, giving you false hope. Thanks very much for asking, Lynda, but best take it with you, eh?

You like that, don't you, Bartlebee_ Bartleby? / Don't / no treat / I'm not, dad. / Worst thing you can do, give him treat / track is bumpy / want / perfectly all right by meself / here / got a ___, like you asked / uh, ta / lovely / no need. And, uh, want some help ___ing / I'll do it meself when I get home. Only come to stop you spoiling Bartleby. / oh, don't be / that's all you are doing / do him no good, overfeeding / when I can't exercise him proper / he's getting plenty of exercise, ain't you, boy? / fully ___ his condition. / Edward took him round with __ last night / doing a good job with everything else he's got on. / Well, I suppose so. / between me / taking Bartleby out / and George helping / g_ooming / I knew he's got his way with animals, yeah. / William says / been hoping to / train / you know, retrieving / stopping / whistle / Don't do that, Bartleby ... / What? / looking at me / once in a while / take of him / let him down. / Look, if you like, we can walk him round the ___ a couple of times / no, no, not with / you / keep your foot / what about on ___ ___? / would be like a torment him, me and me stick going so slow / you'll be looking after him properly soon. You've, um, tried any of them exercises yet, the ones physio showed you? / no point / you've got to have a go / I did, this afternoon / had to give up / like / first time / bound to be difficult. It will be easier tomorrow. / No, it won't. / Let's go back, eh? See if Clarrie's got ___ on. / effort / exercises / never / shouldn't have said no last week neither. ___ threw away the only chance / good coming / we didn't say no / well, you know what solicitors are like. They do everything in slow motion. / we should have taken what was offered. We gambled. Now we lost. / Oh, come on. You ... you're looking at everything through a dark cloud. Things ain't that bad. / Aren't they? / we'll hear from Wilson soon enough / and the doctor said your wrist is on the mend / give it another week or two / that's why you've got to take your mind off it as much as possible, like going over to H___ on Wednesday. / I told you I ain't going. / You don't have to decide now. / I ain't going / spend / but / showing meself up in front of strangers.

You sure? / No, no, I won't come in. Thank you, Jazzer. I, uh, simply wanted to apologize. / What for? / For earlier, / Huh? / giving the impression I'm not interested in your acting ability / interested / in myself / quickly / I couldn't explain / get back to the pigs / It's not Sean C___'s voice I'm after. / No? / But his strong masculine presence / and / still / I'm referring to the older, more mature C___. That's all. / so, did you talk to Maurice / Sadly not. / didn't think you would / I did hope he might waiver / explained my vision / waste / your time / dressing up and pretending to be a / The irony is, the more adamant he refused, the more perfectly he seemed for the role ... unflinching, / miserable / Oh, Morris offers much more than misery, Jazzer. He's such a lust / local stage. / well / better / cast one yet. / No? / Ha, if I can't have Sean C___, what chance / A___ H___? I / have to look / younger actors again / I don't know, Lynda. Don't give it up so soon. / Sorry? / Well, if you haven't chosen your Marian yet, Maurice might have a weak spot.