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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/archers archers_20131030-1920a.mp3

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

Hello, little one. / how / she coming along? / well / little / actually / first one / first crap, eh / Bethany / clever little girl you are / you must be very proud of her / little ray of sunshine / you want / That's right. / never wanted / need / mom and dad. / Have ever done something you was ashamed of ... really ashamed of? / only last week / I don't suppose you could lend us / you are all right, Darrell / lend / three quid / bank / ask / all / three / me benefit / explain / No worries. Here. / You are a life saver.

Have you spoken to ___? / I meant to phone you / don't worry / I instructed them to write / offer / well / enough to stave / legal action. / Well, we'll find out soon enough / on a positive note / yeah? / Kathy / small surge / membership / already. / Excellent. / confident / Christmas p___ massages? / you / b__ing business / see / fantastic job on the web site / I know / look / this morning / solicitor / sorry / no problem / sound of / mani- pedi__ / after the complimentary ginger bread / yes, I'm sure / big / jolly glad / darling / keeping busy helps. / Look, uh, / dinner tonight / mind off things / I don't know. / Well, if you don't fancy going out, / Shula / I'll cook / I could, I suppose / going over and over the same old territory / back door. Sorry. / No, no, not to worry. Bye.

Oh, ah, morning, Ed. / Oliver. / Um ... uh, how's Joe? / we are hoping / fracture clinic next week / good / come straight to the point. Uh ... I'm concerned about the hunt. / The hunt? / over the farm / because of the n___ / Ed, listen / even if / never / we always come / Green Farm and towards / I just need to be / 100% certain. OK? / of course. I understand. I know / sensitive time / So ... ? / I can assure you, the hunt  / travel over any vulnerable area / Grange Farm / right / good / that's, uh, one less thing for me to worry about.

It's settled. You are coming to us / no arguments / Alistair / You'll need to be here. / All right. Thanks. / lovely to see you both. / catch / bring / pudding / loads of things in the freezer / what about your Roger / around / hope / seen him since Monday / what / I might kill him / unless Alistair gets him first / came / yard / drunk as a ___ and completely / horses / anyone hurt? / well / not this time.

how's that? / from here / OK. / What? / point / deter dog walkers, but / stand out / enough / it's not grabbing / attention / any bigger / Why don't we / freshly printed / much more seriously then / true / tell you what / this afternoon / get them done / brilliant / lose any more to carelessness / our duty to protect them / least / winter / much less vulnerable / young / one dog __ing around / yard / more than worth the effort.

I popped around / Lower Loxley yesterday. Mom's done / stunning / surprised / it was a labor of love / never / icing a wedding cake for Kenton / better late than never / perfect match / more / plenty / Alistair's been called out / moment of thinking / Friday evening / well / opera in Verona. She looks absolutely stunning / Shula, like a goddess / summer dress anyway. / Well, / warm enough dancing / mainly / swing band. Pre-beatles anyway. Jolie L__ Lewis / rock'n roll / Don't worry / darling / just / careful / want you to be / hospital / that was delicious, Shula. Thank you / Good / whole day / Jolene / dress / you never said. ... More wine, Oliver? / not actually / carrying / we know / vintage shop, and / happy with it / amazing / such cinfidence / Mel being here / if / she won't show it on the day / Meriel to stay here / to save mom the work / I can't, really, with Darrell / tricky / did he mend / stable door? / eventually / did a really good job / that's the sad part. He's got skills / really. / starting to wear a bit thin. / so I gaghered / it's not easy / fostering / yes, of course / any of them / keep in touch / Oh. / chap in the army / Gosh. And who / on horses? / Oh, K__ / she was a sweetie / no trouble at all / he was a bit of a handful / complete / Shula. / lots of people are. / I remember / my vintage / never / forgive them for that / is that Alistair back? / no it's too soon for him, mom. ... Will you excuse me / Darrell / expect / know / with him. If he / my horses, homeless or not, he __ be out / ear / Darrell? / Oh, Shula / I think we need to talk / I don't like the sound of that. / I bet you don't. / Before / I bought you this. It's, uh, chocolate orange. / Oh. / I hope you like / Elona does / Thank you. / oh, for heaven's sake, Darrell / sorry / wanted to apologize for the hourse / you and Alistair angry with me, and, / every right to be / we were. We are. Oh, Darrell / I won't do it again. / this is our working environment / safety is paramount. / building site / exactly. We don't cut corners, and we don't take risks. / most certainly / get / frighten horses. / I'm so sorry / got / a bit of money from / just / just spent it on booze. It just stopped me / think. / Drinking on medication / really really bad idea, Darrell. It makes you / get / more quickly. And it might / depressed / not / any tablets / Yes, you are. / I never went / doctors / remember? I drove you there. / Yeah, yeah, you did, but, I never went / appointment / I'm so sorry, Shula. When you dropped / Anna called me in, and ... / got / walked and walked / I don't even know where / never / at all / No wonder. / Oh, Shula / Darrel. We could try again / it's not just that / never went / center / on Monday / either. / Darrell ... you've lied about that as well? / tell / oh, for pity's sake. How / pull yourself out / make / effort / so / let you down. / You've let yourself down / and Rosa. And Anna / don't say that. I just couldn't face it / using / for everything / really / I was terrified / not to / had to get away. / Look. The point of the medication, if you'd been taking any, / help you / sleep / balance you up a bit / overcome your anxiety / get your life back / job interview / I feel like a tramp / afford / cloth / money / just / drinking / went / cash out / the machine rejected me card. / So, how could you afford the alcohol? / Eddie's fault / I'm not a drinker / really / you've really abused my trust. / Yeah. / I'll go then / no, no no no / just listen to me, Darrell. I am trying to help you. I want to help you, but you've got to meet me halfway. / for you. Do you see / yeah / up to you / really will / I just keep messing up / self-pity won't get you out of this hole / but practical steps just might. Now I need to get up to my guests / food / help yourself to some chiken. (6)