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

All right, then. I'll feed you in a minute. You enjoy the sunshine for a while. / Hi, gran. / Oh, Helen. How lovely to see you. / I noticed you are out in the garden. I thought I'd just pop over to say hello. / I'm just cutting a few flowers for the house. / So I see. Wow, your roses are lovely. / Jennifer's coming round this afternoon. I thought I'd brighten the place up a bit. / Well, I won't keep you, but I just thought you'd like to see this. / Oh, you've brought the ring. ... Oh, Helen, isn't it beautiful / It is, isn't it? Rob chose it. It was quite a surprise. / A very pleasant one. / I know. I've never owned anything this lovely. I can't stop showing it to people. / Well, that's only natural. Thank you for showing it to me. / Well, I wanted you to be one of the first people to see it. / That's very thoughtful. Tell Rob he has very good taste in rings as well as f__s. / well, I'm the lucky one. / I'm glad to see you're so happy. / Gran, I never thought this kind of fairy tale would happen to me. / It is rarer than people think. / But you got engaged in the war. Wasn't it romantic? / Not exactly. It was all a bit rushed. / I see. / It was so hard for us to get leave at the same time / I suppose it must have been. / just sneaked away to see me. / Well, that sounds romantic. / He'd be in terrible trouble if he had been caught. That's what I could think about really. / Oh, dear. / My other Jack was so different. / I know. he __ __ / asking / didn't he? / Something like that. I was very lucky to get a second chance with __. / We feel the same. Anyway, I must get on. / It was lovely you've found time to show me your beautiful ring. / you must come over soon. / I'd like that. It seems ages since I have seen Henry. / I know / ridiculous / I've been so busy at the shop. / I know. Ah, you'd better get on. / Yeah. / Oh, Helen, before you go, ... have you heard from Tom at all? / No, gran, no, I'm afraid not. Nobody has, unless ... / No, I haven't, either. That's why I asked. / I hope / in touch soon. / Yes, of course. ... Well, I mustn't keep you. / OK, um ... I'll see you soon, OK, gran? / Yes. See you. ... Well, you two, I'd better get these flowers in the house before they start w__ing. / yes, and then you can have your lunch.

I'm missing the pigs already. / Huh. I was just weighing up our options ... what we should do with this land now. / Right. / We could put / more field crops / But ... / silage, or / grazing for the cattle / we've got more than enough already. / Not if / expand our herd more quickly than __ planned. / That's quite a big decision / we need to talk it through. / decision time now, love. We've got to do something with it. / Well, let's not make hasty decisions, though. Keep our options open. / You mean about the pigs / in case Tom comes back. / Well, yes, if he does. / And, if he doesn't, we've got a labour-intensive enterprise that neither of us really wants. / I still don't think we need to rush. / Look, Pat, I do understand / go back in to pigs, but I'm trying to work out what's best for the farm as it is. / Well, there's certainly one thing we do have to decide about / contract / stand, he's due to deliver / next batch of w__s in a couple of weeks. / I know. / So, what do you think we should do about that? / turning things over again in the first place. I ... I want to do the right thing for Bridge Farm, for us.

Lovely roses, mom. / Thank you. / You see, that's the shade that I want for my tiles. / It would look nice in a kitchen. / perfect / warm white / paint __, but / when they / didn't / at all. / No? / It's so difficult to imagine what they would look like on __ just from the / ones in the shop. / so totally different / I suppose it must be. / Brian just / understand that. / Yes, he was telling me about choosing the paint. / last thing I want is __ place to look like an operating theater. / Oh, dear. / now the problem is my g__. / Oh, dear. You are having bad luck. / Yeah. K__ rang this morning. He double-checked the order, and they were about to send a wrong s__ / Ah, well, / good thing / he checked / that's what he said. / mistake must have happened / at his end / rather __ed over that. / As long as he puts it right. / He did / that's something. / Yes. / 's going to be at least a fortnight before we get them. / I shouldn't worry, dear. I'm sure it'll be worth it in the end. / Yeah. Well, that's what I keep telling myself. ... Oh, I envy you, mom. / Do you? / Hmm. So quiet and peaceful here. I seem to have been living in chaos forever.

There, that's the lot, is it? / Yes, if you're sure you don't need any more ice cream. / I think __ __ __ for the moment / ring / if you change your mind. / get out without worrying about the shop. / I'm sure it is. / see more Rob and Henry. I've been neglecting them. / Is that what Rob thinks? / No, no. He's very good. It's Henry that complains. / Huh. / Rob's just worried about me getting tired. / that's very thoughtful of him / back. / still one person down. Natalia was only temporary after all. / She did a great job, but it's what to do next. / I know what you mean. / Rob thinks we should get someone in. / Does he? / Hmm. ... I know it's ridiculous, mom but I can't help thinking what if Kirsty comes back. / I don't think that's very likely. / no, but ... she wasn't herself / not surprising / she might need us, unlike Tom. ... I think gran's missing him. / Do you? / Mmm. I popped over to show her my engagement ring earlier before I came here / she must have been pleased / Yeah, she was. But she did seem a bit low / if we'd heard from Tom. / I wish we had. ... Hhh ... giving his name away, Helen, that's what I can't get over. / Yeah. / When I think of the work he put into establishing it / Tom Arcjer's / ready meal / still out there. / but / not his. / I know / still / association / farm / yes, but how much longer? / still making them. / With bought-in meat. / Hhh. / I'm not so sure your father wants pigs on the farm again. / Really? / Oh, talk of the devil. / Have you seen Jazzer? / He's in the kitchen, having a coffee. / Well, he's supposed to be helping me with the l__ w__. / on the l__w__? Not surprising he's hiding in the house.

Just before you go, I meant to ask ... have you seen Lilian recently? / Oh, yes, yes, I've seen Lilian. / Oh, good. Only, / last time I saw her / seemed a bit down. / haven't heard from her since / I suppose / jacket / What m__ jacket? / Well, she's supposed to be knitting for the baby. / Why does Lilian, of all people, want to knit something for the baby? / because Lynda's made / Lama-woven blanket / that's the kind of things Lynda does / that's ridiculous. Lilian's never been interested in knitting / any good at it, come to that. / must / better than she was. But I thought if I gave her a helping hand ... / I wish / talked to me about it. / I'm sure you did. / I gave / and the pattern. I even undid it when she did it all wrong, and started off again. / that was very kind / when you are so busy / help very much. She's / about two rows in __ / Lynda keeps asking how she's getting on with it. / Why didn't she asked me? I would have helped her. / Huh, please do, mom. She needs all the help she can get. / oh, here's Jill now. I'll be off. / If you are sure. / Oh, yes. / it's good to have this chance to catch up. I __ like to hear / what you were doing.

She's so happy, Tony. She / her diamond to your mom. / ... who was thrilled, no doubt. / Perhaps we / should just be glad of it. Maybe we don't need to worry about Helen. / we do need to worry about Tom. / And that's enough, isn't it? / Huh. ... Right. I'll go / extract Jazzer / too hard on him / extra work / he gets paid. / rather paid for / doing the pigs / that's a pity because we haven't got any. / No. / I've been on the phone to Neil. / Oh yeah? / I'm going to see him tomorrow morning so we can decide what we're going to do / Tom's contract. / And what do you think / doing / like I said, I haven't made up my mind yet. That's why I'm seeing Neil.

Oh, dear. Your daughters do seem to be having a lot of problems. / Not real ones, not, compared to David and Ruth. They must be so worried about the new road. / We all are. / Yes. / But it is only one of three proposals. We just have to make sure / they choose. / And how are we going to do that? / Well, the campaign is already off the ground as / a lot of strong feeling / any point? / Certainly. Don't you? / Oh, I don't know. I'm beginning to feel as if this isn't my world any more. / What nonsense. / Why should anyone listen to my opinion? / Because you've lived in this village for over sixty years. You know what damage it could do. / Things change, Jill. / They do. But it doesn't have to be for the worse. / Maybe we just have to let go of the past. / This isn't about the past. It's about future, our children's future, our grand children's. / I tried to invest in my grandchildren's future. It wasn't a great success. / You did what you thought was best. / Perhaps. ... So you really think you can do something to stop this road going through? / Yes, I do. / Like what? How are you going to start? / At the top ... yes, that's it. I'll see Justin Elliot. / Is it anything to do with him? / He's a man with influence. I know that. / If he __ see you. / a bit ambitious / I'm just being realistic / like that / I'll talk to Charlie Thomas. That's easy enough. / Easi-er. / He seems quite reasonable. Adam gets on with him, doesn't he? / They had a bit of a sticky start, but ... yes, I think so. / Well then. / Oh, Jill, I admire your spirit. / Thank you. / But I'm still not sure exactly what you think you are going to achieve. / we need to get the message out / bring / road through Ambridge / more trouble than it's worth. And believe me, I intend to be very persuasive.