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

B__ Farm. / Rob, it's me. / Oh, hi, darling. Nice to hear from you. / I'm really sorry to bother you at work. / don't be / dull Friday afternoon / all quiet here / want a chat / not really / having / day from hell / what's happened? / one of our suppliers failed to deliver / pretty big order / oh dear / running / some empty shelves / I hope / let you down like that / it wasn't their fault / invoice / gone missing / let me guess / something / Kirsty / not this time. My fault / you are too pushed. That's why. You need a replacement / maybe / phone / them all afternoon / get you anywhere? / sort of. It agreed / emergency / over the weekend / that's something / Yeah, it is / big favour, and they can't send it / scheduled / the day / which is bound to be / we closed / stay on / So, you've got to ... / Huh huh. / I'm sorry. / Thing is, darling, could you possible / Henry / you sure? I know you / Charlie / comes first, but / don't worry about that / I can't even tell / I understand. / give / his tea / bed even ... / that would be lovely / Really? / you don't mind? / of course not. I love spending time with Henry. You know that. / such short notice, I'm ... I'm sorry / excuse to get away early / bad day, too? / no / Charlie is / he's seen the artcicle in the Echo. / down well / I bet / crisp phone calls. He rang the Echo to complain / had sneaked / he wasn't looking / very likely / what did they say? / Well, they said / PR people / all the time. So he rang / complain to them / leaving early / He's not here. Helen, will you just stop worrying?

Oh, afternoon. / Hello. / I'm glad I have bumped into you. / Really? / Yeah. I wanted to thank you / for seeing my mother / it was my pleasure / good company / She is. / just / hear what she / to say / well, as I said to her, I'm not building the road / not sorry / built / discuss to my boss. And I shall. / thank / maybe he'd like / copy of this, too. / happen to have one going to spare / send this one / daughter / I'm sure someone's brought up / I'm sure they have. / I / do / any possible / new road, though, if that's your implication. / line the Echo took / contrast / between the two different kinds of / found / highly predictable / really? / coverage / B__ F__ / not particularly. It's a pity / so superficial / I don't think it was. / good writer / we deserved it / think / quite an accurate representation / modern / family farm / bit / __back, don't you think? / farm / flo__ishes now, and / in the future / if we / allowed to / everything / has to change / Echo / appreciate that / change / better / change / worse / indeed / that's something we can certainly agree on.

Hhhh ... / Hi, Brian. / Hi. / Oh. This is all still looking a bit grim. / I know / living / c__ s__ property / going a bit far. ... It is pretty bad, though. / Yeah, and likely to remain so. / Mom hasn't found any new / still looking for that particular shade. / Mmm. Huh, she is a perfectionist. And / to ask / be ready anytime soon. / I'm resigned to __ __. / Steve / this afternoon then? / they went __ lunchtime / to be honest / much / they could be getting on with. / I suppose not / Right. Would you like cup of tea? / yeah, yeah, I'd love one / I think / get out of here / doing / blood pressure any good / You're probably right. I / put the kettle on / temporary kitchen / thanks / from the A__ event. / having a cup / about it / yeah, I will. / all the precision technology / fascinating / easily the best exhibit ... yeah, very thought-provoking. / And got on OK with Charlie? / Oh yes / though / he / thought-provoking too.

Charlie, I wasn't expecting you to be around today. / So I see / well / all right / domestic emergency / another one? / come on, Charlie, I did it once and / weeks ago / glad / regular occurence / Look, I'm sorry, but there really is a problem. / there was last time / quite unforeseeable / there / there was no one else to collect Henry. I'm the last / really / unless absolutely had to / seemed happy enough to do / not / about it / left you a voice mail message. / Right. / Yeah, and a note, in case you / drop by / Well, good. / to make a habit of this / Good. / Helen / under a lot of pressure / that's going to change / care / are, Rob. / no / as long as they don't affect your professional / I do my job, Charlie, and I do it well / all right / any more f__ / after / Echo / Not really. I bumpted / David Archer just now / copy under his arm / a bit. / Oh? Who won? / it was even, I should say. __, those Archers are a formidable clan. / Yes, Charlie, they are.

Well, that's all very interesting. / I think that covers everything. Huh, you / as good as / all yourself now / feels as though I have / thanks / I'm still sorry / you couldn't come / no / don't worry about that / leaflets / more information / if you want to. / Yeah. Great. / you said Charlie / thought-provoking too / I did. He, um ... he / said quite a lot / may have heard / before, of course. / what kind of things? / about / contracting, mainly. / ever talked / about that? / only in terms of / with the AD unit. / I mean, I ... I think / business, and / her about it? / No, I don't think so. But he seems to think I should do something with it, told me to be more ... ambitious. / Huh? Did you / everything else / said that / like / m__ing their lawn / he has / that Echo article must really have got / under his skin. / Oh, no, no. He hadn't read it then. / said / expensive / standing about doing nothing / true enough, I suppose / when we could be serving half the county. / He is ambitious. / yeah. ... But / who / for? I mean, how would that benefit the Estate? / we did make it clear at the start / set up of the Estate. / Huh. / like it? / Mmm, maybe / So, perhaps it's a warning. We could lose it. He needs watching, Adam. / I know. ... You know, / some / clear about what he means / say that again / __nomic. ... He ... he kept talking about me, / Huh? / mean / could do that, as if Devy wasn't in the picture. / huh. That's confusing. / You know, I think it meant to be / perhaps he's trying to provoke us into working something out for ourselves, you know, not spelling out what he wants / Yes. But what is it? / search me. I was hoping you might have some ideas. / never / to me / one thing / shaking up the way / yes / quite another / trying to interf__ / we run the business at __ Farm. / he's very p__, but ... / Yeah yeah yeah ... I don't trust him either.

... Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were F__, M__, Cottontail and Peter / which one do you think is M__? ... Oh, look. Here's mummy. / Hello. Oh, Henry / you look so cozy. Sorry I'm late / poor mummy / stay late at work. / But I'm sure Rob's been looking after you beautifully, hasn't he? Oh, thank you, darling / my pleasure / someone made a mistake, and she had to put it right. / Yep. / much rather / with you. You're gonna give me a hug and forgive me? / No. / He's a bit tired. We played a game of cricket / didn't we, Henry? / Yes. I won. / Well done. Sounds like / did / lovely time. / I did. / perhaps / give mummy a hug. I think she needs one. / thank you. / all sorted now? / you look shattered / came, eventually. / have a proper delivery on Tuesday. / Good. / Say please, darling. / please, Rob. / mummy / mummy. I want you. / Oh, Henry, that's not very nice. / No, no, it's all right. / you snuggle down, sweetheart / good / tired / collected him, played with him, fed him, bathed him ... / nothing to apologize for / it was fun / relax / some supper / No. You've done everything else / tired, don't you, Henry? / Yes. / Mummy didn't want to work late / no, I didn't / all down to the situation / shop / Yep. / Kirsty's gone. / __ __ be easier when / came back / like this. You haven't got enough time / let alone / Henry and me / neglecting you, haven't I? / problem / easily solved. If you want to spend more time with us / do / you are going to need more help at work, aren't you?