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

Huh, didn't expect to see you, Fallon. / Uh, we aren't __ing / Jaxx / after my shift / Oh, right. / busy weekend / yeah / bed / Kenton / that's good of you. / specials / pizza pep__roni? / I don't think so. / Or a pie / pie and __ __ / just the sh__s, please / Oh, thanks. ... I didn't think / late nights / so much on my mind. I knew I wasn't gonna sleep. / Yeah. Can't be easy at the moment. / Yeah. So, I thought I might as well / match here / rather / Pat / home / make sense / more fun watching / other people, isn't it? / It is / in the past, Tom and I / together. / Yeah. You must be missing him / Yeah, I am. / __ Father's Day tomorrow and all. ... Sorry. / Helen and Henry are coming over for lunch at least. / that will be nice / and, uh, Rob, of course. / Right, yeah. ... So, you / England / not at Bridge Farm, no. / plenty have / can't miss it, can you? / what on earth? __ __ __ down. Oh.

just a bad dream. / Oh. ... Thank you for __ing __ __. / That's all right. Go back to sleep / yeah / be f__ tomorrow.

looks like I got in just in time, Fallon. / Oh, what / complaints / there? / About the noise? / ask / keep it down / no. I've come to watch / rest of the match / Oh. / just / just finished my shift. / OK. / __ you __, officer. / Harrison, please. / __ soft drink? / No. The l__. / Huh. I thought / in uniform. / Not for long. / steady on. / What? / stripper __. / Just my tie and e__ ... for the time being anyway.

see you, Tony. / See you, / I knew / going to be tough. / never mind. Bye. Bye, / Do you need to get on? / Oh. ... Nuh, / hand in a minute. / good of you / __thing else on / sounds like a bit / oh, well ... / now that, um, what's-his-name's gone / you mean / yeah, a bit. / But not just that? / No. it's ... to be honest, I'm just wondering what I'm doing with my life / you know, I'm nearly thirty / are you? / 29 on Thursday. ... Uh, I don't know. Shouldn't complain. I've got a job / doing these vintage parties / sounds interesting. / yeah / Alice in Wonderland one for Lynda S__ / Oh yeah? / Yeah. / hard juggling __ __ Jaxx. I don't know. / bar / Running a bar. / some old China. It's not much / show / three decades on / planet, is it?

Well, it's been a lovely morning, especially thanks to one little man. / you / the card, then? / thank you again, Henry / that's all right / let's go / come on then, off to / granny and grandad / it's great / arranged this, Rob. / It is. / fingers crossed, maybe they've properly accepted you at last.

Could you l__ the table, Tony. ... Tony? / Huh? / Table. / Oh. Uh ... / Come on, they'll be here in a minute. Put your phone away. / something from Tom / still early over there. / He knows what the time is here, though. ... I don't know why I'm bothering. He / touch / be any different / probably / same day in Canada / They do. / How do you know that? / I checked this morning. / __, Tony ... / never bothered me / Father's Day / take it or leave it / he's probably still hurting. / hurting / I miss him no matter what day it is. / Me too. But he must know how awful it is for us not to hear from him, not to know / he's all right / I'm sure he does. / Still ... / He probably doesn't know what to say, given how we left things. / I'm really not feeling up to this lunch. / you shouldn't have gone out last night / slept / stayed in / so late / under the weather / bad / it's the company. / We'll have Helen and Henry. / only / just them. / Look. I don't like Rob any more than you do, but we've got to face facts. He's going to be our son-in-law. / I'm well aware of that. That's the problem. I still can't believe it, Pat. / I'm feeling pretty isolated right now, Tony. I / Helen / strange__ as well. / Nor do I. Of course I don't. / 'Cause, if we lose her, then / lose Henry too / I couldn't bear / me neither. / So, we have to accept / made her choice / feel / grin and bear it. / Easier said than done. / Promise me, Tony / all right? Our priority today is Helen and Henry. / All right. / Promise? / I'll behave. / Thank you. ... Oh. / Hello. / I'll do the table / __ stay __. / glorious day, isn't it? In you come, Henry. / careful with it. What / say? / happy father's day / Oh, Henry, / so nice of you. / I made it by myself / I can see. / Mummy __ __ / I just helped a bit. / "To a wonderful dad and grandad" ... oh, thank you, Henry, mmm ... / Thank you, both. / Let's see. / What's on the front? / A cow. / Oh, of course it is. Yes, / took me a moment, too / the one he did for me / cow / too. / When was this? / today. / Henry made you a Father's Day card? / that sweet of him? / Yes. Lovely. ... Wasn't that a nice gesture, Tony? / It was. Absolutely.

Of course it's the Borsetshire Show this week. / Yes. We know. / you be going? / too busy? / I am busy, but I'll find the time / lookout / do you know what you're looking for? Breed, I mean. / of course / good / yes, I know / would you like more potatos, Rob? / Uh ... yes, please. / Let me. / Oh, thanks, darling / Mmm, this is a lovely joint, Pat / using up / left-over pork? / pig operation / very much a continuing business / Oh, yes, of course. / well done / Is that enough? / for now, yes / How about you, Henry? Another potato? / No. / "No, thank you." / No, thank you. / OK. / What day are you going to the show? / probably Tuesday / fact / a couple of __s. / B__ farm / Rob's very proud of his animals. / Yeah. It's a good opportunity to show people the quality of our __. / Yes. Right. / So, uh, what's happening on the farm at the moment, Tony? / Uh ... / you've got / second batch / leek / manually? / standard method / spent many an hour on that planter. / I bet you have. / can be very sociable. / Finished. / all right / a little while, OK? / let him get down, Helen. / Yes / Well ... / No fun being stuck / table / is it / talking about boring leeks / All right then / with your bricks. / So, uh, leeks? What else? / Uh ... we've got some of our regulars in to weed the carrots. / Hand-weeding, is this? / Yes. / Good lord / rest of / by hand as well / tractor __ing. / Huh, that's something. No wonder you are so busy / labor-intensive stuff / That's organics, Rob. It's normal for us. / Huh. / In fact, talking of "busy", we've been thinking about the shop. / Have you? / Huh huh. / Kirsty / fresh look / rather than just repeat what you've done in the past / What we think is, we should take the opportunity to recruit someone who could share the management role with me. / perfectly well, love / forgive me, but I / seen /recently / that's because the shop's been short-handed. / fully manned, she does have / other responsibilities. / yes, yeah, that as well, of course. / So, we / look for someone / higher c__ than Kirsty / perfectly competent. / pay / more / worth / not to have / Helen / so much pressure / it's the sort of thing we should discuss. / we are discussing it now. / and I know how busy you both are, so / I'm happy / selection process / interview / that sort of things. / Isn't he fantastic? Always looking out for me.

That was a wonderful meal, Pat. Thank you again. / I'm glad you enjoyed it. ... I'm sorry we've got to get on / I know you're busy / I think / good / fella / thank you for grandad's card. you / obviously / a lot work into it / Tony / yes. Thank you, Henry. / Oh. ... Happy father's day, dad. / Thanks, Helen. / thanks for lovely meal, mom. / You're welcome. Anytime. / Come on, then / bye then / I'll keep you posted about the shop. / Y... Yes, please do. / Come on, Henry. Bye. / Bye. / See you. / Ohggggg ... / I did tell you, Pat. / That __!

Well, wasn't that nice? / It was lovely. / You see? Now they know we're engaged, they're warming to you. / certainly seem so / great / shop / sure / best way forward for everyone. / Right / take you somewhere nice. Uh, shall I ...? / I'm fine. In you go / don't sit on the s__. / still got / I'll ring the employment agency tomorrow. / will you? / wants / shortlist together / That's so kind of you, Rob. / next week to do the interviews, with you, of course. / Great. Come here. / Hmm? What? / You make me so happy. / Ah, well, that's my job. / Wonderful man, wonderful son, wonderful life. It just doesn't get better than this.