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

How about The Fox? / Where is it? Can you help, please, Jenny? / What have you dropped? / A nut of one of the coupling bolts. I promised Adam I __ his / he's got Charlie on his back at the moment / Oh, dear. Huh ... What does it look like? / It's small, round, and covered in oil / probably rolled away / thank you, Einstein. / Oh, dear. / wretched thing / are you all right? / Ooo, yes, I'll live. / Well, just get another one. You must have spares. ... Anyway, I thought the Fox. / What? / For lunch. / Oh, no. No no no no no. / why on earth / that's exactly why not. / If I have to choose off another menu, I'll scream. / Oh, Brian, some people'll be glad / chance / got / living / all / no home comforts / exile __ __ our own domain ... / Oh, darling, not much longer, just this week to go. / Oh, I've heard that before. Several times. / I know. We'll go to Grey Gables, and we can take mom / take Peggy? / do her good / I'm sorry, darling, I'm sorry / nothing against your mother, but I simply can't / making bright conversation. / I certainly can't face Lynda / start __ on me about the road. / Yes, I know. / how many more times / the / nothing to do with / I know. / Anyway / is too formal. I don't wanna / put on a tie. I want Sunday lunch in my own home, reading the paper, opening the wine, with lovely smell of cooking wafting up out. / This is the last crucial week of work, darling / be ours to enjoy. / And what about today? What about my lunch? / Oh, well, if you don't want to go out, something cold again, or something in the microwave. / Oooo ... / Well, it's all you choice, Brian. ... Huh. Is that what you were looking for? / What? / Uh, here. ... You were standing on it.

What time are you due at Jaxx, Fallon? / Well, 2 o'clock, but I think I might go early / Whatever for? / Well, there's no point staying at home, mom. / I can't settle. / Oh, love / what if D__ / using the fact that I'm not there / look around / on a Sunday? / Oh, why not? / Because you're getting it all out of proportion. I've told you. Chains like that / sending emails around all the time. I get mine about the Bull. / I know. But / sent / Jaxx' accountant if he wasn't taking it seriously, would he? / well / have to ask him / if you don't wanna do that, Ask Jim. / I don't know. __ I shouldn't have seen it in the first place. Ohhh ... I don't need this right now. / Uh ... who is that? / Harrison, B__. / Oh yeah? / Uh, he wants to know if I'm free this week. / __. / No, it's not __. God, I'm not sure I need this right now either. / Fallon, what's the matter with you? / gone with him / last week, didn't you? / yeah / was OK. ... You don't know what I found about him after.

__ __ to you, Brian / let's try it. ... uh ... if you can just move the coat rack a bit ... / oh, Brian / Better? / That's perfect. I can't see the bar, so they shouldn't be able to see me. / Great. Jennifer, / Oh, thank you, Kenton. / I'm still relying on you to keep people away. And, if the subject / nothing to do with BL, or with me. / Oh, come on. I think the fact / protest too much. / What? / from Lylian, you know. / Meaning? / BL is gonna do very nicely __ __ out of the road. According to her, Justin Elliot's been buying up lands / possible routs for all his companies, including BL. / maybe / so, you're gonna make a tidy sum if / compulsary purchase order slapped on it / your shares are gonna go through the roof. / Actually, Kenton, / you won't / so badly here, will you? / well, / actually / well, she thinks / we don't know. / we don't know anything. If they put a service area three miles from Ambridge, people / re-fuelling here / I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but do we have to talk about this? This is / just / to avoid / yes, yes, it is / well, you brought it up. / giving me indigestion / lunch yet. / (Or) would you like us to take / elsewhere / of course not / look, I'll get you some drinks, OK? / thank you. I could do with one. I / pint, please / to start. / come / Kenton. The bar's looking quite busy / thanks / Jolene / disappeared to somewhere with Fallon. / Oh. She had a date with that handsome policeman last week, didn't she? Alice was telling me. / Yeah, that's right. / So, how __ did it go? / I'm afraid / sort of secrets. So, a pint of __, and, for you ...? / Uh ... pino __ __, please. / Yeah, OK. Uh, large one? / Oh, yes, lovely / Jennifer. ... This is lucky. / Oh, hello, David. / I was gonna call on later. / please don't have a go / not today. He's feeling rather sensitive about a lot of things. / No no no, no, / Brian / It's you I wanted to see. / Me? / Yeah. Um ... look, you've seen the Echo, all those letters? / Oh, yes, yes, I did, including / well-argued one against / Yeah. / balister, apparently. / well / really / (jeer) up our publicity. / Yeah, I quite agree. / so, I was wondering if you could write something / Echo to go in this week. / A letter? / no, uh, more substantial / that / couple of pages, maybe. / Feature? And say what? / Well, in a gist, telling the story of Ambridge down the years, the village, its history, what it stands for ... / Oh, I see / and, what we __ to lose / through / Oh, yes. / So, are you up for that? / Uh, David. ... Oh, it is rather difficult. You see, I've ... I've still got the kitchen work going on, and ... and there's mom, and I'm off on holiday week today, well, not to mention it's actually very awkward with Brian. / Oh, yeah / I can see that. But, um, you did tell Shula that you are happy to take on publicity and press liason / Yes, I know, but that was before / got rather personal. / tell me about it. ... Uh, look, Jennifer, if you really don't feel comfortable and you are too busy, don't worry. Um, I could try and find someone else. / Huh? Like who? / Uh, I don't know. Uh ... Jim, maybe. / Jim Lloyd? / Yeah. He wrote all those things for Borsetsire Life. / now, leave it with me, David / I'll have a think and I'll get back to you. / OK. But, um ... don't take too long, will you? / time / really making a noise.

... and here he is, again, with his mates. __ __ __ this must be after they've been / shooting range. / what / saying on his T-shirt? / you think that's funny? / is, quite. / Mom, / Oh, come on, Fallon. Lighten up. / What? / Oh, honestly. You kids today ... I give up. / What ... what? So, it's my fault? / No, __ / not yours. It's technology, innit? / just, so much simpler in my day / you met someone, you liked them, they liked you, / Yeah? / so they asked for you number / land-line, of course / in touch, or you hope they did / Huh ... / for a drink and took it from there / Right. So ... / So, that's how you got to know each other. That's what dating was about. / meeting up and talking, and finding out / person / face to face. / ... Yeah. I see. / Now it's all there online, profiles and posts and texts ... / Maybe. / I mean, what do you know about Harrison? Really? After __ __ years / friends / friends who he might not even know very well. / True. ... To be fair, there's post / profile / like that. / Exactly / tagged in photos / yeah / I mean, all this stuff, Fallon, it's just clutter. It can't tell you if there's a spark, or ever gonna be. / Huh. / The truth is, if he can make you laugh, or make your stomach flip over when his arm brushes against yours, or when you look right into his eyes ... / ok, mom? / well ... (who care)s / everything you know, or think you know about him? / start again with an open mind. / All right ... yeah, all right. I'll give him the benefit of __ doubt / Oh, that's (big) of you. Poor lad. / everyone / take his side? / __, look, I'm texting him, OK? You happy now?

course __ __. Well, enjoy your ride. / Hi, Jennifer. / Oh. Well, Adam said you might call in. / Yeah. We've got a chat __ the prospects of harvest. / Oh, right. ... Oh, David, about that article ... / Yes? / Huh huh. I was going to ring you, and I've had a think, and I'll do it. / Oooh, that's brilliant. / Well, my main concern was Brian, but I thought __ __ a way to get round perhaps, so, um, / thanks, Jennifer. I'm sure you'll do a great job. / I like to think I'm rather better qualified than ... uh, I have lived in the village since I was a baby, and, uh, there is my book, of course / Your book? / Huh huh. "The English Village Through the Ages". I know / some years ago now, but ... / Oh, yeah, of course / slipped my mind / you ... um, you co-wrote it, didn't you, with ... / John / so, uh ... / you are absolutely the right person. Thank you. / Well, I hope so. / So, um, do you wanna get in touch with the editor / suggested / Oh, I already have. / On a Sunday? / world we live in, David. Rolling news, it's a 24-hour business. / Yeah, but, the Echo? / Liam's very go-ahead. I don't suppose / stuck / very long. / doesn't sound like it. / He's really keen to cover the road story from ... from all angles. / Oh, good. / And he's already / going / this week, so, he / my / complement it nicely. / Well, __ sounds very positive. / Yes. So, he wants my copy, 1,500 words, if you __ / Huh. / by 5 o'clock on Tuesday. / Blimey. Can you get it done by then? / Well, Liam knows he's dealing with a professional, and I should / welcome change. / Yes, I'm sure / nice for me, too. My head isn't totally full of holidays and kitchens, you know. / No, no, no, of course not. / more good news / He's sending us a photographer. / Is he? / Huh huh. And __'s going to spend an hour or so / some / this is fantastic, Jennifer. Well done. / And, uh ... can you look out some photos of Brookfield / old days / sure. How many / you want? / just a couple, hay-making, maybe, milking ... / Hmm, yeah, no problem. / sort of thing to play out the old family farm / heritage line. / Yeah ... yeah, I'm just thinking there's a great one of dad and grandad hand-milking. / Huh. And I've got a gorgeous one of / her part outside the Gables __ Forge / it sounds great, Jennifer. It's just we need for the campaign. / good / I can't wait for the Echo to come out / No, nor me. / Hearts and minds. That's the way we're gonna win this fight.