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

Two l__ soda / Thank you, love / Oh, thanks, Kenton. What do we owe you? / better / favour / committee meeting here / audition start / Well, / any / sad / mad / better luck this time / she's determined to make it work / form / midnight / thingy / see that. / I'm not sure / anyone else would / thanks very much / what are these, Kenton? / get / tea? You play / own game / the name of the game, mom, is tennis. / Oh, of course / sounds lovely. I'd rather watch tennis / big screen / football / Fallon suggested / work. So, / her idea? / well / either hers or the __ policeman / P__ B__? / yeah / she was a bit coy about it, but / turned / little romance finally getting off the ground? / You know Fallon. She's not giving anything away / I supposed / good luck to her. I think he's a catch. / Now, don't forget, Neil. / As if I could. / Tony / point / get an answer out of him / Susan / as a manager / good rate at that / carry on working all / Tom's pigs himself. / said I'll ask him / make sure you do. And now is the time to do it / Is it? / b__ about buying this bull / next week. / Huh huh / once / think / anything / pig / No, probably not. / like a child with a new toy / here we are / ta very much / sure I can / no, thanks / I'd better / join the others / fete committee, is it / when is the big day? / 27th. not long now. ... Well, I'll see you later / bye, Tony / Bye / cheers, Tonny / have / I'm a man of my word. / Yeah. / So, enjoy your pint. Cheers / well, I can't wait for you to start. / you up for a game of darts? / yeah, sure, yeah / finish / the thing is / we / really / one down or cricket? / ... money / you want to play for money? / No, no, no, I mean, we haven't / really / discussed / Neil / about that. Surely. / not worried, no. I ... / Why didn't you say?

and Fallon's making scorns and shortbread / yes / be worrying / queen / if not careful / I doubt that, Chris / all sounds very posh / sorry about that. Rush at the bar / your W__ promotion / yes / one major blow / What's that? / Jolene and Fallon / blame / football croud arrive early / they said. So, / carry the flag ... well, racket / nifty little pair of white shorts / have to answer that / one thing, Kenton / wouldn't / country / spray / can recommend you a very good place if you want one.

nearest to the bull / to start / sure. You go first / OK. ... Huh. Perhaps we'd better / as a practice / better with this. ... Ah, getting there. ... So, / you happy / said, Neil? / of course / sure? / I'm sorry / embarrassed you by asking, Tony / not / job / skilled and experienced bloke like you / yeah, that's right / I just wanted to get it out in the open / I agree. Always best, isn't it? Then / no misunderstanding / Exactly. / No room for error. / right / look at that / perhaps / needn't to be a practice after all.

What she's looking for / about / do / Bethany / like what? / Vicky knows / exactly / just / other children really / but / only one there / special needs / she might find / quite difficult. / Yeah. I mean / play and stay in Borchester. But she didn't / back again / sorry about that / should / all right now. / Right. Let's call / Apologies for / I haven't heard / anyone else. But we've got to call / anyway / do / village fete, plain and simple. / Yes. No fancy things, no silly games. / What? / agreed last year / traditional village fete, but / changed a bit since then. / Oh? How? / Well, it's going to be / might / traditional / because of the road. / Exactly. So, I'd like to suggest that we have a stall dedicated / SAVE campaign. / fine by me / what kind of s__? / David's looking into / getting some T-shirt printed / so / raise / funds / we can have / petition there, / bump up support / get / mailing list / Exactly. And I thought we could have / or __ or something as well / not everyone is against it, of course. / No. It'll just be the one stall / just / wondering / mad thought / wouldn't be the first time / but, um, well, with all this stuff / swelling / First World War anniversary / vision of / "Your Country Needs You" poster / finger pointed at you / sorry, Kenton, you've lost me. / if / going to / road / could say "Your Village / be different / usual boring / yellow offerings / But, Kenton, ... wouldn't mixing the two ... well, might / seem a bit insensitive. That poster sent a lot of / young / to their death. / I know, but / still / I know that, too / suppose / fighting for wasn't actually so different, Chris / much more complicated, of course, but, at heart, / fighting to preserve a particular British way of life. / Huh. ... What do you think, Susan? / look online / this is the one you mean / breaks your heart, really. Look at this / women of Britain / Say G__ / we could have / women / No To Route B / I'm not sure about that, Kenton / maybe not / but / this one / worth fighting for / wow / I don't know what does / and that poster wasn't just a chocolate-box image, was it? / people really understood what it meant / Exactly. It stood for / worth preserving. And it's what now we are fithting for, too.

got your t__, love / hot chocolate / nearly ready / Oh, thanks, Neil / turned / quite a marathon / Oh, it did / lots to discuss? / Yeah / m__ a progress, though / come up with / tell you another time. I / got on / with Tony? / Of course with Tony / Who else were you playing / darts with? Barack Obama? / careful / pass / thanks, love. ... Well, what sort of deal / offered / very good, uh, hourly rate / good rate for a manager / skilled and experienced / manager, in other words / well / oh, Neil, you didn't say, did you? / asked him about the money, like you wanted. / No, Neil, number one, you weren't supposed to be asking / telling him / fair / number two, / do the job as manager / But Susan / you're hopeless. When / learn to stand up for yourself, Neil? ... It's not about being a mamager. It's about being a man.

A drummer and a guitarist? / That's wonderful. / high hope / keyboard / well / she must be delighted / Well, in an ideal world / singer / probably / really pleased for her / Yeah, yeah, me too. Anyway, look, / wait / I'll bring the car round / door / pick you up / night, Kenton. / Nigh nigh. / Have you seen / Peggy / No, I haven't, I'm afraid / I feel a bit bad / phoned / heard about the cat / losing Ben seems / knocked / Really, He was a good age, wasn't he? / I don't think that's the point, Chris. I / well, it seems / lot / feelings about other things. / Jack, you mean? / Yes, partly that, I think. / Partly? You are not / really worried / I am, to be honest. I'__ never seen her like that. And, of course she's saying now she's fine / sure / but / Lilian / every day. / I know / don't / got / busy lives of their own / everybody has these days. / I know / Bridge Farm / got / problems / at the moment / run / his feet / Yes. And Jennifer and Lilian / holiday / they won't be around / Oh, no, of course. / so, I'm going to / keep / in touch, and I wondered if you could do the same / of course I will / find / have Peggy over, make sure / she's got some company / first thing tomorrow / fix / Thanks, Chris / Peggy's such a strong character / I'm sure / I hope you're right. / know her better / say / she was depressed / we can't have that. Um ... I'm not doing anything / Friday / come over then / I'll make some scorns. / I think / a bit more than scorns, Chris, even yours.