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

__ __ not still staring that article / Oh, hi, love. Do you want / those? / no, I'm fine / look, like I said last night, at least the article doesn't actually name Justin Elliot / need / wearing / just like him. / And whose fault is that? / on the front page / sorry / said / in the mood to listen. / It's g__ g__ Route B / Brookfield Farm / said to represent / behind the new road scheme / off by heart. You've read enough times / quite / had in mind / PR game, was it? / don't say it, Ruth, please. / sorry for / know / feel bad / I should think not. __ __ no idea / picture / even / taken / if I knew who did it / never / over a hundred people there. Any one of them could have tweeted it to the Echo. / Yeah, and the one / play / fire / your fingers burnt / Oh, very good. You / that one all the time / the shop / you should have gone down there / hero of the hour / What? / everyone's seen the Echo. They were all very supportive. / Huh. Well, that's something, I suppose / not really, David. I don't know what to say. This has all got out of hand. / I know. I'm sorry. ... Still, at least they printed Jennifer / piece / photos / gave __ / yeah / I'm surprised / the feature ... aren't you?

Oh, I don't know. I've got too many vowels. / Vowels can be a good thing in Scrubble. / not / all / letter "o" ... oh, another scorn, Peggy? / no, thank you, Chris / they're delicious, though. / I was / I met Ian. / Oh, y__? / gather / get / right / they close friends with the couple? / I think so, yes. Stewarts and Hugo. / Oh, with __ ... / Yes. / I see. ... Things have come a long way / Indeed, they have / have you thought of / I know. / well done / I use the "s" of "gutters" ... o, l, o. / "solo". ... It sounds like it feels, doesn't it? / __, I was thinking of the musical connotation, actually. / Were you? / Oh, Peggy ... you've still got Bill / Sorry? / sad / miss him, of course, but ... / I do / Bill / he keeps looking for him. / Well, you know the answer, don't you? Get another cat to keep him company. / Oh, I don't think so. / I'm sure Alistair gets to hear of / need re-homing ... or a kitten. / No. Not another cat, and definitely not a kitten, not at my time of life. It wouldn't be fair.

David, / Oh, great. / Have you got a minute? / If that's all it'll take. / depends / explaining why and how pictures / local paper / Charlie / one thing / confined / hill, and now / and beyond / I doubt it. / Well, I don't / social media, the National's / come on / tell you now Justin / not very / pleased / relating to his business interests / so, yes, he does. / All right. Look, Charlie. OK. / hands up on this one, I'm sorry. / You're sorry? / silly prank that got out of hands / anything to do with / picture / getting into the Echo / hardly makes it better, does it? The evidence is still out there / the thing is, David, / I don't think / this is the power / citizen journalism. This is what happens / soon get pretty dirty, on both sides. Are you ready for that? / Hang on, hang on, hang on. What are you saying? You __ the one telling me last week / let / personal / notice you took / Look, I've said I'm sorry / am / about the g__, that is. But, as for the rest of it, what I feel about the road, the farm, / not / everyone else / about the land itself, and what it stands for, nothing, nothing has changed, or will change my mind on it / that's good to know / now we know where we stand / you / just realized? You really don't get it, do you, Charlie? / Get what? exactly? / this is what happens / come between / land. You do it __ __.

If I have to hear this song one more time ... / Oh, darling, truely trust me. By the end of the day it'll all be over / tiles / installing the cooker, that's all I'm interested in. ... Oh, lord, this is K__. / Uh, no, no no, it's not. ... / Who is it? / don't tell me / another well-wisher / praising your article / Brian, not again. / how do you expect me to feel? / Well, how do you expect me to feel? I specifically / gave me one / mention / behind the road / didn't mention / Justin to BL / I know / you've said / so, ring this / complain / entitled to make / I'm afraid / rather me / yes, all right / I'm not feeling the heat already / added / fuel to the fire / rather unfortunate meta__, Brian / I bet David / as well / any consolation / for god's sake / don't tell me / I'm sure / everything / fine / have some more __ __ __, darling. / no, thanks / made / super new filter / not through the biro__, no. / darling, by tonight you'__ be having supper in your own home, in our brand-new, beautiful kitchen / this is K__. Good. ... K__? How are you? I was just saying to Brian / Brian / Adam said I'd find you here.

I must think about going / lovely to see you, even if you beat me / scrubble. / I have a funny feeling you let me win / Nonsense. It's the luck of the letters / Oh, come on, Chris. / better. Everyone is. / Oh, Peggy. We only want ... well, it's obvious you're not quite yourself at the moment. Um ... do you think you should see a doctor? / No. I'm not ill / Oh, I don't know. Since christmas / thinking / about losing people. / Jack? / Yes, first, Jack. Then, Tom, off to the other side of the world. Now even the cat's gone. I look back, Chris, and / what's it all been for? You spend your years building your family / achieving things, watching them to achieve things, and, in the end, you are on your own. / but you're surrounded by people ... family, friends ... / I know. / You've got your health / comfortably off / You really have an awful lot to be grateful for. / I know, and I am. I realize / so many people so much worse off than me / but / afraid / it can't stop me feeling like I do. / Oh, I'm so sorry. / People talk about life being / that was a bit fanciful, but now it's how I feel, as if all the elements of my life were woven in together ... growing up in London, the ATS / and meeting my first Jack, coming to Ambridge, the small holding, the Bull, the children, and then losing him / just / come / adulthood. Their ma__es, their children, and then, Jack. Dear Jack, when I was least expecting it / yes, of course. / Such contentment, such peace, such love / mattering to someone again, someone who didn't have to love me / even these past few years, even when he didn't know who I was, I still felt as though I mattered. ... Now it feels as though all those threads are working loose and / hold / Oh, Peggy ... I think, perhaps ... / I / always / a shape to my life, a purpose to my days / I had a role. Now I don't, any more. ... Huh, maybe asking / my age / too much / I know one thing. I / want to / rest of my days so aimlessly, and, really, would anyone miss me if I were gone?

He's furious, I suppose. / more disappointed / Brian / directors / and he's got it / word / against Justin, or the road / come on. It's guilt by association. / Look, Charlie, all Jenny wrote / i__ nostalgia piece. / I__, / politicized by the Echo to / include her name / Justin / it's a full-house. / would it help if I rang him? / might / already, Brian. / not finished / to my specifications / as promised. I can assure you / before you can say g__. And I don't care how many extra menu__ have to / care / how / I will have this kitchen finished before I go. Good-bye. / All sorted, darling? / Hello, Jennifer. / Oh, ... oh, Charlie / hear about my ... my article by any chance? / actually / explain / try to defend me, Brian, because there's no need. I'm happy to have my name / Charlie / I will gladly / every word in it. I happen to love this village. It's where I grew up. It's where I raised my children / random collection of houses and fields and lanes to me. It's a community. And I cannot stand by __ __ __ spoiled. It's a free country, Charlie, and I am perfectly entitled to / whatever Brian's position __. Is that clear?