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Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/archers archers_20140707-1920a.mp3

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

Hello, gran. / Alice. / way / to see you / Not working today? / late / mind if I join you? / not at all / been / fresh / so I see. / like / sometimes and have a chat with him / I'm sorry, am I interrupting? / of course not / any / get / yesterday / sunning themselves / island / by now / jack / headstone / Oh yes / talking / trying to decide / straightforward inscription ... "In loving memory / 1919 to 2014 / sleep on now, and take your rest / that's beautiful, gran / beloved / father of H__ / there, you may be sure / want hers, too. / Oh ... I'm sorry, gran / all / do you mind if I just / you carry on / dad / noise / it's the kitchen. It's decided / like / fry some bacon / come / could you? / What? Now? / all right, dad. Don't panic / ten minutes, OK? / what's / nothing serious. / got the better of him / come over / sorry to rush off / afternoon / cup / can I invite / cup of tea? / Of course you can. That would be lovely

still here / Tony / late / potato / Yeah, well, / matter. / email / Pip, by the way, about robotic milking / for or against? / what do you think? / she / always / latest / yeah / placement / last year / yeah / a ring / NEC / Oh, here's Tony at last / farm / you don't think so? / much point. I mean, / we can afford it. / sorry I'm late / Neil started this morning / Neil? / yeah / of / heard / new AD unit / heard / either? / Pat found out / yesterday. BL are planning / second AD / bigger than the existing one / to feed the / afraid not / and he admitted it had been discussed, but ... / responsibility / he can't wriggle out of this one / definitely BL's doing / Pat / posing a "green initiative" / sense / refuse planning / anyway / this Angus bull ... / yes. We'd better / better hit the road

come / conclusion / sending coded messages to the fridge / over / here / I think I've got it / well / what a relief / accidentally / telling / so lucky. / what / trying to do / turn this nob to there / work / grilling the bacon instead / turn this knob to there / how / symbol / sure you had that / old oven / pretty universal, these symbols / instruction manual / it's here / see / page / marked "Grilling" / exercise caution / always keep / safe distance / in the circumstances / what was that? / What? / I heard something / ok / always use / universal pan / any ideas? / let me see / translate / Chinese. / It's just a typo, dad. It should be used / wire shelf / pan / think / spend a few bob / proofreader / something's still bleeping. / I can't here anything. / first page / your guide to all the symbols. / the top / grill / what's that / the oven / I don't remember / did you / I did, occasionally. / Anyway, just remember / I can't get any heat at all / copper pan / induction __, dad / coil of copper wire under there / switch / current flows through it / magnetic / hang on, hang on, ... what? / Magnetism, dad. / copper one / steel one / what / told / still bleeping / what / mother / right /

Well? / I don't know, David / beautiful animal. / Oh, yes. / straight-backed / perfectly / places / how / coat / looks / doesn't he? / great / Absolutely. / afford / But? / 3,000 pounds / cheaper / should / pure-bred Angus bull / any cheaper. / I know. / just / can / justify / sort / can / false economy / cheap bull / Angus crosses / going for a S__ __. / could / but, you know / going for / brand / quality beef and all that / Yeah, you're right / maybe / one / I think / pretty / with / you've got to admit / he does look great / tell the guy / I don't know / why / sleep on it, go home, and discuss with Pat?

Honestly, granny, / obviously starving / rumbling / end / cooked him / omlet / every day / back / tomorrow / cope / by the hang of it by then. / your tea, dear. / gran / manage this / both away / I'll be all right / sure / have / fridge full of food / plenty of / mention / lovely granddaughter / wish / what / it's nothing / tell / nothing you / dear / what is it? / you remember / morning / ordering / ordering Jack's headstone / I telephoned H__. / ... Right. / just / what / approval / say / already / matter in hand. / What? / about / stone / said / down to her. / Jack's daughter / wife / consult her / never expected ... oh, dear / oh, gran / the trouble is ... the trouble is / what / just ... oh, I've written it down __ somewhere / here it is / Jesus / peace / forever / miss you every day / that's / it is, isn't it? / got to / no / tried / must / decision / fight with her. / generous / will / loved him, and / way / never / and you still do. / grave / talk to him / every week / want to / church / ghostly bit of d__. / I really can't face / getting into a fight with H__.

come on, __ girl. Get a move on. / Cheers, Tony. See you. / hiya / on / sure / answer / buy / yet / which / say / he very well might. But / on the other hand / quite / sound like Tony / bought / not this bull. So he's going to / home / over / after you / about / Oh yeah? And? / just / guy / planning committee / knows / farm / did. / Pat / organize some kind of protest / too much / on her plate / yeah / how much compensation we might get if the road goes ahead / Ruth / basically / enough / living standards / talking / would / irredeemably recked / carry / determined we will / even think about it / work / managing the herd / Ruth, I simply cannnot / contemplate / sliced in half like that / if / children / on this farm / somehow keep it going, road or no road.