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The drama continues at Home Farm, and Ben has reservations.Bởi BBC Radio 4

I am the unfairly dismissed farm manager ( or the disgruntled heir) who is known as Stephen Boden and I am here today with the very singular member of Tracy’s Tigers who is Jacqueline Bertho in Saint Guen, Brittany We are of course joined by the mid week, Late May Fest goers and that’s you, our lovely callerinerers, emailerinerers and WhatsApperini…

CW: This episode includes a lot of talk of child neglect and abuse as well as suicide, so please take care in listening. We recorded this episode on August 19th, 2022 for our Patreon feed, where we read chapters 11-14 from the Rebekah Harkness biography by Craig Unger, Blue Blood. We’ve recapped our notes and thoughts over on Patreon for the last y…

NBA finals. We play a game to recap a bunch of what happened in the playoffs, get a movie “draft” in there and tan watermarks and dodgeball. A fun one!

Writer, Nick WarburtonDirector, Kim GreengrassEditor, Jeremy HoweBrian Aldridge ….. Charles CollingwoodHelen Archer ….. Louiza PatikasPat Archer ….. Patricia GallimoreTom Archer ….. William TroughtonTony Archer ….. David TroughtonLee Bryce ….. Ryan EarlyHarrison Burns ….. James CartwrightSusan Carter ….. Charlotte MartinIan Craig ….. Stephen Kenned…

Jim and Jazzer are on the trail of Jim’s missing glasses. Jim isn’t in the best of moods, having discovered the public meeting about the E.V. charging station has been postponed. Susan suggests they look at any photos taken during the stag party to try to establish a timeline. Later, Jim and Jazzer discover a photo that reminds them of visiting Chu…

Brian has called in on Justin for an off the record chat. He wants to know how he found Stella to work with when she was employed by Damara. Justin says she was always professional and that they never fell out. If anything, Stella always kept her cards close to her chest. Justin guesses there is some sort of trouble at Home Farm. Whatever it is, he…

Adil is at Late Mayfest at Lower Loxley. He introduces himself to Brian, who hadn’t realised the event was happening. Brian now regrets not letting his family badger him into marking his and Jennifer’s anniversary and had come to Lower Loxley for some quiet contemplation. Later, Brian shows Adil the knitted ferrets he’s bought Xander and Martha fro…

Adam talks to Ian about Stella’s decision to buy the new drill. Brian is still furious that she didn’t get his say so to go ahead. Ian remarks that she did speak to Adam, who is shocked to realise that in the wake of Jennifer’s death, Stella may have taken his instruction to use her initiative as permission to spend £150,000. Since Adam’s keen to r…

Adam calls Brian at Blossom Hill Cottage, ostensibly to check about today’s shearing of the Brookfield sheep at Home Farm. Brian doesn’t seem particularly interested and gives him short shrift. Later, Adam is surprised to find Brian watching the shearing. Brian knows that the real reason Adam called was because it’s his and Jennifer’s anniversary. …

Elizabeth and Freddie are in the office discussing plans for Lower Loxley’s Late Mayfest. Elizabeth notes there’s been grumbling from stallholders about where they’ve been put. Freddie insists it’s only because he’s managed to attract so many stalls. He hopes the trustees notice all the hard work he’s put in. Later, Freddie reveals to Oliver that E…

Today we hear from: On this episode we have a very select group of callerinerers. We hear from: Witherspoon who is talking about Martin Gibson’s teeth Jen, Ambridge Pony Club and our Stephen who are both on islands and want to talk about Scottish food. Katherine who asks where is the sport in Ambridge Brian Stephen Please call into the show using t…

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Oliver welcomes Tracy and Susan to the lounge bar at Grey Gables, where the cocktail waiter will teach them to mix their own. Tracy insists Oliver stays for her hen party, and this time he can’t refuse. Later, while mixing cocktails for Susan and Emma, Oliver wonders how much money George has raised for the fostering charity. Tracy joins them in ti…

Kirsty bumps into Pat at Bridge Farm. They chat, but Kirsty can see Pat is out of sorts. There’s still no news about whether the Crown Prosecution Service is going to prosecute Rob. Kirsty accompanies Pat while she feeds the goats, where Pat admits she’s scared of testifying in court again – especially after letting Helen down last time. What if sh…

Tracy pulls Tom a Shires, as they spar over who has the best T20 team. But then Tom claims that Chris’s sprained ankle has deteriorated, and he can barely walk. Tracy will need to find a replacement. Later, Tracy confronts Tom. She’s spoken to Susan and discovered that Chris is fine. Tom admits it was a pathetic attempt to steal Chris. Nonetheless,…

Emma discusses wedding buffet plans with Jazzer and Tracy. She gets side-tracked, bragging about George impressing Martyn Gibson at Berrow. Irritated Tracy walks out, leaving Jazzer to cover that the reception is in his remit. He wants a Scottish feast. Once Emma has left, Tracy vents to Jazzer. She can’t stand Emma crowing about George, when it wa…

Susan drops in on Tracy and Jazzer, who is still at home with a broken ankle. Having briefly discussed Jim’s obsession with opposing the electric charging station, they move on to Tracy’s hen party this Friday. Susan has recruited Chelsea, Lynda, Jolene and Emma, amongst others. However, they still haven’t decided where to go. They discuss various …

Adam and Tom are in Little Croxley cricket pavilion preparing for the match. They discuss Tom’s captaincy of next weekend’s village T20. Tom has a head start on Tracy having already recruited players, including Adam, to his team. They’re determined to nab Chris before Tracy gets to him. Later, Chris completes an impressive batting innings, despite …

We recorded this second installment of our Blue Blood Book Club on June 14th, 2022 for our Patreon feed, where we read chapters 6-11 from the Rebekah Harkness by Craig Unger biography, Blue Blood. We’ve recapped our notes and thoughts over on Patreon for the last year. Now, we've edited them down and we'll be releasing each Book Club episode for y'…

Writer, Liz JohnDirector, Jeremy HoweEditor, Jeremy HoweBrian Aldridge ….. Charles CollingwoodHelen Archer ….. Louiza PatikasNatasha Archer ….. Mali HarriesPat Archer ….. Patricia GallimoreTom Archer ….. William TroughtonTony Archer ….. David TroughtonHarrison Burns ….. James CartwrightAlice Carter ….. Hollie ChapmanNeil Carter ….. Brian HewlettIan…

With calls from: Our Rob, Ambridge Pony Club Jen, Vicky Cole in Vienna, Quentin in Greece, Richard Our BiffoProp, Queen Bee Bernadette, Our Brian, and Richard in an Airport. Plus: there’s the roundup of the week by Suey, an in-depth history about Brookfield from Stephen, the Facebook roundup by Sandra and Tweet of the week by Purple Pumpkin. Hosted…

Despite the issues driving the current owner to sell up, Tom’s optimistic he and Natasha could make the Evesham market garden work. More cautious Natasha points out the childcare issues. Overhearing this Helen offers support with childcare. Helen then mentions a last-minute change of venue for Jack’s birthday party, before Tom comes clean about the…

All 4 of us on a single pod? We get team updates, NBA talk, and we do a draft of NFL players on our NBA teams. And yes, it goes off the rails.

Emma impresses on George the importance of being helpful and well-behaved while he’s staying at Ambridge View. George thinks Emma should be happy about his job. She is, but when Emma asks about his fundraising for the fostering charity, George is evasive. Emma then cajoles George into thanking Neil for the job. He’s got to pay rent now he’s earning…

Helen thinks it’ll be too stressful having more than two friends at Jack’s birthday party. Pat sympathises with Helen, especially now the issue with Tom and Natasha has blown up. Helen’s shocked when Pat tells her that Tony said he can’t work with Tom. Pat hopes she can bring them back together, for the sake of the farm’s future. Later, when Pat tr…

Alice and Kate offer Adam sisterly support before he goes off to meet his half-sister Erin at the pub. Once there Adam and Erin chat easily, sharing experiences. Erin spots two women eyeing up Adam. He tells her it’s Kate and Alice, his sisters, come to spy on them. The four of them go for a walk and Erin talks about her charity work, before joinin…

Adam and Ian try to agree some ground rules for when Stella’s dog, Weaver, comes to stay. Adam’s concerned about Brian’s plans for Home Farm and his evasiveness over his will. When Adam meets Brian for lunch they tussle lightly over the pros and cons of spraying the wheat at Home Farm, which Stella has chosen not to do. Adam tells Brian that Alice …

Alan finishes the Rogation Sunday service at Bridge Farm before leading the way to the edible forest garden for refreshments. Neil and Harrison both loved the service, which visited all parts of the farm. Helen’s response is slightly off-kilter though, before the subject moves onto yesterday’s Ambridge Eurovision Show, won by Freddie. When Neil mov…

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Bridge Farm lights up, Freddie melts down: it must be Eurovision in Ambridge On this episode we have a very charming group of callerinerers. We hear from: Tracey in California who wants to find someone to rough Rob up! Jan Mitchell from Vancouver who is wondering what is in the future for Helen, it’s complicated! Paula from Philadelphia, a new call…

While walking the field Ben and David see a man approaching. It’s Rylan! He explains his Satnav has stopped working. Ben offers to give Rylan directions to Ambridge Hall over a cup of tea. Rylan is soon settled in at Brookfield, while Ben explains about the original booking mix-up with Lynda. Rylan’s keen to see their Sound of Music act at the vill…

Elizabeth tells Freddie that a trustee, Brandon, is coming to discuss the damage to the painting. Freddie asks to come to the meeting too, since he’s got nothing to hide. When Brandon arrives, he disarms Freddie, who had expected an old crusty, by showing a keen interest in Freddie’s DJing. Elizabeth tells Brandon she takes full responsibility for …

A car ran into Jazzer last night and broke his ankle, and now his leg’s in plaster. Jazzer makes out it isn’t that serious, but Tracy is mortified. He could have been killed and it all started when she got carried away and slammed him into the sideboard… Tracy worries about Jazzer going on sick pay. Plus, they’ll have to pull out of Eurovision. She…

Jazzer’s in a good mood after pranking Martyn Gibson at work. He practises his Azerbaijani wrestling moves with Tracy ahead of tomorrow night’s Eurovision Show mini-rehearsal. Brad thinks it’s gross and embarrassing, nothing like the showmanship in World Wrestling Entertainment. Jazzer and Tracy determine to make it more of a spectacle, whipping th…

Adil is miffed with Lynda for making him move out of Ambridge Hall for two nights to accommodate celebrity judge Rylan for Ambridge’s Eurovision show. In response Adil threatens to move out permanently. Desperate Lynda calls Lilian, persuading her to take Adil in. Later, when Lilian gives Adil a guided tour of the Dower House, with Lynda in tow, he…

This week’s Dumteedum tune is from the Academic Archers and DumTeedum meetup, and on this episode we hear thoughts from: Our Rob, Jen our Ambridge Pony Club, Witherspoon, Richard BiffoProp, Kate & Katherine, God Squad Mia and Anon of Ambridge. Plus: there’s a couple of two-minute histories from Stephen, as he reflects on the vicars of Ambridge, alo…

Leonard and David discuss King Charles’ Coronation yesterday. Leonard’s been watching the highlights with Jill and loved all the bellringing. He’s volunteered for a repair café in Penny Hassett as part of the Big Help Out tomorrow. David will be going to the Coronation Illumination at Bridge Farm. Leonard worries about being unfunny and boring. Dav…

We recorded this very first episode of our Blue Blood Book Club on May 14th, 2022 for our Patreon feed, where we have since committed to reading Blue Blood by Craig Unger AKA the very long Rebekah Harkness biography that The Last Great American Dynasty is based off of. Since then, we've read five chapters for each Blue Blood Book Club episode and r…

Writer, Caroline HarringtonDirector, Rosemary WattsEditor, Jeremy HoweBen Archer ….. Ben NorrisRuth Archer ….. Felicity FinchJill Archer ….. Patricia GreeneHelen Archer ….. Louiza PatikasNatasha Archer ….. Mali HarriesPat Archer ….. Patricia GallimoreTom Archer ….. William TroughtonJolene Archer ….. Buffy DavisKenton Archer ….. Richard Attlee Leona…

This week’s episode is hosted by Philippa & Katie. The Dumteedum tune is from the Academic Archers and DTD meetup/mashup and on this episode we hear calls from: Ambridge Pony Club Jen, Our Rob, Claire from Clapham, The one and only Glyn, God Squad Mia, Andrea from Brittany, Richard in Buenos Aires and Mellie McMerryweather. We also have emails from…

This week’s Dum Tee Dum is from yesterday and the podcast is sponsored by: Glyn Fullerlove. Today we are joined on stage by Sunny Ormande, aka Lillian Bellamy and friend of the podcast and Archers writer Keri Davies! On this episode we have a very rowdy group of callerinerers! We hear from: We also have our new, and regular feature from our Stephen…

This week’s Dum Tee Dum is from yesterday and the podcast is sponsored by: Glyn Fullerlove. Today we are joined on stage by Sunny Ormande, aka Lillian Bellamy and friend of the podcast and Archers writer Keri Davies! We have Social media round up from Katie and the week in Ambridge from our Suey, Queen or Tart! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac…

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After literal years of discussing Taylor's persistent use of birdcages and bird imagery, Katie and Madyson have gathered every single birdcage reference to unpack the Queer symbolism behind it all. To kick off the episode, the Archers revel in the assumption that Taylor debuted her brand new green dress in Tampa on a Thursday as a reference to S3 E…

Bridge Farm residents face betrayal, pantomime villains, and righteous indignation, all while trying to navigate the drama of Rob's return and Martin Gibson's election win. But hey, at least Tom's sausage boy got to pout. Just another week in Ambridge. I am reaching out to you today to request your support for my friend Susan Rae who is suffering f…

This week’s DumTeeDum tune is from Jenny and on this episode we hear the thoughts of: Andrea from Brittany, the one and only Rob, not once, but twice; new callerinerer Ros; Our Ambridge pony club Jen; Lilli answering the call; bewildered and concerned Darcy; probate Paul; Helen (not that one); Stephen who’s tetchy about Titch; Katherine on marital …

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I am reaching out to you today to request your support for my friend Susan Rae who is suffering from dementia. This illness has greatly impacted her health and wellbeing and she is in need of help to cover her care in assisted living. Susan and I were once close and shared a love for adventure, food, and travel. She also helped me with my podcast a…

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