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Nothing to do with the current story-line but rather cute
MiriamMarch 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
ReplyDeleteI so feel for Mick. He's had a great time at Home Farm, excited + pleased to return to his now home in Beechwood.
What happens - Rochelle + Joy - who are telling very differing stories of a time which must be what, 20yrs ago if not more.
This was obviously the start of the problems between them.
There has to be the truth somewhere, but where and told by whom?
I think there are faults by both.
Poor Mick, what is he now thinking.
I never thought that I would be concerned about him and almost (but not quite) care.
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AmbridgesMrsPMarch 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Mmm yes, Mick, a bit of a rough diamond has grown into a recognisable character hasn’t he, and earned his place in Ambridge.
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maryellenApril 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This cricket-based storyline has gone way beyond silly. It’s giving village cricket a bad image. I expect there’ll be official complaints to this BBC if there haven’t Ben already.
Love the picture KP - village cricket as it should be. Only thing missing, elderly gentlemen in deckchairs watching from around the ground and the essential scoreboard!
ReplyDeleteIdyllic picture. I seem to remember Lanjan liked cricket so she will appreciate that picture as well.
ReplyDeleteThis cricket business is putting me off. It would be nice to have something go well without all the dramatic and stressful build up that seems to be so necessary these days.
ReplyDeleteIt’s all going way over my head.
ReplyDeleteI hear but don’t listen !
I like the picture tho’.
✔️✔️✔️
DeleteAnother vote to KP for the wonderful village cricket picture.
ReplyDeleteSomehow though, I don't imagine the Ambridge cricket pitch + team being so pristine. Still it's the taking part which is so important.
Back to the cricket - what will Freddie, or more likely Lily do, when they can't raise a team?
Their strict rules must rule out Rochelle, before she even tries out for the team. I doubt she would be at the compulsory nets, let alone be around for the whole season.
To add:-
DeleteIs the constant cricket theme, more to do with Freddie + Lily, both individually and how they do things, along with how they work together, rather than the cricket team itself.
I'm still thinking about the LL inheritance conundrum.
Robert is fast becoming one of my favourites. I'd think I'd prefer to be shipwrecked on a desert island (my litmus test for a character!) with him rather than most of Ambridge's inhabitants. So tonight's episode, also featuring a favourite character (Emma) .was a treat. (Smiley face!)
ReplyDeleteWot, no T💖o💖b💖y?
DeleteAnd no Pip or Rosie for a long time either!
DeleteDear T❤️O❤️B❤️Y! Gone but not forgotten, my all time favourite character. I live in hope of his return to Ambridge but as Archerphile says, there’s been remarkably little about Brookfield and then mainly Ruth. whereas I’ve always regarded it as the beating heart of the series.
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DeletePossibly because the programme is still called ‘The Archers ‘ Maryellen,
Deletebut for how much longer we might be entitled to think.
Maybe it should be retitled “ Life in Ambridge “ 🤔
DeleteLike others, I so want to hear more about and from Brookfield. This is, in my opinion, the only really true and traditional farm left in The Archers..
ReplyDeletePerhaps Pip can change 🫰
Besides, I want to hear more from Leonard, along with Ben and Josh, in their individual enterprises.
Obviously Jill will be heard , but by word of mouth only., and what about her bees?
I wonder what Jill does with the honey. Does she sell it, as I bet it would be a best seller in the shop and what about local honey served in Grey Gables.
DeleteRuth has taken over the farmer's wife's traditional role of tending the bees. I still remember that lovely scene in which Toby helped Ruth collect the honey, It was so convincing I could positively feel the warmth of the sun as they chatted in between Ruth's instructions.
DeleteWhat I so remember was Jill telling the bee's about a death. It was so moving but who was she telling them about? It wasn't that long ago, so not Phil but I just don't know.
DeleteMaybe Bert? A Brookfield farmhand and living in Brookfield Bungalow, he’d surely qualify as one of the household. Telling the bees applied to other major life events,, not just deaths, so perhaps Jill also told the Brookfield bees about Rosie’s arrival.
DeleteOr maybe the death of Queen Elizabeth as major national events might get reported to local hives as well as events affecting the household. The Keeper of the Queen’s Bees told the royal bees about her death using the time-honoured form of words.
DeleteSpill the beans ME, what *does* one say to the Royal Bees when another queen passes?
DeleteYou knock.on each hive and say: The Mistress is dead but don’t you go. Your Master will be a good master to you.
DeleteFrom Miriam’s description it sounds as if Jill used her own words.
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If only I could remember! Was it Jennifer, Freda Fry, Nigel, or even Nic?
DeleteAt first I thought Brian was talking to Christine 😱 in tonight’s episode and then twigged it was Miranda - then I got confused who Martin was and the teaching Brian bridge plot. I wish Brian had remained “single” after losing Jennifer at least for longer than he has, but I do love Charles Collingwood such a distinctive voice and I enjoyed the Podcast devoted to him recently.
ReplyDeleteI also thought that George was going to invite Clarrie to go with Eddie in place of Emma as a gesture.
SPOILER ALERT
Delete“George has a brainwave tonight”. Fingers crossed it isn’t an Eddie-type scam!
I really do want George out of prison ASAP and earning his place in the village with a steady job and a place on the cricket team. Come on scriptwriters- - you can do it !!
Incidentally, I’m glad the tree surgery business is going so well, perhaps there’s an opening for George there, at least till he finds his feet in a more IT oriented environment.
I'm not sure I'd trust George with a chainsaw, but he could use his drone to "survey" the trees in question, so an overall plan can be made, as to what is needed and where.
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ReplyDeleteTo amuse like myself, and counterbalance the “the throw away the key” brigade prominent on other blogs, I thought I’d list all the things we’ve been told and/or shown he’s good at, such as (in no particular order):
ReplyDeleteHe is good with young children (eg. Martha) and animals (eg. Bartleby) and genuinely fond of his younger relatives who in turn are fond of him. He has come to appreciate Brad for himself.
He is a good worker, both for his parents (eg. helping with their tree surgery business, as well as farmwork) and Bridge Farm where, in addition to farmwork, he successfully revitalised their website.
He has good IT skills, as shown above and in developing his fledgling business. He has shown initiative, commitment, and marketing ability. His IT skills are matched by his verbal fluency and quick wittedness. (I don’t see George as the next generation of farming Grundys. I think that will be Keira - unless Will or Ed produce an unexpected son, of course!)
He is good at cricket - nuff said!
In other words, George has the potential of to become a major asset to the village and beyond.
..as written by Eddie 🤣🤣🤣
DeleteSorry ME, I couldn't resist!
It remains to be seen what version of George the SWs have decided will emerge from prison.
DeleteIndeed, Cheshire Cheese - they rehabilitated Freddie so why not George? Miriam - in fact, none of this came from Eddie unless you count his appreciation of George’s technical (ie. money making) skills.....
DeleteI agree with Maryellen regarding George and his skills.
DeleteI also think he has a good heart, but it’s often overruled by his get rich quick mindset, nurtured by simply being a Grundy male and subject to Eddy and Joe’s influence as a youngster.
I don’t trust Rochelle, haven't from the first time I heard her voice.
ReplyDeleteNow I’m finding that I don’t like her either.
I believe she is a fraud and I suspect she is after seducing Vince.
Freddie thinks so too IMO !
Freddie's not the only one, Mrs. P.
ReplyDeleteI think Rochelle’s plan is to try and ruin Vince’s meat business which she can’t stand which iwhy she had to dart to the toilet to be sick as to her the whole killing of animals and eating them is abhorrent. George, well for once quite a sensible idea for a business as he is correct in the growing popularity of eco coffins. Just depends if he is intending to cut corners and maybe end up inside again!
ReplyDeleteThat’s an interesting theory LadyR.
DeleteHave we heard anything from Rochelle about being vegetarian ?
My thoughts about her being sick was to keep going to impress and then seduce Vince.
Apparently Rochelle is a vegan, so that probably explains her revulsion. There is a theory that she’s a saboteur who has infiltrated Casey Meats. (I sometimes othink bloggers are sometimes more EastEnders-ish in their speculations than the programme they accuse!)
DeleteI'll be interested to find out what Rochelle's agenda is. I just wonder how long this storyline will be dragged out for.
DeleteWell that's interesting. My son is vegetarian and would never ever have considered a job in a meat factory, and if Rochelle is vegan then she is going to be even less likely to want to work in a place like that.
DeleteI am tending to favour the seduction of Vince idea, but if he rejects her then she might easily turn to the idea of sabotage.
Thanks for enlightening me ME.
DeleteNot a SL that will enthral me if that is the case. And as CC says, how long might it be dragged out ?
If there’s one thing I can’t bear listening to, it’s someone vomiting!
ReplyDeleteI had wondered why Vegan Rochelle was so keen to get a job in the abattoir and so enthusiastic about the introductory tour with Freddie. And I subscribe to the idea that she is out to collect information she can use to discredit meat eating. What vegan, or vegetarian, person would want to work in an abattoir anyway - it just doesn’t ring true.
I do accept that Rochelle could possibly be up to no good whilst working at the abbatoir, as an activist
ReplyDeleteI though am not convinced yet, as to me she's just got her £££ filled eyes, firmly on Vince.
All I really want to know is:-
ReplyDeleteDid the house sales + buying, with Kirsty, Natasha + Tom actually happen, bearing in mind the change in stamp duty and Tom + Nat. having given up the lease on April Cottage.
How I hate when a S/L suddenly comes to an abrupt halt.
One sentence in a coversation is all that's needed to give an up-date, such as:- The twins are loving their new Beechwood home, or how different Kirsty is now it's all gone through.
Good point Miriam. I'd actually forgotten about it all.
DeleteI would have preferred to hear something about this, rather than George's new scheme as to coffins!
DeleteVice versa for me!
DeleteIt would be handy if Martyn Gibson had a doorbell camera.
ReplyDeleteMartin Gibson is another fringe character who seems to be in the process of becoming more prominent.
ReplyDeleteThe Archers themselves seem to have become fringe characters now, only occasionally being featured.
Lady R’s suggestion ‘ Life in Ambridge ‘ or perhaps ‘ Ambridge Matters ‘ or something similar as a title looms large to me at least, and I echo Miriam’s sentiments regarding life centred around Brookfield Farm.
Khalil + Henry responsible for the hose-pipe + water??
ReplyDeleteI wonder why Joy.has suddenly started saying “Aye”. Is it only with Mick? Does it take reflect the Northern background to the eventS she was recalling? And where she has recently been?
DeleteBeechwood
ME, Joy went to Seaham, it is an ex-coalmining town near Sunderland, think 'Billy Elliot'.
ReplyDeleteI have never heard it described as lovely before, although there is a nice hotel there with a very good spa that I used to go to if anyone ever felt like treating me. I do think that Joy and Rochelle's accents are very authentic. She is probably saying 'aye' a lot after her visit Up North, she sould be saying 'pet' a lot more though, not to mention 'canny lass/lad' and also 'the bairns'. It is making me a bit homesick.
I’m loving the Geordie accents on TA even if I don’t actually like Rochelle herself.
DeleteHeard a man here locally earlier this week speaking in a lovely rich Geordie accent and remarked upon it to his delight.
I agree with you Mistral, a few ‘pets’ and ‘canny’ from Joy would not go amiss.
Now we have heard the Joy/Rochelle story, are they going to settle down happily together, with Mick keeping the peace? Or is there still more to come.
ReplyDeleteI’m a bit fed up with Beechwood now. How about a few episodes from Brookfield for a change?
If we do get any Archerfile it will probably be more misery. I would love to be proved wrong about that but I'm not holding my breath.
DeleteSadly I'm not yet convinced that the Joy/Rochelle story is over and done with.
ReplyDeleteThe SW's have done well in giving a snippet as to giving an immediate explanation.
In my devious mind there's far more - but this won't be known for quite a-while now.
I’m with CC and Miriam.
ReplyDeleteIt’s not over and there will be more misery.
Sorry AP
Ahaa farmers and the inheritance tax debacle has finally entered into the world of Ambridge with a balanced debate of course!
ReplyDeleteI read online today that in May there is to be a 2 part prequel Archers drama as 80yr tribute to mark VE Day. David and Ruth will play Dan and Doris and other actors some other old day characters. Peggy to be featured as a tribute to June Spencer. First part Sunday 4th May at 3pm part two same time the following week at the same time (but both will be available on BBC sounds as soon as part one has aired)
Thank you Lady R. I have put it in my diary so I won't miss it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lady R, from me too. I wonder if the actors will speak in the vocal style they do now, or what was in vogue 80 years ago, as heard in old recordings? It was good to hear Brookfield represented last night and a wholly appropriate and interesting topic up for discussion, after all the Beechwood shenanigans.
ReplyDeleteYes thanks Lady R. That sounds interesting and will put it on the calendar. I really hope Ruth can imitate Doris's voice though, or it wouldn't seem real to me.
ReplyDeleteDavid said the new IT rules will destroy family farms and he is right. I can't bear thinking about it. The government has made a right mess of things. They should at the very least have found a way of taxing those non farming businesses that deliberately buy up thousands of acres simply as a tax avoidance scheme and farmers who have farmed their farms down the generations, for hundreds of years in many cases. Selling land off to pay the tax will then leave a farm unable to support a family. Paying income tax should be enough without clobbering anyone with inheritance tax as well anyway. Oh bah humbug. I had better stop commenting until the steam has stopped coming out my ears, as I think we are not supposed to get political on the blog, but I am glad they have covered it in the Archers.
Meant "and not farmers"
DeleteI too was very glad to hear the topic of this Government’s actions against farmers, finally being thrashed out in the Bull. I know scripts are planned and written a long time in advance, but it was becoming very unrealistic that there was little mention of the crisis in the programme.
ReplyDeleteGoodness, we have even had farmers in their tractors demonstrating at Basingstoke’s Council Offices, not that the Council can do much about it, but it certainly raised awareness.
For years, when we were farming, there was a seesaw of good and lean years in the pig and chicken industries, but at least the government was generally on our side and didn’t try taxing us out of existence.
Sorry, rant over!
We've had farmers in tractors protesting in our town Archerfile. There are a lot of family farms in our local countryside with owners who are not happy.
DeleteI am so confused. Aren't both Brookfield + Home Farm sub-divided as to shares between the families?
ReplyDeleteIf this is true, then inheritance tax will only be levied on one share of the estate.
Nigel got it right, putting LL into a trust, so avoided it.
Evidence for the blogging theory that Rochelle is a saboteur seems to be stacking up. But asking Freddy for a floor plan could be as innocent as he thinks. If not, his standing at the abattoir could be badly affected if news of his unwitting contribution to.Rochelle’s plans gets out, with consequences for Elizabeth and Vince’s relationship. “I know how lucky I am” said Freddie, the surest way to invite disaster in Soapland!
ReplyDeleteVery much what I was thinking. The only defence for Freddie is that Vince is been conned by Rochelle too.
DeleteI was surprised that Freddie was prepared to agree to her request despite his suspicions of her.
DeletePlot device I suppose !
Her comment to Freddie about wanting the job as a boner(?) because it would give her the money to get her own place big enough for her children to come to stay did sound genuine, but that is at odds with being a vegan who wouldn't go near a place like that unless for sabotage. I suppose the job in the boning/ cutting up room would give her access to the areas she is not allowed to access as just a packer. I hope it isn't going to develop into a dramatic horror scenario. I don't like the thought of Rochelle still disturbed by her earlier experiences let loose in a setting with a lot of knives. Freddie even mentioned how very sharp they were and how careful you had to be handling them.
DeleteWell that was a surprise! A personality appearing in TA without the usual trumpeting and fuss. Sounded like both the BBC and Feargal Keen are anxious to add to the debate about the state of our water supply and rivers.
ReplyDeleteNicely handled I thought, though I’m not sure Feargal was as good an actor as he is/was a singer.
But he got his message across which was the main point of his appearance, I assume.
Yes a natty bit of bias from the Beeb there I thought.
DeleteNot that I’m complaining !
DeletePersonally, I thought it was a great extra. Only Mick would have immediatly recognised him and passed the info. on so quickly.
DeleteNow who will flatter Martyn G. or another surprising and not yet known, board member?
I'm thinking Justin! 😆
...as another board member, that is.
DeleteI'd never heard of Feargal Sharkey so assumed he was a fictional celebrity played by an astonishlngly bad actor. Thanks to TA , Google and fellow bloggers, I'm now the wiser!
DeleteThank you Maryellen for giving Feargal the correct surname - I got him mixed up with the BBC correspondent !
DeleteHe also appeared in a “Gone Fishing” episode with Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse and did a series of programmes with Paul regarding the state of pollution in our waterways and sea.
DeleteWhat I liked, were the two different tables in the Tea Room. One talking about the water company and protest, the other discussing VE day celebrations.
ReplyDeleteThese were chalk + cheese, but both are doing something for Ambridge and its residents.
Thinking about the saboteur theory (which I'm still in two minds about despite the mounting evidence) made me wonder if Rex hadn't had a lucky escape from Rochelle's vegan activism. Her
ReplyDeleteover-keen interest in him and his pigs now looks as if it could have been the preliminary to some form of sabotage, and so like her approach to Vince and his business. Why her plans for Rex didn't go any further, I don't know, maybe she genuinely liked him too much to do it to him. Or my theory is equally dubious!
Well, we're clearly supposed to suspect Rochelle is up to know good at the abatoir. But are all her actions red flags or just red herrings?
DeleteGosh and golly Maryellen, I had forgotten about Rochelle’s interest in the pigs.
DeleteI think they are red flags OwiaS.
But then I don’t like her, so I’m likely to be biased.
I’ve decided it’s the laugh, the little giggle at the end of almost everything she says that makes her creepy to me.
However I must also say, the actress is doing a fantastic job of making us all feel ambivalent about her character. To be able to project all that she makes us feel in just the voice is talent and skill indeed.
Well I think we got our answer regarding Rochelle’s job at Casey’s meat factory on Tuesday night.of course when she disappeared recently it was probably due to a meeting of the Protestor group to discuss the ongoing plan! Doesn’t Joy think it odd that as a vegan Rochelle is so keen to work in such a business….
ReplyDeleteThe line that’s stayed with me is Joy’s comment to herself at the end of the episode in which she learned oF Rochelle’s involvement with Rex: So it all starts again (or words to that effect). An early red flag for Joy (and-us) perhaps? Or something completely different?
ReplyDeleteME - I thought at the time, as you did, that the remark made by Joy, was telling.
DeleteShe had been down that road with her daughter before.
Yes, it was an early Red Flag !
In my opinion, I'm still not sure about the Joy/Rochelle story, as to that's not all that happened between them. I might have mentioned this already here - but I do wonder about Peter, husband of Joy, father of Rochelle, who I believe is no more. I'm not saying he's with Elvis the dog, but perhaps this is a parallel.
ReplyDeleteJoy has suddenly reappeared, and hey presto, she's involved in the VE day anniversary event, as if nothing has happened and is joining in, in her normal jovial way.
Perhaps it's her way of dealing with things - forget and just carry on- as if nothing has happened, both recently + in the past.
My thoughts only, which I know are a bit different 😵
I've got no idea where this is going but I expect there will be plenty of drama before we get there.
DeleteHats off to Emma! She was superb in her confrontation with Martyn Gibson representing Borchester Water, completely in control and impossible to fault. Brian Aldridge evidently shares my view that Emma ad Pat make a formidable pair.
ReplyDeleteWell now we know.
ReplyDeleteShe is an animal activist and perhaps her anger is to do with being shut out from her fellow activists.
I’m in Joys team ! Her daughter is trouble with a big T
Run Rex….. Run
Hm, I got the feeling that she's a pawn rather than an activist. Saskia clearly pulls the shots but it's a bit hazy who 'the other members' are and why exactly Rochelle got evicted from the shadowy group. Rochelle sounded rather like the teenager on the edge of a gang desperately doing whatever was demanded of her to gain acceptance.
DeletePerhaps she saw in Rex a genuine chance to start to build a new and positive life for herself. But, clearly, Saskia has power over her that Rochelle is powerless to resist.
I see your point OwiaS and it’s a positive post. Whilst mine is definitely negative.
DeleteHowever Rochelle is a woman of - what, let’s say in her forties, a mother who has apparently lost custody of her children, and appears to have been a drifter for a number of years.
I admire your positive take on Rochelle and would hope that you may be correct in your suggestion that she hopes for a new start with Rex, but along with hoping, my years of experience of life suggests that Rochelle is still lost and is likely to remain drifting for some time yet.
I base my negativity on the evidence that she does not appear to have learned any lessons from past mistakes.
Plus the fact that her mother has seen it all before !
I didn't say I thought it would work out with Rex - just that Rochelle thought it might.
DeleteI am with OWIAS as to my thoughts re Rochelle.
ReplyDeleteOK, I needed to be 100% convinced that R. was involved with activists, and as this is now known, I do accept it.
I still think that there'll be a twist-in-the tale - somehow!
I'm ever hopeful - 😀 🙀 - as long as it doesn't take over TA too much and this goes for the Borsetshire Water S/L, as well.
I still need to hear from so many others, and the list is long and getting longer.
Not a shoal of red herrings then, but the real thing. Big sigh! TA’s typical episode pattern, with two storylines alternating, makes it difficult to avoid one of them without risking missing out on the other, as well as any casual remarks relating to other storylines. So I guess I’ll carry on listening even though I’m don’t especially like the characters involved in this one. I thoroughly agree with Miriam’s last sentence.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Miriam too. These two current storylines seem to be taking me further and further away from the Ambridge I love. I am trying to get used to having lost many characters due to age of both characters and actors, but the ‘replacements’ are just not holding my interest. There seems to be a lot about protesting, ( animal rights and water quality) and not so much about day to day activities and family life.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I’m just getting too old for the more ‘modern’ Archers.
I agree Archerfile. I don't mind including issues, TA always has. However, for me, they are now dominating the programme at the expense of the day to day stuff. There's enough drama in the world at the moment, a bit of escapism would be welcome.
DeleteI agree too.
DeleteI just don't understand why Martyn G. is having so much air-time. He's always been around, BUT why now?
DeleteThe fact he's a Borsetshire water shareholder could easily be found.
Why Oh Why have we had to hear about his wife running off with the gardener, the hose-pipe + water ruining the floor, and Brian's Bridge lessons.
Bring back some true Ambridge village life in the simplist way, such as:-
What happened to the litter problem?
Does the WI still exist + meet?
I’m with each of you, and ARCHERPHILEs post explains precisely how I feel.
DeleteBut I don’t want to give up the habit of my lifetime.
I did say a week or so ago, that perhaps TA should now be renamed Ambridge Matters. It would be more appropriate.
Happy Easter Maryellen and anyone else who doesn't see the Happy Easter comments on the other blog. I am hoping for a nice traditional Easter day on the Archers this evening. 🐇🥚🐣🐥💐
ReplyDeleteThanks very much for your kind.thought, Janice - and a glorious Easter Day to you and you family too! I hear the sun is shining in Truro so hopefully for you as well, and for all reading this blog. (I’ve been dropping in on the other blog for news of Rosemary/Sarnia, to save her duplicating effort with a separate email to me. I’m delighted her new poetry collection is now well on the way to publication and that she has contributed not just the content but also how we how experience it - the running order etc.)
DeleteWhat surprised me today on listening to the Podcast, was to learn that Kenton and obviously Shula, are the eldest. I always thought Kenton was younger, but he must be about 66yrs now, or therabouts. I learnt something!
ReplyDeleteAre others still listening to Archers podcasts? I still do both BBC Sounds which I find very interesting and also the YouTube All about the Archers put up late Tuesday / early Wednesday and every so often a cast interview posted on a Saturday this week it is “Chris Carter” quite the looker and a nice chap it’s about an hour so have not finished it yet. 😄
ReplyDeleteI listen to the podcast, but have rather given up on that YouTube effort. I found the main woman very unlikable. She just rubbed me up the wrong way. So the programme just faded away from my consciousness.
DeleteMy Sunday morning has a new routine now. Wake up, cuddle 🐈⬛, pop downstairs to make a cup of tea, back to bed to listen to TA omnibus.
DeleteAfter ablutions etc. it's then listening to the Podcast with it's parallel interpretation.
Yes, I listen to the podcast Lady R.
DeleteMe too for the podcast, I find it very interesting to hear the actors talking about their roles and usually pick up on an interesting fact I didn’t know about.
DeleteDont do YouTube, so haven’t found that programme.
I also enjoy hearing from those with expertise on a subject. It shows that TA does get it right.
DeleteThe podcast I remember well, was when they had the two serving police persons, who unknowingly to their fellow officers, were/are the advisors as to police matters with Harrison.
How they kept that a secret is wonderful.
My thought, for what's is worth, is that Rochelle is a police informant.
ReplyDeleteWell an interesting one Miriam!
DeleteThat’s an interesting thought, Miriam - what inspired it?
DeleteME.
DeleteAn unkown previous life, in which she has been in similar trouble, and for some reason became an informer, to protect both herself + children, at that time..
She still believes in what's she's doing, but she steps back at the final end so others take the blame, not her.
I'm not sure if I've explained that clearly.
Thanks for the explanation, Miriam. It might have a bearing on the group’s suspicions of Rochelle which are preventing her being taken back into the fold.
DeleteI'm not sure I'd be turning to Helen for relationship advice.
ReplyDeleteHer advice sounded good to me.
DeleteCC. Yes..as to poor Helen and her previous relationships.
DeleteIf Rex is discussing this with Helen then he so needs to think about what he wants + why.
Rochelle yesterday: 'I'll soon be with my *family* again anyway'.
ReplyDeleteI really do want to know more of Rochelle's backstory ....
I’m sure we will get that back story, just in the SWs time, not ours.
DeleteI'm more interested in Joy and now Mick's, back stories.
DeleteI.still think.Mick has children elsewhere + a wife whom he's still married to - ie not divorced.
DeleteI think I remember him being very hurt when Joy said he couldn't understand how upset she felt as a parent because he had never had children.
DeleteCorrect Janice, i remember that comment too.
DeleteCould have done without the slobbery kissing noises. All I could see were two actors, standing by a microphone, chewing and licking the backs of their hands. Yuk!
ReplyDeleteI had the same mental image Archerfile!
DeleteIt may have been a clip of two people kissing in the usual way. I wasn’t aware of any chewing, licking or slobbering sounds, but I wasn’t giving the programme my full attention. I’ve noticed listeners often criticise TA kissing between couples as sounding slobbery and ugh-some. The only pair who escaped such criticism that I remember were Harrison and Fallon in the early years of their relationship.
DeleteTalking about Harrison and Fallon,has anyone else noticed that the Harrison actor ,who is a very handsome chap,is currently appearing in Coronation Street as a gay plumber in what I hope is a short story line ? I can’t remember how long Harrison’s police secondment was to last,but he is one of my favourites and hope he’ll be back soon.
DeleteI remember a comment somewhere about ‘Harrison’ going North, which I interpreted as him taking a secondment to either Weatherby or Manchester.
DeleteI wouldn’t notice Portia, as I don’t have a television.
Sorry Maryellen, about the slobbering reference. It was sparked by having seen a film about how the Archers is recorded, and the kissing of their own hands is exactly what the actors do! And it has been mentioned on the podcast.
DeleteAs for Harrison in Coronation Street, I gave up watching about 3 years ago when the story became violent and the humour disappeared. Then the episodes increased to 4 a week and it just took up too much viewing time.
That’s interesting, Archerphile - I’d have thought they used a library of sound effect recordings m,nrather than reproducing them on the spot by whatever method. But there could well be factors involved that I can only guess at, such as it’s quicker and cheaper to get the actors to kiss than to a) get someone to locate the recording and b) someone to slot it in.
DeleteThe podcast which had the main Sound Effects person, said that kissing was always done on the back of the hands.
DeleteThis was such a fabulous insight into how the sound effects are done + so realistically (including the shower scene), I sometimes now find myself whilst listening, wonder what she and her team are doing to give these effects.
I don't think I want to know though, how the sewage event sounded so realistic!
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DeleteSomething else I found interesting - specially created sound effects (eg. a slamming door) often sound more realistic to viewers than a recording of the the real thing - which is why creating them is an art in itself.
DeleteThe event of Helen stabbing Rob, was done by plunging a knife into a water melon!
DeleteThat’s definitely an example of not recording the real thing but creating a special effect, though how the studio recording compares with the real thing who’s to say? I still wonder if.it’s possible to buy in a professionally supplied recording rather than diy in the studio.....
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ReplyDeleteIs Rochelle beginning to discern a possible alternative future? She certainly seems to be finding Saskia a little too demanding at present.
But I don't expect Saskia will make it easy for Rochelle to quit the 'family'.
Perhaps Rochelle is finally realising that she can have a different life.
DeleteThe one thing I picked up in my omnibus listen, was Joy saying something like - I'd so like to be able to see my grandkids again, with Rochelle saying, no way (or similar).
There's so much more to all this.
This shouldn't become anything major in TA, but something just drip-fed now + again, just as it's been done up to now.
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