Blog posts by year and monthApril 2012
Posts (7)
Ringing for England
The Ambridge church bells ring out for St George's day today. (Incidentally this is Phil Archer's birthday and that of the actor who played him, Norman Painting.) We asked Libby Alexander of the RInging for England campaign to put the local campanology in the national context At 6pm on Monda...
"Will someone PLEASE find Jennifer Archer SOMETHING TO DO" - Listener discussions to 11 April 2012
Steamy scenes in The Archers? It put omnibus listeners off their Easter eggs! But will interfering Jennifer drive Alice away? Some think back-to-work Tony will be "dead within the week". There's a small hurrah for Ed as he says no to Pat's plans to use him in her anti-dairy campaign. And pant...
"Brian will be ousted... Matt will gloat" - listener discussions till 4 April 2012
There are fears for Brian's soul as he pursues plans for the mega dairy. Should Amy Franks' dark secret be buried and never mentioned again? And will Tilley Button save the village from the dreaded James and Leonie this Easter? With news of Rich spreading to the rest of the Archer family, th...
James and Leonie in the helicopter - bonus scene
James and Leonie caused great excitement with their flight over Ambridge, but in Easter Monday's episode we only heard the before, during and after from the ground. This exclusive online-only scene takes us into the helicopter itself. Decide for yourself whether Leonie was justifed in callin...
"Woah! Resignation on the cards?" - listener discussions to 28 March 2012
Brian's mega dairy and his place on the BL board look to be on increasingly shaky ground this week. There were tears at Rich's visit to Bridge Farm. Amy's new love interest, Carl, has roused suspicions, and there are high hopes for James and Leonie... Here's my pick of listener discussions o...
Fields in Trust
As Ambridge bids to have a plot of land dedicated for village use, Helen Griffiths of Fields in Trust (the current operating name of the National Playing Fields Association) fills in the national picture. Activities to mark the diamond jubilee in Ambridge are on the agenda as the parish counc...
Wheat and Chaff - Tony's reading matter
This week's scriptwriter is Adrian Flynn. He writes about the book that Tony mentioned tonight. As he continues to recover from his heart attack, Tony sometimes escapes from the stresses and strains of life at Bridge Farm by taking down an old favourite from the bookshelf. Currently he's re-...
