"There you are Henry - there's a proper monster" – The Archers listener discussions to 29 October 2014
Tayler Cresswell
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Listeners felt uneasy – and a bit shouty – after Wednesday’s Hunt Ball: “Wake up Helen!”
They appreciated Jill sticking up for her daughter, even if most felt that Elizabeth didn’t deserve any sympathy.
There were cheers for Ed Grundy for inadvertently getting his own back on Susan. And hands up who else was fooled by Ruth’s phone call on Sunday night?
Here’s my pick of the listener discussions between 23 and 29 October 2014.
Henry and friends got a thumbs’ up from listeners after Rob discovered his jacket pocket had been stuffed with cake
I don't know who put the cupcake in Rob's pocket, but when they're 18 I'll buy them a drink #thearchers (@Felix_keeps_on on Twitter)
I was scared for Helen just then and I don't even like her. #thearchers (@TolliganMarms on Twitter)
Listening to Rob is making my skin crawl! (Chris Forbes on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
#thearchers There you are Henry. There's a proper monster. (@rutherian on Twitter)
Listeners continued to feel unsettled during Wednesday’s Hunt Ball, after Rob persuaded Helen to change her dress and to switch to mineral water…
See, that's where I would snap. When he tried to wrest the glass out of my hand. #thearchers (@TreacleToo on Twitter)
Oi! Helen! Wake up! It's 2014!!! (Elaine Edmonds on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
.@BBCTheArchers Can't believe how cross I feel about Rob and Helen! Repeat: The Archers is not real, The Archers is not real #thearchers (@mumma_melly on Twitter)
@BBCTheArchers can some1 give Helen a copy of 'A vindication of the rights of woman' by 7pm even if it's just to hit Rob round the head with (@GemmaThomasIR on Twitter)
Sounds very much like poor Helen (never thought I'd write that) is deemed unworthy of the great Rob's good opinion. She's messy, lets her friends be messy, wears inappropriate dresses and gets giggly on the odd glass of wine. In fact she's [almost] human. Crikey.Cracking if very uncomfortable stuff. (cath on The Archers blog)
Where is Ian when we need him? Help! @BBCTheArchers (@JPicardie on Twitter)
It was horrible ..really chilling how he controlled everything from her dress to her behaviour and what she drank. Getting VERY worried now. Is she beyond help? (Chris Walmsley on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
Oh dear, I have the feeling Helen won't twig until she's locked in the cellar, and even then she might think it's for her own good! (Sue Gedge on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
Many are still wondering whether anything will ever happen between Adam and Charlie.. or perhaps it already has?
Ooooh Charlie & Adam? I had money on them from day one. Could it happen? #thearchers (@sophhopkins on Twitter)
I must be a badddun coz I like the Charlie/Adam flirting! Sometimes you do find yourself attracted to a bad boy. Although I do hope Adam turns him down......but not just yet! (Maggie Mumford on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
Adam, you're married, remember? #thearchers (@GrayJude on Twitter)
I keep getting the suspicion that Adam and Charlie may have had some sort of 'fling' already but I hope faithful Ian wakes up to the fact that he really can't trust Adam at all. (Wendy Stephens on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
Jill was widely praised for her concern for her daughter and standing up to Susan. But most were left unmoved at Elizabeth’s tears…
Oh poor Elizabeth. Did dums. Did the nasty man make you sleep with him? (Susan Wakefield on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
I hope Hayley is getting the same, but in her case deserved, support from her Mother In Birmingham. I am afraid Mrs. Pargeter's heartrending tears left me cold. (Jean Bell on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
I want a mum like Jill Archer! #thearchers (@PoshTigress on Twitter)
It's what mum's do... Unconditional love, even when you are really cross with them. (Gill Chasemore on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
I'm still holding the baton for Roy & Eliz getting together long term. (Bridget Rabbitts on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
I want Roy and Lizzy to get together too and then get the old heave ho when Freddy comes into his inheritance. Yes, I would enjoy that. (Penelope Matheson on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
And so to the village shop – listeners rubbed their hands as Jill walked in…
Oh wow. Is Jill gonna kick some ass? That would be RIGHTEOUS. #thearchers (@Midkipstoat23 on Twitter)
Jill is wonderful! That's Susan told! (Nigel Cropper on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
Jill coming over a bit Goodfellas there, with her veiled threats in the shop.!! #thearchers (@DavidfromBarnet on Twitter)
Jill 1 Susan 0 - excellent result! (Anne Massey on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
As Jazzer, Ed & Roy enjoy a night out, listeners prepare for the worst…
I wish had an enabler like Jazzer in my life #thearchers (@TheMichaelMoran on Twitter)
Ed is such a twit. He moans constantly he has no money and as soon as he gets some he goes out and gets drunk. (Lindsay Phillippa on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
"It's like drinking with a pair of dementors." Line of the night from Jazzer. #thearchers (@beckyblackbooks on Twitter)
Wish young Ed would stop moaning, listen to Jazzy Ed you have more jobs than most people. (mikeoban on The Archers blog)
Poor Susan– she didn’t get much sympathy from listeners after Ed threw up on her sofa
well... that was a jarringly realistic barfing scene on #theArchers (@isaacq on Twitter)
Good old Ed. Susan's been asking for that for a long time. #thearchers (@ChristchurchPom on Twitter)
Haha! All over Susan would have been better! (Sue Pidgeon on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
The Susan and Ed scene is just like Thora Hird and Alan Bates in A Kind of Loving, 1964, although I think Thora calls Alan 'a filthy boy'! (Shirley Benbow on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
Poor Ed, the Devil and the deep blue sea! Dog poo, coasters, tin foil and dust or a morning with moanin' Wil on shoot! (Lynda Everington on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
"12 cases of Febreze please". Susan phones the village shop's wholesaler #thearchers (@Ifwehadanyham on Twitter)
#thearchers Hahahaha 24 hours later and I'm still laughing about Ed puking on Susan's sofa..You disgusting boy! Hahahaha Thanks Ed! (@Arfur6pence on Twitter)
Listeners were on tenterhooks on Sunday night after Ruth’s phone call – with most thinking that her mum, Heather, had died, listeners wondered who might be to blame…
#thearchers Jill nipped over, killed Heather and returned to the farm, all sweet and innocent. (@verabling on Twitter)
Well, we all saw that coming, What can have happened to Heather? Does Jill have a suitable alibi? Was the gingerbread just too heavy? Agog till Monday peeps. (Jenny Padfield on BBC The Archers Facebook page)
I suspect Carol Tregorran has used some "herbal remedies" on Heather to ensure her chum Jill stays in Ambridge #thearchers@BBCTheArchers (@AnneLiddon on Twitter)
What wind-up merchants you are, @BBCTheArchers. Only a broken wrist?? I've been playing solemn music all day for nothing. (@maryoxford on Twitter)
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