Note that spoilers are included below the cast and crew.

Cast :
Brian Aldridge - Charles Collingwood
Josh Archer - Angus Imrie
Ruth Archer - Felicity Finch
Pip Archer - Daisy Badger
Tony Archer - David Troughton
Harrison Burns - James Cartwright
Alan Franks - John Telfer
Alistair Lloyd - Michael Lumsden
Paul Mack - Joshua Riley
Jazzer McCreary - Ryan Kelly
Denise Metcalf - Clare Perkins
Lily Pargetter - Katie Redford
Stella Pryor - Lucy Speed
Hannah Riley - Helen Longworth
Bruce Titchener - Michael Byrne
Miles Titchener - Adam Astill
Rob Titchener - Timothy Watson

Writer : Nick Warburton
Director : Dave Payne
Editor : Jeremy Howe

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Spoilers:
Sunday 29th - Brian has some difficult news to deliver, and Denise needs
a favour.
Monday 30th - Opportunity knocks for Jazzer, and a new bond is formed at
the Bull Quiz night.
Tuesday 31st - There’s a Halloween revelation for Alistair, and Hannah
has a awkward question to ask.
Wednesday 1st - Tensions boil over for one family, and Lily has a brainwave.
Thursday 2nd - Harrison faces a difficult negotiation, and Stella puts
her foot in it.
Friday 3rd - There’s more bad news for Alan, and Pip attempts to build
bridges.
 

--
CaroleT

On 28.10.23 01:07, carolet wrote:
> Bruce Titchener    -    Michael Byrne
> Miles Titchener    -    Adam Astill
> Rob Titchener    -    Timothy Watson

Really - the same number of dwellers under rocks as there are Archers.

This is beyond a joke.

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

On 28.10.23 01:07, carolet wrote:
> Denise Metcalf    -    Clare Perkins

Was she Metcalf before - Paul is Mack?

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

On Sat, 28 Oct 2023 10:07:17 +0100, krw wrote:

> On 28.10.23 01:07, carolet wrote:
>> Bruce Titchener    -    Michael Byrne
>> Miles Titchener    -    Adam Astill
>> Rob Titchener    -    Timothy Watson
>
> Really - the same number of dwellers under rocks
> as there are Archers.
>
> This is beyond a joke.

Maybe they'll be the ones that boil over. Would that
be any consolation?

On 28/10/2023 10:07, krw wrote:
> On 28.10.23 01:07, carolet wrote:
>> Denise Metcalf    -    Clare Perkins
>
> Was she Metcalf before - Paul is Mack?
>

We first heard Paul in October 2022. Alastair & Jakob didn't know that
Denise and Paul were mother and son to start with. When that was
revealed, there were comments about them having different names and how
were they expected to guess. We were told that Paul took his father's
surname.

We have been hearing of Denise for quite some time, but she made her
first appearances in August and September of 2021. At that time we
didn't know her surname. We heard from her again in the May to August of
2022, and during that time it became known that her full name was Denise
Metcalf. We haven't heard from her since then.

--
CaroleT

On 28/10/2023 01:07, carolet wrote:
> Note that spoilers are included below the cast and crew.
>
> Cast    :
> Brian Aldridge    -    Charles Collingwood
> Josh Archer    -    Angus Imrie
> Ruth Archer    -    Felicity Finch
> Pip Archer    -    Daisy Badger
> Tony Archer    -    David Troughton
> Harrison Burns    -    James Cartwright
> Alan Franks    -    John Telfer
> Alistair Lloyd    -    Michael Lumsden
> Paul Mack    -    Joshua Riley
> Jazzer McCreary    -    Ryan Kelly
> Denise Metcalf    -    Clare Perkins
> Lily Pargetter    -    Katie Redford
> Stella Pryor    -    Lucy Speed
> Hannah Riley    -    Helen Longworth
> Bruce Titchener    -    Michael Byrne
> Miles Titchener    -    Adam Astill
> Rob Titchener    -    Timothy Watson
>

Something odd about this week's cast list is that it is completely
disjoint from last week's. Nobody appears in both weeks. I don't think I
have noticed that before.

--
CaroleT

On 28.10.23 11:07, carolet wrote:
> On 28/10/2023 10:07, krw wrote:
>> On 28.10.23 01:07, carolet wrote:
>>> Denise Metcalf    -    Clare Perkins
>>
>> Was she Metcalf before - Paul is Mack?
>>
>
>
> We first heard Paul in October 2022. Alastair & Jakob didn't know that
> Denise and Paul were mother and son to start with. When that was
> revealed, there were comments about them having different names and how
> were they expected to guess. We were told that Paul took his father's
> surname.
>
> We have been hearing of Denise for quite some time, but she made her
> first appearances in August and September of 2021. At that time we
> didn't know her surname. We heard from her again in the May to August of
> 2022, and during that time it became known that her full name was Denise
> Metcalf. We haven't heard from her since then.
>
>

Thank you Carole. I remember the lack of known link between the two but
given that the practice is part of a larger group with people moving
back and forth it is hard to believe that there was not some knowledge
beforehand.

Clearly Snappy will be married within the year.

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

On 28/10/2023 11:12, krw wrote:
> On 28.10.23 11:07, carolet wrote:
>> On 28/10/2023 10:07, krw wrote:
>>> On 28.10.23 01:07, carolet wrote:
>>>> Denise Metcalf    -    Clare Perkins
>>>
>>> Was she Metcalf before - Paul is Mack?
>>>
>>
>>
>> We first heard Paul in October 2022. Alastair & Jakob didn't know that
>> Denise and Paul were mother and son to start with. When that was
>> revealed, there were comments about them having different names and
>> how were they expected to guess. We were told that Paul took his
>> father's surname.
>>
>> We have been hearing of Denise for quite some time, but she made her
>> first appearances in August and September of 2021. At that time we
>> didn't know her surname. We heard from her again in the May to August
>> of 2022, and during that time it became known that her full name was
>> Denise Metcalf. We haven't heard from her since then.
>>
>>
>
> Thank you Carole.  I remember the lack of known link between the two but
> given that the practice is part of a larger group with people moving
> back and forth it is hard to believe that there was not some knowledge
> beforehand.
>
> Clearly Snappy will be married within the year.
>

Thus proving the powwer of Clarrieluv's baking.

john

On Sat, 28 Oct 2023 01:07:28 +0100, carolet <carolet.umrat@gmail.com>
scrawled in the dust...

>Denise Metcalf -

Nominative determinism?
--
Penny
Annoyed by The Archers since 1959

On Sat, 28 Oct 2023 11:09:46 +0100, carolet <carolet.umrat@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On 28/10/2023 01:07, carolet wrote:
>> Note that spoilers are included below the cast and crew.
>>
>> Cast    :
>> Brian Aldridge    -    Charles Collingwood
>> Josh Archer    -    Angus Imrie
>> Ruth Archer    -    Felicity Finch
>> Pip Archer    -    Daisy Badger
>> Tony Archer    -    David Troughton
>> Harrison Burns    -    James Cartwright
>> Alan Franks    -    John Telfer
>> Alistair Lloyd    -    Michael Lumsden
>> Paul Mack    -    Joshua Riley
>> Jazzer McCreary    -    Ryan Kelly
>> Denise Metcalf    -    Clare Perkins
>> Lily Pargetter    -    Katie Redford
>> Stella Pryor    -    Lucy Speed
>> Hannah Riley    -    Helen Longworth
>> Bruce Titchener    -    Michael Byrne
>> Miles Titchener    -    Adam Astill
>> Rob Titchener    -    Timothy Watson
>>
>
>Something odd about this week's cast list is that it is completely
>disjoint from last week's. Nobody appears in both weeks. I don't think I
>have noticed that before.

I wonder if that is deliberate?

The BBC is desperate to reduce expenses and I wonder if the bean
counters are looking at the studio costs? If you were to ensure that
there was no cast overlap between the one week and the next one you
could have two weeks - maybe even three - of recordings made in the
same studio time, couldn't you? Have the read-throughs, the
run-throughs and the recordings scheduled efficiently in different
rooms. Two entirely different groups of people weaving in and out of
each other. What could possibly go wrong?

Nick

On 31-Oct-23 21:01, Nick Odell wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Oct 2023 11:09:46 +0100, carolet <carolet.umrat@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 28/10/2023 01:07, carolet wrote:
>>> Note that spoilers are included below the cast and crew.
>>>
>>> Cast    :
>>> Brian Aldridge    -    Charles Collingwood
>>> Josh Archer    -    Angus Imrie
>>> Ruth Archer    -    Felicity Finch
>>> Pip Archer    -    Daisy Badger
>>> Tony Archer    -    David Troughton
>>> Harrison Burns    -    James Cartwright
>>> Alan Franks    -    John Telfer
>>> Alistair Lloyd    -    Michael Lumsden
>>> Paul Mack    -    Joshua Riley
>>> Jazzer McCreary    -    Ryan Kelly
>>> Denise Metcalf    -    Clare Perkins
>>> Lily Pargetter    -    Katie Redford
>>> Stella Pryor    -    Lucy Speed
>>> Hannah Riley    -    Helen Longworth
>>> Bruce Titchener    -    Michael Byrne
>>> Miles Titchener    -    Adam Astill
>>> Rob Titchener    -    Timothy Watson
>>>
>>
>> Something odd about this week's cast list is that it is completely
>> disjoint from last week's. Nobody appears in both weeks. I don't think I
>> have noticed that before.
>
> I wonder if that is deliberate?
>
> The BBC is desperate to reduce expenses and I wonder if the bean
> counters are looking at the studio costs? If you were to ensure that
> there was no cast overlap between the one week and the next one you
> could have two weeks - maybe even three - of recordings made in the
> same studio time, couldn't you? Have the read-throughs, the
> run-throughs and the recordings scheduled efficiently in different
> rooms. Two entirely different groups of people weaving in and out of
> each other. What could possibly go wrong?

Cast members who are required to shout, now need a longer rest period
between recordings in order to preserve their voices.

--
Sam Plusnet

On 1.11.23 02:13, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> Cast members who are required to shout,

Far too much of that going on.

--
Kosmo Richard W
www.travelswmw.whitnet.uk
https://tinyurl.com/KRWpics

In message <qnudnYy5BfKNxNL4nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> at Sat,
11 Nov 2023 10:36:01, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> writes
>On 1.11.23 02:13, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> Cast members who are required to shout,
>
>Far too much of that going on.
>
In life as well as TA )-:.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Whoever decided to limit tagline length to 68 characters can kiss my

On Sat, 11 Nov 2023 13:21:35 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver"
<G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:

>In message <qnudnYy5BfKNxNL4nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> at Sat,
>11 Nov 2023 10:36:01, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> writes
>>On 1.11.23 02:13, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>> Cast members who are required to shout,
>>
>>Far too much of that going on.
>>
>In life as well as TA )-:.
Sadly yes, increasingly on BBC radio. I prefer old podcasts where
people spoke clearly with no music at the same time. Even wearing
hearing aids some voices are hard to hear properly and with and
without aids (as I listen at night going to sleep) I hear some
frequencies magnified unpleasantly and some not at all.

On Sat, 11 Nov 2023 18:17:38 +0000, Vicky wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Nov 2023 13:21:35 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>In message <qnudnYy5BfKNxNL4nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> at Sat,
>>11 Nov 2023 10:36:01, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> writes
>>>On 1.11.23 02:13, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>> Cast members who are required to shout,
>>>
>>>Far too much of that going on.
>>>
>>In life as well as TA )-:.
> Sadly yes, increasingly on BBC radio. I prefer old podcasts where people
> spoke clearly with no music at the same time. Even wearing hearing aids
> some voices are hard to hear properly and with and without aids (as I
> listen at night going to sleep) I hear some frequencies magnified
> unpleasantly and some not at all.

Have you experienced the new Big Ben bongs yet?.

On Sat, 11 Nov 2023 21:18:02 -0000 (UTC), Iain Archer
<ianews@montaigne.me.uk> wrote:

>On Sat, 11 Nov 2023 18:17:38 +0000, Vicky wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 11 Nov 2023 13:21:35 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>In message <qnudnYy5BfKNxNL4nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> at Sat,
>>>11 Nov 2023 10:36:01, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> writes
>>>>On 1.11.23 02:13, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>>> Cast members who are required to shout,
>>>>
>>>>Far too much of that going on.
>>>>
>>>In life as well as TA )-:.
>> Sadly yes, increasingly on BBC radio. I prefer old podcasts where people
>> spoke clearly with no music at the same time. Even wearing hearing aids
>> some voices are hard to hear properly and with and without aids (as I
>> listen at night going to sleep) I hear some frequencies magnified
>> unpleasantly and some not at all.
>
>Have you experienced the new Big Ben bongs yet?.

Having just replaced the loudspeakers in my bedside radio, I thought
the changes were down to the new, improved drivers. I shall listen
more carefully tonight.

Nick

On 11-Nov-23 21:18, Iain Archer wrote:

> Have you experienced the new Big Ben bongs yet?.

Steady on old chap!

--
Sam Plusnet

Iain Archer <ianews@montaigne.me.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Nov 2023 18:17:38 +0000, Vicky wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 11 Nov 2023 13:21:35 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In message <qnudnYy5BfKNxNL4nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@brightview.co.uk> at Sat,
>>> 11 Nov 2023 10:36:01, krw <krw@whitnet.uk> writes
>>>> On 1.11.23 02:13, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>>>>> Cast members who are required to shout,
>>>>
>>>> Far too much of that going on.
>>>>
>>> In life as well as TA )-:.
>> Sadly yes, increasingly on BBC radio. I prefer old podcasts where people
>> spoke clearly with no music at the same time. Even wearing hearing aids
>> some voices are hard to hear properly and with and without aids (as I
>> listen at night going to sleep) I hear some frequencies magnified
>> unpleasantly and some not at all.
>
> Have you experienced the new Big Ben bongs yet?.
>

Oh yes! Sound a bit echoey to me

Mrs McT