Anyone else gripped? My money is on Jess coming good and the circumstances of Henry’s conception being aired. I don’t think I can stand much more of Rob whatever the outcome. Apparently the actor is leaving so I guess one way or the other Ambridge will be rid of him.
Helen and Rob
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If I were gripped any tighter the cranioplasty would burst open.
Rob’s an odious character indeed, and extremely well acted.
I, too, am rooting for an appearance from Jess on the witness stand.
You should come and join us, @Twang:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2215391357/
I was there but there are people who post spoilers 5 minutes after the lunchtime edition and as I catch up by podcast it was a real drag so I left the group.
Yes, people in the group are very keen to post comments. I make sure not to visit until I’ve listened.
Archers Appreciation is like the Afterword, only with the gender balance reversed – a virtual retirement home for cultural types.
😀
And a lot more swearing…
I recommend the Mumsnet Archers thread on their Radio Addicts section too
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/radio_addicts/2718079-Hes-not-a-pheasant-poacher-hes-a-pheasant-poachers-grandson-Join-us-for-trials-tribulations-and-tipsy-tractor-trips-in-Ambridge?pg=25
It’s one of the corners of Mumsnet where everyone is very nice to each other, plus there is only one thread to follow, so it’s easier than FB or other groups to read. People in the legal profession post on there as well so it’s well-informed, particularly at the moment!
I’ve thought Jess, Charlie Thomas or the disappearing eastern European whose name eludes me, were the key to this for months, but more recently I’ve come round to believing that quite simply Rob would show his true colours in court. We await.
I think Charlie will play a part in Rob’s downfall. Wasn’t Rob fiddling the milk figures? I don’t think he would have been offered the estate manager’s job unless it was part of his fall from grace. I think Jess will testify but I don’t think we’ll see the Eastern European worker, not enough evidence from what I remember.
Pavel, wasn’t it? I’ve been wondering whether Rob bumped him off…
Stefan. Pavel was Adam Macy’s fruit(y) picker from a few seasons ago.
Thanks, Sal. I wasn’t sure, but decided to plump anyway.
http://i1275.photobucket.com/albums/y448/MrMunkie/Rob%20and%20Helen_zpsxcsxa9jg.jpeg
(Photo ©BBC from The Guardian site)
every inch the cad!
Jesus Christ this thread title gave me The Fear when I logged in. I nearly spat tea all over my laptop, as you see, my current lady friend is named Helen, and we’re keeping it casual.
Treat her nice, Rob, or you’ll have the whole of Radio 4 baying for your blood* 😉
*think basset x several million…
The bobnessette is also called Helen, so I too did a kind of “yes, what do you want to know now…?” kind of thing.
How we laughed etc.
Free Jazz and late-ish nights make me a tad touchy come the dawn.
I’m gonna start a RobCast and call it The Yurters. All sitars, incense, Turkish cushions and sweet lurve on alternating weekend evenings as per child minder availability.
Rob, let me introduce you to Kate Aldridge 😉
Kate who ? Is she Extra Terrestrial Curious ? Is she into Indian Snackplay ?
Keeping it casual in the Internet age? Not a chance.
I’m rather enjoying this meltdown between different dimensions as Ambridge and Yurtsville collide here on the AW. I’ll put good money on a noisy bassett hound making an appearance in The Archers this week.
The Hound Of The Snurtlevilles was curiously silent this morning (ahem…. *inwardly cackles*)
I think you and Kate were made for each other.
I she a lusty orphan a la Maureen O’Hara, with a fat inheritance ?
Her dad’s a millionaire farmer. She’s a pain in the arse, but heavily into yurts and incense.
A millionaire farmer you say ? Normally, I would not associate with such types on badger karma principle, but she clearly has psychological issues, and being the kind of selfless loving bodhisattva cat that I am, it my spiritual duty to assist. A week in the yurt on a Cup-a-Psychedelic Reindeer Piss chakra detox, with mucho Tibetan Singing Bowl action and plenty of Auming should do the trick.
What Dave said 😀
Actually, I take that back. I wouldn’t wish the whining, entitled waste of space on anyone, let alone you, Rob.
Some Grade A Sandoz and Amon Duul would sort that. I’ll speak to my Man.
Allegedly a bit of a looker too.
I’d need earplugs.
Sort of Merle Oberon, Mary Pickford, with a dash of the Talula Bankhead vibe ?
Oooh, I say. She (the actress Perdita Avery) looks just like I’d imagined Kate. Ding and indeed Dong.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/46VYtcjCSmWgyldPlHfkcl/kate-madikane
Aw man ! She’s blonde ! Not that I but I do prefer brunettes.
Nice name though. Conjures up images of Leather Clad Roedean Old Girls raving it up in a strobe lit Dovecote.
I’m looking forward to more hissy fits from Rob Titchener as, one by one, the whole of Ambridge files into the witness box to destroy his reputation. Icing on the cake would be Ursula breaking down and telling Bruce to fuck off.
This other Rob. Why’s he up before the Beak, then ?
He’s not. His wife Helen is, for stabbing him.
Why did she stab him ? Was he a Simply Red fan ? One Belle & Sebastian song too many ?
A long history of coercive control. And at least one rape.
He was asking for it. Literally (he handed her the knife and goaded her) and metaphorically.
She should have called The Green Helmet (aka me). Look for the sign of the Radiocative Bellend in the night sky. I would have sorted the bastard. I’d have played moonlit swingball with his spleen.
As Rob now has a colostomy bag, such swingball antics could get a bit messy.
I get it ! A sympathy bag, the rotter.
Yes I think the truth about how Jack’s conception (I think you meant him rather than Henry) will come out and Rob will not be able to maintain the Saintly Wounded Hero Loving Husband act for too long without the mask slipping. He got already pretty cross last night. I’d also like Ursula to reveal in court without meaning to that they actually visited Rob’s old school to send Henry to as I can’t think how it will come out otherwise. Also I am wanting to Helen to tell it really how it was, give Rob four barrels, and be strong and affecting. Not sure how my nerves will stand up to all the drama, last night was full on to begin with, and there is an hour long episode next Sunday!
I am glad the actor playing Rob is leaving. Once Rob has been totally humiliated (this may take a few months) there is nowhere for him to go and his voice really makes my flesh crawl.
That’s a heavy scene. I thought it was all ‘trouble in top field’, a tumble in the haystack with a rosy cheeked barmaid type of thing.
Heavy is an understatement. It had been building up for over a year. I usually enjoy listening in the car for the intimacy it affords, but heard the stabbing episode en route home from a visit to my Mum. It was almost unbearable in its intensity.
Agatha Christie was bang on about the level of poison in English Villages. I’ve lived in quiet a few over the years. Rivalry, adultery, skullduggery etc. Nether Snurtle’s rife with it. The yurt is magickaly protected and the ‘Beware Of The Basilisk’ sign on the totem pole helps of course.
You could always fit a dragon roof finial to your ridge.
So to speak.
Dunno if anyone does basilisks or wyverns. I won’t post a pic – do a search for ‘dragon roof finial’.
You see the odd one on Victorian and Edwardian roofs in Somerset. I believe they were made by one of the brick and tile firms that used to be in the Bridgwater area.
I just cast a Pentagram. Far less costly.
I used to have an Olympus.
Dragon roof finials are quite common here in not very rural West Sussex. I never saw one when we lived in Surrey.
Go to the Ardingly Antique Fair which starts tomorrow, a bloke there does them for £30.
Antique Fair ? You mean smart bottoms from Christies on the look out for mugs, and not just the porcelain kind ? Anyway, you lost me at ‘bloke’. I’d need character references. Too generic. Genghis Khan, Judas Iscariot (wrong place bad wrap dude) Hitler and Gyles Brandreth are/were all ‘blokes’ (the later is open to personal interpretation). I don’t ‘do’ blokes’ – socially, or Goddess forbid, otherwise. Possible criminal types.
I have a Goat Cheese and Asparagus pizza to attend to. Goodnight.
At no stage am I ever on your “wavelength” Rob but at no stage do your posts ever fail to make me smile.
Have a good evening.
Do you honestly think I’d be that common, Davethetelescopehead ?
How could anyone from Worplesdon be common?
Oh you’re so right! Having lived in cities most of my life, the last 20 years have been spent in a village and what goes on drops the scales from your eyes. I have never known so many affairs, secret drinkers, “parties” involving keys and such.
The Cotswolds, hotbed of debauchery!
Yes, Jack of course. Or Gideon, depending on who you ask. There are loads of straws in the wind which could roast Rob if they pull them together. Like you I already found last night’s episode gripping – I’ve had to move to real time listening this week…
I had to open the thread to find out what it was about. Wish I hadn’t bothered.
As the jury retired I felt that Anna hadn’t really got the defence sorted.
I fear Helen faces a term in Chokey and Jack will be renamed Gideon.
There was an interesting piece on Womens Hour yesterday when they talked to a defence barrister on legal aspects of the trial. It’s right at the start of the programme
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07rkhsc
She didn’t think Anna had done a great job so far. Personally I think Helen will be acquitted. Evidence from Helen and Jess pretty damning. The hour-long episode tomorrow sounds interesting. It will be the jurors considering the verdict, and they have recruited some top stars like Dame Eileen Atkins to be on the jury. The actor who played Nigel, Graham Seed, is also intriguingly one of the jurors, but he obviously will have to change his voice a bit!
I could have done with hearing more of the cross examination and less of Pat and Tony wailing in the cafe. It was a nice touch to hear Rob’s parents heckling, hinting at what made Rob the person he is.
Yes I agree, it would have been nice to hear more of Rob being put on the rack for once, and challenged as to his versions of events. Just remembered Catherine Tate is in the celeb line-up for tomorrow. Wonder if she will put on a Borsetshire accent (whatever that is)?! Posh farmer or lowly trolley stacker? I hope she is on Helen’s side. Nigel Havers is in it too. He always plays posh, I’m guessing he will be cast as “Old Fuddy Duddy”.
The jury are deliberating. Not exactly Twelve Angry Men.
Hanging’s too good for him ! And her.
And the jury.