I’ve been finding The Archers a little dull recently, and I think it’s because we have so few types of character currently. Am I off base, or do others agree? As fas I can tell
– as partners in life, men are either an unreliable jack-the-lad (Toby, Matt, Kenton, Eddie, formerly Brine, Ed Grundy, Adam) or steady eddie and rather dull (David, Rex, Tony, Will, Harrasment Burns, Ian).
– as business people you can only be either a feckless fool (Ed, Eddie, Kenton, Rex, now Pip) or a thrusting entrepreneur (Brian, Tom, Josh, Fallon).
– all elderly folk are in fine fettle and manage to live independently and have no ongoing health issues
It just seems that having lost the Tuckers, Charlie and even evil Rob, there is very little character diversity. Combine that with no strong plot lines and it all gets a bit grey for my taste.
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