The bickering starts early today as Lucy is correcting Roifield before he has completed the initial introductions.  Then he tries to correct Lucy on the subject of the Premier League – never mind it does improve after that.  Josh is turning into grass and we have to hope that no-one gets high when he goes up in smoke. Kosmo comments: historically the farmers used Field Reconnaissance Vehicles – but many many years ago it was agreed that they could refer to Land Rovers (most of the farmers have these) and there was a lot of fuss when Brian’s new Merc […]

DTD 144 - Will Benny move to the village and more hot Ambridge topics Play Now | Download

Our hosts have an interesting discussion over the current story lines which are somewhat “meh” as far as Lucy is concerned whilst Roifield feels that the Pip and Toby extravaganza is finding different ways of investigating the Archer family dynamics.  Pulling the wide variety of story lines together shows that our favourite fly on the wall documentary is back on the sort of form we should be enjoying. Jan from Can is sympathetic to Lilian and is still keen not to be without a man in her life after Matt’s departure.  Lucy is not sure that really explains her reluctance […]

DTD - 143 Calls, Faithless and a rather cute Dumteedum! Play Now | Download

Our hosts get told off by Lucy’s Mum for swearing too much last week and promise to try harder.  Roifield is collapsing in laughter five minutes in this week – great start to Lucy’s monologue and it gets better as it progresses.  Didn’t the Grundies have a lovely day the day they went to Barmouth?  We know a song like that don’t we boys and girls?  (Roifield Barmouth is mid-Wales – not North Wales). Bored Yokelbear is bored with boring Rob as a mere boring pantomime character and wants him bored out of the programme abducted by aliens maybe?  Christine […]

DTD - 142 - Rehearsals, Anniversaries, Birthdays and Rude Maps Play Now | Download

Absolutely splendiferous update from Lucy this week as the lively mix of Ambridge stories enables a wide ranging review of how not to recruit panto players.  Then the mood turns darker as Roifield (who has embraced the madness of the post-truth world) explains to us all that whilst Rob might be a bit of a cad and a bounder the really nasty thing in the woodshed is JUSTIN ELLIOTT who is going to exploit the general hatred for Rob to move forward all of his huge development plans for the countryside.  Rob gets all the stick and Justin is the […]

DTD - 141 - Justin Elliot is worst than Rob and an new hashtag... F**k it we've always got the The Archers! Play Now | Download

Roifield is away so Harriet and Lucy are in high pitched hollering harpy harness for our weekly update.  Before all that however we hear tales of their childhood activities with Harriet running wild in the Wallops and Lucy still cringing with embarrassment in the supermarket at the memory of the most obvious murder mystery stories ever.  And that is before Lucy tells Harriet to ignore the script!  Wild and hairy roller coaster ride this week!  Harriet’s grandpa’s cousin is the very wonderful Ian Carmichael of Lord Peter Wimsey fame is just one of many of Harriet’s family to get a […]

DTD - 140 Harriet and Lucy discuss Neil's moan and other stuff Play Now | Download

Big thanks to the following listeners for their financial support this week. Sarah Holland, Natalia Löffler, Amy Louise Gilbert, Paul Roome, Glyn Fullelove, Tracy Chevin, Douglas Faunt, Rachael Kennedy, Ruth Frost, Nigel Massey, Shelley Shocolinsky-Dwyer, Patricia Dube, Sarah Woods, Joann Smith, Catherine Jones, Diane Stokes, Andrew White, R J Taylor, Victoria Cole, Mhairi Gillespie, Susan Greblo, Barbara Wiseman, Lonny J Behar, Alison Johnson, Sarah Gleason Stephen Fahey Jessica Dyszel Angela Barnes Jehane Dewar, Maggie Wood, Sarah Passingham, Claire Astbury, Helen Palmer, Valerie Bayliss, Scotch Tweed Ltd, Pam Cruickshank, Leonie Beavers, Claire Howard, Lesley Greaves, Jennifer Reber, Jean Rose, Amanda Hart, […]

DTD-139 Hacks, Fairbrothers and such goings on Play Now | Download

On this week’s episode we have calls from Dusty Substances and Claire Astbury who want to applaud Alan New York Nigel who’s getting his girls muddled up Jo Jo Sexy Heels who’s found the new Brian Aldridge Christine Armstrong who’s had a surprise from her husband Maurice Snell who can understand Justin and Kosmo with the Bridge Farm accounts

Ep: 138 Charlotte Martin aka Susan Carter is in the house! Play Now | Download

Lucy has taken a holiday as it is half term in the UK so after the very special episode 136 this episode concentrates on DumTeeDum’s magnificent callerinerers. Ellen, a vet from Glasgow, reckons that llamas are pretty mean and do not like having their mouths looked at.  A real expert commentary – this is why we have callers! Next up is Maeve who is locked out of Twitter so cannot vent in the normal way! She thought Shula was sweet last week. Glyn considered it to be another fantastic week in Ambridge, whilst Naked Fingers reports that he has just […]

DTD - 137 - Callerinnerers of the world unite! Play Now | Download

Roifield Brown is joined by nice guy farmer David Archer aka Tim Bentinck and the missing in action, one eyed ballroom dancing milk man Mike Tucker aka Terry Molloy, who reminisce about actors who have passed away or left the Archers.

DTD 136: Tim Bentinck and Terry Malloy remember Play Now | Download

On this week’s episode we have calls from This week in Ambridge Lucy has Roy in artificial fibres, Johnny being very hairy, Oliver looking after joints, Jill as a clown and armed with secateurs, Tony being run over with a Dyson, Susan as a strong black woman, listless Lynda getting sweet talked by Robert with assistance from Kate who has nothing better to do as the bottom has dropped out of the yurt market – this will probably amuse in the same way as an amusement arcade; possibly Shula has had a tent flap interchange with Alastair who has suddenly […]

DTD 135: Short sweet and to the point! Play Now | Download