When Charlie Thomas first came to Ambridge, he was utterly annoying: a right Mr Company Man. However, since the advent of Titchyknob (whom pretty much all of The Archers listenership is now agreed, must die a profoundly painful and lingering death), I have grown to tolerate Charlie. Like him? Um, not quite yet… I do wish he’d stop going after Adam. But as far as Rob’s concerned – yes. Go get him, slugger! And for that, I’m Team Charlie. Are you?
Unlike Roifield and Lucy, and esteemed callerinnerers who have been listening to The Archers since tender youth, I’ve only been acquainted with this radio institution for a comparatively short eight years, after being introduced to it by The Other Half. He listened to it at his grandmother’s knee and continues, unabashed, into middle age (ahem). The introduction formed part of a cultural swap: he gave me The Archers; I gave him Made in Chelsea (clearly, my part of the deal was better than his). I had experienced The Archers briefly before then, when Ruth was having an affair with Sam […]
Episode appearances during July 2015: Adam Macy 14 Brian Aldridge 14 Jennifer Aldridge 12 David Archer 11 Charlie Thomas 9 Pip Archer 9 Kate Madikane 8 Debbie Aldridge 7 Jill Archer 7 Phoebe Aldridge 7 Rex Fairbrother 7 Ruth Archer 7 Kenton Archer 6 Toby Fairbrother 6 Shula Hebden-Lloyd 5 Carol Tregorran 3 Caroline Sterling 3 Helen Archer 3 Ian Craig 3 Jim Lloyd 3 Peggy Woolley 3 Rob Titchener 3 Tom Archer 3 Bert Fry 2 Elizabeth Pargetter 2 Pat Archer 2 Roy Tucker 2 Usha Franks 2 Alex 1 Alice Carter 1 Alistair Lloyd 1 Christine Barford 1 […]
Pretty sure I missed “Claire from Scotland via Canada”‘s call on the podcast: must listen again …
For those of you who didn’t attend, you missed a great evening of fun, food, and fellowship revolving around DTD and TA. Thanks to: Claire – Scotland Margaret – Upminster Andrew – Surbiton Roifield – A Man of the World Denise aka Dusty – Twickenham Catherine – Kennington Jo-Jo – Northolt Alison – Bournemouth Sarah – Basingstoke Tim – Basingstoke Vicky – (C)Ambridge Paul Charles – Cambridge The food was interesting… the conversation intriguing… and the people incredibly varied in their backgrounds and interests. You should have seen Roifield’s face when Margaret told him she had listened to the 1st […]
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Can it just be me who is losing the will to even listen some days…? I feel like I’m losing a life-long friend to some dreadful medical condition like dementia… and I’m finding it difficult to cope…
And there was me hoping for a ball on balls related incident involving Rob being out for a Knob Before Wicket. And if Rory/Ruidhi/Ruri had not been going to the cricket with Jenny Darhling and Bri-an, what would they have done with him?
Usually I’m trying to keep myself sane whilst sitting in Cambridge’s hideous commuter traffic, but variations in the past few weeks have included listening whilst wandering along the bank of the Danube dodging tourists in Budapest, whilst grubbing around in the muck weeding my veg patch (ooh er missus) and running a wussy 10K version of the hilly, off-road Giant’s Head Marathon. I had you on speaker during the race, had loads of people asking me what I was listening to and it resulted in the whole crowd singing Barwick Green as I ran over the finish line. “Dum tee dum tee dum […]
He is only in charge of the fruits and the livestoke, isn’t he? Debbie was given the arable.