Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Barwick Green



Helen spilled her guts on the first date from the agency, blurting out - amongst other things - that her son was a result of one of her eggs being made fertile by a sperm-donor.

"Baggage", said her date, after the first course.

"What did you call me?!" she quickly responded.

"No - I merely meant that you come with baggage, that's all. Calm down, dear, and enjoy the rest of your life".

The next episode of The Archers can be heard at 7.02 pm, tomorrow evening.

(The Earl of Portland is the one on the right, and looks a bit like me in the mornings.)

 Talking of mornings and exercise, take a look at this: 

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15 comments:

  1. The Weaver of Grass22 May 2013 at 11:40

    Your blog has gone all quirky on me Tom - sometimes it shows up and sometimes it doesn't - don't tell me you are an Archer's fan - I have a (gay) friend who has never missed a single episode and even gets folk to record it all when he goes away. He is on such intimate terms with them all that I think he thinks of them as family.

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    1. Tom Stephenson22 May 2013 at 14:16

      See below, if you want to know how people get so involved with The Archers.

      'On Mardle Fen' is currently running on Radio 4 Extra - to my mind, the most absorbing and endearing drama to have been broadcast since... well I don't know. Nick Warburton is a wonderful man, and I don't take on heroes lightly. Same goes for the cast - 'Samuel' is 'Jim' from The Archers - what a brilliant actor, as are the rest.

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  2. John Going Gently22 May 2013 at 12:58

    I detest Helen Archer with a vengeance
    a Holy Than thou cow

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  3. Cro Magnon22 May 2013 at 21:11

    I presume the pic is of two Archers characters. Surely, one of the best things about radio is that we don't SEE the characters; just hear their voices. If I'd known that Archie Andrews was just a badly painted lump of wood, my childhood would have been hell.

    Walter Gabriel was a God!

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    1. Cro Magnon22 May 2013 at 23:25

      p.s. Glad to see he kept his socks on. Prudery is alive and well in India.

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    2. Tom Stephenson23 May 2013 at 02:30

      What a way to make a living, eh?

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  4. Jacqueline @ HOME23 May 2013 at 03:22

    A bit of an eyewatering moment ..... I'm going to show my husband and see if he can do it !!!! XXXX

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    1. Tom Stephenson23 May 2013 at 11:35

      I tried it, but the cocktail-stick broke when H.I. climbed on my shoulders.

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  5. The Weaver of Grass23 May 2013 at 07:19

    Where do you find them Tom? I haven't got one and even I found it painful.

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    1. sarah toa23 May 2013 at 09:14

      Me neither WoG, but I'm recommending it to all my friends who have one. They might even get a kiss.

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  6. Jim Froggatt23 May 2013 at 08:34

    That was good. I hope you post more of your home videos.

    As for the Archers I think they should all go and do a Nigel Pargitter.

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    1. Tom Stephenson23 May 2013 at 11:38

      If they all did a Nigel, the whole week would be taken up by screams as they fall from 250 feet high hotels. Nigel now works for 'What the Papers Say', and can be heard (not screaming) every Sunday night at around 11.00

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