Helen Tichner's trial

[srw]

Don't ever try telling the lovely Helen that, she will give you a very old fashioned look.

So does my colleague Hell'n.

 

[Drago]

She's gone to Helen back in this story line.

I'll get my coat...

 

[KEEF]

I like to sing dirty words to the theme tune

 

[swansonj]

... But as they're constantly trailing Rob hobbling Henry as witness, I'd guess it's going to be down to Henry to condemn Rob unwittingly.

or Kirstie...t

After last night, do we have a Plan B?

 

[swansonj]

Story in the Guardian including a lawyer criticising Anna's cross examination technique:
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-...dict-helen-titchener-attempted-murder-husband

 

[srw]

Going by a summary online: http://www.lowfield.co.uk/archers/latest.phtml Helen's home and dry, and Rob will be arrested as soon as the trial ends.

It's the dramatic arc, innit? Make things look terrible for her. Tonight it will look even worse, then on Wednesday there will be a cathartic moment of crisis, after which the villain will crack.

I loved this from the Guardian article: "I don’t know if [the writers] are making her deliberately bad and making her psychological state a subplot, or whether they haven’t written it in a way that is realistic, legally." You think? As far as I know, trials tend to last more than 12 minutes per day.

 

[theclaud]

they haven’t written it in a way that is realistic, legally." You think? As far as I know, trials tend to last more than 12 minutes per day.

I've a book you need to borrow...

 

[rich p]

After last night, do we have a Plan B?

Errrmmm!

 

[srw]

I've a book you need to borrow...

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I was thinking more of Aeschylus. Hubris leading to nemesis via crisis. A chorus of Grundeys, a messenger from the Borsetshire Echo. Exit Rob pursued by a mob of furies; he blinds himself in horror.

 

[srw]

I was thinking more of Aeschylus. Hubris leading to nemesis via crisis. A chorus of Grundeys, a messenger from the Borsetshire Echo. Exit Rob pursued by a mob of furies; he blinds himself in horror.

I forgot to mention the deus ex machina in the shape of a message from the domestic abuse advice line.

 

[slowmotion]

I've a book you need to borrow...

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Fantastic radio!

 

[swansonj]

Any final predictions before Sunday then? FWIW (which is absolutely nothing as the jury's decision will obviously be determined by the dramatic needs of the producers rather than the legal merits) I thought Anna failed to capitalise on her opportunities - failed to discredit Rob sufficiently, and failed in her closing to build sufficient emotional connection with Helen. So, on the basis of the court proceedings as we heard them, I'd go for guilty. On the basis of dramatic needs, I'd also go for guilty, though perhaps of the lesser charge - it seems to give more dramatic scope. Unless the producers feel they have to go for acquittal for the messages they're sending into real life, having already been criticised for having Helen stab him in the first place?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Helen is guilty as charged. But should get a very light sentence.
Her husband is a wife battering rapist and should face charges. And should get a very heavy sentence.

But that isn't what will happen.

 

[Drago]

That Rob is a twot, and his dad makes dinosaurs look with it.

 

[slowmotion]

[QUOTE 4459812, member: 76"]Well I reckon Helen will be found not guilty. Rob will subsequently be charged with rape but will kill himself, Henry and Jack/Gideon will be in danger when he does this, but will survive.[/QUOTE]
I'm afraid it's going to be worse than that. Rob will be shunned by the good people of Ambridge. The script writers will commit mass suicide.