I haven't listened to The Archers yet this evening...

[alicat]

... will my blood pressure be lower if I do or don't?

Rubbish story lines recently. Tempted to give it a swerve.

 

[slowmotion]

I heard the designer kitchen planner doing his stuff yesterday. That was a real giggle.

 

[Profpointy]

For the last 40+ years, my reflexes have remained quick enough to hit the radio 3 after half a bar of the Archers' theme tune at 7pm. Still sometimes catch the last line of dialogue before bum-ti-bum-ti-bum-ti-bum at 7:15 though.

 

[SimonJKH]

... will my blood pressure be lower if I do or don't?

Rubbish story lines recently. Tempted to give it a swerve.

Agreed, it has been pretty poor fare recently. I've been considering bailing, but... well it is only 12 minutes a day.

 

[swansonj]

Oh I don't know, until recently I thought they were doing quite well - in fact I'd almost (but not quite) forgiven them the Nigel/roof/deathscream episode. The Helen/Rob, theTony/Tom, the Peggy/Tony/Tom/will, and the Jill burglary storylines are all examples of what The Archers does well - stories that have their roots well back in characters' backstory and involve playing out consistent personalities over many years. The Tom/Brenda/wedding dress saga is a bit overdone, but they've always gone over the top on their light-relief plotlines - witness the Christmas Pantomime every flipping year. They responded well to the flooding - not their fault that they flooded the Bull just when the floods in real life were dying down.

But - SPOILER ALERT - what dramatic purpose are they trying to serve with the Ruth developments, given that Mike and Vicky have already played out most of the potential of the older-parents storyline, and (although they haven't made much of it once the brat was accepted into the family) they also had "Rory" [insert vowels to choice] to illustrate the complexities of older parents and siblings of wildly different ages? If they simply want to ensure a spread of ages in the main Archer families for future years, well, in addition to Henry, they've got Tom, Pip and Alice all with high sprogging potential (any of whom would be more plausible for a failure-of-contraception plot as well), or they could just bring back Kate and her kids...

 

[Globalti]

I hear Wiggo is making a guest appearance soon. That might boost the ratings.

 

[Acyclo]

I haven't listened to The Archers yet this century. Go me.

 

[Fnaar]

Pub quiz: Which Style Council song mentions the Archers? And what are they mixed up in?
There is a prize for the first correct answer.

 

[MontyVeda]

I listen to The Archers almost every day but manage to switch my ears off until Front Row starts at 7.15pm.