Archers Addicts 5 !!!!!

Wasn't it on Feedback that the lad who plays Henry is six and reads the lines away from the others. That could be why he sounds wrong. He doesn't know what the plot is.

If you give a six year old child a book and ask him to read a page of it out loud he will sound like a six year old child reading a book. He might struggle with a few words but his voice will be six years old.

Henry's voice doesn't age. He is actually going backwards.

This is quite clearly an adult trying to sound like a child. It's been done before on TA. I think the actress who plays Shula used to do children's voices.

No. nfkdumpling is right, Henry is played by a six year old boy who reads the lines separately from the rest of the cast.
Radio rarely does children well.
Rob has been hanging around outside school and BH cottage, that's the reason for Henry's disturbed sleep. I do hope that baby is alright, is a cold and windy night

Where is this article? The ones I have read say the actor who plays Henry reads the lines separately.

Henry has been a major part of the storyline for two/three years. A child actor would have become familiar with the role and grown into it.

Henry sounds like a robot.

I suspose he would be classed as an actor - Should it have been actoret? (Actorette would be a mini actress!)

I think I heard it on Feedback. They must have had letters!

Yes Feedback and mentioned on various discussion groups, as well as BBC websites.

www.facebook.com/BBCTheArchers/

Timothy Watson is doing a live Q&A after tonight's episode.

I wonder if this means the storyline will be brought to a close?

I know it would not be true to life if it were as Helen in RL would probably have to cope with Rob being around until Jack was grown-up and possibly after that but I feel I have been wrung out enough over this now.

If Rob dies, Bridge Farm won't have to fork out on Helen's divorce. A good reason to dance on the kitchen table waving a bottle of Prosecco I should think.

And if he has life insurance, Jack will be in for a nice little windfall which will hopefully take care of Anna's bill.

'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, de dum de dum de dum de dum'

If he commits suicide there will be no life insurance.

Suicide doesn't necessarily preclude life insurance being paid * mumofmadboys*.

Life insurance exclusion typically only applies for the first year

I wasn't expecting Rob to die or accidentally be run over by Tony's bull/run away tractor.
I'm hoping he'll be caught before he leaves the country or harms Jack. He'll get a prison sentence and hopefully, the family court will ensure he never sees either boy again. If he was planning suicide for himself and Jack, he'd surely have taken Henry as well. I suspect he has a passport for Jack and tickets to some foreign land Although - maybe he's planning to get a passport, even babies need proper photographs now.

Sorry I must be wrong.

why sorry mumofmadboys?

Sometimes two years grumppa and mumofmadboys but it may be that the insurance companies have tightened up and are now excluding it in some policies. It really wouldn't surprise me as they exclude everything they can.

Rob may well have stopped paying the life insurance of course.

Remember there is a bit of a storm going on Iam.

They did keep remarking on how windy it was.

Ahh, so it's possible a tree will fall on Rob, killing him but little Jack will be thrown clear. Not, it is hoped, into a culvert. Rob could be knocked out, fall in the culvert and drown whilst little Jack is (of course) thrown clear.

Why does no one have a proper dog in the Archers? The country side is full of labradors and spaniels. My spaniel and current spaniel x always go/went everywhere with their noses glued to the floor. A dog walker would be the obvious person to find little Jack - they always find bodies in RL and on tv murder dramas.

You are so right Iam. Don't the police say it is usually small boys or dogs (with dog walker) who find bodies.

Didn't you think they were suspiciously keen on telling us about the wind?

Why didn't Pay or Kirsten dial 999 when they had Nob cornered?

Aarrgh!

Well give the script writers their due. It is very wet and windy tonight. They got it just right for once. It must be the first time in years.

Phew - I actually managed to find the Facebook page and see/hear Tim Watson answering listeners' questions live!

It was good that Helen made Rob realise she knew the truth about what happened on floodnight.

More reason for him to be wary of ever showing his face in Ambridge again but.......we know he will!!

I wonder how long it will be?

What will happen about the access visits now?