How are we going to cope without The Archers?

May 25th. I can manage until then.

Anyone remember when Joe killed his ferrets when it was thought that the Grungies would move to Meadow Rise? A Masterclass in acting, that epi was.

Find it strange not having to tune in every weekday (and Sunday) at 7 pm. Not interested in a selection of archived episodes. Would not have minded if they had run some archived, but a running story.
So , for time being will give this a miss. Will put in my diary to remember to re-start on 25th May.

I've just recently been listening to R4extra's Home Front. Not a substitute for TA but a vast amount of material if you get into the format and enjoy ongoing stories.
I've quite enjoyed the archive episodes of TA.

These new Archers are terrible - I do wish they hadn’t bothered. The new format is cringeworthy and SO badly written.
Couldn’t be worse if it tried.

Susan has been amusing. - have you heard her attempt at zoom on DumTeedum? Hint in next week's RT that all may not be well with Kirsty/ Philip, so I will continue to listen. The Jakob/Kate episode was cringeworthy!!

Does anyone know when the proper Archers is due to return? Surely recordings could be managed with an imaginative combination of technology and social distancing measures?

Hope it's soon. Wonder if Friday's "Feedback" on radio4 will cover this topic?

Really not enjoying what has been a regular listen for years. Surely they can do better. I don’t even bother to listen now. It’s truly dreadful.
I am sitting here and the tum te tums have started so will give it just one more chance.

It’s as dull as the rest. All talking to themselves, just doesn’t work. Why don’t they zoom or something tech and have a conversation instead of separate rather tedious monologues.
I enjoyed Alan Bennett monologues but these are dire.

I have an awful feeling they may be softening us up to have only 4 evenings of Archers post Covid.

It is pretty dire so far. The problem there is no story to follow just mumbling about trivia.

Ruby's constantly yapping presence is the most annoying part of what has been a totally dull and pointless week.

Kate and Jakob need to be together for any entertainment value.

I find the whole think truly tedious.
I switch it off whenever I accidentally stumble on it.

Complete waste of time and effort - and the writing is terrible.

Hopefully Feedback on radio 4 this afternoon will tell us how much longer we have to endure it as it is!

Must say I think it is dire. Cannot understand why they have decided to do it like this. Technology today can give them far more choices for something approaching normal. I sometimes it on, no idea what story lines are. Will probably not even bother continuing tuning in whilst it is in this format.

I’ve listened forever but enough of this current drivel is enough.

I can’t understand why they haven’t stuck to the normal script. Surely they can record remotely!

Yes. It’s arguably the worst writing on radio.
I use avoid it now.
Very sad.

Will somebody please tell Freddy that you can find instructions for just about every DIY plumbing problem he's ever likely to encounter on You Tube?

No, Merlotgran, YouTube hasn’t got to Ambridge yet.
Sigh!
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I remember being devastated when the Archers replaced my favourite programme, Dick Barton Special Agent but 69 years on I was still listening to the Sunday omnibus. I’m getting irritated with the younger cast members, but remembering the whinging Jennifer and Lillian, and their little brother Anthony William Daniel, perhaps they are not too bad. I think Joe Grundy was very reminiscent of Walter Gabriel, and I’m sure Peggy (nee) Perkins and her mother Mrs P started off with cockney accents. Maybe they could have dug deep and found recordings of the original cast to broadcast instead to show how the dynasties started.

Good idea.
Even the "back issues" which weren't really that old were better than this.

I haven’t been listening but caught it the other day by chance - Kirsty was talking about Phil and Susan was doing a local radio show, but not for much longer I suspect. It was better than when I last heard it with only one character talking. There were 5 different people I think. Might try the omnibus tomorrow.

I am another who has given up, having heard the omnibus for many years.

How much more tedious can these episodes get?

There's a thread on Gransnet where some bloke has hacked back a poster's hedge without permission that's way more exciting than Harrison's boring monologue.