The Archers

I think it was a hit man for the rich, foreign race horse owner chappie.

Nelliemoser- I've wondered about that, especially since Matt discharged himself from hospital and went into hiding at Grey Gables.
I've been away so missed out on Sunday and to night's episodes will try and listen now.

Matt has either escaped abroad or is banged up as he isn't in next week's cast......................Freddie and Noluthando both are though!! I think Christine's cruise prize might be another Matt scam too! The police are really on the case now. A new editor is needed for The Archers; could we write the scripts collectively?

starbird I like Kate Aldridge. She has always been the same and she is a delight as a dramatic character. She is "all about me". A total pain in the arse as some people are in real life.
There has to be someone like that in such dramas .

It keeps people interested and her behaviour fits everthing we already know about her. Very good script writing.

Justin is treating Lilian like a piece of dirt as well as reminding her she now doesn't have a roof over her head to call her own.

Do they still have a spare room vacant at Home Farm?

I wasn't that keen on Justin before ...

Nellie - I'm a Kate fan, so far as the Archers goes, she is a brilliant character. Her relationship with Brian is comedy genius. Kate has been great entertainment value for years. It's all Me Me MeMe - you'd want to throttle her is she was your adult daughter but her story lines are superb. Yurts indeed. Chakras- babies conceived at Glastobury etc, dumping children in South Africa and coming home to exploit mummy and daddy, again. Bring it on, we need some light relief in Ambridge.

I'm loving the relationship between Peggy and Noluthando.

They say that grandmothers and their granddaughters are united by a common enemy......The mother!!

Don’t like Justin. Don’t trust him. Too much self interest hidden in there.

He got her house! Could Philip the Builder come to the rescue?

Does Home Farm still have a spare room?

I love that about grandmothers and granddaughters Merlot Haven't heard it before!

My bet is on Shula! She really had it in for Matt. I think she's losing the plot

I thought Lilian had just got the Dower house from Matt in her own name?

It was in a trust for her and Justin bought it from the trust. She must either have the money he paid or the money is now in the trust.

Was Christine always such a wet? Did she have more mettle when she ran the stables? Or maybe she's ill, she's had an awful shock I know but seemed to just drip sadly around before that.
Alfie seems to have been fast tracked in as a suitable match for Pip, poor lad. I think she'll have competition after the teen idol description she gave Lily!

Is the trust legit or has Matt scarpered with the money?

I think she was a bit Elrel. She was happy running the stables but showed herself as an excellent foil to George, the bluff northerner which gave us some insight into her character.

She has had some really difficult 'life happens' events along the way and I feel happy that her character shows, as she is getting older (86), that she is less able to cope with difficulties. For some, the more you have to cope with the less you have to draw on. I think her moving in with Peggy was a good story thread as this character might well have done that imo.

I daren't even think about that merlot.

Was Lillian just Justin's transitional women to give him the strength/excuse to escape from a difficult marriage?

I’m surprised Lilian hasn’t yet realised that Justin’s boat has already sailed. It’s time to cancel the wedding!
She was very quiet when he asked whether there had been any more contacts with Matt than the ones she’d mentioned. Justin is a slippery character himself and may know more about her activities than he’s telling her.

He may also have killed Matt.

Matt's dead?

I cant believe Justin has turned so nastily on poor Lillian, i feel sorry for her at the moment. She comes across as a crazy mixed up 'kid' who is very guliable. {sad}

I don't have much sympathy for Lilian. She does inject fun into the Archers and the po faced Aldridges, but surely a women of 70 who has run her own business would not behave as naively as we are supposed to believe.

Justin saw all the messages that Matt sent during the ball, that’s what he was referring to.