spoiler alert still

[Chris]

But just who was Faith friends with that she wanted to return to Ambridge
so much? Why didn’t she ask Eddie if he knew of her or the family’s
whereabouts? Why didn’t Krait say she’d take her to meet Jill? Come to
think of it, I can’t remember Krait ever speaking to Jill.

I actually thought we’d had a storyline on those lines before but I think
it must have been a drama some years ago.

Mrs McT

[john ashby]

Post by Chris
But just who was Faith friends with that she wanted to return to Ambridge
so much? Why didn’t she ask Eddie if he knew of her or the family’s
whereabouts? Why didn’t Krait say she’d take her to meet Jill? Come to
think of it, I can’t remember Krait ever speaking to Jill.
I actually thought we’d had a storyline on those lines before but I think
it must have been a drama some years ago.
Mrs McT

ISTM that the message to take away from this week's episodes is that
being scammed is a good way to get cheap couples therapy, exciting
holidays, new friends and a cheap Thanksgiving dinner, Was this really
what the BBC intended?

john

[Kosmo]

Post by john ashby
ISTM that the message to take away from this week's episodes is that
being scammed is a good way to get cheap couples therapy, exciting
holidays, new friends and a cheap Thanksgiving dinner, Was this really
what the BBC intended?

Your comments illustrate very clearly why the editor should have told
senior management not to interfere.

[Chris]

Post by john ashby

Post by Chris
But just who was Faith friends with that she wanted to return to Ambridge
so much? Why didn’t she ask Eddie if he knew of her or the family’s
whereabouts? Why didn’t Krait say she’d take her to meet Jill? Come to
think of it, I can’t remember Krait ever speaking to Jill.
I actually thought we’d had a storyline on those lines before but I think
it must have been a drama some years ago.
Mrs McT

ISTM that the message to take away from this week's episodes is that
being scammed is a good way to get cheap couples therapy, exciting
holidays, new friends and a cheap Thanksgiving dinner, Was this really
what the BBC intended?
john

Never having watched a tv soap, for all I know it’s s typical weekly ‘must
cover’ scenario.

Mrs McT

[Serena Blanchflower]

Post by john ashby

Post by Chris
But just who was Faith friends with that she wanted to return to Ambridge
so much?  Why didn’t she ask Eddie if he knew of her or the family’s
whereabouts?  Why didn’t Krait say she’d take her to meet Jill?  Come to
think of it, I can’t remember Krait ever speaking to Jill.
I actually thought we’d had a storyline on those lines before but I think
it must have been a drama some years ago.
Mrs McT

ISTM that the message to take away from this week's episodes is that
being scammed is a good way to get cheap couples therapy, exciting
holidays, new friends and a cheap Thanksgiving dinner, Was this really
what the BBC intended?

Yes, I'm sure the brief will have been to make scams seem like a bad
thing, rather than the sounding like the best thing that could have
happened to any of them!

[Nick Odell]

On Mon, 2 Dec 2024 10:27:44 +0000, Serena Blanchflower

Post by Serena Blanchflower

Post by john ashby

Post by Chris
But just who was Faith friends with that she wanted to return to Ambridge
so much?  Why didn’t she ask Eddie if he knew of her or the family’s
whereabouts?  Why didn’t Krait say she’d take her to meet Jill?  Come to
think of it, I can’t remember Krait ever speaking to Jill.
I actually thought we’d had a storyline on those lines before but I think
it must have been a drama some years ago.
Mrs McT

ISTM that the message to take away from this week's episodes is that
being scammed is a good way to get cheap couples therapy, exciting
holidays, new friends and a cheap Thanksgiving dinner, Was this really
what the BBC intended?

Yes, I'm sure the brief will have been to make scams seem like a bad
thing, rather than the sounding like the best thing that could have
happened to any of them!

Feedback <https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0025l2j> looked at The
Archers Scam Week in some detail and hardly any correspondents to the
Feedback programme were impressed with what had just taken place.
To save umrats having to listen to the entire Feedback programme in
order to discover the BBC Archers Team's response to the criticisms,
I've marked the exact point in the programme where this occurs below.
















































Nick

[nick]

On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 18:40:21 +0000, Chris wrote:.
<snip>

Post by Chris
I actually thought we’d had a storyline on those lines before but I think
it must have been a drama some years ago.

Wasn't there a retired American serviceman who had met (Peggy???) during
the war and came back in the hopes of rekindling a romance?

Nick

[v***@gmail.com]

Post by nick
On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 18:40:21 +0000, Chris wrote:.
<snip>

I actually thought we’d had a storyline on those lines before but I
think
it must have been a drama some years ago.

Wasn't there a retired American serviceman who had met (Peggy???) during
the war and came back in the hopes of rekindling a romance?
Nick

Yes I think I remember him.

[Kosmo]

Post by v***@gmail.com

Post by nick
On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 18:40:21 +0000, Chris wrote:.
<snip>

Post by Chris
I actually thought we’d had a storyline on those lines before but I think
it must have been a drama some years ago.

Wasn't there a retired American serviceman who had met (Peggy???) during
the war and came back in the hopes of rekindling a romance?
Nick

Yes I think I remember him.

Con I believe was his name which seems appropriate.

[Serena Blanchflower]

Post by nick
On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 18:40:21 +0000, Chris wrote:.
<snip>

Post by Chris
I actually thought we’d had a storyline on those lines before but I think
it must have been a drama some years ago.

Wasn't there a retired American serviceman who had met (Peggy???) during
the war and came back in the hopes of rekindling a romance?

Yes, Conn, after Kate and Helen found Peggy's stash of love letters and
wrote to him, claiming to be Peggy. This lured him back, thinking Peggy
would be open to the idea of rekindling their romance.

[Chris]

Post by nick
On Sat, 30 Nov 2024 18:40:21 +0000, Chris wrote:.
<snip>

Post by Chris
I actually thought we’d had a storyline on those lines before but I think
it must have been a drama some years ago.

Wasn't there a retired American serviceman who had met (Peggy???) during
the war and came back in the hopes of rekindling a romance?
Nick

Yes there was. But this was Faith. And a very sulky Chuck.

But I do wonder if the other lady who Ruth took to show her the coos, and
let her help with the milking (which she had a knack for) might not find
her way back as we already have hints as to how it could begin. I’m with
Clarrie on this. She and Eddee don’t have the dosh for air fares.

[Serena Blanchflower]

Post by Chris
But just who was Faith friends with that she wanted to return to Ambridge
so much? Why didn’t she ask Eddie if he knew of her or the family’s
whereabouts? Why didn’t Krait say she’d take her to meet Jill? Come to
think of it, I can’t remember Krait ever speaking to Jill.

In another place, Brenda Selwyn, late of this parish, tells us that:

Faith said that as a child, she had a friend at Ambridge Farm. The
tenants there in the late 1950s were Ken & Mary Pound. The Pounds had a
daughter, Marilyn, who, like Faith & Eddie, was born in 1951. Lovely bit
of historical research. I wonder if a name check was cut for time.
#TheArchers

<https://bsky.app/profile/brendaselwyn.bsky.social/post/3lc3zvpj4sk2f>



I would certainly have expected Kate to ask her if she had known her
mother and, given she proved to be the same age as Eddie, she'd also
have been of an age with Tony and in the same class at school. It could
also have been fun if she'd commented on remembering seeing David when
he was in his pram! She will certainly have met Jill, while she was
staying in the barn but she did comment that the Brookfield Archers had
been very much a cut above her family, so she probably didn't know them,
other than by sight and to say hallo to in passing.

[Chris]

Post by Serena Blanchflower

Post by Chris
But just who was Faith friends with that she wanted to return to Ambridge
so much? Why didn’t she ask Eddie if he knew of her or the family’s
whereabouts? Why didn’t Krait say she’d take her to meet Jill? Come to
think of it, I can’t remember Krait ever speaking to Jill.

Faith said that as a child, she had a friend at Ambridge Farm. The
tenants there in the late 1950s were Ken & Mary Pound. The Pounds had a
daughter, Marilyn, who, like Faith & Eddie, was born in 1951. Lovely bit
of historical research. I wonder if a name check was cut for time.
#TheArchers
<https://bsky.app/profile/brendaselwyn.bsky.social/post/3lc3zvpj4sk2f>
I would certainly have expected Kate to ask her if she had known her
mother and, given she proved to be the same age as Eddie, she'd also
have been of an age with Tony and in the same class at school. It could
also have been fun if she'd commented on remembering seeing David when
he was in his pram! She will certainly have met Jill, while she was
staying in the barn but she did comment that the Brookfield Archers had
been very much a cut above her family, so she probably didn't know them,
other than by sight and to say hallo to in passing.

Well done that Brenda. I’d forgotten all of that. I’m not sure I remember
much of the Pounds. I am only a mid-1980s listener.

Mrs McT