Post by Serena BlanchflowerPost by Chrishttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wn1zl3q5qo
Mrs McT
<raises teacup>.
I wonder how long it will be before Peggy follows suit.
Some time I suspect. I would not be surprised at there being a plan in
place but fitting it into the existing script plans in the next 12 weeks
might be hard. I believe that recordings are about 4-6 weeks prior to
transmission and scripts are "completed" about 10-12 weeks prior to
recordings to allow a bit of editing and change if actors are not
available.
Yes, I'm not expecting Peggy to die imminently, there's no reason for
them to rejig, or rerecord the scripts which have already been written,
or recorded. My guess is that she'll die sometime in the first half of
next year.
Going back a couple of years I can remember some scripts which felt that
they had been rejigged when they found that "Jennifer" was not available
as expected.
I don't remember that but I do remember that, the morning after Mary
Wimbush collapsed and died, at the end of a recording session, Julia
Pargetter was found dead in her bed. She had been meant to be in the
thick of Archers life over the month or two following Mary's death, as
she was heavily involved in the Christmas panto - IIRC, she was
producing it. This meant that Ambridge, as well as the SWs , had to
rush round to reorganise it.
Normally though, they allow a good few months, at least, between the
death of an actor and taking any definitive action about the character.
Does anyone know if Angela Piper is still with us?
So far as I know she is. I assume that we would have heard if she had
died.
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Best wishes, Serena
All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost.
(JRR Tolkien)