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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It sounds as though the scales are starting to drop from Amber's eyes about the Grundy family as a whole. On one hand, living in the house with all of George's family, no longer feels quite so delightfully warm and loving. On the other, she's seeing Eddie's scams from the other side. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I do hope that Freddie hasn't been reading Ben Aaronovitch, when he produces a unicorn for Pip's wedding... #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Anna is, very much, her mother's daughter! #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I wonder if Amber is going to post the video of her arriving at the hospital - and tell the story of her waters not having broken - or whether she'll choose to draw a veil over it all. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Both Fallon and Harrison really do need to go to see both a solicitor and an estate agent. I can see the SWs having great fun, when both of them turn to Usha for a recommendation of a good divorce lawyer... #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

OK, so neither Lily nor Harrison want anything further to happen between them. That seems the clearest indication we could have that they will shortly be together. No doubt getting together in a way which causes the maximum upset and drama. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I can't help hoping, in a way, that either Justin or Lilian (or both) will have a bad reaction to Natasha's creams and potions! #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I don't think it bodes well for George and Amber's relationship, if she's so invested in keeping him as her rural bit of rough. She's determined he shouldn't do anything to better himself or to take a different path through life to his family. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

No Fallon, you don't need to tell Harrison that someone fancied you. Fair enough, it's too early for you to get involved with anyone else (and probably too early for him to, as well) but, now you're separated, it's none of his business what you do and vice versa. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Rex, if you force someone to tell you their secret, you can't complain if you're then told to keep it to yourself. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Oh dear, it looks as if Lily and Harrison are making a dead set for each other. As Lily has form for liking older men and Harrison's after a young baby-mother, I think we can see where this is likely to be heading. At least in the short term. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Listening to last night's #TheArchers, and Lizzie explaining that she owns the business, while Freddie owns the house, I do hope that the business is paying Freddie a full, commercial, rent for the use of the estate.

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Jolene shouting at Fallon that she "needed to talk to Harrison" reminded me of a wonderfully surreal phone call I had with my then FIL, when I was in the process of separating from his son. #TheArchers 1/

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I think Lottie is having second thoughts and doesn't like how focussed Chris is on Alice's relationship with Rex. I think she could see that his suggestion of moving in together had a large performative aspect to it, of wanting to show Alice that he'd moved on too. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Well done Fallon! I'm glad that it was done that way, rather than a dramatic exposé. I wonder where Fallon will move to? It would be a bit awkward for her to move back to The Bull, just as she hands in her resignation. I wonder if Elizabeth can find something at LL? #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

If they're charging for entrance to the village fête, and selling tickets in advance, how come the shop isn't fully aware of this? I'd have thought they'd have been asked to sell the tickets. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I can't help thinking that St Peter may be having an interesting morning, with two battle axes, Ann Widdecombe, and Jill Archer, armed with her battle flapjacks, arriving together! #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I have to agree with Tony that the award should, perhaps, have been given to Pat rather than Tony. I seem to remember that she was generally the moving force behind the farm. At least until John died. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Yes, Anne-Marie, I think it's more than likely that the realisation that you were likely to drop in, was the reason she swapped shifts so that she was working! #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Adam has more in common with Brian than either of them would like to admit. I loved the way that he assumed that, if he asked Ruth to act as mediator, she'd actually be on his side and guiding things in his direction. Very reminiscent of Brian asking her to represent Ruairi. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I've had a horrible thought about the clonking. I think that George is going to be doing a brilliant job rehabilitating himself and will get a lot of credit for Borchester Show being a huge success. #TheArchers 1/2

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Alice, you really didn't need to apologise to Rex for having been talking to Ed, when he came over, especially given that it was an unannounced visit! The dynamic between the two of them really didn't feel healthy this evening. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I can't help thinking that the best thing for Brian's children would be for him to sell the farm and share the loot out with his children. Even after IHT, that would probably allow each of them a 7-figure sum, which would be a pretty good boost / safety net for them all. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I really can't see Kate being interested in a cleaning or bar-work job at Grey Gables. As for admin... #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

And Carol, while you're at it, replace your mother's pendant with a wrist-worn alarm. They're far more acceptable to most people. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

For goodness sake, Anna, just buy your mother a second camera. She can still get the pleasure of watching the bats, while Anna gets the security of checking Carol isn't lying in a heap at the bottom of the stairs. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

It sounds as if Den is dreaming of £ signs, when he sees Brad. He has visions of Brad earning mega-bucks and being able to keep his old dad in the style he would like to become accustomed to. He also assumes Brad is soft enough he'd be able to bully him into doing that. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I'm told that Heather's funeral will be at 11am on Wed 3rd June 2026 at York Crematorium. I don't think it will be streamed over the Internet for those unable to attend in person though. If you wish to make a charitable donation in her name she has opted for Cancer Research UK. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I was interested to see this interview with Brian, sorry, Charles Collingwood, and was glad that he's still showing no sign of wanting to retire. He says “I’ll be 83 in a few weeks, you know. I think it would be rather cruel of the BBC to write me out before I die.” inews.co.uk/culture/radi...

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'I've played Brian on The Archers for 50 years - I still get booed in public'

Charles Collingwood has played Brian Aldridge on the Radio 4 soap for 51 years - here he talks about progressive plotlines, phoning Harold Pinter and being booed in public

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Someone should remind Pip that there are no guarantees in life. She could have the test, discover she's negative, and then find out that she has some other, unrelated, cancer. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I think Carol's pushing her luck, expecting David and Ruth to build a downstairs shower room, or even a loo, onto Glebe Cottage. Permission for a stairlift, if one will fit, is fair enough, but it would be Anna / Carol who would be responsible for paying for it. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I know that a number of the #TheArchers crowd will be sad to hear that @heathercawte.bsky.social died at the weekend. She'd been largely in hospital since developing pneumonia, and a few other problems, late last year, but remained incredibly cheerful, and very much herself, till the end.

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

How does a care farm work? What do people do and how is it funded? Will the NHS have to pay Bridge Farm to run a drop in centre, or will Bridge Farm have to pay new workers, or what? Will they have anyone working there who has real mental health training? #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

What are the chances that the budgie is going to find a home as a companion to Carol Tregorran? #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

From what Brian said, it sounded as if he wasn't actually planning to leave Adam a controlling share in the farm. I think he said his codicil would "tell the others to vote with Adam", or words to that effect. I really can't see that holding for more than five minutes. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Is Azra going to get a Men's Shed set up in Ambridge? #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I enjoyed hearing the penny dropping for Ruairi, that George is a real person and that, if his clonking had been a bit more successful, it would have represented a huge tragedy for his family. George then rubbed salt in the wound, by showing him some empathy. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

What is Celia up to, the way she's lauding Helen to the skies. Even if her two cheeses are amazing, it's far from being the most dynamic business around. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Am I alone in thinking that Brian's chief concern is with the potential risk to his own social status, rather than with either Ruairi's wellbeing or morality? I'd include his relationship with Miranda in that but, even there, I suspect it's more status than Miranda herself, in his mind. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I don't know why Helen was so surprised that she felt happy about cheating on her boyfriend. She was happy enough, a few years ago, to collude with Rob cheating on his wife. Let's hope, for her sake, that Finlay is a more decent man than Rob was. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Are Chris and Hannah going to be the next Ambridge couple to get together? I seem to remember that Hannah really fancied Chris, a while back. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I do hope that Henry and Jack aren't about to acquire a baby sibling. The fertility rate, from those occasions when it's made clear that Ambridge residents are up to it, is startlingly high! #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I wonder if Ruairi is going to confide in Paul? Paul would be appalled, both by the attack and allowing someone else to be tried for it. He could well talk some decency into Ruairi. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Ruairi, if you had any real decency in you, when you came back into the room, it would have been to say that you'd phoned the police to confess, and that they were on their way. Not whinging some more about how sorry you are and hoping it would all just go away and be forgotten. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I wonder if it's going to occur to either George or Brian that the police will have Brian's dulcet tones recorded on the 911 call he made. He has a pretty distinctive voice. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Has Chelsea budgetted for fitting her new horsey salon out? It'll need power and water, for a start, as well as cosmetic changes. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Doesn't The Bungalow have an agricultural wotsit on it, so it can only be used for a farm worker. How will that work out, if it's left to a nurse? #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Surely Glebe Cottage belongs to Jill, not the farm, and she's promised to leave it to Shula and Elizabeth. I also wonder whether Shula and Elizabeth agree that their shares don't need to be taken into consideration but that it can all be left to Pip. #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Talk about cloth eared, Pip telling Ben that it's OK for him, because he won't have to pay the Inheritance Tax on the farm! #TheArchers

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Serena Blanchflower @allserene.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Listening to the TA snippet, on PoTW, makes me wonder whether Amber's mum is going to meet up with Emma, in the hope that the two mums can gang up on Amber and George. I can't think of anything more likely to make Emma move to unblinking support of her son... #TheArchers

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