MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 13hOh dear. I hope all these references to Borsetshire folk songs isn’t heralding a SL on the hideous subject or that there are any further mentions of folk music whatsoever. #TheArchers 361
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“They’ll be cutting back on my holidays”. This from Wet Paul who spent months in the Caribbean. It’s a different world. #TheArchers 1130
Reposted by MarkBarchivetvmusings @archivetvmusings.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (5th October 1977). Jimmy has a plan for when the balloon goes up. 5428
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If this Grant has any sense he’ll be out of there and heading down the by-pass by the time Fallon sashays back in with the cocktails. #TheArchers 150
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What shall we do with a drunken sailor? Sloop John B. There’s a definite drinking and fighting vibe to be plundered. 010
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The rats represent the masses abandoning the party after the big cats got thrown out by Johnson. The cat on the left is David Gauke. 000
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Have the mysterious owners of Grey Gables drafted in a professional manager yet, or are they still letting a guy from a pizza van muddle through? Are they positively hoping to run it into the ground as a money laundering scheme? #TheArchers 040
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Come to that, and with more relish, when’s the Toboggan funeral / pyre burning? That’s gone very quiet since Kate set off to do a mood board for it. #TheArchers 120
Reposted by MarkBJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Omg Kate Garraway gagged her with that question 1302159413
Reposted by MarkBParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs" 1142489784
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Why? If they downsize from Ambridge Hall to something bijou, they can bank a couple of hundred grand and live off that, rather than slogging on in their eighties. 🤷♂️ Who was Peggy’s financial advisor? He must be at a loose end. Give him a call. #TheArchers 030
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🤞 A storyline for Mick. And the going-off-the-rails vicar. Jolly good. Beats the flower and produce show. #TheArchers 010
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I still don’t know why they don’t use Grundy’s Field. A nice little earner. What else is it used for other than Grundy World of Christmas? Then again, Eddie could set it up himself and cut out the middle snells. #TheArchers 040
Reposted by MarkBElizabeth Wilhide @ewilhide.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You'd be surprised how many people are perfectly ok with it. #TheArchers 1101
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Oh dear. I’m washing my hair that night. What are the chances? #TheArchers 040
Reposted by MarkBPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New Mystic Meg prediction by Daniel Hannan who famously predicted the ‘blue eyed Sheikhs’ of Iceland Banking would would save us in 2004, Brexit Britain would be booming in 2026, and that Covid wouldn’t kill anyone in 2020 In other words, we will be rejoining the EU 50617107
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Goodness. Lizbeth talking sense and taking a balanced position. Hopefully she’ll be back to her normal unreasonable self by the time she launches herself at Kenton. #TheArchers 040
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’ve rarely used Subway, with its mysterious enticing aroma: they ask you about eight Qs about type of bread, origin of peppers, age of cheese etc. and, whatever you choose, it’s always completely tasteless. 010
Reposted by MarkBRG @geezypeas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We’re gonna rock down to The inland revenue They’re winding up Man City 18410129
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Martyn Gibson contacts his operative for an update on Brian Aldridge. #TheArchers 051
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think I’m probably covered by the ‘or something’. 😉💷💷💷 #TheArchers bsky.app/profile/holm... 020
Reposted by MarkBOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Suspect this one will age like Surströmming, wrapped in a loaded nappy in a compost portaloo on the third day at a festival. In a gastroenteritis outbreak. In a heatwave. 96812134
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh no. There’s consternation about Wee Xander’s birthday present. #TheArchers 010
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Shouldn’t Willyerm be round mangling the English language at his grandson? Have they told him about it yet or not bothered? #TheArchers 060
Reposted by MarkBParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When I said they were Iranians arriving in small boats, I meant British nationals living in London. 771198297
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Where are Boycey and Marlene? Why aren’t they in flapping around the new baby? #TheArchers 060
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Please can there be a crisis with they turkeys? It’s traditional. 🎄 #TheArchers 020
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 26/09/2026She’s like Philomena Cunk, except at least with her you know she’s not still going to be like that on the bus home. 120
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 26/09/2026As she’s an Influencer and this child will be expected to have an on-line presence, shouldn’t it be something like Moonbeam or Hercules or Roar or something? #TheArchers 120
Reposted by MarkBPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026No, BBC, he has not been arrested over the video of dinghy slashing. He’s been arrested over the dinghy slashing. Words matter. 1964266854
Reposted by MarkBGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026When my mum gets her winter fuel allowance she assiduously saves it until Sainsbury have their 25% off wine offer then blows the lot on Xmas plonk 1518729
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Hopefully the follow through will happen overnight, off mic, and we just get Susan telling someone in the shop “It’s a boy/girl called [thing]. Anyway…” #TheArchers 110
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Kenton is a moron Kenton is a moron Na na na na Na na na na #TheArchers 080
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Especially as her best mate has fallen unavoidably mute and we’re not supposed to have noticed, but they re-introduced a character who would highlight her absence. 🤷♂️ #TheArchers 020
Reposted by MarkBAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Billionaire Brexiteeer and Man United owner says he has "lost confidence in the UK"... A man who is so 'patriotic' to our country that he doesn't even live here! He lives in Monaco to avoid UK taxes, owns several luxury properties." via Jay Church 49840388
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I wonder if Stella’s been allowed to invite anyone, or even consulted. #TheArchers 071
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 22/09/2026How about Grundy’s Field for the dog walking (but cut out the middle man and woman)? Cue Eddie. #TheArchers 000
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 21/09/2026But Ruth. Your mother was twee and Mumsy, like a Beatrix Potter character. Anna’s mother was a cantankerous old rat bag. #TheArchers 020
Reposted by MarkBIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Lots of talk of growth ahead of the Budget, as if it were a baroque puzzle. Our problem is basic. It's that we no longer support the things which facilitate growth: Europe, immigration, higher education, tax simplification, policy stability. These are all choices and could stop making them anytime. 591608422
Reposted by MarkBTom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Sounds like me, age 8 or 9, designing a Lego space station. "AND it's gonna have..." 36815
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 20/09/2026HB for tomorrow. I’m also missing it tonight, so it’s bound to be the one when a fire ball takes out the Bull and half the residents. There’s always catchup. Hope the dinner’s fab. #TheArchers 220
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 18/09/2026…and just as Lynda and Robert have decided to downsize. 🧚♂️ #TheArchers 141
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Is Jill going to show any interest at all now her BFF has actually died, or will she send Leonard again? #TheArchers 020
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Still, a house has come free for the Ambridge House Fairy to do its magic with, so that’s all good. #TheArchers 060
MarkB @holmoak45.bsky.social · 18/09/2026She’s taken a turn very much for the worse. Has the creepy vicar been poisoning her, or has David been in? #TheArchers 021
Reposted by MarkBOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'm pleased this thread has proved so popular it's such an important and relevant bit of history. 21477150
Reposted by MarkBMsAlliance @msalliance.me · 16/09/2026Perhaps the BBC have taken up Piddington because they think it’s quaint and funny. It is not. Racism and dumping on asylum seekers and refugees is not funny. 1212
