The Archers Tues 14th Dec 2010: Cheerio Kate!

• Christmas comes early for Archers eavesdroppers
• Jennifer’s going to give me a heart attack
• Lest we forget the Carter “Christmas eve drinks and nibbles party”
• Vicky’s got the Dairy Factor
• Debbie’s off scuba diving

Christmas comes early for Archers eavesdroppers

She packed.
She worked on her essay.
She packed again.
She went to the airport.
She had Phoebe in tears.
She went through security and ….. no Kate for 6 weeks!

I wish I could find one nice thing to say about Kate, but I really can’t think of anything.

Even Brian wasn’t best amused by Kate’s plans to take Phoebe to the airport to say goodbye. Kate reckoned it would be more “real” for Phoebe (eh?), but Brian was right in seeing that it would just be even more upsetting.

Ach well. Phoebe can get back to a homely reality with Roy and Hayley. And, after all, you can’t make an omelette …


Jennifer’s going to give me a heart attack

Well that was terrifying!

I have never witnessed such a heat stopping moment in my all my years as an Archers eavesdropper.

Ready?

It’s the 14th of December. Jennifer’s chatting to Susan at the Letterbox. And mentions that she’s posting the “last minute” Christmas cards. You know – the ones you rush to post in time, after receiving a card from someone you hadn’t thought of.

Yikes (I thought) as I desperately tried to work out how many posting days there are left, and whether I’d actually managed to live through a week of December without noticing!

But all’s well. My fellow Twitter Archers folks tell me they also don’t think it’s reached the ‘last post’ stage of Christmas yet.

It’s just Jennifer being super organised.

Phew!


Lest we forget the Carter “Christmas Eve drinks and nibbles party”

Despite her best attempts, Jennifer certainly won’t be able to forget it.

Caught on the hop by Susan:

[Jennifer] “Brian and I are so looking forward to it”

(hmmm)

Later on, Jennifer breaks the new to Brian that Susan also sees this as a full-on family occasion.

[Jennifer] “You’re not going to like this … she wants to know how many from our side of the family will be coming”

[Brian] “Who else have you asked?”

[Jennifer] “Well, nobody as yet … I hoped it’d go away”

[Jennifer] “We can’t face the whole Horrobin clan, just the two of us … I’ll give Lilian a call”

Oh ho! So Lilian does have a use after all. Even Matt’s invited.

[Brian] “Matt and the Horrobins – that should be interesting”

[Jennifer] “This isn’t some sort of spectator sport. I want you to behave”

[Brian] “Everything will be fine once your sister has a few drinks inside her …”

Cheeky!

I wonder if the spectre of Clive will rise again …

Either way, while Alice and Chris’ wedding party was a bit of a let-down such after a huge build-up, maybe the Christmas Eve do might be a bit more interesting.



Vicky’s got the Dairy Factor

So it seems Pat was right to hire Vicky.

Despite Susan being initially quite irritated at Vicky’s ability to quickly absorb, understand and get to work in Bridge Farm’s dairy, she’s eventually glad of a trusty extra pair of hands … and a good gossip.

Despite being an utter pain in the posterior sometimes, Vicky is full of surprises.

She’s a hard worker. Very quick to learn. And is careful to avoid offending Susan. Which was quite a task, considering Vicky picked up what Susan had taken quite a few tellings to do …

[Vicky] “I’m just glad I’m able to keep up with you, Susan”

Could this be a match made in Bridge Farm?

After having a natter about Helen, and how Tony isn’t that amused at the thought of his forthcoming grandchild,

[Vicky] “I’m going to love this job; we can work and have a good old natter at the same time!”

Excellent news for all concerned!

Right – what can go wrong first …..


Debbie’s off scuba diving

Astute as always (well, nearly), Debbie is avoiding the hassle and noise of Christmas, for the calm and serenity of scuba diving.

Good on her.

After splitting up with Marshall, Debbie’s take an old school pal for a bit of r&r under the sea.