The Archers Mon 31st Jan 2011: Elizabeth is manic

• We missed Kate again!
• Lewis makes lists
• David’s on the wine
• Minnie the Moocher isn’t suitable
• Lock Elizabeth and Jolene in a room?
• Bets on for Brian inviting Ruth
• Kenton should never (ever) say “I promise”
• Planning problems?
• Matt wants a shooter

We missed Kate again!

Woo-hoo!

Kate left for College before they turned the microphones on.

That means we haven’t heard from her for more or less the whole of this year!

Brilliant.

But. Brian seems to think Kate’s not quite behaving like herself.

She’s leaving early to get to College. Doing her homework. And packed Phoebe off early back to Roy and Hayley.

Brian seems to think it’s wonderful:

[Brian] “Long may it continue, this exemplary diligence”

Hmmm. Sounds dodgy to me.


Lewis makes lists

And ticks things off.

There’s a chap everyone needs around.


David’s on the wine

[David] “Distribution? What does that mean? My knowledge of the wine business only extends as far as picking the grapes .. and drinking the stuff, obviously”

[Elizabeth] “I don’t want to let this slip. It was one of Nigel’s great dreams to make Lower Loxley wine a classic”

Will someone (anyone) please make Elizabeth get in a professional manager, and let David get back to his cows … and Ruth!



Minnie the Moocher isn’t suitable

For a bride.

So says Elizabeth.



Lock Elizabeth and Jolene in a room?

And don’t let them out until Elizabeth trades some of her “manic energy” for Jolene’s complete lack of interest.



Bets on for Brian inviting Ruth

[Matt on Brian at Brookfield] “I heard he’d been getting his hands dirty”

And Matt said that with quite clear saucy intonation!

Brian’s also planning a business trip to Paris, which he’s said he’ll try and meet Debbie at, but doesn’t want Jennifer to tag along.

[Brian] “it’d be strictly a business trip, straight over and straight back”

Hmmm. Where have we heard that before?



Kenton should never (ever) say “I promise”

To be fair, Kenton does seem to be very well organised for the wedding tomorrow. And he has the ever dependable list-making Lewis helping.

Umbrellas? Check. Pianist? Check. Warm rooms? Check.

He’s also completely on-top of any cake issues.

[Kenton] “I’m well aware of catastrophic cake collapse”

So all’s well?

I thought so, until Kenton said:

“Lewis and I can handle the wedding. I promise you”

*shudder*

That surely can’t be good …


Planning problems?

[Brian] “I know … all is take s is a Lynda Snell to discover that the site is a habitat of endangered toads”

[Jennifer, on Richard Thwaite complaining about his neighbour’s extension] “ …’Adversely affect the quality of darkness in the garden’ … and he got away with it. The application was rejected”

But never fear – Matt reckons his ‘source’ knows that the planning application for the mart will get through no problems.

(phew!)


Matt wants a shooter

(well, actually, a shooting)

Matt tried to persuade Brian to let him shoot this Friday, even though the season closes tomorrow.

Matt wants to take a potentially lucrative client out, but had to settle for golf, as Brian wouldn’t be persuaded to break the law.

[Jennifer] “And shooting’s something you can’t do on the quiet”

*snort*