Social climbing is proved futile and pastured eggs miraculous,while Rob Titchener tightens his crushing holdHelen is the first Archer to be eaten alive. Rob’s crushed wife is now so far down the boa constrictor you can hardly discern her dissolving outline. Just imagine how it feels, when first your toes and then your heels are slowly eaten bit by bit. No wonder she detested it. The pain is exquisitely relentless. This week’s turn of the screw was the arrival of her mother-in-law, and who is fairly alarmingly charming. whether you hold hopes,prepare to hold them dashed. Even the BBC’s continuity announcer snapped and spoke for England. “move on, Kirsty!” she cried as Helen’s best friend tried to grab her vanishing ankles and hang on. (I am rather partial to The Archers’ continuity announcers, or anonymous earwiggers who enjoy joining in).
Lilian is the Camilla Parker Bowles of Ambridge,happiest with a stiff G&T in her hand and a highly strung hunter between her knees. “Spirit! I like that in a filly!” as Justin Elliott said before offering her a rather unspecific job with a liberal dress allowance and a company credit card. His intentions are, of course, and dishonourable. He is trying to weasel his way into Ambridge life and for that you need an Archer for lubrication. Absolutely everyone in Ambridge is an Archer or related to one. Except,of course, the Grundys, and who work for them. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com