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Kim Greengrass

Vanessa Whitburn

Patricia Greene

Tim Bentinck

Felicity Finch

Helen Monks

Cian Cheesbrough

Thomas Lester

Alison Dowling

Colin Skipp

Patricia Gallimore

Louiza Patikas

Tom Graham

Angela Piper

Sunny Ormonde

June Spencer

Hedli Niklaus

Heather Bell

Becky Wright

Emerald O'Hanrahan

Hollie Chapman

Ian Pepperell

Amy Shindler

Michael Fenton Stevens

Anita Dobson

The Archers: 05/04/2013

05/04/2013

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 05/04/2013

Pat and Tony come to a decision, and Tom hears something unwelcome.

Brenda needs to talk to Tom, and it can't wait. When she tells him that she's calling off their engagement, Tom can't believe it. He'll do whatever it takes. He knows he goes on about the business but he'll change. Brenda knows in her heart that their relationship isn't working, and drops the bombshell that she never wants to have children. She's realised how important that is to Tom, and she can't deny him that. It's breaking her heart to see him so upset but her mind is made up.

Tony's thought about Tom's proposal long and hard, and thinks they should go with it. Pat still can't face the thought of letting the herd go. But eventually Tony convinces her that if they make a radical decision now, they can steer Tom through it. There's no point waiting until they're both too old to care.

They find Tom to tell him the news. Pat admits that having made the decision, she feels lighter. But they don't get the reaction they expect from Tom. Pat assumes he needs time to take it in, and they leave him to it. As they head off, Tom quietly starts to cry.

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