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The Archers: 23/12/2019

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23/12/2019

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It’s Jim’s big night and Jazzer comes to the rescue.

Kirsty and Philip can’t wait to host their first ‘post-Christmas dinner’ together. Jim catches Kirsty and Philip playing on the roundabout and berates them for their behaviour; it’s no wonder the playground is so dilapidated. Kirsty proudly explains that Philip is going to be renovating the playground at cost price as a Christmas present to Ambridge. Philip surprises both Kirsty and Jim with the news that he’s bought two tickets to the opening night of Jim’s Ghost Stories performance.
At Greenacres, Alistair quietly admits to Jazzer that only four people have bought tickets for Jim’s performance that night. Jazzer rallies and agrees they have to do something. They can’t see the Prof humiliated. Jazzer rushes into the Tearooms where he persuades Helen and Lee to watch the production.
With two minutes until the curtain call, only four people have showed up to watch the Ghost Stories. Jazzer is oddly calm, and right on cue a crowd of residents from The Laurels arrive. Jazzer called in on Christine and she spread the word – on the condition that Alistair covered the cost of their minibus. The opening night is a huge success, and everyone was terrified. Alistair and Jim hear rumours that one man was so scared he fainted, and can’t contain their laughter when they discover it was Jazzer. Christine comforts him with a stiff drink.

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