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The Archers: 01/06/2020

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01/06/2020

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Emma attempts to balance life and Ben gets an unexpected history lesson

Ben doesn’t think much of Radio Borsetshire’s competition to find a new DJ to present from home. He really hopes it’s not his dad. He’s typing up Jill’s hand-written notes of her wartime memories to submit to the radio station. Ruairi is doing the same for Peggy. 

Emma makes cakes in an empty Tearoom for the village shop and the Bridge Farm shop. Emma’s finding it hard to keep Keira and George both cheerful and doing their school work. She doesn’t want George to miss out on the chances that she did when at school. Meanwhile, Ed’s preoccupied with a shearing bet he has with Jazzer. 

Ben wonders what the future holds for him as the coronavirus lockdown has meant he hasn’t done his A-Levels. He was hoping to do very little but is sent on an egg delivery mission to Emma. On his way home he reads Jill’s notes about living through the Second World War. Ben muses on Jill’s childhood and what it must have been like to lose both parents and then go to live with Daphne and her family. 

Emma gets a text from Helen about a VE Day school project Henry and Keira’s class are meant to be doing. It’s the first Emma’s heard of it and she worries how she’ll manage. Helen in comparison seems to do so well with two kids and running her own business. Emma always feels two steps behind. Then, Emma gets a text from Susan saying “Hi Emma, you’ll never guess what I’ve just won!”

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