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The Archers: 23/07/2020

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23/07/2020

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Emma and Ed face a dilemma and Alice is not happy

Emma’s incredulous Ed isn’t prepared to grass on fly tipper and old foe Tim Oatey. He was partly responsible for their marriage crisis! She ruins her trial bake of Nic’s Harvest Pie, and has to start again. Her second attempt’s better, and she’s able to follow through on her plan to deliver fresh slices with handwritten notes from the children to the gardening community, asking them to reconsider her Flower & Produce Show idea. It works! Bert and Jill are behind it; she just needs them to persuade the others, and for Clarrie to relinquish control of the veg patch.

Alice is out of booze. She heads to the shops to re-stock. She’s unhappy with her dad’s idea that she works at the farm. She’s had enough of being told what to do. As she drives she relents; she might have been a bit harsh. She resolves to call Brian and apologise. Later, having shared things with her dad and prepared a delicious dinner for Chris, she’s happy to have no more worries about working on the farm. She has a well-deserved Rioja break. 

Ed thinks it would be a bad move to shop Tim Oatey. He considers just warning him off. Then he considers how Tim’s treated Emma in the past. After a tussle with his conscience he decides it’s Emma he owes, not Tim. He calls Crimestoppers.

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