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The Archers: 01/05/2023

01/05/2023

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 01/05/2023

Helen seeks distractions, and Harrison finds himself with a gap to fill.

Jim interrupts Harrison’s breakfast to ask how his name got on the list for the Eurovision show. Harrison works out that the J. Lloyd on the list is in fact Julian Lloyd-Jones, who recently moved on to Beechwood. Jim’s horrified that Julian is representing Greece after confusing Roman and Greek gods at a pub quiz. Jim determines to seek Julian out – he can’t have inaccuracies being spread on his specialist subject. Later, Jim reports that his approach didn’t go down well – Julian has now pulled out of the show. Harrison asks Jim to fill the breach and, by default, Jim agrees to do a reading from Homer’s Iliad. 
Justin turns up at Bridge Farm looking for Natasha. He needs to see if it’s a practical proposition to have the Coronation light installation there. With Natasha unavailable Tom walks Justin round. Justin’s impressed by the Edible Forest Garden. Tom thinks Justin’s cutting it fine to have everything up and running by Friday, but Justin reassures Tom before confirming the Coronation Illumination will be at Bridge Farm. 
Helen’s arranged a child-free evening and cooks Lee a curry. She encourages Lee to skip the washing up and retire to the sofa, so they can watch something not involving car chases or cartoon characters. Later they kiss, but Lee pulls away, feeling that Helen is tense. Helen is heartbroken. She thought a romantic atmosphere would help, but it’s just not working. Lee reassures her; she doesn’t have to do anything she doesn’t want to. It will all be okay.

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