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The Archers: 08/11/2023

08/11/2023

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 08/11/2023

Emma seeks reassurance, and there’s a difficult balancing act for Helen.

Emma notes Oliver’s frosty attitude towards Ed and Eddie. Ed details how the land sale will impact him before Emma tells him to stop whingeing and make a plan. With the security of Little Grange at risk, she thinks both Eddie and Ed should apologise to Oliver. She then decides to see Oliver herself, finding him at the shoot, entertaining the hotel’s partners. Oliver appreciates her visit, but he’d have preferred Ed to come himself. Distracted Oliver then apologises for not giving Emma his full attention, but assures her Little Grange is safe. 

On her return Emma’s annoyed that Ed and Eddie still haven’t talked about patching things up with Oliver. Eddie believes Oliver’s set on erasing a piece of Grundy history. Emma says to look to the future, but Eddie can only see developers on the horizon and no space for the Grundys. Eddie rounds on Emma, her family is sorted when it comes to inheritance. But with Oliver, the Grundys have no rights whatsoever. 

Helen updates Joy on Jack wanting to see Rob. She doesn’t think Jack even knows what he’d say if he met Rob. But Jack keeps coming back to: Henry saw Rob, so why can’t he? As Helen talks about the pros and cons of a meeting, Henry appears. He’s cross that Helen’s even considering it and calls her a liar. She promised she’d never let Jack see Rob. She explains that simply refusing Jack’s request isn’t working. But if they don’t refuse she thinks eventually Jack will lose interest anyway.

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