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The Archers: 15/05/2024

15/05/2024

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 15/05/2024

A familiar face returns to Ambridge, and Jolene offers a shoulder to cry on.

Fallon and Jolene chat about Fallon’s forthcoming scan.  Fallon admits she’s finding it hard to be in the same room as Harrison, since he told Alice about the miscarriage.  She’s never seen Harrison so angry and the crash may not have caused the miscarriage.  Just because Harrison was thrilled to discover that Fallon was pregnant, he presumed Fallon felt the same.  But Harrison knew she’d never wanted to be a mum.  Jolene reminds Fallon that she and Harrison love each other - they must try not to shut each other out.  

Things are fractious between Harrison and Fallon on the way back from the scan. Harrison expects Fallon to be as upset as him about the crash and the miscarriage.  Fallon explains that although she hates what Alice did, she realises that Alice needs help.  Fallon decides to stay over at The Bull to give her and Harrison some space, but they confirm that they love each other.  Later Fallon explains to Jolene that Harrison’s behaving like he’s lost a child, but she doesn’t feel like that.  She’s sad and bruised, but not grieving.

Adam tells Alice that staying at Honeysuckle Cottage is making things worse; he’s asked Brian to pick her up.  But Alice wants to go back to her own house.  Ruairi turns up and suggests that he stays at Alice’s.  He won’t stop her drinking and will join her if she does.  Adam’s incredulous, but Ruairi explains it’s a way of supervising Alice, until she’s ready to get help.  Ruairi’s going to suggest Alice stays in London with him.  Adam concedes a change of scene may do Alice good.

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