DumTeeDum - A show about BBC Radio's 'The Archers'

Dum Tee Dum Episode 84 – The aftermath

DumTeeDum opened with a recording from the DTD get together at the weekend where many podcast listeners gathered and both Lucy and Roifield recalled various encounters and non-encounters during the evening. Apparently even some lurkers were outed - and must now call in.Ruth's constant moaning is getting everyone down - especially the way that Jill is being used by the family - at 85! Lucy attributes it to misguided guilt - but I reckon it is just mis-use of the character. Yes Ruth deserves some sympathy - but she needs to get involved and talk to David - it works both ways. Comparisons of Ruth's behaviour to Rob are also growing, particularly over her lack of loyalty to David.Speakpipe is working again. Lucy thanked all the DumTeeDummers for their excellent online behaviour - all the best listeners are here. And it appears that they are all extremely glamorous as well - just as well I was not there! Lucy was obviously still feeling delicate - no alcohol this week - just water and tea!Millie provided the usual update from the rest of the interwebby world and would welcome more posts on the DTD facebook page.Justin Elliott is coming across far nastier than before (Lucy has changed her view over his wanting his name on the village hall) - but no-one has pointed out that the reason that I feel Justin employs Charlie. The two of them are perhaps of a similar sexual persuasion (and possibly have previously had a relationship). It is unusual for Simon Williams to take a "nasty" role!Beth Miller joined the podcast to talk about her book "For the Love of the Archers" and is interviewed by Roifield about her long time Archers fandom. It is an update of "An Unofficial Companion" from about 4 years ago.KosmoOn this week’s episode we have calls from:Miss Mid City who wants to know what Ruth’s problem isWitherspoon who feels sorry for CharlieVicky Cole who doesn’t understand Roband Blithe Spirit who wants to say thank you.

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Duration:: 1h 15m
Broadcast on:: 16 Nov 2015
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Hello Dumpty Dum, it's Emily the au pair calling from Paris on a very somber and confused Saturday morning. Please forgive the quality of my voice I've been up all night. Whilst it's not strictly related to the archers, I wanted to take a little of your time to extend my heartfelt thanks to the many Dumpty Dumas and listeners of the archers who follow me on Twitter for their kindness. Tonight, a group of individuals terrorized Paris. Many innocent people have been killed and many others were injured. The street are in chaos and everyone was confused and frightened. During this night and this morning, I have received many messages on Twitter from my fellow archers fans asking if I was alright, if I was safe. If they could contact my family in the UK and also telling me if they had some friends in Paris who were offering portive art, which was the open doors for innocent people to find safe houses. 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So this business about people wanting light entertainment versus serious drama, you clearly can't have it both ways. - Miss Midsity, what is Ruth's problem with David? I think this is all misguided guilt after Heather. I don't, she's sort of going off, she's going off like a rocket, but in all the wrong directions. And she's feeling so guilty, she's casting around for someone to blame. I don't, but possibly, I mean, I know she said, oh, it happened just after the miscarriage. I started to sort of feel, you know, ambivalent about him. But I think this is, you know, it would be very interesting to know, and perhaps with a spoon nose, if there is a link between the death of a parent and people's marriages breaking up, because it seems to be some sort of catalyst to one way or another, I think either makes people stronger or drives them apart. If it's a, you know, if there's sort of, not just somebody very, very old, who dies peacefully in their sleep sort of thing, but if it's a traumatic or unpleasant death. And yeah, I think, I think she's just feeling huge guilt. She's casting around for somebody to blame. She's very confused about the money because she feels guilt about the money. She sort of, she feels like she's inadvertently benefited from something that she sees was her own wrongdoing or that she, you know, didn't, but wasn't responsible enough with her mum. And I think David's copying it, but David's emotional intelligence is so bloody, you know, in single figures. Well, it's the other side of the adjustable point, isn't it? It's just practically non-existent. He can't, you just can't understand how she's feeling. And he's never ever been without his family ever. He's just had this cushion of pleasant, normal, nice family around him all the time. I can't really remember a palpable David reaction to when Phil died. I can't remember. I can't remember it being dragged out over it. What about when he heard him there when he heard his voice? Yeah, but that was like years afterwards. Yeah, it was. Yeah. Yeah. And, you know, and in terms of kind of a plot device that was somewhat bizarre, you know, because you never have flashbacks. Let alone ghostly ones, you know, but, and one thing that has become abundantly clear with the death of Ruse Ma is how monofocused David is with the farm to the point where he almost was going to not go to his daughter's graduation because a feed man or some nonsense was going to turn up, you know, so. Well, that was the big trigger for me. That was what made me think David to put your phone away, you know, when it when his daughter was about to chuck her mortar board in the air and everything. And he's piddling around going on about feed. Yeah. So he is, he is insensitive. No, he's not. That's why she's insensitive is not thinking. She isn't quite the same thing. He's not thinking. He's self centered around the farm. However, three quarters of what he said last week was absolutely true. She had to deal with the death of her mother and she physically wasn't there. And emotionally she wasn't there. Yeah. You know, so. But I think what he's done is yes, I could see his point completely then in that he, um, he he was trying to protect her by taking the burden off her shoulders of the incentive, taking the burden of dissemination off her shoulders. Okay. Down your front. Um, but so that was sort of a nice thing, but what he hasn't done that he actually thought some people like that, you know, stop it. Um, I think he actually realized then actually this is a lot easier running this farm as a benign dictatorship. And I just just like much as his father did, you know, well, it's not that it's a benign dictatorship, because he seems to be doing it with his daughter. Yes, but even so, he tells Pip what he's doing and she says, all right, then dad. Uh, but you know, Phil never, never asked Jill's advice on what they should do about anything to do with the farm. David has not quite yet got it properly into his stupid head that, she is a farmer. She is not a farmer's wife. And, you know, um, I don't, I don't know if that's true. I think, um, David is becoming for whatever reason, more and more wrapped up in the farm. And Ruth's complaint is that you are not treating me as a farmer now, which, you know, so she thinks she used to be. It's not as if she says we've been mad for 25 years and you've never treated me like this. Yeah. Yeah. You know, she's saying that all these decisions would be made behind my back. And to be fair to the woman and nobody wants to be fair to Ruth, she got ample evidence for it to feel like this. However, a mother's just died and she'd been away with the fairies understandably. Yeah. I do think though, I mean, I am, I am feeling a great deal of sympathy with Ruth at the moment, actually. Uh, I think the right amount of sympathy is some, not a great deal. The right amount is some. Okay. That sounds like a French grammar exercise. Yes. All right then. Some. Yeah. Thoughts on both sides. Yes. Now, uh, Miss McCity also says that the older people in Ambridge are the healthiest bunch. You know, like those where they always find some community in Greece living on an island and an only old boy or 143 and they will swim 24 miles a day and, you know, and bench press and all those in their spare time. And, uh, it's Ambridges like that. Nobody's got diabetes. Nobody's got a walking frame. Everyone's fit as a flea. Um, but I do like the idea of if it was more realistic, we'd have three quarters of the episodes would be taken up with. How is your knee now? Now, do you know, I get a sort of twinge when I stand up to you and talking about anything else comparing how, when's your appointment? Now you see, I rang up. The letters got lost to the consultant. I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing. It would be like that. How was your eye test? You know, just be endless. Some quite relieved. They're all, they're all hugely energetic and healthy. Very, very old people. Good for them. Clearly the country. Yeah. Absolutely. Um, Blood Spirit. Hello, Dunty Dun, Blood Spirit Calling. And yes, I am calling because, hopefully, I've sorted out the speakpike problem. I've just purchased a little microphone for my desktop. It's a little Samsung Go mic. And so far, it seems to be working. This is the first thing I've done with it. I just wanted to call in to thank Roy Field for referring people to the thread that I started on the forum when I wasn't able to call in. It's called Rob Titchner Enough is Enough. And I've been really impressed by the way that people have responded so thoughtfully and sensitively to what is, in essence, a very difficult topic, which has great personal resonance for many people. And I feel like I have to defend my position about melodrama and sensationalism a little bit. I know that people have disagreed with me about this in a very respectful, on a way, but it's, you know, this is something that TV people do to get a conversation started and to get ratings and to get people talking about a particular storyline. And I do feel that there is an element of sensationalism in the way that this has been done. I'm trying not to be cynical about it, but the cynic in me is kind of responding a little bit. The one thing I do agree with everyone on though is that this storyline does need to be wrapped up and sharpish for many reasons, not least the main one that a lot of people simply can't bear to listen to it anymore. And hopefully if the rumors are true, then things will come to a head around about Christmas and Helen Archer will finally get it into a cranium that Rob Titchner is extremely bad for her and that she needs to leave him and she needs to take Henry with her and never see him again. We really, really hope that's going to happen. In the meantime, I hope that you all had a wonderful dinner with added cream seed and there was lots of food and lots of drink and lots of talk about Nigel and history and past episodes and all kinds of nice things. Sending greetings to Dante Dumbers everywhere and hopefully I'll be back a bit sooner. Now that this mic hopefully is working. So anyway, that's it. Take care. Cheers now. Bye. Coming in loud and clear there with your lovely mic. I'm sorry you invested in your lovely mic in the week that Skype fixed itself. I mean, I hope you kept the receipt. You do sound marvellous didn't she? She said that she's talking about the Rob thread that she, you know, enough is enough that the story, the thread that she set up on the on the message board. Some may say, I sound like Jeremy Clarkson, some say that possibly, the blind spirit, you are correct. And that certain personnel are brought on board by the BBC in order to deliberately create sensational storylines that get a lot of coverage for the programme during anniversary years. That's all I'm saying. Goodbye. That's the last you'll hear of me on the podcast or anywhere else. But yes, I think you're probably right. Also, I just want to say that blind spirit, it has been that that whole thread has been absolutely fantastic. It's been brilliant. It's been wonderful. And it just goes to show what a lovely and I don't want to sound all kind of like smooshy and a little bit kind of patronising, but what a lovely and intelligent and an emotional intelligent bunch of listeners that we actually have because that thread is absolutely stunning. It really is. And I know I kind of mentioned it last week, but you know, it is kind of slowly but surely rumbling on and people's kind of thoughts and feelings are all incredibly apt. And what is brilliant is that we have none of this internet trolling where people say, oh, shut up, you old ass. There's none of that. People are saying, you know what, I've taken that point on board. However, respectfully, I disagree. And here's the reasons why, you know, the temperature of that debate has been kept a lovely kind of like simmer. Yeah. And you know, more power to everybody who is kind of contributed to that. And also when civil. Yeah. When you when you contrast that with the lunatics that have been trolling the actor that plays Rob, you kind of think there are definitely two, there are two sectors of archers listeners, aren't there? And we've got the best one, I say. Absolutely. Yeah. Absolutely. So well done, dumpedy dumbest and welden paper on that forum. And lovely to hear your voice can fly spirit. And more Robness with Vicky Cole in Kenya, you have to call it Kenya now, you know. Hello, Lucy and Rofield and everybody. I've just had a monster catch up on the archers podcasts. I haven't listened to ages because I've had a visitor. But we did go on a little safari last week and I was very glad to take my dumpedy dumb pajamas with me. It gets very cold in these tents sometimes at night. So thank you for the pajamas. Along with everybody else, the Rob and Helen's story is just getting more and more and more uncomfortable for me. I'm hating it. What is happening with Pat? Why is Pat not seeing what's going on and doing something about it? It's just extraordinary that Rob has duped her so much. And then I have a question which I don't know maybe where the spoon can help with. When you have a situation like this with somebody like Rob, is it a deliberate plan to do what he's doing to make her lose all herself belief? And to what end is it just complete domination of Helen or does he want something from Henry which just makes me shudder? And I'm wondering if that's his goal and he sit down and works out how to achieve it or whether somebody like him is just naturally so unpleasant that anything he says achieves that aim. It's just horrible, horrible, horrible. Can you hear the background on Vicky's goal? Yes, it really is the African bush. I grew. I had the farm in Ithricar. I got very excited just to do that. It was lovely. Yes, I think, if you want to know what, I think and you haven't got any choice. No, they're having just like far forward for a bit. Stop the podcast. Start it again about three minutes on. You'll be fine. I think I don't think Rob sits down and works out how to achieve, you know, I want the far I want. I mean, I know I say that he's after the inheritance and everything. What Rob wants is control of any situation he comes into. He wants to control what he eats. He wants to control what the people around him do. He wants to control their thoughts to the extent he doesn't want any external influences to affect them. He wants to control the upbringing and the safekeeping of everybody that's sort of used to him. I won't say that he cares about because I don't think he's capable of genuine affection. He just sees people who I can bend to my will and other people who I have yet to bend to my will and people who have rebelled against me, who are just blackballed out. They are enemy forever like Ian. So I don't think it is a deliberate Machiavellian. I have come into the village specifically to take Helen, take Henry, take the cottage, take whatever. I think it is just he is one of those people. I need to control everyone and everything around me. And I think Jess said no. And Helen has now missed her chance to say no. No, you've still got a chance to say no. Yes, she has, but she's now married to him and, you know, she missed her chance to break free of him easily shall we say. I think, and I think with a spoon said this a couple of weeks ago, I think he that obviously there's a massive element of control and you're completely right. So this whole thing of the bum fire and Henry, you know, was all about control. And then the fact that, you know, he's slightly singed his pinky. Oh, I wish I could sing Rob's pink. Henry's little finger in his finger. Yeah. Then he goes, well, then I'm absolutely right. And I need to keep my family safe. And I've showed you Helen, you know, so there is this element of reacting on the spot, which also there is, you know, the way that he left Barrow. Yeah. But then, but him and his plan for the shop is actually calculated. He knows exactly what he's doing there. And there is a campaign so to speak. And, you know, Helen, your preggos, you stop at home and I will deal with all of this. So, so, so it's a mixture of the two, isn't it? But which is driven by the fact that he's just a controlling bastard. However, I think it was Glen full of love. Whether he called it. Do you mean, what was it? Glen, Glen, the Gigolo. Do you remember he was telling us about his surname, wasn't he? If you were a co-respondent. Yes. In 12th century Britain, full of love, it came, he'll have to ring in and tell us because I can't remember it. I'd add three points by then. Um, if you were basically a sort of a co-respondent in, if your wife had been cuckolding you with somebody, she had been cuckolding you with a full of love. And that's where the name comes from. So it, but his parents said, Oh, no, darling, it doesn't mean that. It means something completely. And tried to put him off when he was sort of 13. He said, hang on a minute. I've just locked it up. It doesn't mean that at all. Um, they were trying to protect him from naughtiness. But yes, it sort of meant a gigolo. So I think we should call him Glen Gigolo from now on. Well, I had a little bit of a chat with Mr and Mrs full of love and they're Christian type people, aren't they? So they are. They are. And I said, you have to explain your surname to me. And he said to me exactly what you said. And I said, hmm, because I've just been listening to the the history of England. And they were talking about the 13th century and the formation of surnames. But also with profanity as well. And how to say, Oh, my God, was much worse back then in the 13th and 14th century than to say fuck off. Well, yeah, fuck off. That word is a is an Anglo-Saxon word, isn't it? That literally means copulation and comes from I suppose Kel take I suppose. I don't know. Well, no, if it's Anglo-Saxon, it's not going to be so yeah, it's going to be it's going to have a Germanic route, isn't it? All right, so. And they were going through court records. And he went, yet there you go. That's where my name comes from. It's court records. And it was all these court records where it's. It took a lifetime to find the person you want to marry. Finding the perfect engagement ring is a lot easier. At blunile.com, you can find or design the ring you've always dreamed of with help from blue Nile's jewelry experts who are on hand 24/7 to answer questions and the ease and convenience of shopping online. For a limited time, get $50 off your purchase of $500 or more with code listen@blunile.com. 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Then he took advantage of Amazon's on-the-job skills training program that helped him launch a new career in software development. Kenny liked that too. That led to a bigger paycheck, so he was able to get his youngest son a drum roll, please drum set. Next up, drum lessons. Learn more at about Amazon.com. Amazon, Everyday Better. I'm starting to get kind of codified, so to speak. So I says to him, so they will go through the court records and there was a John Fucker naval. No. And a Robert prickard. Ooh. A titchy knob. He's an access to a titchy knob. Absolutely. You say, put next to all of that. A full of love fits right in there, doesn't it? It does. It does. It does. And he had a little bit of a grin on his face, but I think his Christian sensibilities were offended. So I thought to myself, "Hmm, Roy Ford, you're best shuffle off now." He does a very good, po-faced expression, but his eyes are all twinkly. Yes. No, no, no. They are. They are. They are. And they're a lovely couple of full of loves. And they're telling me all about their daughter who's working up in Leeds, and they're very proud parents. Oh. Yeah. What are we talking about? Oh, remember now. No, don't know. Oh, about Rob. Um, you're taking over the shop and you can set something. Yes. Yeah. Can you remember what it was you said? No. Okay. Never mind. Um, next with our spoon. Hey, baby. I hear the blues are calling toss salads and scrambled eggs. Merci. Greetings, Lucy, Roy Field, and all dumb tea dimmers around the world. It's with a spoon and Angus Haggis here looking at the pictures that have been posted of last evenings get together. It looks like a fun time was had by all. My thoughts are with Emily Thomas in Paris and all those across the pond who may have been affected by the horrific events on Friday. Now on to the concerns of the everyday folk in Ambridge. Feeling a bit sorry for Charlie, we assume he's heard that the love of his life is getting married next month, and then getting slammed by Justin, who does come across as a multi-millionaire hedge fund boss who's out of touch with the real issues and problems on the ground. And no indication from that interaction that Justin is Charlie's stepfather, as Lucy and I have wondered about in the past. One juicy bit of foreshadowing, Justin's hunk guests are going to be staying at great gables. I do hope that they run into Joe and Ed, who may not be in the best frame of mind about the establishment. Now let's let me say a few words about Ruth. I've always been a big fan of hers, and I think I've been empathic to her recent feelings of sadness and loss. And now we see the connection to her miscarriage, which is something we've all forgotten about. But I said, as I've said before, it's unfair of her to be taking it out on David. He's not perfect and has made mistakes, but he's been trying to be very supportive of her and is a very good husband. When Ruth agreed with self-pitying Kenton, who was musing about some childhood trauma involving David and some candy, Kenton, we told you all ready to go to a therapist, I literally shouted in anger. And it was Kenton saying that David had gotten his way by bringing his mother back to Brookfield, and then Ruth agreeing with him, "No, Ruth! You went to Jill on hands and knees!" Okay, I exaggerate, and invited her back. As we speculated, is Ruth's uncertainty about her marriage a product of her mourning, true issues in their relationship, or a product of the script writers looking to create a crisis where none should really be? Well, fortunately for me, my other half is an excellent chef and loves to cook. So now I get to enjoy a wonderful Sunday breakfast as we listen to our favorite Radio 4 programs. However, should there be a family crisis, I could always go downstairs myself and buy a bagel and cream cheese and scramble up some eggs, Angus likes some bacon on the side. So it's a hungry witherspoon and Angus Haggis signing off for this week. Hey baby, I hear the blues are calling toss salads and scrambled eggs, massive. He says, what is, oh by the way, I had no idea Miss Pentos was so glamorous. Did you not? No, there's no picture of her, she looks like Julianne Moore. I know you said. What a glamorous bunch of dumpedy dumplings we have. I didn't talk to her much. You were sitting opposite her? No, it wasn't, I was sat opposite Sam. Oh yes, oh and Paul Douglas, who was also there, 40d 1107. I really like him. I know. He was so complimentary about my work, I really like him Lucy. Oh, that's what I was just about to say, I didn't realise he'd sucked up to you. Oh, okay. Why would you say? No, I shall, I shall, let me hear more kind of like the entries aimed at me. I will blow your trumpet royal field for the, for the only time. Not again Lucy. I knew that was a mistake. He said that he found all of your podcasts amazingly good, and he said more people should listen to them more often because they were great. In between dumpty-dum and all your podcasts, I don't think he does anything else apart from listening to podcasts endlessly. I did see that he'd written a review, and I only saw it this morning. He'd written a nice review on the tunes of i for a thousand and one conversations, and it was, and it was only this one that I realised that, that Paulie D, and then there's some numbers after it was obviously him. I don't know. It's all making sense now as to whom, is whom. So thank you. And guess what? We talked about superheroes. However, he's a really nice guy, but he's bloody wrong, you know. He's more DC than Marvel. The damn ass. You know, who's almost perfect that man, almost perfect. And he says, I love listening to dumpty-dum to hear when you talk about superheroes, I say. Yeah, exactly. You're in a minority of one there, Paul. But he's probably like shop news as well. No, no, no, there's there's Sarah Evans. She likes a little bit of superhero chat as well. Don't you, Sarah? Anyway, sorry, we got distracted with a spoon. Yes. He said, what is going to happen with Charlie and Adam? Adam's getting married on the 14th of December. This Charlie thing is building up nicely, isn't it, sort of building up head of steam? Can we see them, Ian and Adam actually getting married? We can't have another jilting. We can't have Ian hopping about in the bell free while Adam makes sheepish excuses. And then, but he's not just going to go like Kirsty did. Ian will go marching out into the congregation and punch people in the face, which would be fantastic. But I can't, they're not, they can't be doing two jilting, can they? Not a year, two years. This is the arches for goodness sake. Do you think that somebody's going to happen and Charlie's just, Ian, Adam is just going to say, I can't, I can't go through with this. What do you think they are going to actually get married? Can I be honest? You don't care. No, it's not that I don't care. I have absolutely no idea. No. It's as simple as that. All I know is that if we get to the day of the wedding, the wedding will happen. Yeah. But whether Adam will be faithful to Ian, I have no idea. And that is the great thing about, for the most part, this thing is written because it's not plotted like a regular soap where, you know, where you absolutely know the story arc and you know what's going to happen. I have no idea. No. I've absolutely no idea. And I'm actually even surprised that they remembered that they were supposed to be getting married, you know, because it has not been mentioned at all. You know, where the hell is Ian, for the most part? Where's he been? I'm surprised of even remembered Ian exists. So the fact that they remember he exists and that they said they're going to get married, I say, you know, more power to the writers, you know, that was the shocker. The shocker was that they remembered Ian. What's the happen is that Adam will get a phone call and say, Ian, on the day of the wedding, Ian, oh, right, you're working. I will never mind. I'll ring Charlie instead. And then we'll just end up marrying Charlie. Because every time Ian says, oh, no, I've had to work, he just roaks Charlie until I'll be that much as married Charlie. What did you think about? Where are you on the whole is just in related to Charlie debate? Well, that that's you, isn't it? How ever? With a spoon. Because he's just listening to you. There is something weird about their relationship. And when Justin was kicking off last week, bear in mind that Charlie, in terms of his confidence, he walked into Ambridge and he was Billy Big Balls, wasn't he? Yeah, right. He was melting expression. It's very apt, though. Very apt. And he was, you know, it's my way or the highway. This is what we're doing. Yadda, yadda, yadda. And he is shrunk in terms of his confidence. He's got huge daddy issues, hasn't he? He's got some form of issues. And first there was the near drowning. We're not first. First there was his, the way that he was with Adam, this kind of, I'm going to be really hard with you, but actually I really like you. But I'm going to, you know, then there was the drowning. And then there is this, you know, he was sleeping and crying on the, on the floor in, in the office because of the Kalmerlarky. Even when he was Mr. Alpha Male, he wasn't with Justin, was he? He's always incredibly deferential. So, you know what, it does make sense that there is, and there is at least another dimension to their relationship. But that Justin is an absolute bastard. He really is. I've changed my mind completely. He's exactly the sort of twat that would want the village hall named after him, isn't he? You're right. Yeah, absolute. Twat of twat hall. There is, there is something up and maybe he's, it's his stepfather because, you know, Charlie does call him Justin. Yeah. Or is his uncle or godfather, something like that. There is a link there. There is some way that Justin has more clout of Charlie, more emotional pull over Charlie than just that of a pull. And considering how rude and dismissive he is of Charlie, he hasn't sacked him, has he? No. No. So, yeah. I kind of get the impression he's been given Barrow Farm and has to prove himself. Yes. That's what it seems like. I would fundamentally concur with that. Freeman. Okay. Finished. Lay calls. Coffee break. Camp coffee break. What are you drinking? I've got water and tea on the go at the moment. What? London water or is it some bottled stuff? London water. I once overheard a black hooray henry on Port Bela Road, claiming that he would never ever buy English bottled water because it comes from the Thames and everybody knows that people piss in it. And the real authentic water is Scottish. He says those Scots know how to make water. He looked at this man. But he's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, because you know the Scots, they really know how to do water. You know, in London, we're just pissing it. He's so funny. And he was sort of specialized kidneys of some sort. I just, you know, you listened to this and it was like, you couldn't make it up. And I looked around and he was like, seriously, seven foot tall black hooray henry with red trousers and brogues. You know, the Scots, they know how to make water, you know. Anyway, let's come back the other side with a touch of down under action from Millie Bell and hashtag the arches tweets of the last seven dates. 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I was actually emceeing a local ball where we raised $60,000 but very, very secretly, if I could have, I would have been with you. On the Enbridge Addicts, Mary Hitching said, "My husband in 38 years of marriage has never once called me a good girl. My current partner has never called me a good girl and lived to tell her tale either, Mary." Brian Entwistle on Enbridge Addicts said, "I don't think Helen will tell Linda that she will not be doing calendar girls. She will take the part of Ruth and as she studies the part, the truth will slowly dawn about her own situation. The Rob Helen's story will come towards a conclusion drawing performance of calendar girls." Now there's another perspective on that later on. I have someone else who talked on that. Peter Johnson in the Arches Anonymous said, "I know that there was once a film called DUM and DUMMA. Not I happen to go out there. I adore it. However, this week's events in Enbridge felt like they could best be described under the title of Glam and Glamma. Just consider Helen Glam, Eddie Glam, Clary Glam, Joe Glam, Edward Glam, Phoebe Glam, but Glammy Esteball was Ruth. My God. Dominic T. Drinker Spitzer, great name Dominic, in Arches' appreciation said, "Brian making reference to Mad Max caught me off guard and made me laugh out loud. Yes, I enjoyed that too." Sally Anne Russell in Upstairs at the Wall said, "Like Laura Jo L Zinga, I too am eagerly awaiting an explow to Ruth's self-important ego. And I hope it will be when someone reminds her that David and her children graciously took her back and forgave her or coming in an inch away from running off with the cow man." Judy Tipple in the Arches Anonymous also said, "Does anyone think Ruth is being selfish and very disloyal, bad-mouthing David at every opportunity she gets? She does nothing but moan that she's being left out of things." Didn't notice her asking Pip any questions herself, expects everyone to come and tell things, wait for her opinion before acting. Being disloyal to David with Kenton, though, was pretty low of her. Linda Curtis in Arches' Omnibus Appreciation says, "I think Helen may be planning something to maybe get away from Rob eventually with the children. She's standing up to him and doing what she wants to do as far as working goes. I may be wrong, though. We will have to wait and see the sound of Rob's voice gives me the creeps. Very cleverly acted. Absolutely agree with you, Linda. I think he's very well actually indeed." And gay Hillary wants to know, in the Arches Anonymous, why is Rob so reluctant for Helen to meet his parents? Oh, we're all under there for a while, aren't we? And Peter Johnson in the Arches Anonymous said, "So Rob may be in the eyes of many of the most revolved character in Ambridge, but I seriously can test that a certain female is now starting to run him a very close second." I think that's a bit harsh, but yeah. Fiona Jones in Obsistive Walkers actually wrote, "David said he did think he told you knowing how little you heard there, he may be right, beating him into apologizing for you while you're beating with your dead mother, just makes you sound like Rob badly done, Ruth." People are starting to compare Ruth and Rob, and I don't know that I entirely get that. Paul Green in Arches' appreciation said, "The flexible, gluten-free supplier is my new favourite character." And to our page, we now have 808 likes. And it is absolutely fantastic. And welcome to all of you. I hope you're all listening to our podcast. And we asked this week, "The missing quality today was loyalty, and I wanted to know was I the only listener who thought Justin and Ruth could have demonstrated more loyalty." Glenn Fuller loves said Ruth was rather cutting about David, I thought. "Justin is a bit of a stereotype. I feel most CEOs I have dealt with are generally good in a crisis. It's often the rest of the time that they are difficult." Ruth Simpson said, "With all the panache of an air hostess demonstrating where the emergency exits are." And Peter Mabot said Ruth is simply irritating, and it is her that is lacking loyalty to David and the family. Justin is a typical stereotype that lets insight into the loyalty of his style." Milly, Milly, Milly, Milly, Milly, Milly. Thank you for that. And yes, we all need to be posting more on the book of face, because that's a prominent way which all of us Arches fans get together and kind of cuddle up to each other through the virtual world of the interwebs. But now, Lucy, it's time for our hashtag the Arches tweets of the last seven days. Thank you very much, please. There is one very rude one, so I forgive, I believe forgiveness before I say it, but it did make me very much laugh. Not this one. This is Black Widow 400, who said, "Could we have a Rob's Tea Room naming competition? My suggestion is the never most circle of hell." Yes, it's very good. I like that. It's an ideal name. This is the rude one. Hail of Bay, if she was talking about the damn stupid friends at the 21st birthday party. What is Dan's stupid nickname? I'm hoping for Wankstain. Just whilst we're here, because I did kind of briefly say this on the Twitters, but what kind of 21st birthday was that with just about every middle-aged crinkly in the village there and apart from Phoebe and I think one line from Dan was when the young people actually there. There were, they were all his friends. The thing is, that is a kind of a country 21st. You have your 18th in the pub and then it's just clean jeans and everyone gets hammered, but you have, if you're sort of a kindy family, you have a proper 21st and that's like, it's more like a sort of a wedding reception type thing. You do have all the relatives and... Lucy, that I get. But my point is, is that there are lots of y'all, not lots. There are a few younger characters. It's a background though. Roaring away and shouting. Yeah. All the tanks squad people. But Alison, Chris. Chris. Completely missing. Again, Jamie Perks, completely missing. Yeah, as you said, we had Phoebe. You know, the Brookfield boys, you know, come on. It's like it goes on and on and on. Anyway. And all we heard was Ruth and Lucia going, "Ooh, isn't it hot?" Having a whole moment of flash on us. Yes, and Ruth slagging up her husband. But anyway. Catherine Cavanagh. So, Ruth will leave David and we won't hear her whining. He can marry Pip and live happily ever after. Excellent. I think that is exactly where it's going. Michael Moran said, "Rob, pick of the jobs." Well, there is that one weird patriarchal religious cult in Felpisham. That's the truth. Why? I've got no idea how everyone's... When Bloody Helen said, "Oh yes, well, he's looking for something suitable for his status." I thought, "What status? "He's bloody nearly ruined a farm. That's it. It's all he's ever done." And this is my favourite. This is a tweet of the week. Sally J Hall, who said, "Listen carefully, chaps." That's not what she said. That's what I'm saying. "My husband just misheard. I have a friend "ignazi as I have a forensic Nazi." Well, that's what she said. Because we all need a forensic Nazi. Actually, if anyone was going to have a forensic Nazi, it would be just an Eliot. That was a buddy loop. I actually think he's a more interesting character than I did before now. Yeah, I do. I thought he was kind of Oliver Light, but he's not. No, he's not. No, he's not. Yeah, he's got an age two in that man. Yes, he has, he has. Right, that's it. Show is just about done. Oh, let me just do quick plot prediction. This is what we were talking about at the dumpster dinner. The common plot predictions seem to be from everybody there that Oliver and Caroline would ask Ed and Emma to move into Grange Farm to keep an eye on it in their absence. Therefore William, no, therefore Eddie, Clary, and Joe could move into number one, the Green. And James Jeffries also said this on the Twitters. Yeah, and William and Nick's Day where they are. And that's that. But yes, I can see that happening. And I do not think that Oliver and Caroline are coming back. I think you're right. I really do think you're right. And they'll probably tell the grundies like on New Year's Day or Eve or something, another so be like, oh, you know, they're all sleeping in a stable. I love the star. Wouldn't that be December the 24th? Well, whatever. Anyway, shop news. 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Or if you want to simply donate, you can go to www.dumptydum.com and hit the donate button on the site. Remember, you can also get in contact with us via voice message and that's on the little red tab, which is called Speakpipe on our website, or you can call us on 020 3 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 5 to leave us a message. Or you can find us on social media, on the twitters, where we are at Dumby Dum, or you can tweet me, where I'm at Roy Field. Me at Lucy V Freeman or Sarah Smith at Sarah_Smith. Oh, I quite enjoyed that this week. Good. We rattled through it, but you've got to go to your meeting. Yes, I do. But before I go off to my meeting, we've got a little bit of a guest. A little bit of a guest. Well, she's a whole guest, but she's a little bit of a segment with a guest, and I conflated to two things together. Now, Beth Miller has written a book, and it's the unofficial arches companion. And we're in it. We are. Well, you are. Well, I'll be half old. And I caught up with her. Jessie, for I spoke to you Lucy. And here is Beth. For the love of the arches is a new unofficial companion to our favourite docudrama written by one Beth Miller. Solo, Beth. Hello. Why did you decide to do this? Well, I was asked to do it, but I was very glad to be on it. No, you wanted to do it. You had a deep yearning and a calling to do it, didn't you? For my whole life, it was a pinnacle of my life's achievement. Yes. Well, I'm a big fan, a longtime fan of the arches. I've done a lot of blogging about the arches on a TV and radio website. And yeah, it was just the next natural step to do a whole book. So who asked you to do it? The publishers, Ms Dale. Okay, right. So they knew of your work. Did they are you blogging and are talking about? Well, not really. A writer friend of mine was asked to do the book for them, and she said that she didn't know anything about the arches, but she knew someone who did. So yeah, so that's kind of how that happened. And then they read my blog and they're a bit worried about whether I'd be able to do the necessary research because in my blog, I've got things like, oh, I can't be bothered to check if I can't be bothered to check this fact. Anyway, it plays better if I don't check it and things. So they checked with me that I was going to be able to do the research before they assigned me up. So how long did it take from, you know, from them saying, right, go off and do this to you actually getting the book written? It didn't take very long. It just took a couple of months, really, because there was already a book in existence at an unofficial companion. And so really, the job was to update and expand it. So I only had to write about half a book and then just check that all the rest was up to date. Actually, the original book was produced about four years ago. And as we all know, rather, a lot's happened in the last four years. So there was quite a lot of updating. I didn't leave very much untouched. Okay, so fundamentally, there was a book in place and you've updated it and you've added in things like the fact that Nelson Gabriel's passed away, things like that. Yes, quite a lot of other things. Oh, yes. And it's got some new sections in it. It's got interviews with arches fans in it. And it's got, I had the lovely joy of choosing some memorable moments to write about. So yes, I had to choose a few of those. So what was that clarry winning the single wicket? No, that'd be in the next edition where I thought I haven't, I've prayed that one isn't in there. No, it was once I really were close to my heart, like Jenny throwing the perfume at Brian and saying, give it to your whore and things like that. That's in there. And obviously the shower, the famous shower scenes in there. Yeah, so no, it was, yeah, it was a lot of updating. A lot of people have arrived in the village in the last four years and a lot of moved on and lots of new things have happened. So yeah, it was quite fun remembering what had happened. So I suppose the last four years is also kind of coincided with the social media becoming really important into the world of Bauticher. So how did you go about, is that how you went about sourcing fans of the show? Yeah, it was. Well, I did a lot of googling about famous fans because there's a few interviews with well-known fans in there as well. So Jaina Trolop's in there and Wendy Cope and just trying to just going to look at the book now to remind myself. Yes, actually with regard to non-famous fans, I must admit I did use quite a lot of my friends for interviews and they would put me on to other people. So yeah, but I did do a couple of call outs on various social media sites saying, do you love the archers? Yes, no, I could have interviewed 10,000 people really. Who else have I got? Hang on. Oh, yes, I've got Kerry Davis, who I know that you're fond of on the "Dumb to Jump" podcast. He is one of the interviewees and a well-known podcaster called Lucy Freeman. No, she's going to be big. Yeah, she's up and coming. Yes, but the other thing that we did with social media was my update. I put in those kind of the appendix at the end with, if this isn't enough for you, here's lots more things about the archers. So I put in lots of Facebook and Twitter sites that are fun and websites. So they're all in there and kind of experts. Cool. So who was the most rabid celebrity archers fan? Who interviewed? Well, I don't know. There were proper bonkers. Well, David Ronovich, the journalist, when in answer to the question, I ask all them questions, and in answer to the question, the archers is wonderful because I think his answer was sort of interestingly representative of the slightly crazed archers fan. He said, well, I don't know if it is wonderful. I've got my friends divided very firmly into two camps. Those I can talk to the arts about and those who think I'm crazy, which, you know, I think quite a lot of us have that kind of friend divide. Those who, you know, we know we can't talk about it, and those who decide with relief in the season, we know that we can discuss the latest. Yeah, I don't know who we'll see. Okay, let me put it another way. Who's the most passionate and bridge ultra? Well, Sally Wainwright answered the question. She used to write for the archers, you know, she's now the writer of last time going Halifax and various other things. And she's sort of really passionate about it. I think she was very passionate about her dislike of David. I had to tell them. Really? Yes, I couldn't put in what she originally said about David. It was too rude. Well, she doesn't want to be listening at the moment, you know, the roof's feeling somewhat marginalized, isn't she? She is. I know. I know. She's probably she's probably throwing more things at the radio than normal is Sally Wainwright. Yes, no, she's very passionate about it. She talked about, she remembers an episode that I think was before I was listening, which was her favourite episode, which was when Eddie was sick of the piano. Does that mean anything to you? It doesn't, I'm afraid. Oh, no, she goes way back. So, yeah, no, she was probably, I don't know, she was probably the one who answers questions most passionately, if swearing is the sign of passion. So you're an author for hire, so to speak. I can be, yes. Yes. I want me to write, yes. I don't want you to write me a big check, please, because I'm skint. What do you want to at the moment? Now the book's out. What's next? Well, I'm a novelist, really. I've already published two novels and I'm writing the third novel. But yes, if anything, art just related came my way again. I would definitely go for it because it was really fun. It was a nice break from novels. I was going to say it's, it was nice to do nonfiction. I absolutely struggle with this because it's obviously nonfiction in the sense that I had to research information that's out there, but obviously it's fiction. Really? No, it's not. It's a ducky drama. Yes, but yes, I find it slightly hard to pass it around. But yes, no, I'd love to do some more archery things. I'm still blogging about the archers. In fact, just my most recent blog is Why Callant Girls is Linda's most crazy venture yet, which can be read on the website Pause Live Action, which is not my website. Actually, I just write for it. It has like lots of TV and radio reviews. But yeah, no, that's it. Plugging away with the third novel and yes, looking around hopefully for other archers, archers things, archers gigs. So if folk want to buy your book, how can they do that? Well, it is all over the place, which is nice. If they want a signed copy, I don't know, but some people like to find and dedicate copies of nice Christmas presents, they can buy it on my own website, which is bethmiller.co.uk. But that isn't the cheapest way to buy it. The cheapest way, frankly, is off Amazon or the book people who are both selling it very cheaply. But it's in Waterstones and I believe it's in National Trust shops. And yeah, it's about everywhere really. Fab. Well, I know what I'm buying myself for Christmas. Something completely different? No. Oh, all right. The book, right. Good. For the love of the art is an unofficial companion by Beth Miller, which also has a forward by Charles Collinwood, don't you know? Ah, yes. Now I must just quickly plug that. Yeah. So Charles Collinwood, Brian, has done the forward, which is really lovely of him. And there's on YouTube, the publisher of this book, Abby, has interviewed Brian, well, Charles, talking about his life, what his life as Brian, as it were, which is very sweet. It's just a five minute video and it's really, really nice. But yeah, he apparently has read the book and enjoyed it. So that's great. Fab. Well, Duncan says it's a fantastic romp through the world of Ambridge and must read for any art just fan. So I'm not just fan, so I'm going to read it. Thank you, Beth. Thank you. Bye bye. Bye. There you go. Done. Let's talk about something that's not always top of mind, but still really important. Life insurance. Why? Because it offers financial protection for your loved ones and can help them pay for things like a mortgage credit card debt. It can even help fund an education. And guess what? Life insurance is probably a lot more affordable than you think. In fact, most people think life insurance is three times more expensive than it is. 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