Summary
Susan’s working over her hours in order to cope with a large new order. She and Pat agree the order’s good news, they just weren’t ready for it. Pat explains that instead of receiving presents for his 75th birthday, Tony wants to give everyone in the village a packet of organic seeds. Susan thinks it’s a lovely idea. By the end of her shift she’s looking forward to home and a hot bath. She and Pat agree there’s enough work for another person to be in the dairy at least part time. Pat says Helen has someone in mind. Susan says she’ll keep her eyes peeled too.
Over a delicious meal cooked by Stella, Pip tries again to raise her worries over her birthday treat, but they’re interrupted by a noise from the kitchen. Cleo the dog’s stolen some of the cheesecake Stella’s prepared as dessert. Stella worries Cleo may have swallowed something dangerous. Slightly bewildered Pip agrees they should get her checked over. Paul shows Stella the scan he’s done of Cleo – she’s swallowed a small object. It won’t do her any damage but Paul reckons Stella should show Pip the scan. As Pip peers at the picture she’s confused to see a ring. Stella explains she’d put it on top of Pip’s portion of cheesecake, as a proposal. Pip’s bowled over and encourages Stella to propose properly, which she does. Delighted Paul appears and suggests an engagement party. They all agree that this ridiculous chaotic proposal suits the couple down to the ground.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.4 | You're listening to Tuesday's episode of The Archers, from BBC Radio 4. Oh, it was amazing. |
| 0:32.0 | You didn't have to go to all that trouble. |
| 0:33.6 | No, I wanted to, Pip. I wanted to do something special. |
| 0:36.3 | Oh, well, it was. It was very special. And wine at lunchtime on a Tuesday. |
| 0:42.3 | You need to drink up, you barely touched yours. |
| 0:44.3 | Oh, yeah, yeah, sorry. I just keep needing water. My mouth really dry for some reason. |
| 0:49.5 | You do seem a bit on edge. You sure you're all right? |
| 0:52.9 | Me, yeah. I'm fine. Sorry, I just was a bit stressed about the food. I wanted to make sure it all worked. Well, it absolutely worked. So now you can relax. Well, not quite yet. There is still dessert, come. Desert? What is it? It's a surprise. Are you ready for it now? Maybe give it a minute. I'll just finish my wine. Okay. Oh, this is nice, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah, it is. Can't think when we last had time to sit and chat. Oh, I know. It's been a bit of a slog lately, isn't it? It has a bit, yeah. Some weeks I feel like we've completely missed each other. You working early, |
| 1:30.7 | me working late. I know, but... |
| 1:34.0 | Well, now that we are chatting, there's something I've been wanting to say. |
| 1:39.9 | Oh? Yeah, nothing bad, don't worry. Although, actually, I am a little bit worried. Oh, why? Pitt, what is it? It's my birthday. Oh, right. Yeah, now, I could have got this all wrong. I don't even know if... What was that? Oh, no. No, Cleo. Oh. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, yeah, Cleo, come here, good girl. No, get away from that. Get away from that. Oh, wow.! Oh, no, no, no, no, no. |
| 2:00.9 | Oh, dear, Cleo, go here, good girl. |
| 2:02.5 | No, get away from you, get away from that. |
| 2:03.8 | Oh, wow, is that cheesecake? Oh, yeah, or at least it was. Home-made cheesecake. Oh, Cleo, what have you done? Well, she's eaten my dessert. Never mind. It could be worse. At least it wasn't chocolate or raisins. This is delicious room-made cheesegate won't do any damage. |
| 2:16.9 | I want to eat that much. |
| 2:20.6 | We're going to eating that much. |
| 2:18.3 | Got it. |
| 2:19.3 | We're going to have to take it to the vet. |
| 2:22.3 | The vet, really? |
| 2:23.3 | Why? |
| 2:24.3 | Honestly, don't think. |
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