Summary
Kate’s ears prick up when she finds out Kirsty’s on the hunt for a lodger. She thinks she may know just the person. She suggests Chris Carter might need to take back Rookery Cottage while he’s out of the flat, leaving Jakob without a home. She volunteers him for a look round Willow Farm, while admitting to a crestfallen Kirsty that he can be annoyingly fussy.
Brian’s determined to stick to his plan of refusing to harvest the BL wheat. Katie insists this is not a good idea – it’s bound to get messy if solicitors get involved. Brian doesn’t want to hear it. Stella also gets on Brian’s case, to no avail. She then suggests a meeting with Justin to try and iron things out, to which Brian grudgingly agrees. Having worked her persuasive magic on Justin by pointing out the awkwardness of her situation, he too accedes to her request to meet. Justin declares that Home Farm is contracted to harvest the wheat, and there’s a stalemate as Brian points out that any legal proceedings against him would take so long that the crop would be spoiled anyway. All Justin needs to do is drop his controversial plans and the harvest can start tomorrow. Despairing Stella gets them to meet on common ground – their mutual trust in her. But any hope of a rapprochement is lost when Justin brings up the poisoning of the Am, and mentions Jennifer. Brian leaves, spitting his parting shot: Justin’s wheat can rot in the dirt.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | You're listening to Sunday's episode of The Archers from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:09.7 | Music Oh, our dad, good. I didn't realize you were home. No, no, Miranda dropped me off. She's spending the afternoon of some bridge chums. Right. Coffee's there, darling, if you've had you one? No, thanks. I'm on my way to see |
| 0:38.9 | Kirsty. But you still haven't filled me in about the BL Harvest. Haven't I? Well, not properly, |
| 0:45.3 | no. Surely there's a better solution than simply refusing to do it. Justin doesn't want to lose |
| 0:51.6 | the BL Harvest any more than I do. But I mean, if you don't actually do the job, then he won't pay you, and that's a lot of money lost. |
| 0:58.8 | Kate, no one's going to lose anything. You watch. Justin will give up his ridiculous plans for the BL estate, and normal service will be resumed. |
| 1:09.4 | Okay, but how about you harvest the wheat on home farm this week instead? |
| 1:14.2 | That would give Justin a few more days to change his mind. |
| 1:17.0 | Honestly, you do make me wonder sometimes. |
| 1:19.2 | Sorry? |
| 1:19.6 | You were brought up on a farm for heaven's sake. |
| 1:22.5 | Oh, isn't our wheat ready? |
| 1:24.6 | No, Kate. No, it's not. |
| 1:26.4 | Whereas the BL wheat is. It's all about the moisture content in case you've forgotten. Yes, I know. Sorry. I'm just not sure this is the crisis that you think it is. Really? Ah. I suppose you're supportive of Justin's rewilding ideas. I might be. Well, now he's lobbed a huge concrete warehouse into the mix. |
| 1:46.8 | It's obviously he doesn't give a toss about the planet, Kate. |
| 1:49.5 | Or the soil, all the crops, or any kind of proper farming. |
| 1:52.5 | It's all about the money with Justin. |
| 1:55.1 | Oh, and he loves a boardroom battle. |
| 1:57.0 | His motives couldn't be clearer. |
| 1:58.7 | But what if he gets his solicitors involved? |
| 2:00.9 | Well, let him. It'll be too late for his harvest. All I'm saying is, we don't need the stress. |
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