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The Archers

04/12/2025

The Archers

BBC

Fiction, Performing Arts, Arts, Drama

4.09K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Joy wants a catch-up with Tony and Hannah about the tractor run. She lists other participants’ plans, majoring on their festive themes. She doesn’t want Hannah and Tony to feel uncomfortable with their space and sea creature tractors. Hannah and Tony laugh when they realise they’ve both been fibbing to Joy in order to keep their real concepts under wraps. They each claim their entries will be special and will require a prime slot in the order as the main attraction. They agree to be judged on whose tractor collects the most money for charity.

Ed confesses to Brad that he’s never seen George this low. He remarks it’s understandable given the situation with Amber. Brad agrees uneasily. Ed suggests they all go bowling tonight to distract George a bit. Awkward Brad accepts, but later calls George and makes an excuse not to go.

Working with George on some trees at Berrow, Ed struggles with his wrist. Alistair spots his predicament and comes to his aid, helping him put a support brace on and recommending he gets it properly checked out. Miserable George reckons Brad doesn’t want to spend time with him. His life’s a disaster. Ed points out George’s family love him but George is inconsolable, declaring it would be better if he was still in prison. Ed counsels that he needs to stop pushing people away or he’ll end up on his own. It’s all too much for George and he hits Ed. Immediately appalled, he apologises to Ed before breaking down in tears. Ed holds him reassuringly.

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:07.0

They call themselves Evil Corps, a cybercrime gang accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars.

0:13.8

And at the center of it all, one of the FBI's most wanted.

0:17.6

They ran their operations out of the back of an Italian restaurant in Moscow.

0:22.0

How does a man hunted by the world's top law enforcers still manage to grow an empire?

0:26.6

These guys were going to town on small businesses across America.

0:30.9

They anger, the frustration, the fear.

0:33.4

Cyberhack, Evil Corps. Listen first on BBC Sounds.

0:37.5

You're listening to Thursday's episode of The Archers from BBC Radio 4. Brad!

1:01.0

Sorry, I didn't mean to make you jump.

1:05.0

No, it's all right, sorry, I didn't see you there. I was just on my way to work.

1:08.0

Yeah, yeah, me too. I will be if George ever appears. He's helping me on a job today. Cutting down trees? Well, tidying them up, really, over at Barrow. That's good. How is he? George. Oh, I don't know. You know that Amber's gone to Ireland? Yeah.

1:28.2

Of course.

1:29.1

Yeah, yeah.

1:29.5

George said you spoke to her for him.

1:31.2

Not that she said much, just that she wanted to get away for a bit.

1:34.8

Right.

1:36.3

I mean, fair enough.

1:38.0

I could imagine the whole getting married thing might be a bit overwhelming,

1:41.5

especially when her parents aren't happy about it.

1:43.9

Yeah. But George hasn't taken aren't happy about it. Yeah.

1:44.6

But George hasn't taken it very well.

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