Summary
Hilda the cat won’t leave Tony alone as he tries to have breakfast. He blames Pat for giving the animal treats – she calls it positive reinforcement but Tony is angry, telling her it’s not working. He picks Hilda up and puts her in the hallway. Later, while catching up, they realise haven’t seen her since breakfast time. Pat is concerned that Hilda might be missing. What if she has run away or been hurt? Peggy would be devastated! Susan asks Chris whether Alice is seeing Harry that evening as he has Martha. She has her doubts about him, pointing out he says all the right things but seems too smooth. She complains that Adam is being a stick in the mud at work and stopping her and Clarrie from having a chat and a laugh. She has a plan to take him down a peg or two. Susan puts her plan to prank Adam into action, telling him they need ingredients for a special Valentine’s Day ice cream. As Adam goes off to make a list, Pat reports that Hilda is missing and asks if they’ve seen her. They search in vain, during which Adam asks about the ‘aphrodisiac’ ice cream, confirming his suspicions. He starts planning his revenge. Meanwhile, Tony has had enough of the search and returns to the farmhouse only to find Hilda warm and cosy, curled up in his chair. Pat says Hilda is just a cat but Tony is adamant she is a demon in feline form.
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| 0:00.0 | Before you listen to this BBC podcast I want to tell you why I love podcasting. |
| 0:04.6 | Hi my name's Tommy Dixon and I make podcast for the BBC. I'm a big fan of stories |
| 0:09.8 | always loved a good book but when I started commuting for my first job, I discovered |
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| 0:26.3 | which to cut a long story short led to a BBC training scheme and a whole new career given other people that exact same feeling. So if you want to hear |
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| 0:44.4 | You're listening to Wednesdays episode of The Archers |
| 0:47.9 | from BBC Radio 4. And the Hilda get off my lap can't you I'm trying to have my porridge. |
| 1:13.2 | She obviously loves you. |
| 1:15.0 | That's not true, Pat. She was quite happy to tear me limb from live before. |
| 1:19.4 | Maybe she was just trying to get your attention. |
| 1:21.4 | Well, I don't want to give it to her. This is your fault, |
| 1:25.8 | Pat. How do you make that shout? She's bothering us all the time because you keep giving her treats. |
| 1:31.3 | I don't keep giving her treats. I use them to reward good behavior. It's positive |
| 1:36.9 | reinforcement. Positive nuisance more like. Just trying to encourage her to |
| 1:41.2 | do what she's told. And how successful has that been, would you say, on a scale of one to ten? |
| 1:46.8 | It's work in progress. |
| 1:49.2 | It's counterproductive, that's what it is, because now she's pestering for treats all the time and she's too |
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