09/06/2026

The Archers

BBC

Performing Arts, Drama, Fiction, Arts

4.0 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Helen gets a call from Jack’s school about an accusation of bad behaviour. Helen then tells Jakob she promised Kirsty she’d go to her pre-natal scan and tests this afternoon, but the school are insisting Helen goes in. Jakob offers to take Kirsty instead. At the hospital Kirsty confesses to feeling more than anxious, before Jakob agrees to film the scan on Erik’s behalf. Otherwise, his attempts to help Kirsty relax are typically misguided. Driving back, they reflect on a clear scan, but Kirsty will have to wait for the test results. Kirsty then thanks Jakob for saving her day.

While eating lunch in the garden Tracy tells Jazzer about Pat and Tony’s concerns over her not accepting Helen’s offer. She insists she likes working in the Dairy, though she prefers The Bull. But Helen keeps pushing her for an answer – and now she’s moved in next door as well. Jazzer reckons the real reason for Tracy’s hesitation is Bert. Later, Helen fumes over the fence to Tracy about the accusation made against Jack. Helen doesn’t have much faith in the deputy head, especially in light of a recent poor Ofsted report, then tells Tracy she needs an answer about the job by Thursday. Jazzer pushes Tracy to admit she’s done more than her fair share of looking after Bert, before Tracy declares she loves him and misses having him around. If she takes the job she’d be admitting he’s not coming back. Jazzer forces the issue and Tracy agrees, if Bert says he wants to stay at Clive’s then she’ll accept Helen’s offer.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts.
0:05.0	I'm a reporter, Sue Mitchell, and this is Rob Lorry, an investigator.
0:11.0	If I get the name, I know I can find him.
0:14.0	In our last series, we managed to do what law agencies couldn't.
0:18.0	Track down a notorious people smuggler known as the Scorpion.
0:22.3	Now we're looking for one of his successes and he's every bit as ruthless.
0:27.1	If they know I'm talking about him, they come tonight, they will kill me. You don't even know how they killed me.
0:31.6	Intrigue to catch a king. Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:35.8	You're listening to Tuesday's episode of The Archers
0:38.6	from BBC Radio 4
0:40.5	No, no, I'm sorry. No, it's not making sense. You'll have to explain properly.
1:04.0	No, I'm extremely busy.
1:06.4	It's going on there, Jacob. No idea. I think Helen's on to the primary school.
1:31.7	Jack's in the proverbial, eh? does rather sound like that. And have you worked out with my cheeky new young neighbours done? I gather it's more of an accusation so far. I'd have to ask Henry when I see him. Oh, posh bickies, eh? Celebrating at the vets, are you? Double chalk chip, for me to enjoy my vanishingly rare afternoon off.
1:33.1	A whole afternoon half.
1:36.6	Aedyllic peace. What about you?
1:41.7	Turkey sarnies. Tracy wants lunch at home for some reason. I usually stay at work, me.
2:35.8	Right. Are you going to the women's T20 cricket on Friday? Aye. The prof's all excited about it. Me, Tracy, I'm Brad, will be there. Jim wants me to go too, so Alicester says it's compulsory. Nah getting out of that year, then, eh? Well, I expect I'll enjoy it once I'm there. Great. Right, I bit of pay for this and get out of your Tracy. See you later, Jakom. See you, Jazzer. Honestly... Is everything okay, Heather? No, unfortunately not. The school are insisting I go there straight away. It's about Jack. I can tell it's a waste of time, but the secretary isn't having any of it. That's annoying. It was worse than that, Jacob, because I'm supposed to be... I said I'd take Kirsty to her 12-week scan. Oh, is that today? I'm picking her up any minute. Well, I was. But where's Eric? He missed his connecting flight, so he won't land in the UK till tonight. Typical of my brother. Why didn't he come a day earlier? The thing is, I don't want Kirsty going alone.
2:38.6	No, no, perhaps not.
2:40.9	She's feeling quite, well, very anxious about it all, anxious slash terrified.
2:47.2	There's a difficult history, isn't there?
2:50.0	This could not be worse timing, Jakob.
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