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The Archers

15/12/2025

The Archers

BBC

Fiction, Arts, Drama, Performing Arts

4.09K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Eddie drops in on Jazzer and Tracy to flog one of his turkeys, but they tell him they can’t afford it, even with a family discount. Eddie then details how he’s cobbling together a turkey outfit for the Christmas market, but what he really needs is an assistant to help drum up sales. So, in return for a Grundy turkey, Tracy nominates Jazzer to give up his day off on Wednesday to be Eddie’s assistant. When Susan and Chris step inside the Village Shop for the first time since the repairs have been completed they can’t believe how perfect everything is. Susan reckons they should be ready for a party there on Thursday, then re-open on Friday. However, when they go upstairs the flat is a complete mess with most of the work unfinished. Chris despairs of the flat being ready for him to move back in before Christmas, ruining all his plans with Carly. With Harrison returning next week, he can’t stay on with Fallon either. Later, Chris tells Susan that Hazel was furious when he told her, but she did fall out with the builders, so that’s probably why they left it unfinished. Then to cap it all, when Chris phoned Carly, she told him she’s been invited on holiday with her ex and their kids, plus they’re going to try couples counselling again. So, it’s all over between Chris and Carly. Susan’s sympathetic, though at least she’ll be able to spoil Chris over Christmas. But that’s not really what Chris is looking for at his age…

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.

0:07.0

My Christmas Mix is pure 90s festive nostalgia.

0:11.1

You know, the Christmas songs you listen to on repeat.

0:14.0

Ho!

0:14.3

Ho! Ho! No, no, no.

0:17.5

I'm all about the big hitting Christmas anthems.

0:20.4

Come on, guys. What about those tunes that really slay?

0:23.7

It's Christmas kitchen disco season, surely.

0:26.4

Give me hip-hip-christ bangers every day.

0:28.6

Those Christmas tracks that are straight out of Lapland.

0:30.9

Get all kinds of Christmassy.

0:32.6

Just search Christmas music on BBC Sounds.

0:35.7

You're listening to Monday's episode of The Archers from BBC Radio 4. I can't believe today's the day.

1:01.2

Which shall we look at first, Christopher, the flat or the shop?

1:04.5

Let's start downstairs with the shop.

1:06.8

I'm tempted to peer through the window,

1:09.0

but I don't want to spoil the moment of the big reveal. Well, let's do it then. Do you have the keys? Yeah, in my bag. Oh, here they are. Oh, my hands are shaking. No wonder, it's a big deal. It is, isn't it? It's been such a long wait. So many ups and downs along the way. Right, you're ready, Mum. It looks like you might throw it down any minute. Yeah, all right. I'm ready. Here we go.

1:40.0

Well, what do you think, ma'am?

1:42.2

I don't know what to say.

1:46.3

I can't believe it.

1:48.1

The colours.

1:49.9

The shelving.

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