Summary
Upbeat Adam talks about his plans for Home Farm now he’s secure in the knowledge he’ll be taking over. Ian’s delighted for him, but rushes to get Xander ready for school. Helen and Kirsty compare notes on Dane and Erik, before Alice appears. Kirsty asks about Rex, who’s messaged her saying he’s not well. Alice is unsympathetic. Later, Helen tells Kirsty she doesn’t want Dane to move into the new house. She compares their relationship lightly to Kirsty and Erik’s, before declaring she needs to finish with Dane. Kirsty was about to say more about her and Erik but leaves it. Adam checks in with Brian at the farm, wondering if he’s made an appointment with his solicitor yet. Brian won’t be rushed though, mocking Adam’s ambition, which makes Adam question Brian’s intentions. Brian reacts skeptically to Adam’s ideas for diversification, talking instead about sticking to long-term plans, then telling Adam he may have spoken too soon about handing the farm over. When Adam pushes the issue Brian stuns him, spelling out that he’s changed his mind and refuses to commit to Adam over and above Ruairi and his sisters. Alice tells Ian about Rex’s drunken antics and how he hasn’t stopped apologising since. Rex has pledged to give up drink, but Alice doesn’t want him overreacting and making a huge issue of it. Adam comes in and fulminates against Brian for reneging on their agreement, only just managing to cover in front of Alice what the terms of that agreement were. For Adam, the situation is unsustainable and something’s got to give.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | In 2001, a brutal crime shattered the close-knit Welsh community. |
| 0:11.9 | It was extremely sadistic. |
| 0:14.4 | Fear spreads through the village. |
| 0:16.3 | Neighbours look at one another differently. |
| 0:18.5 | It felt like a monster that was looming over the community. |
| 0:22.7 | This is a story about a community trying to make sense of the unthinkable. |
| 0:27.5 | The shock at finding out who the offender was. |
| 0:29.9 | How could we've got it so wrong? |
| 0:31.8 | The Anglesey vampire killer. |
| 0:33.5 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.6 | You're listening to Monday's episode of The Archers from BBC Radio 4. Music Listen first on BBC Sounds. Zander, remember to put your reading diary in your bag? |
| 1:02.8 | Sorry, Adam. |
| 1:04.0 | You were saying? |
| 1:05.4 | Yeah, I'm hoping these field trials will help us cut down on the amount of fertilizer we use. |
| 1:09.9 | It's always tempting to put on extra just to be on the safe side fertiliser we use. It's always tempting to put on |
| 1:11.3 | extra just to be on the safe side. Oh, sorry. Excuse me, Adam, come and I'll just get to the same. Sure, sure. Of course, Brian had to put in his two pennies, said it'd take any losses from lower yields out of my salary. He did not. Oh, he wasn't serious. Just had to let me know he thought it was a waste of time. |
| 1:28.4 | Besides, I'm only reducing the fertilizer on 10 or 12 small strips of wheat? See what if any difference it makes. I might not use fertilizer on some of them. You're a rebel. You can laugh in. But it's all about improving the farm's NUE, nutrient use. Efficiency, yeah, you don't have to tell me. You've talked about it before. Sorry for being so dull. Sure not. In fact, it's good to hear you sound in the so upbeat. Yeah, well, now I know the farm's going to be mine. All those years trying to coax and cajole Brian into making the changes, he finally seems to have accepted the farm safe in my hands. |
| 2:02.4 | Now I just need him to tell the rest of the family and get his solicitor to put it down in black and white. |
| 2:08.3 | Zander, you're putting your shoes on, we need to leave, son. |
| 2:11.0 | I'll stop blathering on. |
| 2:12.1 | Oh, no, no. |
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