Summary
WRITER: Nick Warburton DIRECTOR: Kim Greengrass
David Archer…. Timothy Bentinck Jill Archer …. Patricia Greene Pip Archer …. Daisy Badger Alice Carter …. Hollie Chapman Chris Carter …. Wilf Scolding Susan Carter …. Charlotte Martin Harry Chilcott …. Jack Ashton Alan Franks …. John Telfer Usha Franks …. Souad Faress Emma Grundy…. Emerald O’Hanrahan George Grundy …. Angus Stobie Jakob Hakansson …. Paul Venables Freddie Pargetter …. Toby Laurence Stella Pryor…. Lucy Speed Lynda Snell MBE …. Carole Boyd Syksey …. Jasper Carrott
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| 0:00.0 | You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about the |
| 0:03.8 | podcast I work on. I'm Dan Clark and I commissioned factual podcasts at the BBC. |
| 0:08.6 | It's a massive area but I'd sum it up as stories to help us make sense of the forces shaping the world. |
| 0:15.3 | What podcasting does is give us the space and the time to take brilliant BBC journalism |
| 0:19.8 | and tell amazing compelling stories that really get behind the headlines. |
| 0:23.7 | And what I get really excited about is when we find a way of drawing you into a subject |
| 0:28.4 | you might not even have thought you were interested in. |
| 0:30.2 | Whether it's investigations, science, tech, politics, culture, true crime, the environment, |
| 0:36.1 | you can always discover more with a podcast on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:39.7 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:45.0 | You're listening to Friday's episode of The Archers from BBC Radio 4. all. Season's greetings |
| 1:08.9 | Greetings Freddie and to you Uncle David you've come for your meat order? |
| 1:12.8 | I have, and you're dressed for the occasion, I see. |
| 1:15.7 | Oh, well. |
| 1:16.8 | Elf ears, pointy hat. |
| 1:18.3 | I know. |
| 1:19.3 | Clitter on your boots. |
| 1:20.7 | It's ridiculous. |
| 1:22.3 | It's a little surprising, perhaps be greeted by Santa's little helper at the door of an |
| 1:26.6 | abattoir. |
| 1:27.6 | It's the lads here having a laugh. |
| 1:29.6 | What, at your expense? |
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