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The Archers

22/12/2025

The Archers

BBC

Fiction, Arts, Drama, Performing Arts

4.0 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Jolene’s looking forward to Christmas dinner at Lower Loxley, but Joy’s stressed about the Tractor Run. Jolene doesn’t understand why Joy isn’t more relaxed, but Joy outlines the struggle she’s had just getting all the farmers on the same page about the rules, plus there’s the health and safety. She dreads thinking what would happen if anything goes wrong and she has to sort it out. They both laugh at the thought of Eddie dressed as an angel in a bedsheet and thermals, though. With Alan and Akram riding motorbikes, plus Zainab on her moped, Joy happily takes up Jolene’s suggestion they could be the three wise men. But she’s still short of marshals and as for the running order - how on earth can she navigate that without offending anyone?

Harrison senses something’s different as he snuggles up with Fallon, before there’s a ring at the door. It’s Kenton delivering a basket of goodies, but when Fallon overreacts to an upstairs door banging Kenton senses something’s amiss and Fallon tells him about George yesterday. Fallon’s really angry, hating that George can make her feel like that. She begs Kenton not to tell Harrison, fearing his reaction. But after Fallon goes out of the room Harrison puzzles over why Fallon’s so sad, worrying it could be him. Without admitting what Fallon’s just told him Kenton assures Harrison that whatever’s bothering Fallon he can pretty much guarantee it’s not him.

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. Oh, you must be famished.

0:59.7

I am. It's gone three.

1:01.8

I always feel guilty having a turkey sandwich before Christmas day.

1:06.2

I know, but it really hits the spot.

1:09.3

And Fallon's stuffing is way better than her dad's.

1:12.1

Oh, it's yummy.

1:14.3

Can you believe it was packed in here half an hour ago?

1:17.4

And now it's like the Marie Celeste.

1:19.4

Last minute shopping, I'll bet.

1:21.1

Happens most years.

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