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The Archers

24/05/2026

The Archers

BBC

Fiction, Arts, Drama, Performing Arts

4.09K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The Battling Bulls are playing The Trout, who are two players down. Brad suggests loaning them a player and Tom agrees, so the match can go ahead - but not Zainab, who’s too good. Brad offers himself, really enjoys playing and ends up on the winning side: The Trout. Lynda’s come to appreciate the lightness of pub cricket. She’s looking forward to the Women’s T20 World Cup.

Surprised that Clive actually turned up, Brad and Tracy discuss Bert’s departure with him, hoping that Bert will be alright.

Returning from Scotland, Kate finds Brian embarked on a new project: re-reading all his Dick Francis novels. Brian accuses her of stabbing him in the back, but Kate assures him their only plan at the partnership meeting was to try and reduce his stress levels. She hadn’t known about Adam and Debbie’s intentions. Kate then asks how Spiritual Home will be affected by the Partnership ending. Although he says it’s safe, Brian reminds her that if it wasn’t for Spiritual Home, they’d still have the farmhouse. Offended, Kate refuses to take responsibility for the house being sold, insisting that was down to Brian poisoning the Am. Later, Kate accuses Brian of bullying, before he finally apologises. Kate tells Brian that his children’s actions come from a place of love and care for him. Brian though can’t understand why they’ve stopped trusting him. Because he’s been behaving weirdly, Kate says, especially the way he’s mistreated Miranda. Brian retorts that everyone makes mistakes. It doesn’t mean he’s losing the plot, just that he’s human.

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0:00.0

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0:06.9

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0:12.9

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0:18.8

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0:21.0

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0:23.9

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0:26.4

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0:27.7

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0:32.2

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0:34.2

You're listening to Sunday's episode of The Archers from BBC Radio 4.

0:57.4

Hi guys. Hi guys.

1:00.6

Brad, do you know if they're meant to be any good, De Trell?

1:03.0

Yeah, not bad, apparently.

1:04.4

Better than us?

1:06.1

Nobody's better than us, Danab.

1:08.2

It's true, you've got to think positive.

1:09.8

What, even if it's not true?

1:10.8

It might be true. It might well be true. Carpe Die positive. What, even if it's not true? It might be true.

1:12.4

It might well be true.

1:13.5

Carpadem. What's Carpadeem got to do with her? I don't know. I just thought it sounded good. It did. Okay, so there's a bit of a spanner in the works. Uh-oh. What? Oh, what's wrong? It turns out the trout are two players down.

1:27.1

Oh, they're not calling it off.

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