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Ambridge on the Couch - this week on The Archers

A smashing surprise for Phoebe - fan podcast for BBC The Archers

Ambridge on the Couch - this week on The Archers

Ambridge on the Couch

Performing Arts, After Shows, Arts, Tv & Film, Archers Radio4 Soap

4.7610 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

As if an eight hour minibus ride to Scotland with her extended family wasn't enough, Phoebe now has even more good news to contend with.

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0:00.0

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0:02.0

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0:05.2

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0:09.0

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0:13.7

Yes.

0:20.5

Welcome to Ambridge on the Couch.

0:22.6

I'm sorry.

0:23.6

Welcome, guys.

0:24.6

We've been doing a lot of voiceovers today.

0:26.6

I know.

0:27.6

Oh dear, I've been competing with our AI.

0:29.6

Welcome to Ambridge on the couch, because AI would never be so cheesy.

0:33.6

And in-depth look at the archers with me, Jeff Thomas, Lucy Freeman, James Everett,

0:39.6

and Matt Rodriguez-Pain.

0:41.4

Now, before we make a start on your emails, also, AI would never notice, either it would

0:47.3

notice that the I'm not Jeff Thomas, or it would just carry on regarding it as I do anyway,

0:53.1

but, you know, it's hard to know, isn't it? Yes. How intelligent it is? I mean, it's got strong competition. I've been writing about it all day and I'm absolutely sick of it. So let's not talk about it anymore. I know. And I've been talking about it all week. Now, Biffler's going to really impact 26. Now, before we make a start on your emails,

1:12.5

let's have a recap of what happened this week in Ambridge. We began the week with an 80-year-old

1:17.6

sweeping out the barn with an overseer in her 30s. He was chuntering on about a phone call.

1:24.0

If Leonard hadn't wanted to draw attention to the phone call, he probably shouldn't have mentioned it 14 times.

1:29.9

Ruth then followed Leonard into the house, earwigged on his phone conversation and then asked him what he'd been talking about before proceeding to stalk him to the Agri store that he'd offered to go to as a favour to her and then spied on him in the cafe.

1:42.8

She was aghast, but honestly the poor sod was probably just grateful to have someone to talk to

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