Bonus Episode: When Helen met Rob – the story so far

The Archers

BBC

Arts, Drama, Performing Arts, Fiction

4.2 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In April 2016 Helen Archer was arrested for stabbing her husband Rob Titchener during a row. One of the most closely followed trials in British radio drama history saw calls to domestic abuse helplines increase by 17%. This bonus catch-up edition charts the romance and the emerging coercive control, including Rob’s physical abuse of Helen, through to Helen taking her life in her own hands and stabbing Rob, and the insidious impact of Rob’s return on the family at Bridge Farm. If you are suffering domestic abuse or violence, a list of organisations that can provide help and support in the UK is available at bbc.co.uk/actionline Helen Archer ….. Louiza Patikas Rob Titchener ….. Timothy Watson Kirsty Miller ….. Annabelle Dowler Tony Archer ….. David Troughton Pat Archer ….. Patricia Gallimore Tom Archer ..... William Troughton Johnny Phillips ….. Tom Gibbons Anna Tregorran ….. Isobel Middleton Lee Bryce ….. Ryan Early Jury foreman ….. Nigel Havers Narrator: Annabelle Dowler Written and produced by Mel Ward The Archers Editor is Jeremy Howe A BBC Audio Drama Birmingham production

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:25.6	Oh dear!
0:27.2	Mummy!
0:28.2	I know sweetheart Mummy's trying.
0:30.2	Would you like me to try?
0:32.2	Hello Rob.
0:34.2	I wasn't expecting to see you all the way up here.
0:36.2	I'm almost glad stay in play was cancelled.
0:39.2	Too nice to be indoors.
0:41.2	Is that where you and a little fellow Henry?
0:44.2	That's right.
0:48.2	And that was how it began.
0:50.2	A beautiful day in June 2013.
0:53.2	A summer dress with prim roses on it.
0:55.2	The sun in her hair.
0:57.2	Helen Archer flying a kite with a little boy.
1:01.2	What could be more perfect?
1:03.2	I'm Annabelle Dowler.
1:06.2	And I play Helen's best friend, Kirsty Miller, in the arches.
1:11.2	This is the story of Helen's relationship with farm estate manager Rob Titchner.
1:16.2	And how within three years a passionate romance against the odds switches almost imperceptibly
1:22.2	into something both harrowing and shocking.
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