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Welcome to Ambridge on the couch, an in-depth look at the archers with me, Jeff Thomas,

Harriet Carmichael, Lucy Freeman and Matt Rodriguez.

Matt Rodriguez Pounder.

Matt Rodriguez Pain.

Now, before we make a start on your emails, let's have a recap of what happened this week in Ambridge.

We began the week with Natasha spotting yet another babysitting opportunity.

I'm not sure how much I would need to avoid my own children to make it worth my while going on holiday with Helen.

Natasha specialises in appearing to make the half-hearted best of things

while making it very clear how deeply awful she finds the thing she's doing.

Uncle Tom stepped into the breach to talk man to man with Henry

about his unwillingness to share the contents of his phone with his family.

So Natasha waded in because she has a big stirry stick that she uses to stir with.

Turns out Henry was researching Helen's boyfriends, which must have been edifying for him.

This is a horrifying situation, but entirely understandable.

What is an even more horrifying situation is Natasha, project managing Helen's online love life.

Natasha said she'd had loads of good experiences on online dating, and Helen pointed out

she hadn't met Tom like that, and Natasha said, yes, that's what I meant.

We popped into Gay Graebles to meet the new undermanager, Dane.

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