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Welcome to Ambridge on the couch, an in-depth look at the arches with me, Jeff Thomas, Lucy Freeman, Harriet Carmichael, James Everett and 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 Adam treating the preparation of a Sunday

roast as if he was single-handedly about to reopen the straits of Hormuz. There was a lot of

effortful sighing and he announced he had ice cream to complement the apple crumble. For crying out

loud Adam, it's a family lunch, not sodding master chef. Honestly, I was listening on Monday morning and one minute, eight seconds in, I was swearing at him.

They should not let him in the Sunday episode.

It ruins the week before it's begun.

Alice asked, when their children had become so competitive?

Hmm.

Why not have a little think about that, Alice, before your half-br brother announces he's been given the farm for this week anyway. But Horribin, played by Wurzel Gummich, is the new Joe Grundy, attempting to claim compensation for an injury sustained in an accident he wasn't even there for. He said he'd heard this voice. I'd imagine that's because he probably watches quite a lot of daytime television

and in between the adverts for dogs with sad eyes,

a cheery voiceover keeps asking you if you have had an accident you might be owed compensation for.

Five years of that, and he's convinced.

To try and prove it to himself and everyone else, he was wearing an ill-fitting neck brace.

I had to wear one of those when I was about 12 when I pulled a muscle in my neck pulling tight jeans on. I found it tremendously useful as it enabled me to

rest my chin on it and have a lovely nap during biology. I might see if I can still find it actually.

It's useful in Zoom calls. Anyway, he went to see Dr. Malik who told him to keep his neck moving.

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