02/03/2026

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1:01in the app for automatic event-long savings. Stack up those rewards to save even more. Enjoy savings on top of savings when you shop in-store or online for easy drive-up and go pick-up or delivery. Restrictions apply. See website for full-terms and conditions. You're listening to Monday's episode of The Archers from BBC Radio 4. Hello. Dad, that you? Oh, George. Grandpa. I didn't think anyone would be in it. I thought you'd still be up to my dough farm. I came straight back after milking. Got some stuff to do. Well, I won't get in you way. I'm just here for Poppies Art Folding. Yeah, so she's forgotten it. Here on the table.

2:03Right, I'll be off then. Okay. You're not taking it all the way back for, are you? Well, yeah, I said I would. She doesn't have art till last thing, so I said I'd drop it back round lunchtime. You're too soft. I'd have let a good attention. Yeah, well, you know me. Yeah. Any road? I've best been going. Right. Yeah, I've got stuff to be getting on with anyway, so. Yeah, it's so sunberry, isn't it? Is that where that is? We don't say nothing on the back. I thought it might be Western Superman. No, no, it's definitely berry. You can see the fun fairy behind it. Oh, oh, yeah. We took the old family for a few days, staging the caravan park right near the sea front. Oh, it was a smashing holiday. The sun shone all week. Oh, I can tell from great granddad Joe's soldiers. Oh, do you look at him? Yeah, he did get burned, that's right. We ordered it was that art.

3:06Oh, look at our Edward. He must have only been six months to be fairy as cute. Oh, he was a lovely baby. Well, they both were. I mean, don't get me wrong. It was a shock to the system becoming virgins. I bet it was. But they were great kids, both of them. No trouble. Yeah, at least not back then. Oh, I love spending time with them right from the off. I didn't realise I will, yeah, and all these old photos. I thought they were boxed up in the attic at Grange Farm. No, they are or they were. Well, what are you doing with them then? I didn't just take them. Grandma said it was all right for me to borrow them. No, no, no, no, I didn't mean it. I'm just wondering what made you want to look at them? Most of these are older than you are. Oh, I don't know. Well, I just felt like it. Really? What? Yeah, something you were not telling me. All right, I'm trying to make kind of a slideshow. Kind of a slideshow. Yeah,

4:11slideshow. Of all those old photos. Yeah. Well, not all of them, just the best ones, and the ones with you in them. Me? A little bird told me you got a big bird they coming up. This is all from me. Not every day you're 75, is it? If you don't want it though, that's okay. I'll get it. I'll just pat these up and take them back to the farm. Forget all about it. No, no, no, hang on a minute, lad, I'll never said that. Maybe I can have a sneak preview, as I may. Oh, hello, Rory. Oh, hi, Miranda. What brings you here? Oh, nothing, really. Do you get lost on your run? No. Well, kind of, I suppose. Start a bit later at Barrow today, so I thought I'd go for a run on my way back and I ended up coming this way for some reason. Sounds

5:11like a long run. I know. I'll just stop to get my breath back. Good for you. How about you? Is something happening with the sail? Not quite, but soon, I hope. The estate agent called this morning. Right. Nothing hard and fast, but apparently everything is in order. All being well, we should be able to exchange in a couple of weeks. A couple of weeks? Fingers crossed. Right. Excellent. Isn't it? I mean, I'd hope for sooner, but I'm just relieved things seem to be finally happening. Anyway, they've said I can go in and measure up for curtains, so here I am. Great. Oh, come in with me if you like. Have a look around. Nobody's in except the agent who's meeting me with the keys. In fact, she should be here by now. Oh, I can't. I'm doing work at 12, so I better get back and have a shower. Okay. Well, hopefully, it won't be too long before I'll have the keys myself, then we can all come and go as we please. That will be amazing. I know. I'm finally daring to

6:16believe that it might be a reality. Actually, I better go. I might see you later. Okay. What's the plan? I'm fine. I'm fine. I'll see you later. Oh, look at that. You're a great granddad with Bartleby. Now, when was that? Well, it looks like Christmas. The trap's covered in tinsel. Oh, that's right. It must have been when Dad and Bartleby were giving Santa rice. Oh, they made a fair bit doing that. Oh, look at the way my dad's looking at that pony. I loved him, didn't they? Oh, he really did. I'm really sorry, Grandpa. I didn't mean to upset you. No, that's the last thing I wanted. Oh, you haven't. I can put him away if you like. No, no, no, no, don't do that. It's not the photos. It's all this bad blood between us. Look in that. All these pictures with you, a whole lifetime of family. Oh, yeah, there's been fallouts and bad ones and all. But this one feels

7:21worse, so me. Look at my dad there. He cannot believe it if he was here. May not speak into you. Will you not speak into me, Clary, tearing her air out? Grandma. Oh, she's shattered by it all. I keep saying to her, it's not down to me. But that's not quite true, is it? Any of us could put an end to this if we wanted to. Do you think? Of course we could. We're all too stubborn as the problem. Oh, it's a mess. It really is. So, I put the kettle on. You could do, I suppose. There's your flat white. Thank you. You sure you don't want a pastry? They've got some tempting looking cinnamon buns. No, I'm fine. You go ahead, though. We could chat one. Brian, if you want one, just have one. No, no, I'm fine. Oh, what's this? Oh, just some swatches, curtains. I picked these up a while back, but having been in there today, I'm not sure any of them are quite right. I'll speak to Sydney. See what her thoughts are. Oh, yes. Well, if anyone knows

8:25curtains, it's Sydney. You can mock all you like, Brian, but I have learned over the years that spending money on a good interior designer at the beginning of a project can save you thousands by the end. Really? Well, it's your money. Yes, it is. Not that I'm going to make any big decisions straight away. I want to live there first. Get a feel for the place. How the light moves around the house. Right. Of course, you'll already have a handle on all that having lived there before. Well, yes. Well, I can't tell you remember how the light moves. Let me guess. It was Jennifer who made all the big design decisions. It was, yes. How are you feeling about living there again now? It's imminent. Fine. No, really. Fine. Fine. Look, we've been through all this Miranda. I'm glad to be moving back to home farm. What about Rory? What about him? Have you seen him today? No, no. He was up and out before I left. Now he's discovered running. He is out early

9:26in the morning. He was at the house. At home farm, when? This morning. When I arrived to meet the agent, he was there. Why? What was he doing? Just standing there. He said he'd been up for a run and stopped for a breather, but what? Oh, I don't know. He was a bit old. How does he seem to you? He seems fine. I think he's missing Paul. He's worried about him with his grandmother being so ill. Yes, maybe it's just that. Sorry, not just that. Well, I'm sure that's what it is. I'll talk to him. Oh, I never thought we'd still not be speaking after all this time. Oh, it's my fault. Well, oh, it is. It's all my fault. I know how upset you were about what happened. What I did to I was. Yeah. And what you said after about Nick. I wish I hadn't. Honestly, Grandpa, that's the truth.

10:26I wish I'd never done none of it. I don't blame you for turning your back on me. No, I wasn't turning me back. Well, maybe I was. I felt like you'd crossed a line. Yeah, because I had. I know that. I know wish I could take it back. I'd do anything to, you know, be mates again. Oh, we were good, mates, weren't we? You've always been my little pal. Right from when you were tiny. I think that's why he trips so much. You and me had always been so close. I couldn't believe it, George, that you'd do that. No. But it means a lot. Here in you say that, you regret it. I do. I can see, oh, sorry, you are. Oh, are you trying? And I appreciate it for these photos and everything. So I reckon we put it beyond us. Really? I can't go on like this, carrying around all this anger

11:27and upset with me. I'm told for one thing. You're not old. Well, I'm nearly 75. He's what I am. Who knows? How long I've got left? I'll say that. It's true, though. We have to sort things out while there's still time, don't we? For the good of the family. We have to make this right, don't we? Thanks, Grandpa. I don't know how your dad will feel mine. He was very angry with me. Leave it with me, Grandpa. I'll talk to him. Hi, Roy. Well, what's all this about? Nothing. I was passing, so I thought I'd bring you lunch. Well, I'm not taking a lunch today. I didn't start till 12. I'm sure he gets some sort of break. Still got weed. Yeah, anyway. So it's from the tea room? Yes, yeah. I was there with Miranda. I know you like that, Peninius. I got you a cinnamon bun as well. Thanks, Dad. I better get back. What were you doing at home farm this morning? Nothing. I was just there. I was running nearby and I

12:29stopped for a minute. That's all. Miranda's worried about you. Miranda, why? Well, she said you seemed odd. What's the matter? What is it, Roy? I can't go back there, Dad. Well, home farm. Miranda says it'll go through in a few weeks, but I can't do it. I can't live there. Why not? Because it's too much. That house, everything that happened there. Nothing happened there. No, I mean, all that old life, Jenny, taking me in after Monday. Those things happened whether we live at home farm or not. I stood there and I could see Jenny. I could see her opening the door and smiling at me, telling me to leave my shoes in the boot room. What would she think if she found out what I'd done? I'm not saying it won't be emotional at first. I think you're not listening. I'm a mess, Dad. Look at me. Roy, this has got to stop. I can't help it. You can. You have to.

13:33Miranda knows something's wrong. We can't afford for this to come out. Oh, I know. So you find a way to put yourself together. Because in a few weeks time, all three of us will be moving into home farm. Do you hear me? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It's all right. It's all right. Come here. Yes, we'll be all right. Dinner time. It's more than just a meal. It's when work comes to a halt, where macaroni masterpieces are made and little moments turn into

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