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    From Mike McMillan@toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com to uk.media.radio.archers on Mon May 4 10:07:00 2026
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    A new series begins at 14:15 today on Radio 4.

    This has been a Public Service Announcement.
    --
    Toodle Pip, Mike McMillan
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  • From Nick Odell@nickodell49@yahoo.ca to uk.media.radio.archers on Mon May 4 13:05:06 2026
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    On Mon, 4 May 2026 10:07:00 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:

    A new series begins at 14:15 today on Radio 4.

    This has been a Public Service Announcement.

    I thoroughly enjoyed series 1-6 and thought that all the loose ends
    had been tied up by the end and that was that. So I'm not sure whether
    I'm looking forward to this series or not.

    Some people manage a (final?) artistic flourish magnificently well:
    think of David Bowie who, ten years ago released the astonishingly
    good Blackstar and died two days later. Some people don't. Gabriel
    Garc0a Mbrquez knew that he had lost it and ordered his last book to
    be destroyed. His family disobeyed his wishes and had it published
    anyway. Spoiler alert: it was rubbish and GGM knew it.

    I imagine that Jan Etherington will have been at something of a loose
    end since Gavin Petrie died from his Alzheimer's Disease - she wrote
    about the difficulties of caring for him and watching his decline -
    but does it warrant a new series? I guess we will find out this
    afternoon.

    Nick
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  • From J. P. Gilliver@G6JPG@255soft.uk to uk.media.radio.archers on Mon May 4 14:37:28 2026
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    On 2026/5/4 13:5:6, Nick Odell wrote:
    On Mon, 4 May 2026 10:07:00 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:

    A new series begins at 14:15 today on Radio 4.

    This has been a Public Service Announcement.

    Appreciated. Listening now.

    I thoroughly enjoyed series 1-6 and thought that all the loose ends
    had been tied up by the end and that was that. So I'm not sure whether
    I'm looking forward to this series or not.
    []
    Previous series, I've not followed religiously - just enjoyed when I
    happened to catch an episode. I just enjoy hearing the two of them. (I
    enjoy almost anything JL does - actually AbFab least, though I did enjoy
    it, for the cast.)
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

    a joke doesn't become a dad joke until it's full groan
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  • From J. P. Gilliver@G6JPG@255soft.uk to uk.media.radio.archers on Mon May 4 14:49:07 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.media.radio.archers

    On 2026/5/4 14:37:28, J. P. Gilliver wrote:
    On 2026/5/4 13:5:6, Nick Odell wrote:
    On Mon, 4 May 2026 10:07:00 -0000 (UTC), Mike McMillan
    <toodle.pip1@virginmedia.com> wrote:

    A new series begins at 14:15 today on Radio 4.

    This has been a Public Service Announcement.

    Appreciated. Listening now.
    []
    I found it a pleasant 15 minutes or so. (Sadly I only saw Nick's post
    when it was half way through.)
    Followed by something about the character I always, as a child, thought
    of as Donkey Hotey (since Dad always pronounced it correctly).
    --
    J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
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