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Note that spoilers are included below the cast and crew.

Cast :
Jolene Archer - Buffy Davis
Henry Archer - Blayke Darby
Natasha Carter - Mali Harries
Pat Archer - Patricia Gallimore
Lilian Bellamy - Sunny Ormonde
Harrison Burns - James Cartwright
Justin Elliott - Simon Williams
Alan Franks - John Telfer
Amber Gordon - Olivia Bernstone
George Grundy - Angus Stobie
Chelsea Horrobin - Madeleine Leslay
Khalil Malik - Krish Bassi
Esme Mulligan - Ellie Pawsey
Lily Pargetter - Katie Redford
Fallon Rogers - Joanna Van Kampen
Anne Marie Gordon - Kate Ashfield
Leon - Khalid Daley

Writer : Sarah Mcdonald Hughes
Director : Peter Leslie Wild
Editor : Jeremy Howe

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Spoilers:
Sunday 30th - Fallon feels out of place, and JustinrCOs confidence takes a bashing.
Monday 31st - Alan loses his temper, while Jolene makes an unexpected offer Tuesday 1st - Lilian attempts to offer some words of comfort, while Pat
has a bone to pick
Wednesday 2nd - Natasha hatches a plan, while Harrison is touched by a surprising notion
Thursday 3rd - George finds himself in trouble, and Alan is keen to make amends.
Friday 4th - Lily makes a big decision, and George is desperate for a
second chance.



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RT Review by David Crawford

ThererCOs a general air of unease hanging over Ambridge this week. Fallon feels out of place when a visitor arrives, which kicks off fraught
discussions about the future. Henry and KhalilrCOs dread at the prospect
of returning to school fades into insignificance when they find
themselves in trouble.

JustinrCOs confidence is dented by a fellow residentrCOs actions, while George, determined to earn more money, lands in trouble when he uses his
sick leave to his advantage.
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On 29/08/2026 21:40, carolet wrote:

Note that spoilers are included below the cast and crew.

Cast-a-a-a :
Jolene Archer-a-a-a --a-a-a Buffy Davis
Henry Archer-a-a-a --a-a-a Blayke Darby
Natasha Carter-a-a-a --a-a-a Mali Harries
Pat Archer-a-a-a --a-a-a Patricia Gallimore
Lilian Bellamy-a-a-a --a-a-a Sunny Ormonde
Harrison Burns-a-a-a --a-a-a James Cartwright
Justin Elliott-a-a-a --a-a-a Simon Williams
Alan Franks-a-a-a --a-a-a John Telfer
Amber Gordon-a-a-a --a-a-a Olivia Bernstone
George Grundy-a-a-a --a-a-a Angus Stobie
Chelsea Horrobin-a-a-a --a-a-a Madeleine Leslay
Khalil Malik-a-a-a --a-a-a Krish Bassi
Esme Mulligan-a-a-a --a-a-a Ellie Pawsey
Lily Pargetter-a-a-a --a-a-a Katie Redford
Fallon Rogers-a-a-a --a-a-a Joanna Van Kampen
Anne Marie Gordon-a-a-a --a-a-a Kate Ashfield
Leon-a-a-a --a-a-a Khalid Daley

Writer-a-a-a :-a-a-a Sarah Mcdonald Hughes
Director-a-a-a :-a-a-a Peter Leslie Wild
Editor-a-a-a :-a-a-a Jeremy Howe

I've just realised that they have got Natasha's name wrong. They've
managed to give her surname as Carter rather than Archer, but they have
left her in the correct alphabetical order for Archer.
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On 29.8.26 21:40, carolet wrote:

George, determined to earn more money, lands in trouble when he uses his sick leave to his advantage.

I am sure we all saw that coming when we heard he was working cash in
hand. These days it is almost impossible to find a trader who takes
cash. One plumber did a while back but even he was reluctant. The more recent plumber was insistent on sending invoices. I think HMRC has put
the fear of god into them.
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On Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:51:16 +0100, carolet <carolet.umrat@gmail.com>
wrote:

On 29/08/2026 21:40, carolet wrote:

Note that spoilers are included below the cast and crew.

Castaaa :
Jolene Archeraaa -aaa Buffy Davis
Henry Archeraaa -aaa Blayke Darby
Natasha Carteraaa -aaa Mali Harries
Pat Archeraaa -aaa Patricia Gallimore
Lilian Bellamyaaa -aaa Sunny Ormonde
Harrison Burnsaaa -aaa James Cartwright
Justin Elliottaaa -aaa Simon Williams
Alan Franksaaa -aaa John Telfer
Amber Gordonaaa -aaa Olivia Bernstone
George Grundyaaa -aaa Angus Stobie
Chelsea Horrobinaaa -aaa Madeleine Leslay
Khalil Malikaaa -aaa Krish Bassi
Esme Mulliganaaa -aaa Ellie Pawsey
Lily Pargetteraaa -aaa Katie Redford
Fallon Rogersaaa -aaa Joanna Van Kampen
Anne Marie Gordonaaa -aaa Kate Ashfield
Leonaaa -aaa Khalid Daley

Writeraaa :aaa Sarah Mcdonald Hughes
Directoraaa :aaa Peter Leslie Wild
Editoraaa :aaa Jeremy Howe

I've just realised that they have got Natasha's name wrong. They've
managed to give her surname as Carter rather than Archer, but they have
left her in the correct alphabetical order for Archer.

Slip-ups on the programme information pages seem to be becoming more
common these days.

One that infuriated me recently involved the addition of two commas
which completely changed the meaning of the article.

It was in the Soul Music series. Feeling Good was rebroadcast on Radio
4 Extra a couple of weeks ago with this line which followed a
description of the song...

"The composer, Neil Brand, discusses why the song has gone on to
transcend the almost forgotten musical it was created for. "

Hang on, I thought. Neil Brand didn't compose Feeling Good. Why, he'd
have only been five or six years old at the time. Even if he had been
a child prodigy, Anthony Newley was quite enough of an adult prodigy
to write that one on his own. But thanks to a couple of errant commas
I still felt I had to chase the song down, just to make sure.

Nick
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Nick Odell wrote:

Slip-ups on the programme information pages seem to be becoming more
common these days.

One that infuriated me recently involved the addition of two commas
which completely changed the meaning of the article.

It was in the Soul Music series. Feeling Good was rebroadcast on Radio
4 Extra a couple of weeks ago with this line which followed a
description of the song...

"The composer, Neil Brand, discusses why the song has gone on to
transcend the almost forgotten musical it was created for. "

Hang on, I thought. Neil Brand didn't compose Feeling Good. Why, he'd
have only been five or six years old at the time. Even if he had been
a child prodigy, Anthony Newley was quite enough of an adult prodigy
to write that one on his own. But thanks to a couple of errant commas
I still felt I had to chase the song down, just to make sure.

I see what you are saying, but isn't it simply that the words
between the commas qualify Neil Brand. However, he is _a_
composer rather than _the_ composer.

I am slightly reminded of the legal dislike for punctuation,
which leaves documents looking ambiguous, to the uninitiated.

Chris
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On 31/08/2026 09:15, Chris J Dixon wrote:

Nick Odell wrote:

Slip-ups on the programme information pages seem to be becoming more
common these days.

One that infuriated me recently involved the addition of two commas
which completely changed the meaning of the article.

It was in the Soul Music series. Feeling Good was rebroadcast on Radio
4 Extra a couple of weeks ago with this line which followed a
description of the song...

"The composer, Neil Brand, discusses why the song has gone on to
transcend the almost forgotten musical it was created for. "

Hang on, I thought. Neil Brand didn't compose Feeling Good. Why, he'd
have only been five or six years old at the time. Even if he had been
a child prodigy, Anthony Newley was quite enough of an adult prodigy
to write that one on his own. But thanks to a couple of errant commas
I still felt I had to chase the song down, just to make sure.

I see what you are saying, but isn't it simply that the words
between the commas qualify Neil Brand. However, he is _a_
composer rather than _the_ composer.

No, that would be if it said "Neil Brand, the composer [rather than any
other Neil Brand you might be tempted to think of], discusses...".
However very few people these days seem to care about the order of
qualifiers.

I am slightly reminded of the legal dislike for punctuation,
which leaves documents looking ambiguous, to the uninitiated.

Ambiguity which some might think serves to increase the fees lawyers can charge.

Cynical, moi?

john
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On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:15:43 +0100, Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk>
wrote:

Nick Odell wrote:

Slip-ups on the programme information pages seem to be becoming more
common these days.

One that infuriated me recently involved the addition of two commas
which completely changed the meaning of the article.

It was in the Soul Music series. Feeling Good was rebroadcast on Radio
4 Extra a couple of weeks ago with this line which followed a
description of the song...

"The composer, Neil Brand, discusses why the song has gone on to
transcend the almost forgotten musical it was created for. "

Hang on, I thought. Neil Brand didn't compose Feeling Good. Why, he'd
have only been five or six years old at the time. Even if he had been
a child prodigy, Anthony Newley was quite enough of an adult prodigy
to write that one on his own. But thanks to a couple of errant commas
I still felt I had to chase the song down, just to make sure.

I see what you are saying, but isn't it simply that the words
between the commas qualify Neil Brand. However, he is _a_
composer rather than _the_ composer.

I see what you are saying too.

Each of the preceding three paragraphs was about somebody who was
directly connected with the song. There's nothing to say "right, now
we are going to change direction and hear from other people who have
opinions" so with the commas as placed, I think it reads as if NB
composed that song.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000ktx9 if you want to read it.

I am slightly reminded of the legal dislike for punctuation,
which leaves documents looking ambiguous, to the uninitiated.

:-)

Nick
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On 2026/8/31 11:57:45, john ashby wrote:

On 31/08/2026 09:15, Chris J Dixon wrote:

Nick Odell wrote:

[]

It was in the Soul Music series. Feeling Good was rebroadcast on Radio
4 Extra a couple of weeks ago with this line which followed a
description of the song...

"The composer, Neil Brand, discusses why the song has gone on to
transcend the almost forgotten musical it was created for. "

Hang on, I thought. Neil Brand didn't compose Feeling Good. Why, he'd
have only been five or six years old at the time. Even if he had been
a child prodigy, Anthony Newley was quite enough of an adult prodigy
to write that one on his own. But thanks to a couple of errant commas
I still felt I had to chase the song down, just to make sure.

I see what you are saying, but isn't it simply that the words
between the commas qualify Neil Brand. However, he is _a_
composer rather than _the_ composer.

No, that would be if it said "Neil Brand, the composer [rather than any other Neil Brand you might be tempted to think of], discusses...".

I too would have assumed it meant the composer of the song, whether the
commas were present or not - especially if, as you say elsewhere, the
previous three paragraphs had been about it.

However very few people these days seem to care about the order of qualifiers.

Similar: I recently saw a tweet from @BBCBreaking that said "Two die in
house fire near Middlesbrough as police launch murder investigation". To
me, that implies either simultaneity or causality: replace "as" with
either "because" or "while", which are the commonest meanings for "as"
when used in that manner. If they really had to use "as" (which they
didn't), they should at least have reversed the order - "Police launch
murder investigation as two die in house fire near Middlesbrough" - but
that still has a whiff of simultaneity about it. But I've noticed
@BBCBreaking using "as" in this sloppy manner quite a lot.

I am slightly reminded of the legal dislike for punctuation,
which leaves documents looking ambiguous, to the uninitiated.

Ambiguity which some might think serves to increase the fees lawyers can charge.

Cynical, moi?

Well, YANA, and you beat me to it! I'm a great believer in punctuation
to _remove_ ambiguity: Lynn Truss's example of "eats shoots and leaves"
(from a book about pandas I think), or "have you eaten Grandma?".

john

John
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to. A right to offend doesn't mean a duty to offend.
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On 31/08/2026 13:49, Nick Odell wrote:

On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 09:15:43 +0100, Chris J Dixon <chris@cdixon.me.uk>
wrote:

Nick Odell wrote:

Slip-ups on the programme information pages seem to be becoming more
common these days.

One that infuriated me recently involved the addition of two commas
which completely changed the meaning of the article.

It was in the Soul Music series. Feeling Good was rebroadcast on Radio
4 Extra a couple of weeks ago with this line which followed a
description of the song...

"The composer, Neil Brand, discusses why the song has gone on to
transcend the almost forgotten musical it was created for. "

Hang on, I thought. Neil Brand didn't compose Feeling Good. Why, he'd
have only been five or six years old at the time. Even if he had been
a child prodigy, Anthony Newley was quite enough of an adult prodigy
to write that one on his own. But thanks to a couple of errant commas
I still felt I had to chase the song down, just to make sure.

I see what you are saying, but isn't it simply that the words
between the commas qualify Neil Brand. However, he is _a_
composer rather than _the_ composer.

I see what you are saying too.

Each of the preceding three paragraphs was about somebody who was
directly connected with the song. There's nothing to say "right, now
we are going to change direction and hear from other people who have opinions" so with the commas as placed, I think it reads as if NB
composed that song.

You are correct. It's not just your opinion! "The composer," means the composer we're already talking about, i.e. the composer of the song.
"The composer Neil Brand" means that Neil Brand is a composer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000ktx9 if you want to read it.

I am slightly reminded of the legal dislike for punctuation,
which leaves documents looking ambiguous, to the uninitiated.

:-)

Nick

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The Amethyst Artist
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