Now if I'd seen the forthcoming scripts for The Archers and discovered that Nic (the child beater) had in fact been subject to alien abduction and swapped for a creature from the planet Zark, would I (or indeed anyone else) be totally surprised?
Lets face it the scriptwriters have obviously recently attended the Phil Redmond (he of Brookside, Grange Hill and Hollyoaks) school for the most unlikely plot lines. Usually we have the 'hard' story lines interspersed with something happier and more amusing - usually involving Lillian, Linda, the Grundys or Bert Fry. Now even the usual April Fool merry japes (oh how we laughed in the 1960s and 70s on this annual feast of merriment) fall flat. So darling Pip sends a text claiming she's spent the night at Jonathan'
s and David goes ape. Laugh, I never thought I'd start. So relentlessly we have the trial and Kathy's ordeal, religious controversy, (Alan & Usha oh so surprisingly meeting opposition when they get engaged - so looking forward to the Bishop adapting the order of service in true CofE manner to accommodate a few Hindu rituals, maybe Ganesh will pop in, elephant head & all), child abuse (or was it just youthful high spirits), and bovine TB resulting in collapse of the Borsetshire cheese business, and not forgetting Jack's dementia. Oh how we regret the passing of Nelson & the antique shop, and Nigel's ice cream van.
s and David goes ape. Laugh, I never thought I'd start. So relentlessly we have the trial and Kathy's ordeal, religious controversy, (Alan & Usha oh so surprisingly meeting opposition when they get engaged - so looking forward to the Bishop adapting the order of service in true CofE manner to accommodate a few Hindu rituals, maybe Ganesh will pop in, elephant head & all), child abuse (or was it just youthful high spirits), and bovine TB resulting in collapse of the Borsetshire cheese business, and not forgetting Jack's dementia. Oh how we regret the passing of Nelson & the antique shop, and Nigel's ice cream van. 
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