While pregnant she finally started receiving treatment for alcoholism. She returned to Ambridge but endured a disastrous relationship with local businessman Cameron Fraser (which led to Elizabeth having an abortion) before finally marrying Nigel Pargetter after a relationship some years before. [17] Will's dog is called Meg. He mainly makes his living by raising turkeys for Christmas, laying patios and selling novelty garden gnomes. On New Year's Day 2007, whilst driving drunk, she knocked down Mike Tucker[7] but Tom, a passenger in the car, took the blame. Although based in Borchester he lives in Woodbine Cottage, Ambridge, with his wife, Fallon. For several years she worked at Radio Borsetshire, until leaving home in 2005 to pursue a media studies degree. Coriander has a son called Oscar. Alan Franks (John Telfer), the latest in a series of eccentric village vicars, was appointed to Ambridge and neighbouring parishes in 2003, moving from Nottingham where he had previously worked as an accountant and a non-stipendiary minister. Clive Horrobin returned to the village to visit their dying mother in October 2011. However, Ian can be outspoken with husband Adam Macy when he thinks Adam's overstepped the mark. The pair have been growing closer and closer over recent weeks, and its rather disturbing since Russ is in a relationship with her daughter, Lilly (Katie Redford). Ian Craig is the husband of Adam Macy. Despite owning an MG sports car, bought with a windfall from his mother, he is generally considered to be a rather dull man. She had a brief fling with Chris Carter when supporting his wife Alice with her recovery from alcoholism. Lynda Snell MBE (born 29 May 1947) (Carole Boyd) lives at Ambridge Hall with her husband, Robert Snell. He was persuaded to co-operate with the authorities (in contrast with his less scrupulous colleague Stephen "Chalkie" Chalkman), but on practically the eve of the trial he fled in panic to Costa Rica, planning to live there as a fugitive. In 2013 she was attracted to the recently arrived dairy unit manager, Rob Titchener. In this romance she calls him "Tiger" and he calls her "Pussy-cat". Russ - The Archers Archives Character: Russ The Home Farm land sale goes through after humiliation for Martin. Living with and looking after Elizabeth, who has been suffering depression on the BBC radio soap, Russ was all smiles during tonights instalment as he tried to support the family. By Ed Lauder. Brian Aldridge (born Brian Jeremy Aldridge, 20 November 1943) (Charles Collingwood), considered by some[who?] Kate inherited her mother's hippie tendencies, but her narcissistic personality was unique to her. He first came to Ambridge from Birmingham, where he had been sent to borstal for breaking and entering, which made obtaining his publican's licence difficult. After initially repressing her grief Kirsty eventually agreed to take compassionate leave and grieved properly. [36] Niklaus briefly returned to the role from 17 April 2022, shortly before Kathy left Borsetshire.[37]. She eventually moved to be closer to her work but in 2021 returned to Ambridge after giving up her job as a midwife. Same here. In February 2010 she suddenly disappeared from the series to stay with a grandmother in Sheffield. His untiring support for Adam's gran Peggy while she cared for Jack revealed him to be not only a rock of sense but genuinely caring. She is an erratic bowler, who often has to be stopped from excessive sledging. Drawn to Ambridge and Lower Loxley by his love for Lily Pargetter. His father Professor Jim Lloyd (John Rowe) stayed with them at Christmas and New Year 2007-8 while his broken leg healed. It turned out Freddies offender manager warned the convict may not be allowed to go home with his family, because the location of their house in Lower Loxley is too near the scene of his crime. 1 The Green, Tom and Brenda rented the house from Will. John was killed in a tractor accident. He was cleared at trial. His or her gender was not specified for some considerable time, but definitely referred to as 'he' by Oliver Sterling in the Xmas Eve episode. Jack Woolley (19 July 1919 - 2 January 2014) (Arnold Peters, formerly played by Philip Garston-Jones) was a self-made man originally from Stirchley in Birmingham who owned the village shop. Pat Archer ne Lewis (born Patricia Lewis, 10 January 1952) (Patricia Gallimore) Tony's wife since 1974 is of Welsh descent. and our But during the initial orientation, she changed her mind and decided to return home to Ambridge and work with her parents at Brookfield. She was his second wife, and with him had four children: twins Shula and Kenton, and David and Elizabeth. The Archers spoilers: Natasha and Tom Archer ruin Bridge Farm? Christine married Paul Johnson; it was discovered she was infertile, and they adopted a son, Peter. When Will discovered her infidelity with his brother, she moved with Ed and baby George to a caravan outside her parents' home. Rairi Donovan (born 14 November 2002[26]) (Arthur Hughes since 2018) is the son of Brian Aldridge and Siobhn Hathaway. After a spell at the University of Exeter she returned home to get away from a relationship with Canadian lecturer Simon Gerrard (Garrick Hagon); years later Debbie got involved with Simon again and in spite of Brian's forebodings they were married. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. Hayley worked at Lower Loxley as nanny to Freddie and Lily Pargetter, and then as a rather amorphous children's visitor specialist. In late 2005, his blossoming relationship with Usha Gupta, a Hindu, caused some unease to some of his parishioners, including Shula Hebden Lloyd. During their marriage he was unrequitedly enamoured of Jolene Rogers (later Perks, now Archer), his partner in a country and western double act. [9] In April 2013 Brenda decided to end the engagement and the couple separated. However a couple of weeks later she miscarried. Father of Clarrie. Her aspirational tendencies took a hammering when daughter Emma married into the Grundy family in 2004, but in 2006 she was approved by the Royal Mail for the position of sub-postmistress despite her criminal record. Ned Larkin (Bill Payne) Ned, father of Jethro, was a farmhand at Brookfield, and a friend of Walter Gabriel. In 1957 he was charged with manslaughter after shooting poacher Bob Larkin. (Played by Stephen Kennedy.) Helen resumed her affair with Rob on New Year's Day 2014. In April 2016, after the secret intervention of her friend, Kirsty Miller, Helen secretly met Jess, who revealed the true nature of her marriage with Rob, before stabbing Rob in a moment of clarity, after he placed a knife in her hand and goaded her to commit suicide, as he refused to let her and Henry leave the house. The Archers spoilers: Will Russ be a danger on the soap soon? He was the owner of Grey Gables until he sold it in 2022, and he continues to own Grange Farm, with the farmhouse rented to Eddie and Clarrie Grundy whilst the land is rented by Ed Grundy for Texel sheep. The couple married unexpectedly in Las Vegas during a 2010 summer holiday. In 1979 Christine married George Barford, a gamekeeper, which was seen as a class transgression, even though her uncle, Tom Forrest was also a gamekeeper, and colleague of her future husband. She lives at Bull Farm. Ben debuted on 28 October 2018. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Noted for always wearing a battered hat. Ian and Adam's relationship has elicited little moral outrage or criticism in the village, with the exception of Sid Perks, the late landlord of the pub, and Adam's grandmother Peggy Woolley, who was distinctly uncomfortable. Jennifer's current main source of worry is the behaviour of her gin-soaked, chain-smoking sister Lilian, who has moved back into the village. [39] In late 2012, Clive was sent back to prison after breaking the terms of his licence and entering Ambridge to confront his sister, Tracy, and his brother's wife, Donna. She was found alive and spent a week in hospital being treated for pneumonia but died of heart failure soon after being discharged on St Valentine's Day while her friend Freddy Danby read to her from Moby-Dick. Jennifer has endured Brian's series of affairs over the years, partly by having one affair with her ex-husband, though Brian has long suspected John Tregorran as having rivalled him for Jennifer's affections at one time. BBC Radio 4 - The Archers - Who's who Who's who Characters and actors from The Archers. He disappeared to Australia and New Zealand for several years and was married (originally to gain a visa, though they subsequently fell in love), had a daughter (Meriel), and divorced before returning home. Betty Tucker (Pamela Craig) wife of Mike, mother of Roy and Brenda. She lost her capital in a fraud perpetuated by associates of Matt Crawford. Now a silent and seldom mentioned character. Many listeners considered Ruth's behaviour during this storyline to be entirely out of character, and therefore unbelievable. Freddie will catch them and all hell will break loose. Tom was engaged to Brenda Tucker between May 2009 and April 2013. Mr. Pullen died in late 2012. The Archers spoilers: Elizabeth to struggle after Freddie's release? Initially he employed Ed Grundy to manage his dairy herd. [38] During 2016 her daughter, the Birmingham barrister Anna Tregorran, successfully defended Helen Archer in the latter's trial for attempted murder. After David admitted to her that it had been he who had convinced her husband to go on the roof in the first-place, Elizabeth exploded in a violent rage, and swore she would never forgive him. Appears intermittently in the series and is usually up to no good.[15]. Her age is 37. Doris Evelyn Rebecca Archer (Gwen Berryman), ne Forrest, Dan's wife, mother of Jack, Phil and Christine Archer and sister of Tom Forrest. After 18 months David was being targeted by the Horrobins and Elizabeth realised the feud had gone on for too long and family relations returned to normal. He has two daughters from a previous relationship; Coriander, who goes by the name "Cas", and Leonie. Twin daughters Nova and Seren were born in July 2022. However their misdeeds tend toward relatively harmless mischief-making rather than criminal activity (although on one occasion they committed criminal damage by vandalizing Rob Titchener's car and it was eventually established that they were the 'bunting thieves'). A skilled horsewoman, she ran the local riding stables for many years. Having recovered from both, he now takes more of a back seat in the family business. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. Google Business Russ with Beckah Stough, James, and Nat at the Colorado Traditional Archers Society's High Country Shoot in the Flat Tops area CO June 21, 2014, fr. When married to Jack Archer, they managed (and later owned) the Bull. Brian's somewhat cavalier attitude to regulations came back to haunt him, when it transpired that in the 1970s he had taken money to allow the dumping of toxic chemicals on Home Farm land, which by the late 2010s had started to leak into the Am. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. (Margot Boyd died on 20 May 2008. Nigel (who also had a never-seen sister, Camilla who was married to a man named James) had only intermittent help from his beloved mother, Julia; more often she was a source of anxiety and friction (due to her dislike of Elizabeth, which, happily ceased once Freddie and Lily were born), but she died suddenly in November 2005. Clarrie spends much of her time sorting out problems created by her husband and sons. On 14 November 2002, Siobhan gave birth to Brian's child Ruair,[56] but she moved to Germany after Brian refused to leave Jennifer. Tregorran died in July 2014 and was buried in Ambridge. Subsequent to Lilian having a brief affair with Matt's estranged brother Paul, (which she did not find out Matt knew about until later), Lilian arrived home from a holiday to discover that he had emptied out all of their joint holdings, ransacked their house of valuables and fled to Costa Rica. Daniel "Dan" Archer (Harry Oakes, Monte Crick, Edgar Harrison and Frank Middlemass), son of the elder John Archer, was the first owner of Brookfield when the family bought it from Squire Lawson-Hope. Pemberton unsuccessfully attempted to end the Grundy's tenancy of Grange Farm following their farm fire in 1996. In May 2007 Constanza gave birth to a cria, which Lynda named Salieri, reassuring one acquaintance that the legend of Salieri murdering Mozart was a myth. Matt and Lilian's relationship came to an end in 2015. [41] Nigel developed a number of vague resemblances to Prince Charles. She became involved with him after her father, Jethro, employed him to remove the range in their home. Over the next few months he isolated Helen from her family and friends, employing gaslighting methods to persuade her that she was the one who was being problematic and even made plans to send Henry to boarding school without Helen's knowledge or consent, with the assistance of his mother, Ursula (played by Carolyn Jones), herself a victim of coercive control at the hands of Rob's father, Bruce (Michael Byrne). Clive Horrobin (born 9 November 1972) (Alex Jones) is the brother of Susan Carter; he has spent much of his life in prison, but, to the consternation of many, is an occasional visitor to Ambridge. Her career took off when in 1979 Jack Woolley offered her a job at Grey Gables and she eventually became manager. Elizabeth too was sceptical at first, and has been won round partly by Russs charm, but also his capacity to be of practical help and support in a crisis. Nigel died after falling from the roof of Lower Loxley Hall while attempting, after an evening party, to take down a New Year's banner in icy conditions. Much later, when she discovered that Locke had slept with her best friend Shula Hebden (on an occasion when Shula was vulnerable and he took advantage of his position as family doctor) she ended the relationship and threw him out, also ending her friendship with Shula (whom she told off with relish, they are now arch-enemies). Amy Franks (born 1989) (Jennifer Daley,[64] formerly played by Vinette Robinson and Natalia Cappuccini) is the vicar's spirited daughter who is a friend to Alice Carter. Alice Carter, ne Aldridge (born 29 September 1988) (Hollie Chapman), the younger daughter of Brian and Jennifer, studied engineering at Southampton University. The family lived in a caravan, after selling their house, until he finished a self-build house on his own land. 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