Radio Times/BBC Credits and Spoilers - 29th August to 2nd September 2021

[carolet]

Note that spoilers are included below the cast and crew.

Cast :
Lilian Bellamy - Sunny Ormonde
Justin Elliott - Simon Williams
Jakob Hakansson - Paul Venables
Tracy Horrobin - Susie Riddell
Alistair Lloyd - Michael Lumsden
Jazzer McCreary - Ryan Kelly
Denise - Clare Perkins
Nancy - Frances Barber

Director : Kim Greengrass
Director : Jeremy Howe
Editor : Jeremy Howe
Writer : Adrian Flynn

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Spoilers:
Sunday 29th - Justin announces his grand plan, and Alistair struggles
with a work-related issue.
Monday 30th - Lilian is confronted by a ghost from the past and Jakob
finds roles reversed at the vets.
Tuesday 31st - Tracy lends a helping hand and Lilian admits the truth.
Wednesday 1st - There's a near miss for Justin and Alistair's situation
becomes ever more complicated.
Thursday 2nd - Lilian and Justin become more ambitious and there's a
happy ending at Greenacres.

[Penny]

On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 07:38:31 +0100, carolet <***@gmail.com>
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Post by carolet
Lilian Bellamy - Sunny Ormonde
Justin Elliott - Simon Williams
Jakob Hakansson - Paul Venables
Tracy Horrobin - Susie Riddell
Alistair Lloyd - Michael Lumsden
Jazzer McCreary - Ryan Kelly
Denise - Clare Perkins
Nancy - Frances Barber

Is this the shortest cast list we've ever seen?
Just six recurring characters.

[carolet]

Post by Penny
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Post by carolet
Lilian Bellamy - Sunny Ormonde
Justin Elliott - Simon Williams
Jakob Hakansson - Paul Venables
Tracy Horrobin - Susie Riddell
Alistair Lloyd - Michael Lumsden
Jazzer McCreary - Ryan Kelly
Denise - Clare Perkins
Nancy - Frances Barber

Is this the shortest cast list we've ever seen?
Just six recurring characters.

I did wonder that myself before posting, but didn't bother to check.

There were some very small cast lists after they resumed broadcasts in
the last week of May last year. Up to the end of August there was only
one cast list of seven, with the rest having 4, 5 or 6 characters.

Ignoring that though, the smallest cast lists that I can find in the 10
years before that is 16, which happened twice in 2014. 2014 seems to
have been the year for smaller casts, there were 9 weeks that year in
which the cast size was less than 20, with only 12 other weeks in the
rest of the decade that had a cast that small. Mostly the casts back
then were mid to high 20s. This year it is the other way round with the
cast only occasionally getting up into the 20s.

[Penny]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:28:37 +0100, carolet <***@gmail.com>
scrawled in the dust...

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Post by Penny
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Post by carolet
Lilian Bellamy - Sunny Ormonde
Justin Elliott - Simon Williams
Jakob Hakansson - Paul Venables
Tracy Horrobin - Susie Riddell
Alistair Lloyd - Michael Lumsden
Jazzer McCreary - Ryan Kelly
Denise - Clare Perkins
Nancy - Frances Barber

Is this the shortest cast list we've ever seen?
Just six recurring characters.

I did wonder that myself before posting, but didn't bother to check.
There were some very small cast lists after they resumed broadcasts in
the last week of May last year. Up to the end of August there was only
one cast list of seven, with the rest having 4, 5 or 6 characters.
Ignoring that though, the smallest cast lists that I can find in the 10
years before that is 16, which happened twice in 2014. 2014 seems to
have been the year for smaller casts, there were 9 weeks that year in
which the cast size was less than 20, with only 12 other weeks in the
rest of the decade that had a cast that small. Mostly the casts back
then were mid to high 20s. This year it is the other way round with the
cast only occasionally getting up into the 20s.

Thanks, I wasn't considering the non-studio recordings.
It does occur to me we had a lengthy period of 6-day-weeks between periods
of 5-day-weeks but I've no idea when the start and stop of those were.

The 'rule of seven' was about the maximum number of speakers in any given
day, I think.

[krw]

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Lilian Bellamy    -    Sunny Ormonde
Justin Elliott    -    Simon Williams
Jakob Hakansson    -    Paul Venables
Tracy Horrobin    -    Susie Riddell
Alistair Lloyd    -    Michael Lumsden
Jazzer McCreary    -    Ryan Kelly
Denise    -    Clare Perkins
Nancy    -    Frances Barber

Is this the shortest cast list we've ever seen?
Just six recurring characters.

I did wonder that myself before posting, but didn't bother to check.
There were some very small cast lists after they resumed broadcasts in
the last week of May last year. Up to the end of August there was only
one cast list of seven, with the rest having 4, 5 or 6 characters.
Ignoring that though, the smallest cast lists that I can find in the 10
years before that is 16, which happened twice in 2014. 2014 seems to
have been the year for smaller casts, there were 9 weeks that year in
which the cast size was less than 20, with only 12 other weeks in the
rest of the decade that had a cast that small. Mostly the casts back
then were mid to high 20s. This year it is the other way round with the
cast only occasionally getting up into the 20s.

I assume that Nancy did not come cheaply.

Was it the same Denise as her previous appearance do you know please?

[carolet]

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Lilian Bellamy    -    Sunny Ormonde
Justin Elliott    -    Simon Williams
Jakob Hakansson    -    Paul Venables
Tracy Horrobin    -    Susie Riddell
Alistair Lloyd    -    Michael Lumsden
Jazzer McCreary    -    Ryan Kelly
Denise    -    Clare Perkins
Nancy    -    Frances Barber

Is this the shortest cast list we've ever seen?
Just six recurring characters.

I did wonder that myself before posting, but didn't bother to check.
There were some very small cast lists after they resumed broadcasts in
the last week of May last year. Up to the end of August there was only
one cast list of seven, with the rest having 4, 5 or 6 characters.
Ignoring that though, the smallest cast lists that I can find in the
10 years before that is 16, which happened twice in 2014. 2014 seems
to have been the year for smaller casts, there were 9 weeks that year
in which the cast size was less than 20, with only 12 other weeks in
the rest of the decade that had a cast that small. Mostly the casts
back then were mid to high 20s. This year it is the other way round
with the cast only occasionally getting up into the 20s.

I assume that Nancy did not come cheaply.
Was it the same Denise as her previous appearance do you know please?

I don't believe that we have heard Denise speak before.

[krw]

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scrawled in the dust...

Lilian Bellamy    -    Sunny Ormonde
Justin Elliott    -    Simon Williams
Jakob Hakansson    -    Paul Venables
Tracy Horrobin    -    Susie Riddell
Alistair Lloyd    -    Michael Lumsden
Jazzer McCreary    -    Ryan Kelly
Denise    -    Clare Perkins
Nancy    -    Frances Barber

Is this the shortest cast list we've ever seen?
Just six recurring characters.

I did wonder that myself before posting, but didn't bother to check.
There were some very small cast lists after they resumed broadcasts
in the last week of May last year. Up to the end of August there was
only one cast list of seven, with the rest having 4, 5 or 6 characters.
Ignoring that though, the smallest cast lists that I can find in the
10 years before that is 16, which happened twice in 2014. 2014 seems
to have been the year for smaller casts, there were 9 weeks that year
in which the cast size was less than 20, with only 12 other weeks in
the rest of the decade that had a cast that small. Mostly the casts
back then were mid to high 20s. This year it is the other way round
with the cast only occasionally getting up into the 20s.

I assume that Nancy did not come cheaply.
Was it the same Denise as her previous appearance do you know please?

I don't believe that we have heard Denise speak before.

Fair enough. I thought we had had a fleeting appearance some years ago
but may well be wrong.

[Vicky Ayech]

Post by carolet
Note that spoilers are included below the cast and crew.
Lilian Bellamy - Sunny Ormonde
Justin Elliott - Simon Williams
Jakob Hakansson - Paul Venables
Tracy Horrobin - Susie Riddell
Alistair Lloyd - Michael Lumsden
Jazzer McCreary - Ryan Kelly
Denise - Clare Perkins
Nancy - Frances Barber
Director : Kim Greengrass
Director : Jeremy Howe
Editor : Jeremy Howe
Writer : Adrian Flynn
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Sunday 29th - Justin announces his grand plan, and Alistair struggles
with a work-related issue.

Justin wants to take over all land in Ambridge and farm it so as to
get maximum green points (and funding).
Snappy notices Hilda is on the list for vaccination and goes away on a
course, leaving all work for a week to Justin

Post by carolet
Monday 30th - Lilian is confronted by a ghost from the past and Jakob
finds roles reversed at the vets.

Either Denise or Nancy or even both are the ghosts I suppose? Someone
from her time away from Ambridge? Jakob is asked to vaccinate Peggy's
cat and she makes a hole in him rather than he being about to make one
(with a needle) in her.

Post by carolet
Tuesday 31st - Tracy lends a helping hand and Lilian admits the truth.

Tracy gets a new job as vetinary (Vetinari) nurse
Lilian had twins 25 years ago (How long has she been back?) and had
them adopted.

Post by carolet
Wednesday 1st - There's a near miss for Justin and Alistair's situation
becomes ever more complicated.

Justin takes anotehr stab at Hilda but almost vaccinates Tracy against
cat flu.
Snappy's 'course' was actually a residential from the just have a good
time website that Kate told Roy about.

Post by carolet
Thursday 2nd - Lilian and Justin become more ambitious and there's a
happy ending at Greenacres.

L and J decide to take over the whole of the UK. I have no idea what
Greenacres is? A house? An open prison? A half way house?

[Chris]

Post by Vicky Ayech

Post by carolet
Note that spoilers are included below the cast and crew.
Lilian Bellamy - Sunny Ormonde
Justin Elliott - Simon Williams
Jakob Hakansson - Paul Venables
Tracy Horrobin - Susie Riddell
Alistair Lloyd - Michael Lumsden
Jazzer McCreary - Ryan Kelly
Denise - Clare Perkins
Nancy - Frances Barber
Director : Kim Greengrass
Director : Jeremy Howe
Editor : Jeremy Howe
Writer : Adrian Flynn
S
P
O
I
L
E
R
S
Sunday 29th - Justin announces his grand plan, and Alistair struggles
with a work-related issue.

Justin wants to take over all land in Ambridge and farm it so as to
get maximum green points (and funding).
Snappy notices Hilda is on the list for vaccination and goes away on a
course, leaving all work for a week to Justin

Post by carolet
Monday 30th - Lilian is confronted by a ghost from the past and Jakob
finds roles reversed at the vets.

Either Denise or Nancy or even both are the ghosts I suppose? Someone
from her time away from Ambridge? Jakob is asked to vaccinate Peggy's
cat and she makes a hole in him rather than he being about to make one
(with a needle) in her.

Post by carolet
Tuesday 31st - Tracy lends a helping hand and Lilian admits the truth.

Tracy gets a new job as vetinary (Vetinari) nurse
Lilian had twins 25 years ago (How long has she been back?) and had
them adopted.

Post by carolet
Wednesday 1st - There's a near miss for Justin and Alistair's situation
becomes ever more complicated.

Justin takes anotehr stab at Hilda but almost vaccinates Tracy against
cat flu.
Snappy's 'course' was actually a residential from the just have a good
time website that Kate told Roy about.

Post by carolet
Thursday 2nd - Lilian and Justin become more ambitious and there's a
happy ending at Greenacres.

L and J decide to take over the whole of the UK. I have no idea what
Greenacres is? A house? An open prison? A half way house?

The name of Alastair, Jim and Jazzer’s cottage.

Sincerely Chris

[krw]

Nancy    -    Frances Barber

Oooo errrr missus

And only one Archer - someone is having a laugh.

[steve hague]

Post by carolet
Monday 30th - Lilian is confronted by a ghost from the past

Hello,Puss- cat.

[Nick Odell]

Thursday 2nd - ...there's a
happy ending at Greenacres.

Alistair orders a home massage?

Nick