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Sunday 2 January 2010, 19:58
If you can bear to hear it again, here is that awful moment when Nigel fell from the roof.
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Discussion on The Archers Message Board and Twitter ran rife. There were over 10,000 tweets during the half hour episode, collected by our special graphic. While a team in London ran that, Archers editor Vanessa Whitburn and I tried to keep abreast of the flood and send the odd tweet ourselves.
Of course, we don't actually know what was the outcome of Nigel's fall, or how little Henry - or Helen - will progress after the dramatic birth. As ever with The Archers, the only way to find out is to keep listening.
The original version of this blog post incorrectly named the baby as Harry. Please accept my apologies for any confusion.
Keri Davies is an Archers scriptwriter and web producer.
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Comment number 1.
msBarbie2nd January 2011 - 20:42
is there a therapist in Ambridge for David to see?
BTW what's the BBC action line number? we've been affected!!!!!!!
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alison willmott2nd January 2011 - 20:46
I have listened to the Archers for about 50 years and I was filled with foreboding when I heard Nigel and Kenton going up on the roof. I think it has been a big mistake to kill off Nigel. Nigel has been such a wonderful exuberant character, an asset to the programme and it will be the poorer without him.
I absolutely hate the idea of a huge family split which looks likely and it is simply not the way to go.
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RosieT2nd January 2011 - 20:47
Isn't he little Henry?
Calling him Harry comes close to being a spoiler.
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banburymarket2nd January 2011 - 20:56
From Banbury to Birmingham, from Durham to Nigeria, from The Netherlands to Romania, I've listened to The Archers for forty years. You could have indulged me this evening with a half-hour of Joe and Peggy (or Jill) talking about times past......Now it's time for my cocoa, hot water bottle and bed.
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Nestor_Makhno2nd January 2011 - 20:57
Can you really see Alan allowing a parishioner to be buried in a gorilla suit?
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