01/01/2016
Will a brand new year offer a brand new start?
David and Ruth wake up together for the first time in weeks. David expresses that he'd love for things to go back to the way they were, but Ruth sensitively tells him that that can't happen - they'll talk properly later. There's a family summit in the kitchen as Ruth calls everyone (including Jill) together and explains her idea for a new way of doing things - advising that they forget about yields and focus on producing better milk from cows on grass. There's a robust debate about the future of farming at Brookfield, with Ruth seeming to gradually win everyone round to her way of thinking.
David and Ruth are alone together as they look over the herd. David has been tense all day, perhaps worried that Ruth was going to drop a bigger bombshell - about their marriage. But Ruth emphatically points out that she loves him and wouldn't swap him for all the world. Just like Dan and Doris, and Phil and Jill - whatever the future holds, they're in this together.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Writer | Caroline Harrington |
Director | Sean O'Connor |
Editor | Sean O'Connor |
Jill Archer | Patricia Greene |
David Archer | Tim Bentinck |
Ruth Archer | Felicity Finch |
Pip Archer | Daisy Badger |
Pat Archer | Patricia Gallimore |
Tom Archer | William Troughton |
Brian Aldridge | Charles Collingwood |
Jennifer Aldridge | Angela Piper |
Phoebe Aldridge | Lucy Morris |
Lilian Bellamy | Sunny Ormonde |
PC Harrison Burns | James Cartwright |
Neil Carter | Brian Hewlett |
Susan Carter | Charlotte Martin |
Justin Elliott | Simon Williams |
Rex Fairbrother | Nick Barber |
Joe Grundy | Edward Kelsey |
Eddie Grundy | Trevor Harrison |
Shula Hebden Lloyd | Judy Bennett |
Matthew Holman | Michael Winder |
Dr Richard Locke | William Gaminara |
Kirsty Miller | Annabelle Dowler |
Elizabeth Pargetter | Alison Dowling |
Lynda Snell | Carole Boyd |
Helen Titchener | Louiza Patikas |
Rob Titchener | Timothy Watson |
Roy Tucker | Ian Pepperell |
Broadcast
- New Year's Day 2016 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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