13/04/2025

The Archers

Freddie comes across Rochelle seemingly disorientated at work. He offers to escort her to the canteen, which she’s struggled to find. Over lunch Freddie shares the story of how he came to be working at the abattoir. Rochelle wonders if perhaps she might train in boning. Freddie acknowledges her enthusiasm, and she admits she wants to get decent money coming in so she can move out of her mum’s. Freddie advises giving further training a month or so – she’s still very new. Later Rochelle impresses with her improvement at cricket nets. It’s clear to Freddie she’s keen to do well, both at cricket and her work. She won’t be in packing for long. Jazzer announces he's on Sunday dinner duty. He intends to serve nachos. Jolene reckons Bert won’t be impressed with that. Jolene delivers the bad news that the Edgeley Morris side have cancelled a big booking at the Bull. They all have a bug. A half empty pub on Easter Sunday isn’t a good look; Kenton and Jolene acknowledge they’ll need to drum up some trade. They explore and dismiss a range of options before Kenton has a brainwave. He disappears and returns with ankle bells and sticks – they can offer a Morris dancing experience. Jolene’s sceptical. If it goes wrong, they’ll get a mauling on social media. Kenton hints that she has the expertise to be in charge of the event, which she hotly denies. She’ll be too busy anyway. They’ll need to get someone who knows what they’re talking about.