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The Archers is celebrating its 60th anniversary at new year and Radio 4 listeners will be aware that a 'thrilling shock' is imminent, apparently the storyline will take a dramatic turn, something so seismic that the world will never be the same again. There have been various rumours as to what The Shocker will be. Over the course of the years, we've already had the usual Greek tragedies including: destruction by fire, rape, drugs, adultery, race hatred, suicide, a gay kiss, secret love children, wife beating, so the only real twists left are: murder, incest, transsexual/gender issues, poisoning, something involving the farm animals .. We realise of course that, in the end, it will all turn out to be a terrible damp squib and that what will probably really 'Shake Ambridge To The Core' is Ambridge Organics turning out not to be Organic after all. That, or a terrorist cell which will wipe Ambridge off the face of the Radio 4 earth ..

While I'm on the Radio 4 subject, I would just like to say that I am so very relieved that Jordan is not among the guest editors of the Today programme this week. But BIG hurrah for Diana Athill this morning!