The Archers: what happened last week

Jim is shocked to learn about Alistair’s break-up. Emma grumbles to Jazzer about the noise at Grange Farm now Will and the children have moved in. Jazzer sympathises; Jim has exchanged his keyboard and headphones for a piano. Jim offers Alistair his spare room, but Alistair hasn’t given up hope. Will panics when Harrison tells him he’s spoken to Ed. In fact, Harrison just wants to talk about cricket. Jennifer fills Lilian in on how Brian was forced to retire from the farm. He’s now not speaking to anyone and refusing to cooperate with Adam. Adam’s struggling to get to grips with Brian’s filing and tells Ian that he never appreciated how much work Brian did. Will’s paranoia gets the better of him and he becomes convinced Ed has told Emma about the hit and run. Ed reassures Will that he’s forgotten everything they discussed. Alistair tells Shula that he can see how insensitive he has been and they should consider counselling. Shula says there’s no point. Alistair moves in with Jim. At the BL meeting, Brian announces he has retired from managing Home Farm and is retiring from chairing BL too. The board agree that with Brian gone, they can continue with the contract under Adam.