From: wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: The Archers: a beginner's guide (was Re: Archers - FAQ)
Date: 15 Oct 92 17:54:59 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620

In article <1992Oct13.163628.15642@spider.co.uk>, alisonjw@spider.co.uk (Alison J Wyld) writes:
> For the last 6 months or so, I've been getting myself well and truely
> hooked on the goings on in Ambridge.  However I'm still a bit confused
> about who is related to who and how.  I don't suppose anyone has a
> family tree or anything for the various people ?
> 
> Yours hopefully
> 
> alisonjw@spider.co.uk

Hmmm. Here goes.


Phil & Gill Archer. Corn barons.

Their children.

David married to Ruth.  Farmers.
Kenton (single). Dodgy antiques dealer, in partnership with Nelson Gabriel,
          who is also a wine bar owner.
Shula (Kenton's twin) married to Mark Hebdon, a solicitor. His partner is Usha
           Guptar.
Lizzie. Used to be involved with Cameron Fraser, a crooked speculator. Was once
       involved with Nigel Pargetter, and is getting close to it again.


Tony Archer (Phil's cousin (? brother)) married to Pat. Organic farmers.

Their children.

John. Apprentice farmer.
A couple (?) more.


Brian Aldridge. Married to Jennifer (Phil's sister, social
      climber; former adulterer.) Venison farmers, fishing
      lake owners, horse riding offerers, etc.

Their children.

Debbie. Budding manager, general dogsbody for Nigel Pargetter, Nigel's mother's
        choice for Nigel's other half.
        Child of Jennifer's first husband Roger Travers-Macy, recently
        adulterous partner of Jennifer.
Kate. Junkie, petty criminal.
Alice. Baby.



Peggy Wooley (formerly Peggy Archer). Mother of Jennifer and Phil. Married to:
Jack Wooley. Hotel owner (Grey Gables), local nouveau riche.


Julia Pargetter. Local landed aristocracy, recently returned from the Bahamas.
Mother of
Nigel Pargetter. General all-round good egg. Opening up the ancestral home as
conference venue.


Eddie Grundy. Farmer. Bad country singer/songwriter. Married to
Clarrie Grundy. Local country girl. Long-suffering wife, mother (of two boys)
and daughter-in law of
Joe Grundy. Nominally farmer. Layabout. Scrounger. Whiner. (Professionally).


That's all the main characters. There's also:
Caroline. Administrator at hotel. Professional atheist. "Friend" of
Robin. Part-time vet. Non-stipendiary vicar.
Jean-Paul. Irascible French chef at hotel.
Bert Fry. Old Codger.
Tom Forrest. Old Codger. Married to
Prue Forrest. Semi-mythical former jam-maker, now in nursing home.
Sharon. Token single-parent family.
The Tuckers. Hard-up farmers.
Marjorie Antrobus. Busy-body.
Linda and [?] Snell. She: Patronising professional snob.
                     He:  Adoring rosate-eyed husband; pretty rich. Live in
                     Ambridge Hall.
Gabby & Snatch. Definitely mythical friends of Joe Grundy's.
Conn. Former GI boyfriend of Peggy; now returned to plague her. Fancies her
something rotten.

There must be more, but I can't for the life of me remember them.

Ambridge is a village in Borsetshire (county town Borchester), somewhere near
Birmingham. 



Corrections to this are very welcome!
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