Ed remembers his misspent youth, and Martyn is feeling lonely.
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17/08/2025
Amber wants to meet Brad to discuss the wedding and a party for George when he comes out of prison, but Chelsea is sceptical anyone would come. Brad pushes Chelsea to talk to Amber and make up with her. Later, when Amber turns up at Lower Loxley to meet Brad, he has to explain about Chelsea working in the Orangery. Chelsea is keen to work things out with Amber, but not while she’s at work, but hopes Brad can smooth things over in the meantime. However, Amber proves an awkward customer, changing her mind about the coffee she’s ordered after Chelsea’s already made it, then threatening to post a bad review. Chelsea seizes the moment, apologising to Amber for bullying her at school, but Amber rejects the apology, reducing Chelsea to tears in the process. Brad sees how upset Chelsea is and when she explains why, Brad heads off to confront Amber. Amber is stubbornly unrepentant, insisting Chelsea deserves her contempt after what happened between them at school. Angry Brad then tells Amber that she’s the bully now.Tracy makes an early start at The Bull, preparing tea for the cricket while telling Freddie she was up late, listening to Martyn pour his heart out after being dumped by Marlene. Tracy wants to push Henry to develop his bowling skills and Freddie agrees to try him out at their training session later. Henry then impresses them both, but doesn’t feel ready to bowl in this afternoon’s match. Freddie tries his best to persuade Henry otherwise, but to no avail.
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15/08/2025
Lynda drops entry forms in to Lilian at the Dower House, to be distributed for the Flower & Produce Show, which Grey Gables is hosting. Lynda admits she and Dane now make rather a good team; the show will retain the finest Ambridge tradition. She then reflects on the lessons learned from forgetting to thank Akram, and the current coolness between her and Robert. She gratefully accepts Lilian’s offer of a meal at The Bull. Brian bumps into them there and queries Lynda’s decision to leave Ambridge. Lynda tells him it was a joke – she’s not going anywhere. Inviting Brian to join them Lilian and Lynda play a lighthearted game about who should leave the village first, cheering each other up in the process.When Martyn tells Jazzer he can’t believe Marlene likes him, Jazzer assures Martyn that tonight’s double-date will be fine. They’ll have a good night. He tells a different story to Tracy though – he’s dreading every minute. Tracy tells him to shut up and make the best of it. But after an hour with Martyn at the restaurant waiting for Marlene to show up, the atmosphere is excruciating. Then Tracy gets a message: Marlene isn’t coming. Jazzer’s all for eating the meal anyway, but Tracy suggests going for kebabs instead. Later tearful Martyn confirms it’s all over between him and Marlene. Jazzer suggests Martyn might prefer to be alone, but he wants to stay. He's grateful for their friendship. To Jazzer’s horror Tracy assures Martyn their door will always be open.
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13:12
14/08/2025
Tracy and Susan are discussing how long the shop might be at St Stephen’s when Alan joins them with news that the noises are positive – so long as the parochial church council agree. Tracy assumes that’ll be a doddle, but when Alan mentions a fee for hiring the space Susan’s horrified. Susan seeks Neil’s support but he can see the church’s point of view: they need to raise funds. He suggests the PCC might agree payment of a minimal fee for a specific purpose, like restoring the font. As Susan and Alan continue to thrash it out later Alan’s sympathetic but anticipates opposition to the shop idea from some parishioners. Susan suggests the compromise of covering font restoration costs and Alan agrees that could work.Over at Berrow Farm Jazzer’s shocked when he and Tracy are invited on a double date tomorrow night, with Martyn and Marlene. Neil thinks it’s funny, but Jazzer is determined they’re not going.Kirsty confides in Tracy that she’s been lonely since Roy left, but now worries Kate might not want to move in after all. Tracy reckons Kate still will, then hopes her friend Marlene doesn’t get hurt by Martyn, mentioning Marlene’s idea of a double date. It transpires that Tracy has accepted the invitation despite Jazzer wriggling out of it. Tracy tells Jazzer they’ll be going to a fancy steakhouse and Martyn’s paying, so what’s not to like? When Jazzer demurs Tracy insists it’s for Marlene’s sake – but the last thing Jazzer wants is to be indebted to his boss.
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13:06
13/08/2025
Finding Adam doing more research in the office Brian recommends he leaves it for Stella when she’s back. But Adam’s discovered Stella’s quit and won’t be coming back – when was Brian planning to tell him this? Brian insists he can talk Stella round, but gets short shrift when he calls her. Undeterred, he arranges to meet her later. Trying a charm offensive Brian apologises for his reaction over her bringing in the BL harvest, but Stella reiterates that her patience has worn out and she won’t be coming back to Home Farm. She has other plans, including getting a new dog. She’s sure Brian will find a replacement for her. Later while relaxing at Grey Gables with Pip, Stella can’t avoid Adam, who takes his turn to try and change her mind, emphasising how much stress Brian is under. Stella’s answer is still no, backed up by Pip, and even Adam has to agree that the insults Brian threw at Stella last week were unforgivable. Kirsty and Pip agree the church could make a great new home for the shop if potential plan goes ahead. Kirsty wonders how she ended up agreeing to have Kate lodge at Willow Farm – she’s already planning to make changes. However when Kirsty gets home she’s delighted to find Kate’s transformed the living room into a vision of Scandinavian chic. Meanwhile Brian’s disquiet over the mess at Home Farm leads Kate to delay her move. She tells Kirsty she’s sorry, but she doesn’t think she can leave her dad on his own right now.
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