Your Borsetshire Person of the Year revealed!
As the 2018 New Year's Honours were announced, we couldn't help but notice that absolutely NO ONE from Ambridge had been recognised... not even Brian Aldridge or Molly Button 馃槻
So when Radio 4 Continuity Announcer Alan Smith decided to take action with an unofficial honour, we asked you who your Borsetshire Person of the Year is. So HERE IT IS. Your choice (plus the five runners-up and the best of the rest)...
1. Dream-lover Lexi 鉂わ笍
She's only been in Ambridge since June, but it seems that has had as big an impact on Archers listeners as she has on ...
Her unquenchable ambition may mean family will taste nothing but economy beans for the duration of 2018, but it also sees her take third position in the poll...
"Probably Emma. Breaking the glass ceiling and all that." [Adam Melling-Smith on ]
Although others would award her a slightly less enviable accolade...
"Who can trample the hardest over the heads of people who stand in the way of them getting what they want? Mmm that prize would certainly go to Emma Grundy. She has that in shedloads." [Marguerite Turpin on ]
, he saw (Lilian), he scarpered with a suitcase full of... well he said they were full of cardigans...
"Matt Crawford, he is a legend" (Lynne Thornton on )
Tortured by his extended residence at Home Farm, and humbled (ha!) to be 2018's Borsetshire Businessperson of the Year... not to mention taking fourth position in our own ...
". It's ALWAYS Brian!" [Sarah Davison on ]
"Torn between Brian & Lillian - whenever they’re on there’s a chance for some excellent one liners!!" [Emma Cottrell on ]
passed away in Tuscany in July and will always be missed...
"Caroline - in memory of her contribution to and legacy within The Archers." [Jo Buckle on ]
馃弲 For Taking Baked Goods to a Whole New Level... it's !
" & Emma for standing up for their beliefs. We could do with more string women like them in the world. I can't look at flapjack without smiling." [Catherine Elizabeth on ]
"Noluthando - the "Durban Destroyer" - taking down was brilliant" [Brian Snowdon on ]
馃弲 And finally... The Rob Titchener Award for Potential Future Evil-doing goes to...
Will Lilian hold her crown? Will Emma's ambition see her rise to the top? Or will Hilda go on a killing-spree that will see her as the only remaining resident of Ambridge in 2018? We'll have to tune in to find out...