Joe thinks it’s sew simple. (sic)

Radio Times: Joe thinks it’s sew simple. (sic)

Characters: Bert, Clarrie, David, Eddie, Joe, Nigel, Ruth

• The ministry vet has called Brookfield – 14 out of the 20 slaughtered cattle tested positive for bovine TB so they’ll have to be re-tested. David’s day doesn’t improve as Ruth’s application form for the consultancy job arrives – she’s keen but he’s demonstrably not.
• Joe’s having a bad day too. It kicks off with Clarrie poo-pooing his and Eddie’s suggestion that she make some more embroidery – which means that Jennifer’s deposit for just such a piece is looking endangered. It ends with Clarrie passing on the news that the suit he modelled in the fashion show has a cigarette burn in it and needs to be paid for!
• The saying says that bad news comes in threes and Nigel claims his share as Bert pays a visit to Lower Loxley to look at the bat infestation … only it’s not bats. In his opinion, the orangey coloured dust is death watch beetle.

Summarised by: Chris Harrison