08/10/2026

Anna stumbles upon some shocking information, and Alistair is torn.

At the cider party for Amber and George’s baby, Eddie remarks on how the baby heralds the new generation of Grundys. Clarrie basks in how different things feel from a year ago, when George was still in prison. Clarrie notes how good Keira is with the baby, and how nice it is to see Keira and Amber getting on. Driving, Anne Marie is sober as Bill gets drunk on strong cider. Anne Marie tells Amber it was important to her to be here, but Amber comments that it was to stake her claim. Amber feels tired and irritable, and gets her mum to drive her and baby home, apologising to Keira after snapping. Anne Marie reassures stressed and tired Amber, taking a load of washing to do for her. When Amber comments on how a baby so tiny and beautiful can make so much mess, Anne Marie says she should post that on her socials!Clarrie and Eddie lament Lovell James’ price hike and how it will affect Ed with his texels. Clarrie wonders whether Alistair can complain – if he bleeds farmers dry, he may not have a business at all! Anne Marie returns to the party and, meeting Keira, drops her and Eddie in it by mentioning seeing Keira on Monday afternoon. Eddie should have dropped Keira back at school after the dentist. Eddie plays it down to Clarrie, but Clarrie is serious – and stings Eddie with her comment that with GCSEs coming up, and being such a bright spark, Keira can do better than them.

Anna feels she should have been more present for Carol, and Alan reassures Anna, praising her ideas for Carol’s Celebration of Life. They discuss the lovely Green Burial site, service plans, and Alan’s role. Harrison shares his condolences, and Anna’s full of praise for Alan’s way with Carol. Harrison’s invited with Fallon to the ceremony at Rewilding for Carol, and he explains that he and Fallon are no longer together. As they discuss the glow worm release that’s happening, Anna regrets that Carol won’t be around to see them mature enough to glow. Anna feels bereft that she wasn’t back before Carol died. Sympathetic Alan insists that Anna didn’t let Carol down. Harrison drops in on Lily at home. Lily wonders what Harrison was upset about on Sunday, and mentions Fallon with Grant. Harrison admits that he’s fallen for Lily, however suddenly. Later Lily admits to Paul that maybe Harrison has moved on too fast, but Paul says ignore the haters. At the vet surgery, Paul attends to the cat ‘Catto’ for Lily. Lily’s more taken by Amber and George’s baby. Paul warns Lily not to gush too much about George’s offspring, in front of her new beau Harrison! Alistair’s frustrated by Lovell James’ latest initiative to hike up prices, and admits he regrets selling the Vet practice to them. Rising prices could cause local complaints – but Alistair reassures himself, he’s not worried – they run an outstanding practice to be proud of.

Keira has a horrible toothache, and Clarrie manages to get her an emergency appointment. Eddie takes Keira, after a brief stop to see the baby. The health visitor confirms all’s ok - Amber’s so relieved, having had concerns about feeding, and lets Keira have a hold of the baby. Amber feels silly for being so emotional but is reassured, as the health visitor offers support with pain and comfort – and points out that Keira is a great helper. Amber avoids Anne Marie coming over, convinced her own place is a tip. She takes the baby to the showroom, where Anne Marie’s working, and her mum checks in on her wellbeing. Amber says she had a wobble, but she’s fine now – she’s loving it. Eddie and Clarrie gossip about Harrison and Lily – Eddie thinks it’s official, according to Ed. Clarrie thinks Fallon will be livid. Keira’s embarrassed by Eddie chatting with everyone in the dentist waiting room, arguing about turkeys! It appears there was nothing wrong, so Keira now worries she’ll be seen as making her toothache up. Eddie comes up with a way to avoid that, and agrees to let Keira stay off school the rest of today . Keira’s grateful to Eddie and they pay a visit to George who’s working at Bill Gordon’s showroom. Eddie starts asking car questions to Anne Marie, each not realising who the other is, before Amber introduces them. Eddie invites Anne Marie and Bill to the ‘cider wetting of the baby’s head’ on Wednesday night. Amber says there’s no need, but Anne Marie is delighted to accept.

Elizabeth and Vince are getting ready for Vince’s birthday party. Lily is yet to appear and Elizabeth worries over her relationship with Harrison. With most of Ambridge, and the Casey clan, invited, Elizabeth hopes she did the right thing by encouraging Lily to invite Harrison, knowing how much the village loves gossip. Vince tries to comfort her and jokes that he works in the perfect line of work for body disposal should the relationship go sour. At Woodbine Cottage, Harrison tells Fallon he’s going to Vince’s party with Lily. Fallon says he guessed from his aftershave and doesn’t want to hear updates of his new relationship. After he leaves, Fallon reaches out to Grant, one of the prospective ‘Dross’ band members from last year, and invites him to meet up for dinner. Lily and Harrison chat away with Vince and Elizabeth, and Lily shares that people have clearly been bad mouthing her and Harrison behind their backs – even Steph Casey made a comment. Vince assures the couple they’ve done the hard part in showing up together. Harrison appreciates being so welcomed. Elizabeth and Vince are giving him the benefit of the doubt, but tease Harrison he’d better not hurt her. Harrison brings Lily back to the cottage, assuming Fallon has gone out. But Fallon and Grant have stayed at the cottage, too late for the pub. Grant drove, but after some flirting agreed to stay. Fallon’s not awkward as she makes drinks and introductions for all four of them.

Indignantly, Brian visits Ian at work. Brian reports that Kirsty was very effusive when thanking him for his donation of a child’s gardening station to Rewilding Ambridge. Brian wants an answer on why Xander’s gift has been passed on. Ian answers that Adam didn’t want to accept the gift. Upset, Brian points out that Xander will be thinking his grandfather has abandoned him, and asks just how long is Adam going to keep him away? Lynda attends a business lunch alone with Martyn Gibson at Grey Gables. She gives him her dog field enterprise plans and he asks her to keep it from Brian. An unsettled Brian approaches and briefly joins them. He questions their meeting and Lynda covers by saying Martyn’s volunteering to help at the Harvest Supper. Brian quips about Lynda’s ridiculous dog field proposals.Elizabeth wonders if Lily would like to invite Harrison to Lower Loxley for Vince’s party. Lily thinks it might be too complicated with Jolene and Kenton attending. She’s tired of the local gossip. Later, whilst waiting for Harrison with a mojito on the Grey Gables terrace, Lily thanks Ian for defending her against the staff teasing. When Harrison arrives, Lily says she’s no longer bothered about being spotted with him. How would he like to come to Vince’s party? She’d understand if he didn’t want to, but Harrison doesn’t want to miss seeing her, nor the chance to see her in a party dress, so the answer is yes.

Admiring Clarrie’s knitted blanket on the baby, Susan hears from Amber that her son is still being called ‘baby’. Amber’s had some great products from sponsors and feels it’s nearly time to do some baby content before she loses followers. Susan inadvertently tells Amber about Eddie’s betting book. Later, at Grange Farm, Susan prompts Eddie to apologise to Amber. He defends the action, saying it was just to get George and Amber some name ideas, plus he’d hoped but failed to get them some money on the side. Amber says she was upset not to be told, but is now keen to see the ideas. It’s inspired her to use it for her socials – introduce the baby to her followers with an interactive appeal for names. Amber reminds a sceptical Susan how hard she’s worked to get this far as an influencer. Besides, her online community helps her feel less isolated and will keep her engaged during the long night feeds. Lynda visits Brookfield where Pip assures her there is no animosity towards her and Robert. Lynda says she’d like to create something positive from the situation and outlines the dog exercise field plan, highlighting the safety features. Pip can see the benefits for dog owners such as Stella, but as a local farmer has some concerns. Lynda addresses all questions and adds that the enterprise would make the whole village safer. Pip is reassured and in principle doesn’t have any objections, nor does she think her parents would. Pip thinks the idea is commendable after everything that’s happened. If anyone can handle the challenges of it, it’s Lynda.

Freddie and Elizabeth are up early delivering clothes options for Vince’s party to The Stables. They catch Lily having breakfast with Harrison and it’s uncomfortable. Later, planning the wedding, Pip and Elizabeth look through crates of games to occupy the young wedding guests. Freddie will teach the macarena and start the night with family friendly tunes, before moving on to Motown classics and noughties indie to please both of the brides. Discussing Lily, Pip defends the issue of age gap relationships, with her and Stella as an example. Elizabeth doesn’t sound convinced. However later, visiting Lily, she is appalled to hear that Kenton approached Lily at work to warn her off Harrison, leaving her feeling attacked and angry. Responding, Elizabeth tells Lily that she should go for it with Harrison, and other people should keep their noses out. Elizabeth vows to confront her brother Kenton. Harrison arrives at Grange Farm to find Ed and Eddie inspecting the vandalised dry stone walls. It’s thought that people are stealing the stones. He suggests installing some hidden trail cameras in the trees with signage to deter damage. Eddie’s progressing with his betting book for the Grundy baby name. Harrison has suggested Dan, but refused to pay the £5 Eddie is asking to take part. Privately, Harrison assures Ed that he was not with Lily when he was still with Fallon. Ed admits he was shocked that he’s moved on, but Harrison is insistent – seeing Lily doesn’t mean he’s moved on.

Brian and Martyn are watching the stags rutting when Lynda approaches to ask Brian about having the dog field at Home Farm. His outlay would be the installation of secure deer fencing and a water supply. Brian thinks the idea of letting dogs roam wild on his land after the attack is absurd. Even if secure, how could he look David in the eye if he backed it? In The Bull, Martyn tells Lynda that Brian had been harsh and the idea has potential. He’d be confident that he could get a positive majority board decision if she and Robert wanted to use BL Land. A win-win. There’d be support for gaining a profit from land not best suited to agriculture. Martyn suggests that Lynda speaks to the Brookfield Archers for their thoughts. Amber goes through unusual baby name choices with Emma, who has popped round with Ed. Eddie has set up a book for people to bet on the baby’s name. Ed says he’ll hold the baby to keep him quiet so that Amber can go and eat. However, Ed puts him in his Moses basket to take a call from Martyn. The baby starts to howl, and Amber comes to comfort him. On their way home, Emma is reflecting on their simple life without complications, and instructs Ed to tell Martyn he won’t spy on Brian. On the phone, Ed stands up to Martyn, who winds him up, suggesting Ed is Brian’s yes-man. After the call, Emma helps Ed put it in perspective. They’ve got their own business and grandchild to focus on now.

Eddie and Emma are impressed at Little Grange when George straps the baby to his chest in his sling, calming him. It’s a little crowded at home, and Eddie says they’re always welcome to come up to Grange Farm for some space. She promises to bring round some Victoria sponge which she’s made as Ed’s birthday cake. When Eddie arrives at The Green bearing a supply of Clarrie’s home-baked food, George sensitively tells him that Amber’s not sure about Joe as a first name for the baby. She wants something more unusual. To George’s relief, Eddie isn’t upset. Later, George shares that he doesn’t think he’s doing a great job as a parent but Emma boosts him, also reminding him of all the support he has. Brian asks Adam how Xander’s birthday went. He has a large present to bring over, but Adam says not to, saying Xander has already had an overwhelming amount of gifts. Ignoring this, Brian drops the present round to Ian, who is impressed to see it’s a child-sized gardening station, compete with mini greenhouse. Although enthusiastic about the gift, Ian’s less so about an insistent Brian wanting to come in and assemble the set. Later, when Adam sees the gardening set, he loves it, but is then astonished to hear it’s from Brian, and that he defied his wishes. Although Ian tries to defend Brian and suggests Adam builds bridges now, Adam is resolute. They can’t let Xander see the gift. He doesn’t want Brian in their son’s life.