8th Aug 1914 · 2nd Oct 1914 Podcast Storyline
Adam and Jessie
78 min Play story
Young Adam Wilson forms a bond with the baker's daughter
8th Aug 1914 · 2nd Oct 1914 Podcast Storyline
78 min Play story
Young Adam Wilson forms a bond with the baker's daughter
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Florrie has forbidden Sam from having cake at the picnic. Adam expects double helpings. But Ralph and young Jessie have other ideas.
Sulking up a tree, Adam spies Ralph and Isabel kissing, falls and breaks his leg. The picnic ends but Sam and Jimmy are missing
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Jessie shirks her charitable duties to talk to Adam, whose stiff upper lip is weakening: truths about Victor, Kitty, Ralph and Isabel threaten to emerge
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Jessie and Adam's friendship grows: Forrester shows Florrie a boy's shoe that has been handed in
Jessie and Adam stake out the rumoured former German consulate and spy a mysterious figure
Adam tells Jessie that he delivered a parcel for the mysterious man - 'Mr. Boot' - a week before war broke out
'Mr Boot' gives money to a shabby stranger - 'Laces'. Adam and Jessie follow him to the Harbour
Jessie and Adam watch 'Laces', until Mickey Macknade arrives spoiling for a fight
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Albert grumbles about being volunteered for fundraising duty by Florrie: Adam tries to cadge cake
Sylvia is in her element presiding over the cake sale; Kitty's pregnancy is starting to show
Sylvia accuses Jessie of stealing cakes, and even though she is in the wrong, Jessie is compelled to apologise
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Ralph finds Adam and Jessie spying on the refugee 'Laces', and explodes when Adam asks about him kissing Isabel
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The two policemen discuss wartime tensions and crime until their quiet patrol is interrupted by Jessie
Adam is walking a dachshund, a German dog, which is another excuse for the Macknades to attack
The policeman tells Adam he can't escape stupid people, and he can't go to the harbour to watch the wounded either
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Kitty is utterly thrown when Adam and Jessie show her a dead baby abandoned in the graveyard
Seemingly blase about the baby, Adam and Jessie leave Kitty in the vicarage, while the vicar blesses the dead baby
Jessie has noticed Kitty's thickening middle
Florrie sees a grim possible future for Kitty reflected in the current situation
The young sleuths find Dieter hiding in the allotment sheds; they steer Norman away from him
Adam gives Kitty the button from Dieter's coat - his promise to see her.
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Having failed to find Dieter in the allotment, Kitty vents mild irritation on her younger brother
Tensions within the Wilson family show through; Adam is getting closer to Jessie
The visitors are surprised in the shed, just as they interpret the clue Dieter left about his whereabouts
Adam leads the police away from his sister, who refuses to believe her German fiance is lost or drowned
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From deep despondency, Gabriel is fired by the chance of an adventure involving a missing refugee
The upswing of Gabriel's mood continues as they take Ottoline to meet her husband
Adam and Jessie are embarrassed by displays of adult affection: Gabriel continues to behave erratically
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A disgusted Albert confronts Florrie over lying about Dieter's death
Upset by the row at home, Adam confronts 'Mr Boot' and Ralph with his suspicions
The Wilsons have decided not to tell Kitty that Dieter might be alive: Adam is bearing a lot on his shoulders
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Henri's experiences have clearly affected him badly: the noise of the pub has driven him away
Jessie suggests the Lamberts move to the Bakery if the pub is not suitable: secrets and chagrin prey on Adam
Baker Henri was captured with his and Ottoline's sons, and returned to her alone and silent: the Moores offer them a room
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Victor leaves for the front tomorrow, Dorothea is angry with Ralph, Florrie hopes the Grahams will accept Kitty
Adam has climbed the bell tower
Adam is not suicidal but convinced he started the war: he tells Ralph the story of the ten-bob note: Ralph apologises to Adam for lying about Isabel