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The Eurovision commentator will stop at Ambridge on his way to Liverpool for the competition.

All available episodes 28 total. Upcoming episodes 33 new. Sybil Ruscoe looks at the specific challenges of poor mental health on farms. A tribute to a much missed man who as part of The Archers team for almost 25 years. How the father-son relationship developed between a pigman and a professor. Test yourself with these tried and tested questions from a weekly fan-run quiz.

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The Archers , the longest running daily serial in the world, began its national run on 1 January It started life the previous year on the Midlands Home Service, specifically intended for the farming community, but it soon became clear there was a large general audience for the "serial play of country life", as the Radio Times described it on its national launch. According to creator Godfrey Baseley, the idea for The Archers was hatched at a meeting with farmers in Birmingham. One farmer said "what we really want is a farming Dick Barton! In one major event in the first year Dan Archer retired his working horses, Boxer and Blossom - reflecting the increased mechanisation of agriculture. The Archers continues to reflect changes in country life, though it is no longer overtly educational. Its presence on the airwaves for 60 years makes it in many ways the kingpin of BBC Radio output, and it is a genuine national institution. The Archers theme tune, "Barwick Green" by Arthur Wood, is instantly recognisable, and it remains the most popular non-news programme on Radio 4. The Archers 1 January Further reading. Some of the original characters from the programme, its first editor, and a host of scholars explore The Archers phenomenon. January anniversaries.

The League of Gentlemen 11 January She effectively swapped roles with Jeremy Howe when she succeeded him as the BBC's bbc archers editor for drama and fiction [63] and he started as editor of the Archers in late August Famously her character was killed off in a tragic fire, bbc archers.

An intense and gripping week of events unfolds in Ambridge. Listen to all the drama here. Simon Williams Will Grundy ……. Perdita Avery Fallon Rogers ………. Joanna Van Kampen Jakob Hakansson ………. Paul Venables Paul Mack ……..

An intense and gripping week of events unfolds in Ambridge. Listen to all the drama here. Lynda humbly insists that Harrison is consulted, so Chris invites Lynda to the get together at the pub that Harrison has organised. Stella opens up about how much of her attention Rosie is grabbing, and Hannah tells her to be honest with Pip and set boundaries. Hannah agrees to front up and ask Chris out, if Stella is honest with Pip. Hannah is true to her word, although Chris misses the hint when she gets chatting with him about meeting up one to one, and she ends up agreeing to some private cricket coaching. Oliver and Robert keep quiet at the rewilding as they hope to spot a hare in the long grass.

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Alarm bells ring for Lilian. Fallon calls in reinforcements. Chris demands answers. Susan puts her foot down. Kate makes a promise she may not be able to keep. One resident makes a promise they may not be able to keep. Alice attempts to do the right thing. Jolene bares her soul.

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However, one of the show's charms is to make much out of everyday, small concerns, such as the possible closure of the village shop, the loss and rediscovery of a pair of spectacles, [82] competitive marmalade -making, or nonsense such as a ' spile troshing ' competition, [83] rather than the large-scale and improbable events that form the plots of many soap operas. Archived from the original on 21 May Although the useful information was more likely to concern unexploded land mines and opium addiction than the latest modern farming techniques, the inspiration and model of Naway Kor, Naway Jwand was The Archers , and the initial workshopping with Afghan writers included an Archers scriptwriter. May it go on forever. New Statesman. I was four at the time but became a devotee very early on enjoying hearing all the farm animal noises as we lived in London. But to Alice, Martha is all that matters. Listened to the first episode one month off my 6th birthday and have carried on. Since Easter Sunday , there have been six episodes a week, from Sunday to Friday, broadcast at around following the news summary. S2CID Radio Times. It was certainly planned some months in advance, but it may well be that the actual date of the death was changed during the scriptwriting stage to coincide with the launch of Associated-Rediffusion. Further reading. I remember Jennifer being told her skirts were too short and the next thing was she was pregnant with Adam by Paddy Remaine.

All available episodes 6 total. Upcoming episodes 3 new.

Archived from the original on 29 December With no social media or online plot spoilers, I listened to that episode realising quite quickly that Tony was to find John dead. Lucy V Freeman. My birthday is in late September and I had just started grammar school. What's your favourite Archers cliffhanger? In addition to books and audiobooks, purported maps of Ambridge and Borsetshire have been published. We're Alive. Back in the s Ambridge had its own village squire - those were the days! Myth has it that her demise was timed to distract from the ITV launch, but, according to Ysanne, the reverse was true. I used to go to my Grandmother's house a few doors away to do my homework as I had 5 younger noisy siblings at home. British radio soap opera.