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The Archers is a British radio soap opera currently broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the corporation's main spoken-word channel.Broadcast since 1951, it was famously billed as "an everyday story of country folk" and is now promoted as "a contemporary drama in a rural setting".
He has been professionally associated with the BBC Radio 4 drama The Archers since 1991. He has worked directly on the programme since 1992 as a producer, senior producer and web producer. Since 2003, he has been an Archers scriptwriter. Davies studio directed over 700 Archers episodes, including the notorious armed raid on the village shop in ...
Most programmes are available for 30 days or over a year after broadcast as streaming audio from Radio 4's listen again page [30] and via BBC Sounds. A selection of programmes is also available as podcasts or downloadable audio files. [31] Many comedy and drama programmes from the Radio 4 archives are broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
Jeremy Howe is a British radio drama editor who has been the editor of long-running radio drama The Archers for the BBC since 2018. From 2008, Howe was previously BBC Radio 4's commissioning editor for drama and fiction. [2]
The programme was broadcast on Tuesday and Thursday with an omnibus on Sunday, all following The Archers on Radio 4. [4] The Archers theme tune "Barwick Green" was re-arranged for Ambridge Extra, and was performed by folk group Bellowhead. [5] The first series of Ambridge Extra ran for 13 weeks (26 episodes) from April through to June 2011. [4 ...
Jennifer Aldridge (also Archer) is a fictional character from the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers. The character first appeared in 1951. The role was played by a variety of actresses, until Angela Piper joined the cast in June 1963. Piper was on the show for almost 60 years and was the second-longest-running cast member, until Jennifer died ...
Amy Shindler is a British actress and television writer best known for her portrayal of Brenda Tucker in the UK's long running soap opera, The Archers.She joined the programme shortly after leaving drama school and played Brenda Tucker until her departure from Ambridge in 2014, [1] [2] returning for a short stint in 2024 to help sell the house that her brother, Roy, owned.
Colin Skipp (8 August 1939 – 19 November 2019) was a British actor, best known for playing Tony Archer in the BBC radio series The Archers for 46 years. [1] [2]Skipp won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and studied alongside actor Charles Collingwood, who plays Brian Aldridge in The Archers.