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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".
"Barwick Green" / ˈ b ær ɪ k / is the theme music to the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers. A "maypole dance" from the suite My Native Heath written in 1924 by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood, it is named after Barwick-in-Elmet in Yorkshire's West Riding. [1
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]
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He was a major character for many years and used to introduce the omnibus edition on Sunday mornings. In 1957 he was charged with manslaughter after shooting poacher Bob Larkin. He was cleared at trial. Mark Charles Timothy Hebden (Richard Derrington), first husband of Shula Archer. Died while driving home from work when he swerved to avoid ...
In 1962 the Omnibus edition moved from the Light Programme to the BBC Home Service, with all episodes moving to the Home Service, to be replaced by BBC Radio 4, by 1967. Godfrey Baseley was Editor of The Archers from 1950 to 1967 but by 1967 he was two years past the normal BBC official retirement age of 60.
Margaret "Peggy" Woolley (also Perkins and Archer), is a fictional character from the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers. Portrayed by June Spencer for over 60 years, Peggy has served as the core family's – and by extension, the village's – matriarch.
Jennifer Aldridge (also Archer) is a fictional character from the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers. The character first appeared in 1951. The character first appeared in 1951. The role was played by a variety of actresses, until Angela Piper joined the cast in June 1963.