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The Archers

July 2024

  • Ysanne Churchman as Grace Fairbrother and Norman Painting as Phil Archer recording a 1954 episode of The Archers; Grace married Phil the following year.

    Ysanne Churchman obituary

    Actor who made a highly publicised exit in 1955 from the role of Grace Archer in the BBC radio soap The Archers

June 2024

  • Car driven into the River Avon in Salisbury

    A month in Ambridge
    Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: car-tastrophe in the Am!

    Three near-drownings and a dodgy sewage virus in Ambridge this month, and all the horses are dying off, too. So Much Plot

May 2024

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    The week in audio: The Archers; Today; Death of an Artist; Gareth Gwynn Hasn’t Fin – review

  • A lollipop lady helping primary school children to cross the road.

    Brief letters
    The many jobs done by headteachers

April 2024

  • In the teeth of it … Alistair and Denise could be in for a bumpy ride in The Archers.

    A month in Ambridge
    Charlotte Higgins on the Archers: a snogging-based disaster looms

    Lovers Alistair and Denise are busily smooching in every corner of the veterinary surgery, but it looks unlikely to end well. And will George Grundy stop being grumpy about TikTok?
  • Chesil beach in Dorset at sunset

    Brief letters
    Aye, regional accents are also worth saving

    Brief letters: Protecting dialects | Titus Andronicus confusion | Gruesome sound effects | Pensioner stereotypes | Soap storylines
  • On the set of The Archers, with David Archer, played by Tim Bentinck, second right.

    Brief letters
    Tired of absurd TV soap plots? Give Ambridge a try

    Brief letters: The Archers’ highlights | Checking those billionaires | Rubbish remakes | Shakespeare’s dud | Free speech

February 2024

  • A cat giving an evil-looking stare

    A month in Ambridge
    Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: it’s Evil Rob … the zombie sequel!

    Even death hasn’t stopped him from ruining Helen’s life. Meanwhile, Peggy Woolley’s cat is causing mayhem

January 2024

  • A recording underway in The Archers’ studio in Birmingham.

    The Guardian view on radio plays: an underrated cultural resource that must be preserved

    Editorial: Their status has fallen since the great days of Under Milk Wood or The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but we still need audio dramas
  • Katie Redford

    ‘I was almost viewing them as a different species’: The Archers star Katie Redford on her new play for and about young people

    The actor and playwright had to ‘posh it up’ for the role of Lily Pargetter in the radio soap. For her latest drama, she enlisted hundreds of young collaborators to ensure she got their voices just right

    • Ian Pepperell obituary

    • Brief letters
      Refined lyrics for The Archers’ theme tune

    • Brief letters
      When silence is the best endorsement for a campaigning journalist like John Pilger

December 2023

  • God Save the King is sung at Tottenham Hotspur stadium before an NFL London American football on 9 October 2022.

    Brief letters
    Time to liven up the national anthem – at 120bpm

    Brief letters: A change of tempo | Tories’ tumblers | Boxed up | Women’s work
  • Ian Pepperell

    The Archers actor Ian Pepperell dies aged 53

    Actor who played Roy Tucker and appeared in EastEnders died after long illness, BBC says
  • Gaslight.

    A month in Ambridge
    Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: farewell, Evil Rob, venomous to the end

    Ambridge’s villain in chief finally meets his maker, draining a fair bit of colour from the village. But there’s a bright side: Adil found some bargain kitchen gear

November 2023

  • Glenn Close as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction.

    A month in Ambridge
    Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: is Evil Rob channeling Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction?

    Helen Archer’s ex continues his mind games, having returned from his death bed – just when we thought we were safe

September 2023

  • Silhouette of two lovers standing face to face<br>Outline of two young women standing very close to one another looking at each other at sunset in front of the ocean

    A month in Ambridge
    Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: the first lesbian kiss in Ambridge – hooray!

    It happened over toasted marshmallows in the moonlight – and it was rather lovely. If only radio kisses weren’t quite so loud

July 2023

  • A man in a white tailcoat gestures operatically on a stage with real flames

    A month in Ambridge
    Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: is this the final act for Ambridge’s own Don Giovanni?

    Evil Rob Titchener is looking down at the gates of hell, much like Mozart’s antihero, and many at Bridge Farm can barely conceal their delight

June 2023

  • Marianna Spring.

    Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
    The week in audio: Marianna in Conspiracyland; Women of Web3; Gateway: Cocaine, Murder & Dirty Money in Europe; The Archers

    Marianna Spring keeps her cool with conspiracy mongers; Lauren Ingram guides (some of) us into the metaverse; a drug-smuggling tale is well told; and the dreaded Rob returns to Ambridge
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