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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". [ 3][ 4] Having aired over 20,000 episodes, [ 5] it is the world's longest ...
Barwick Maypole "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", in 44 time, 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.
BBC Radio 4. BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. [ 1] The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. Since 2019, the station controller has been Mohit Bakaya. [ 2]
September 11, 2022 at 3:12 PM. BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers has marked the death of the Queen with a specially-recorded scene that was broadcast at the start of Sunday’s episode. Listeners ...
Jennifer Aldridge. 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 ...
Queen Camilla thanks the BBC Radio 4 drama for "bringing joy, laughter and tears to your audience".
52°12′47″N 1°58′52″W / . 52.213°N 1.981°W. / 52.213; -1.981. Inkberrow is a village in Worcestershire, England, often thought to be the model for Ambridge, the setting of BBC Radio 4 's long-running series The Archers. [ 1] In particular, The Bull, the fictional Ambridge pub, is supposed to be based on The Old Bull in Inkberrow.
BBC Radio 4 – news, current affairs, arts, history, original in-house drama, original in-house first-run comedy, science, books and religious programming. The service closes down and simulcasts the BBC World Service from 01:00 to 05:20 daily. Available between 92–95 and 103–105 FM, 198 LW and on digital platforms.