Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme is a sketch comedy series broadcast on BBC Radio 4. [1] John Finnemore is the sole writer and performs with Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry Lewin and Carrie Quinlan. The first series was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011, and further series have followed annually. [2] [3] A special edition recorded ...
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 ...
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.
The Archer family. Jill Archer née Patterson (born 3 October 1930) ( Patricia Greene) is the widow of Phil Archer and matriarch of the family. She was his second wife, and with him had four children: twins Shula and Kenton, and David and Elizabeth. She is busily involved in village life and supports her children by taking on child-minding duties.
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 ...
Jill Archer. Jill Archer (née Patterson) is a fictional character from the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers. She has been portrayed by Patricia Greene since 1957. Writers for the show paired Jill with Phil Archer ( Norman Painting ), their marriage lasting until Phil's death in 2010. Greene is one of the world's longest-serving actors in a ...
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]