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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".
The daily show featured music, films, books, art and all things cultural and included interviews with prominent figures from those worlds. She has covered for a number of key presenters on BBC Radio 2, BBC London 94.9 and BBC Radio 4 and in October 2008 fulfilled a long-held ambition by appearing in an episode of the BBC Radio 4 drama, The Archers.
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.
This is a list of current and former programmes broadcast on BBC Radio 4.. When it came into existence – on 30 September 1967 – Radio 4 inherited a great many continuing programme series which had been initiated prior to that date by its predecessor, the BBC Home Service (1939–1967), and in some cases even by stations which had preceded the Home Service.
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.
Radio 4 controller Mohit Bakaya led the tributes to Spencer, calling her “a longstanding presence and companion for Radio 4 listeners during her exceptional run on The Archers”.
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 ...
The Archers: Leonard Berry [6] BBC Radio 4 Soap Opera 2013–2019 Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups: Dad [7] 2002–2005 King Street Junior Revisited: Mr. Long BBC Radio 4 1985–1998 King Street Junior: Mr. Long Also credited as Writer 1995-1998 [8] 1991 The Railway Children: Perks BBC Radio 5