The peaceful atmosphere of Ambridge, home of BBC Radio 4 serial The Archers, is turning nastier. full story ![]()

As a new editor takes over The Archers, Iain Hollingshead offers a chance to catch-up with 62 years of sex and scandal in Ambridge
telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 17 days ago)

Fans of The Archers (pictured) say that the BBC cannot take 'constructive criticism' after the institution has decided to shut the show's online messageboard down because it was not being used enough.
dailymail.co.uk (3 months and 4 days ago)

Former EastEnders actress Anita Dobson is to appear on Radio 4's The Archers - her first appearance in a soap since Albert Square's Angie Watts.
bbci.co.uk (2 months and 12 days ago)

Anita Dobson, who played Angie Watts in Eastenders, has taken on a new role in Radio Four's The Archers.
telegraph.co.uk (2 months and 13 days ago)
The boss of long-running Radio 4 series The Archers is stepping down after 22 years.
independent.co.uk (1 month and 22 days ago)
Vanessa Whitburn, the boss of long-running Radio 4 series The Archers, is to step down after 22 years. She is...
thetimes.co.uk (1 month and 22 days ago)

They deserted in droves over "sexed-up" storylines like "Farmageddon", but a return to less sensational plots appears to have helped The Archers achieve near record audience figures.
telegraph.co.uk (2 days ago)

For more than 30 years Arnold Peters was the familiar voice of Jack Woolley, the businessman in The Archers, the world's longest-running radio soap opera. Woolley was a pillar of society in Ambridge, the fictional village in which the programme is set, owning a number of the landmarks in the area, including a hotel, café, shop, as well as a share in the local newspaper.
independent.co.uk (3 days ago)

Telegraph View: Archers fans, fear not - the Telegraph is offering a messageboard to fill the gap
telegraph.co.uk (3 months and 2 days ago)

Fans of the Radio 4 soap called on the show to return to its roots as a 'simple story' after it was announced that editor Vanessa Whitburn, who introduced racier plots, is retiring.
dailymail.co.uk (1 month and 20 days ago)
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