The Archers’ 70th anniversary episode airs and sees character arrested over suspected human trafficking Radio 4 celebrates the 70th anniversary of the world’s longest running drama Listeners were teased episode would see Ambridge facing a ‘life-changing crisis’ The New Year’s Day plot was a closely guarded secret until its 7pm broadcast By Paul Revoir and … Read more
The BBC’s radio soap The Archers has been accused of ‘lacking racial diversity’ after a photograph of 70 cast members showed just three are from BAME backgrounds. The row erupted after the corporation’s publicity department released the cast picture to celebrate the upcoming 70th anniversary of the programme in January. But social media users took … Read more
Spotify launches new daily soap opera podcast to challenge The Archers – still BBC’s most popular audio show after 70 years Spotify could launch a ficional drama to rival the BBC show as early as next year Plans were revealed by content head at podcast production group Gimlet Media The company was bought by streaming … Read more
Unprecedented is a word much bandied about since the Covid crisis struck. But no other adjective adequately describes two extraordinary surprises in the Utley household on Wednesday, separated by less than two hours. The first was shortly before 7pm, when Mrs U was chatting idly to a friend on the telephone, carrying on a conversation … Read more
The Archers will return next week with the actors performing soliloquies instead of talking to each other as lockdown takes hold in Ambridge The long-running Radio 4 soap has been on hiatus due to coronavirus Editor Jeremy Howe had to scrap 12 scripts and five weeks of storylines It will return with a smaller cast … Read more