For 36 years Graham Blockey, who has died of cancer aged 66 following a short illness, was the voice of Robert Snell in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers. Throughout that time, he also worked as a full-time GP serving patients in the village of South Holmwood, near Dorking in Surrey.
He joined the cast of The Archers in 1986, along with Carole Boyd, who plays Lynda Snell. The Archers editor Jeremy Howe said: “Graham Blockey’s Robert was a quiet wonder to behold – the perfect foil to the exuberant idiosyncrasies of Lynda, sort of Wise to her Morecambe.”
