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Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: it’s all kicking off at the vet’s surgery

Tension mounts as news of Denise and Alistair’s affair breaks. Plus: someone stuffs a pig’s snout in Freddie’s pocket

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024

Ysanne Churchman obituary

Actor who made a highly publicised exit in 1955 from the role of Grace Archer in the BBC radio soap The Archers

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2024

Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: is this the wildest month in Ambridge history?

Violent gangs! Attacks by American XL bullies! Posh boy Harry caught by cops having a drunken slash! This rural radio show is humdrum no more

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2024

Restoring Powell and Pressburger at the British Film Institute

Letter: Clyde Jeavons recalls a project that began in the 1980s to restore Technicolor masterpieces such as The Red Shoes

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2023

‘Rejecting hatred and fear’: why Powell and Pressburger’s weird, confounding films are perfect for our times

They made 24 often morally complex pictures before falling out of fashion. Now, as a monumental BFI retrospective kicks off, can their stricken pilots and posh ballerinas speak to our divided era?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2023

The Archers' electric vehicle row shows why rural areas may oppose chargers – but they also have so much to gain

Long-running BBC radio soap opera The Archers might conjure images of an idyllic country life, but its storylines frequently highlight real tensions in British society.

The Conversation · Apr 11, 2023

Rylan told 'it should have been you' amid news of huge new BBC soap role as he hints he's looking for love

The BBC Radio 2 host mocked up a version of his own movie poster just before it was revealed that he had landed a huge soap role

Manchester Evening News · Apr 5, 2023

Rylan Clark to appear in Eurovision-themed episode of The Archers on Radio 4

Presenter will appear in special episode ahead of final in Liverpool

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

How we met: ‘I was rude about his hot cross buns’

Mary, 59 and Nigel, 63, met in an Archers appreciation group on Facebook in 2019 and were soon touring the UK, working on a book. They now live together in Ledbury

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2023

Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: radio to make you weep recklessly

Isn’t it strange that we can become so fond of invisible characters made of vibrations in the air? As Ambridge loses one of its patron saints, I mourn deeply – and I cannot be alone

The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023