The Archers radio show (since 1951, United Kingdom)
Episode time
15 minutes
Language
English
The beginning of The Archers was a bit surprising - the pilot series of five episodes were developed in 1950 as a form of educating British farmers in the post-war development in the agricultural production. The episodes were supposed to bring the knowledge how to improve the productivity of the farms and were broadcast in the Midlands only. Once BBC noticed how popular the series can be, they moved it to the national broadcast and, with time, changed the nature of the show.
The Archers is set in the fictional village of Ambridge in the fictional county of Borsetshire, in England. The central characters of the show are the Archers family, who run their farm, called Brookfield. It is a typical farm that mixes the crop cultivation to cattle and sheep breeding. Through the years the Brookfield was passed from Dan Archer to his son Phil, later to Phil’s children, and the nature of the place have changed. Apart from the several farms, the village also have a local shop, a post office, and, of course, a pub called The Bull.
The nature of the show has shifted in the years to inclusion of more real-life events that influence the lives in Ambridge, the cast had to evolve (for obvious reasons), the problems faced by the characters have changed, but even in the reality of Internet and podcasts, this soap opera managed not only to remain popular, but still be relevant.
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Creators of The Archers
screenplay
Cast of The Archers
as Dan Archer
as Peggy Woolley
as Phil Archer
as Doris Archer
as Jill Archer
as Pat Archer
as Tom Archer
as Jack Archer
as Mrs Perkins
as Tom Forrest
as Peggy Archer
as Christine Barford
as Paul Johnson
as Carol Tregorran
as Nelson Gabriel
as Dan Archer
as Fred Barratt
as Harvey Grenville
as Laura Archer
as Jack Woolley
as Sid Perks
as Jennifer Aldridge
as Grace Archer
as George Barford
as Caroline Sterling
as Mark Hebden
as Nigel Pargetter
as Marjorie Antrobus
as Robert Snell
as Debbie Aldridge
as Hayley Tucker
as Paul Morgan
as Lynda Snell
as Neil Carter
as Brian Aldridge
as Eddie Grundy
as Doughy Hood
as Julia Pargetter
