As Britons return to work after New Year's, millions are discussing, debating - even mourning - the death of a well-loved character on a long-running soap opera. That's not unusual - except that the ...

LONDON – As Britons return to work after the New Year, millions are discussing, debating — even mourning — the death of a well-loved character on a long-running soap opera. That's not unusual — except ...

A controversial domestic abuse storyline in The Archers has "propelled the show into the 21st century," as a JustGiving page for its "fictional victim" approaches £100,000 ($143,149). The BBC Radio 4 ...

15:06, Sat, Aug 30, 2025 Updated: 15:06, Sat, Aug 30, 2025 It was once dismissed by BBC bosses as a funny little farming soap – yet The Archers went on to become the world’s longest-running radio ...

June Spencer, the last original cast member of BBC Radio 4 programme The Archers, is retiring from the show at age 103. The voice actor has played matriarch Peggy Woolley (formerly Archer) since 1951, ...

BBC Radio 4 Extra will launch Archers spinoff Ambridge Extra next month. The new show will give fans of the long-running radio soap an extra insight into their favourite characters, but will also work ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. This new play, commissioned by The Barn and licensed by the BBC, to be performed ...

Research found the more stressed people felt, the more they enjoyed programmes which took them away from their troubles, even if the characters were experiencing great troubles of their own. First, a ...

The coronavirus pandemic has already played havoc with our favourite soaps, and radio series The Archers is now also making changes to its schedule as a result. The soap, which has been running since ...

Emma Barnett took over from Martha Kearney on Radio 4’s Today programme in May last year - Jeff Overs/BBC BBC Radio 4 has lost about 650,000 listeners in three months, figures reveal. The station’s ...