The Archers is a show that has been running on the all-talk channel BBC-4 since 1951, although it seems much longer to the show's listeners. Broadcast twice daily as though it were a diary, it chronicles life in a rural village. To protect the privacy of its subjects, the village is called Ambridge, in the county of Borsetshire, in Middle England — none of which actually exist.
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| - The Archers is a show that has been running on the all-talk channel BBC-4 since 1951, although it seems much longer to the show's listeners. Broadcast twice daily as though it were a diary, it chronicles life in a rural village. To protect the privacy of its subjects, the village is called Ambridge, in the county of Borsetshire, in Middle England — none of which actually exist.
- The Archers is a long-running British radio soap opera broadcast on the BBC's main spoken-word channel, Radio 4. It was originally billed as "an everyday story of country folk", but is now described on its Radio 4 web site as "contemporary drama in a rural setting". With over 17,000 episodes, it is both the world's longest-running radio soap opera and, since the cancellation of the American soap opera Guiding Light in September 2009, the world's longest-running soap opera in any format.
- The Archers is an inn in Emond's Field in the Two Rivers. For a long time the Winespring Inn has been the only inn in the village, but the swelling in size of the settlement with the influx of many refugees from wars elsewhere has seen demand for a second tavern grow. The Archers was under construction in early 1000 NE when Elayne Trakand and Egwene al'Vere met in the village during a visit to Tel'aran'rhiod, and was noted by Egwene as one of many changes to happen to the village in just the last two years.
- The Archers is a popular BBC radio Soap Opera, set in the fictional West Midlands county of Borsetshire. It follows the lives of the Archer family, and the other families living in the small, rural village of Ambridge. It has been broadcast nationally since 1951 after starting its regional run in 1950, making it the longest running current soap opera in radio format and, since the cancelling of Guiding Light, the longest running soap in any format.
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| - The Archers is a show that has been running on the all-talk channel BBC-4 since 1951, although it seems much longer to the show's listeners. Broadcast twice daily as though it were a diary, it chronicles life in a rural village. To protect the privacy of its subjects, the village is called Ambridge, in the county of Borsetshire, in Middle England — none of which actually exist.
- The Archers is a popular BBC radio Soap Opera, set in the fictional West Midlands county of Borsetshire. It follows the lives of the Archer family, and the other families living in the small, rural village of Ambridge. It has been broadcast nationally since 1951 after starting its regional run in 1950, making it the longest running current soap opera in radio format and, since the cancelling of Guiding Light, the longest running soap in any format.
* Barset Shire: Borsetshire
* Crossover: With Gardener's Question Time, of all things. Eric Robson and some of the panel appeared in The Archers, and on Easter Sunday 2011 several Archers characters asked questions on GQT. The odd presenter from other BBC series has turned up As Himself or herself to open the village fete or something as well.
* Edutainment Show: originated as an educational series about agriculture...
* Genre Shift:... but long since outgrew that
* Hey, It's That Guy!: Debbie Aldridge is Tamsin Grieg, also known as Fran and Caroline.
* Emma Grundy was originally played by Felicity Jones, aka Ethel Hallow #1 and Nikki Foy/Zoe Brogan
* Loads and Loads of Characters: Pretty much a given, considering how long the show has been going on.
* Long Runners: 60 years and counting
* Love Triangle: Ed, Will and Emma
* This particular subplot is so long and convoluted that the nice people at The BBC provided a cheat sheet. It is still ongoing, and practically a Long Runner in its own right - when editor Vanessa Whitburn told an interviewer in 2001 that it would be a major long-term Story Arc she wasn't kidding.
* She repeated this claim about the repercussions of the 2nd January 2011's double-length Wham! Episode - only time will tell.
* The Ghost: Sabrina & Richard Thwaite
* The Midlands: West Midlands
* Ratings Stunt: one of the very first examples - the death of a major character was broadcast to coincide with the launch of ITV in 1955)
* Nigel's death.
* Shown Their Work: even with the series' edutainment roots very much a thing of the past, great care is taken to ensure that it presents an accurate view of the intricacies of farming
* There is an urban legend that farmers have been known to write in and complain if they used the wrong animal sound effect...
* Spin-Off: Ambridge Extra, on Radio 4 Extra, explores storylines, characters and locations that don't get focused on in the main Archer's program. At the moment, it's only 2 episodes a week.
* Tangled Family Tree: On the website
* Who's Your Daddy?: Georgie Grundy
- The Archers is an inn in Emond's Field in the Two Rivers. For a long time the Winespring Inn has been the only inn in the village, but the swelling in size of the settlement with the influx of many refugees from wars elsewhere has seen demand for a second tavern grow. The Archers was under construction in early 1000 NE when Elayne Trakand and Egwene al'Vere met in the village during a visit to Tel'aran'rhiod, and was noted by Egwene as one of many changes to happen to the village in just the last two years. The proprietor of the Archers and the attitude of the villagers to the new inn is not known.
- The Archers is a long-running British radio soap opera broadcast on the BBC's main spoken-word channel, Radio 4. It was originally billed as "an everyday story of country folk", but is now described on its Radio 4 web site as "contemporary drama in a rural setting". With over 17,000 episodes, it is both the world's longest-running radio soap opera and, since the cancellation of the American soap opera Guiding Light in September 2009, the world's longest-running soap opera in any format. The Archers is the most listened to Radio 4 non-news programme, with over five million listeners, and it holds the BBC Radio programme record for the number of times listened to over the Internet, with over one million listeners.
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