1.3K views · 282 reactions | It’s been 75 years since The Archers began as five pilot episodes, broadcast on the BBC’s Midlands Home Service. The Archers Podcast @emmafreud host explains how there are echoes of past characters and storylines in the modern episodes. Today programme | Listen on BBC Sounds | BBC Radio 4 | Facebook

6.5K views · 40 reactions | “I can’t protect him now he’s in there.” The Archers | Listen on BBC Sounds | BBC Radio 4 | Facebook

7.6K views · 55 reactions | The cast of BBC Radio 4's The Archers have returned to the studio, after the coronavirus pandemic forced them to record from home. For many months the long-running rural soap featured characters talking to themselves or holding one-way phone conversations. ➡️https://bbc.in/32aI4Km | BBC Birmingham | Facebook

‘It was all due to The Archers that I found the courage to leave' For our New Year’s Day special marking 75 years of The Archers, Nuala McGovern celebrated the women of Ambridge - characters who have helped the programme explore some of the most challenging and sensitive issues affecting women. A storyline that resonated deeply with listeners was the gradual unfolding of abuse that Helen Archer faced at the hands of her husband, Rob, in 2016. One of our listeners got in touch and shared how Hele

The Archers, the longest running daily serial in the world, began its national run on the first of January, 1951. we asked some of the current cast members to recreate the very first scene of The Archers. The Archers | Listen on BBC Sounds | BBC Radio 4