The live show will be set at a reimagining of the Ambridge Flower & Produce Show, and begins in Manchester on 7 June, before visiting towns and cities across England, Scotland and Wales.

Stops on the tour include Wolverhampton’s University of Wolverhampton at The Civic Hall, Warwick Arts Centre in Coventry, the Symphony Hall in Birmingham and the Regent Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent.

Bentinck, who has played the role of David Archer since 1982, said: “I’m so excited to be part of the upcoming The Archers national tour of the UK.

“We’ll be on stage but the show will be very interactive and Archers listeners and fans will be just as much a part of it as us.

“So come and join us at the Flower and Produce Show and, as an added treat, get to see how the clever sound effects are achieved.

“Hint, it’s all done with yoghurt and ironing boards.”