{"id":345541,"date":"2026-01-01T00:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T00:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/345541\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T00:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T00:35:07","slug":"bbc-radio-4-the-archers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/345541\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Radio 4 – The Archers"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you get to know the denizens of Ambridge and the extended Archers<\/a> clan, they start to seem like real people. Jane feels like the Aldridges<\/a>, The Grundys<\/a> and the Horrobins<\/a> clan are part of her own family and community.<\/p>\n

Jules adds: \u201cThe characters are all well rounded and have different facets, making them engaging and interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

You learn stuff<\/p>\n

Several of the characters are farmers, so you get a fascinating insight into country life. As Mark says: \u201cThe show connects us with what is on our daily plate and how it got there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miranda feels that the chances of hearing something different from your ordinary life is high. But Brenda adds: \u201cEven though I live in a village, most of my knowledge of agriculture is gleaned from The Archers!\u201d<\/p>\n

There\u2019s something for everyone<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll soon latch on to characters and story threads that appeal to you: from stroppy (and sometimes wise) teenagers, to wise (and sometimes stroppy) octogenarians.<\/p>\n

Nigel says: \u201cJust as I ran away to the big city and became an urban gay man, so the Archers has evolved too… continuing the tradition of non-traditional families that Jenny began\u201d. That\u2019s Jennifer Aldridge. In 1968, her son Adam was scandalously born \u2018out of wedlock\u2019. Now he has a husband and a son, and runs the biggest farm in Ambridge.<\/p>\n

Debbie adds: \u201cIt’s great to have [Asian characters] Usha and the Maliks included, and the East European characters that have popped in and out.\u201d<\/p>\n

So jump in!<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll leave the last word to Miranda: \u201cI\u2019d encourage people to listen out of curiosity. Just do it! Give it a go!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As you get to know the denizens of Ambridge and the extended Archers clan, they start to seem…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-345541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}