"Ysanne Churchman, who played Grace, sent them a congratulatory card signed ""Grace Archer"". In 1996, William Smethurst recounted a conversation with Baseley in which he reveals his real motivation for killing off Grace Archer: Churchman was encouraging the other actors to join a trade union. The actor Norman Painting played Phil Archer continuously from the first trial series in 1950 until his death on 29 October 2009. His last ""Archers"" performance was recorded just two days before his death, and was broadcast on 22 November. He is cited in ""Guinness World Records"" as the longest-serving actor in a single soap"
"Colin Skipp Colin Skipp (born 1939) is a British actor, best known for playing Tony Archer in the BBC radio series ""The Archers"" for 46 years. Skipp had played the character of Tony Archer for 46 years (1967–2013), on the date of his retirement, making him the seventh longest continuously serving radio soap actor. The role was taken over in January 2014 by the actor David Troughton. In 2004, he directed the stage play ""The Sound of Julie"" at the Charles Cryer Theatre, Carshalton, a dramatisation of the life of actress Julie Andrews. Skipp's daughter, Nova, was in the title"
"Timothy Bentinck Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, Count Bentinck MBE (born 1 June 1953 in Tasmania, Australia), commonly known as Tim Bentinck, is an English actor and writer, most widely known for his long-running role as David Archer in the BBC Radio 4 series, ""The Archers"". The son of the non-conformist intellectual Henry Bentinck he was born on a sheep station in Tasmania, but moved to Berkhamsted in the UK when aged two. He attended a local prep school, Harrow School, and the University of East Anglia, where he spent most of his time at its"
"role. Colin Skipp Colin Skipp (born 1939) is a British actor, best known for playing Tony Archer in the BBC radio series ""The Archers"" for 46 years. Skipp had played the character of Tony Archer for 46 years (1967–2013), on the date of his retirement, making him the seventh longest continuously serving radio soap actor. The role was taken over in January 2014 by the actor David Troughton. In 2004, he directed the stage play ""The Sound of Julie"" at the Charles Cryer Theatre, Carshalton, a dramatisation of the life of actress Julie Andrews. Skipp's daughter, Nova, was in the"
"Patricia Greene Patricia Honor Greene (born 1931) is an English television and radio actress, who is best known for her long-standing role as matriarch Jill Archer in the radio serial The Archers. She is the world's longest serving actor in a soap opera, in any medium; coincidentally, the record was previously held by her colleague Norman Painting, who received a listing in ""Guinness World Records"" for his feat. Greene was born in Allenton, Derby, England. Her family moved to Campion Street in the New Zealand part of the city, where she attended Ashgate Infants School on Ashbourne Road. Later she"
"for almost 60 years a central figure in one of Radio 4's hallmark programmes. As Phil Archer, he became a wonderful patriarch yet he had started decades earlier as a young romantic hero."" Following Painting's death, the producers and scripwriters met to plan Phil's exit storyline. They decided not to kill him off straight away and let him spend Christmas with his family. Painting's final appearance featuring his voice was broadcast on 22 November 2009. Phil was referred to, but never heard since then. On 12 February 2010, Phil's wife, Jill (Patricia Greene), discovered Phil had died at home. Phil"
"George Selway in 1959. They were later divorced and she married Cyril Austen Richardson in 1972, by whom she has a son, Charles, born in 1972. She was widowed in 1986. Patricia Greene Patricia Honor Greene (born 1931) is an English television and radio actress, who is best known for her long-standing role as matriarch Jill Archer in the radio serial The Archers. She is the world's longest serving actor in a soap opera, in any medium; coincidentally, the record was previously held by her colleague Norman Painting, who received a listing in ""Guinness World Records"" for his feat. Greene"
"have two sons: They live in North London. His sister Anna Bentinck is an actress. Specific references: General references: <br> Timothy Bentinck Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, Count Bentinck MBE (born 1 June 1953 in Tasmania, Australia), commonly known as Tim Bentinck, is an English actor and writer, most widely known for his long-running role as David Archer in the BBC Radio 4 series, ""The Archers"". The son of the non-conformist intellectual Henry Bentinck he was born on a sheep station in Tasmania, but moved to Berkhamsted in the UK when aged two. He attended a"
"moved to Kirk Street, Chester Green, attending St Paul’s Junior School and the Parkfields Cedars Grammar School. After working as a ward orderly at the Derbyshire Children's Hospital and in the sheet metal factory of Hawk Industries, she went to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London in 1951. She has had a lengthy career in radio and film. She is best known for portraying matriarch Jill Archer in the BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers since 1957, joining as Jill Patterson. She has also appeared in ""Casualty"" and ""Doctors"" both in 2000. Greene married English actor"
"Angus Imrie Angus William Jake Imrie (born 2 August 1994) is a British actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the character Josh Archer, in BBC Radio 4's long-running drama serial ""The Archers"". In 2014, he won the casting agency Spotlight's ""Most Promising Actor Award"" at The Sunday Times ""National Student Drama Festival"". The son of the actors Celia Imrie and Benjamin Whitrow, he made his screen debut in the BBC film drama ""Station Jim"", at the age of five. Imrie was born on the Isle of Wight in 1994, and is the son of actress Celia Imrie and"
"water. Angus Imrie Angus William Jake Imrie (born 2 August 1994) is a British actor. He is perhaps best known for playing the character Josh Archer, in BBC Radio 4's long-running drama serial ""The Archers"". In 2014, he won the casting agency Spotlight's ""Most Promising Actor Award"" at The Sunday Times ""National Student Drama Festival"". The son of the actors Celia Imrie and Benjamin Whitrow, he made his screen debut in the BBC film drama ""Station Jim"", at the age of five. Imrie was born on the Isle of Wight in 1994, and is the son of actress Celia Imrie"
"research at Christ Church, Oxford, and then became a tutor in Anglo-Saxon at Exeter College, Oxford. He began to appear on BBC radio while at the University of Birmingham, and continued while also performing as an actor with Oxford University Dramatic Society. He left Oxford University in 1949 to work for the BBC in Birmingham. Painting had worked as a performer, interviewer, writer and producer for the BBC before he first appeared as Philip in ""The Archers"" in 1950. He became a script writer for the series in 1966, following in the footsteps of Edward J. Mason, Geoffrey Webb, David"
"Louiza Patikas Louiza Patikas (born 1976/1977) is a British actress, best known for her portrayal of Helen Titchener in the long-running radio soap opera, ""The Archers"". Although she had, as of 2016, played the character for 16 years since she left drama school, she was generally little-known to the public, until her character's involvement in a storyline about domestic abuse and coercive control caught the public imagination. Patikas discussed the storyline on BBC Radio 4's ""Woman's Hour"" in March 2016. In December 2016, Patikas selected and presented her round-up of the year's radio highlights for BBC Radio 4's ""Pick of"
"Archer (originally Pritchard) since then. Finch has also worked as a voice-over artist, and reported for ""Woman's Hour"", also on Radio 4. In August 2012 she hosted the Radio 4 Appeal for Health Poverty Action. Felicity Finch Felicity Finch (born 14 March 1955) is a British actress, known for her Tyneside-accented portrayal of Ruth Archer in ""The Archers"" on BBC Radio 4. She was born in the London Borough of Southwark. She grew up in Eaglescliffe. She attended Grangefield School (now The Grangefield Academy) in Stockton-on-Tees. She has three brothers, born in 1953, 1957 and 1960. She trained at the"
"on BBC Four on 1 January 2007, focused on ""The Archers"". It was narrated by Stephen Fry and included interviews with current actors and scriptwriters. The Archers The Archers, having aired over 18,700 episodes, is the world's longest-running radio serial. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4the BBC's main spoken-word channelthis soap opera was initially billed, ""an everyday story of country folk"" and now, ""a contemporary drama in a rural setting"". Five pilot episodes were aired in 1950 and the first episode was broadcast nationally on 1 January 1951. A significant show in British popular culture, and with over five million listeners,"
"1666 – 1709), who gave his name to Cowper's gland, was born in Petersfield. John Goodyer (botanist), Thomas Horder, 1st Baron Horder (Royal physician), Stuart Ernest Piggott (archaeologist), Professor David Wands (cosmologist) and John Worlidge (agriculturalist) have links to the town. Actors Buki Akib, Jamie Campbell Bower, Arthur Brough, Tamsin Egerton, Ellis Jones, and Miranda Hart were all born or live in Petersfield, as are the BBC Radio 4's soap opera The Archers actors Charles Collingwood (Brian Aldridge) and Edward Kelsey (Joe Grundy). Sir Alec Guinness and his wife are buried in Petersfield. In the music world, tenor Wilfred Brown,"
"Charles Collingwood (actor) Charles Henry Collingwood (born 30 May 1943) is a British actor. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, and educated at Sherborne School in Dorset, England, he trained at RADA. He is best known for playing the role of Brian Aldridge in the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera ""The Archers"" since March 1975. He is married to Judy Bennett who plays Shula Hebden Lloyd in the series. Collingwood credits the television producer and director Dorothea Brooking as giving him his break in the medium. Brooking specialised in children's programmes, mainly for the BBC, and cast Collingwood"
"Woodley, who illustrated some of her books, was her cousin. Mollie Harris Mollie Harris (born Mollie Woodley, 23 June 1913 – 2 October 1995) was an English actress and author, known for her appearances as village shopkeeper Martha Woodford in the BBC Radio soap opera ""The Archers"". Mollie Woodley was born in Ducklington, Oxfordshire and raised in that county. After World War II, she became a writer and broadcaster for BBC Radio, on programmes such as ""In The Country"", with Phil Drabble. She joined ""The Archers"" in 1970. and appeared as a ""castaway"" on the BBC Radio programme ""Desert Island"
"Michael Cochrane Michael Dundonald Cochrane (born 19 May 1947) is an English actor who specialises in playing suave upper class characters. Cochrane was born in Brighton, East Sussex. He was educated at Cranleigh School. He has had many television and radio roles including Oliver Sterling in the Radio 4 soap opera ""The Archers"", ""The Pallisers"" (1974), ""Wings"" (1977–78), ""Love in a Cold Climate"" (1980), ""The Citadel"" (1983), a BBC serial adaptation of ""Goodbye Mr. Chips"" (1984), ""No Job for a Lady"", ""The Chief"" (1990–1995), and as Sir Henry Simmerson in the ""Sharpe"" series. His film career has included roles in"
"Godfrey Baseley Cyril Godfrey Baseley (2 October 1904 – 2 February 1997), credited as Godfrey Basely, was a BBC radio executive famous for being the creator of the soap opera, ""The Archers"". Cyril Godfrey Baseley was born at Alvechurch near Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, England. He was educated at Bootham School, York. Before creating ""The Archers"", he had previous experience in refashioning radio programmes about farming, mainly for the Midland region. Inspiration came from another radio programme at the time: ""Dick Barton - Special Agent"" he decided to create a farming show with a narrative. The idea came from a suggestion"
"Graham Seed Graham Seed (born 12 July 1950 in London) is an English actor. Seed was educated at Charterhouse School, a boarding independent school in the market town of Godalming in Surrey, followed by RADA in London. Seed is best known for his role playing Nigel Pargetter in the BBC radio series ""The Archers"" from 1983 until January 2011, although actor Nigel Carrington briefly played the role when Seed took a break in the late 1980s. Seed appeared in the well-known ""Is it on the Trolley?"" sketch, alongside Victoria Wood (its author) and Duncan Preston in Wood's ""As Seen on"
"Ruth Archer Ruth Archer (also Pritchard) is a fictional character from the British BBC Radio 4 soap opera ""The Archers"", played by English actress Felicity Finch. She made her debut in the 15 July 1987 episode. The character was created and introduced to ""The Archers"" as a love interest for established character David Archer (Timothy Bentinck), whose then girlfriend was deemed unsuitable for the role of mother to the next generation of the Archer family by the editor of the show Liz Rigbey. Finch was cast as Ruth after a successful audition. Ruth is portrayed as being strong-willed, determined and"
"4 Film ""Good and Bad at Games"" (1983) and Jorkins in the first episode ""Et in Arcadia ego"" of the ITV television adaptation of ""Brideshead Revisited"" (1981). He also appeared in ""Edward the Seventh"" (1975), ""Bergerac"" (1981), ""C.A.B."" (1986) ""Midsomer Murders"" (2009) and ""Wild Target"" (2010). Graham Seed Graham Seed (born 12 July 1950 in London) is an English actor. Seed was educated at Charterhouse School, a boarding independent school in the market town of Godalming in Surrey, followed by RADA in London. Seed is best known for his role playing Nigel Pargetter in the BBC radio series ""The Archers"""
"associate producer was Adam Bromley (episode 3 only). The special was aired as part of The Archers 50th anniversary celebrations on Radio 4. It starred Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Mark Perry and Kevin Connelly. Jeremy Pascall served as ""The Archers"" consultant and the producer was Bill Dare. The fourth series starred Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Mark Perry, Kevin Connelly (except episode 3) and Phil Cornwell (episode 3). Mario Stylianides returned as producer with Bill Dare being credited as the programmes deviser. This special marked the 2001 general election. It starred Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Mark Perry and Kevin Connelly. The"
"Mollie Harris Mollie Harris (born Mollie Woodley, 23 June 1913 – 2 October 1995) was an English actress and author, known for her appearances as village shopkeeper Martha Woodford in the BBC Radio soap opera ""The Archers"". Mollie Woodley was born in Ducklington, Oxfordshire and raised in that county. After World War II, she became a writer and broadcaster for BBC Radio, on programmes such as ""In The Country"", with Phil Drabble. She joined ""The Archers"" in 1970. and appeared as a ""castaway"" on the BBC Radio programme ""Desert Island Discs"" on 8 October 1983. Harris's books about her life"
"can also be heard on the audio guide for the Edward Elgar birthplace museum. He claimed to be related to Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, second in command to Nelson at Trafalgar (in an appearance on ""Just a Minute"", 24 July 2006). Charles Collingwood (actor) Charles Henry Collingwood (born 30 May 1943) is a British actor. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, and educated at Sherborne School in Dorset, England, he trained at RADA. He is best known for playing the role of Brian Aldridge in the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera ""The Archers"" since March 1975. He is married"
"represented by Stephen Yardley as Inspector Cadogan and Jude Akuwudike as Sergeant Gummer. Complementing the occult elements and those of virtual reality, there was a thread of playful, sometimes dark humour running through the scripts and an underlying sexual frisson between Clay and Thomson. Other regular characters were Professor Owen Griffiths (Alan David) and Phoebe Littlejohn (Carole Boyd, best known for her role as Lynda Snell in BBC radio’s ""The Archers""). The series was created and produced at the BBC’s Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham by Brian Degas, a scriptwriter for the film ""Barbarella"" (1968) and co-creator of the TV"
"2004. Graham Roberts (actor) Graham Roberts (10 October 1929 – 28 October 2004) was an English actor best known for his work on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4, including 31 years playing George Barford, the gamekeeper in Radio 4 soap opera ""The Archers"". He was born and raised in Chester, and was educated at King's School in the city. Later, he studied at Bristol and later Manchester University. He also appeared on film and television, including the series ""Z Cars"". He was also a continunuity announcer with Yorkshire Television until 1993, and Grampian Television. Roberts died on 28"
"Archer (2009 TV series) Archer is an American adult animated sitcom created by Adam Reed for the basic cable network FX. It follows the exploits of a dysfunctional group of secret agents—Sterling Archer (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) and seven of his colleagues—Malory Archer (Jessica Walter), Lana Kane (Aisha Tyler), Cheryl Tunt (Judy Greer), Pam Poovey (Amber Nash), Ray Gillette (Adam Reed), Cyril Figgis (Chris Parnell) and Dr. Algernop Krieger (Lucky Yates). The premise of ""Archer"" evolves in subsequent seasons as the show experiments with the standard setup of an anthology, each with self-contained arcs, new settings, a disparate set"
"Archers"" from May 1980 until 2011. Jack Woolley was not the first role he had performed in ""The Archers"", but was by far the most extended of his three roles in the soap opera; he had first joined the cast in 1953, the year he became a Midlands member of the BBC repertory company. The role, as farmhand Len Thomas lasted for 13 years, and the actor was soon cast again, as the Reverend David Latimer in 1968; the character died in 1973. Peters lived in the village of Wollaston, Northamptonshire. He died in Northamptonshire, 11 May 2013, after suffering"
"took over as acting editor before and after Kennair-Jones’s time in charge. She effectively swapped with Jeremy Howe when she succeeded him as the BBC’s commissioning editor for drama and fiction and he started as editor of the Archers in late August 2018. Since 2007, ""The Archers"" has been available as a podcast. One of the most controversial ""Archers"" episodes was broadcast on 22 September 1955, which coincided with the launch of the UK's first commercial television station. Phil and Grace Archer had been married just a few months earlier, and their blossoming relationship was the talk of the nation."
"the character's name included ""Bill Barton"" and ""Rex Drake"". However, the production team finally settled on the more dynamic Dick Barton. After the series had been on the air for some time, the BBC (conscious that the biggest audience for the programme was schoolboys) wrote a strict code of what Dick and his chums could and couldn't do, one clause famously stating ""Sex plays no part in his adventures."" In 1951 ""The Archers"" was first broadcast at 11.45 am on the Light Programme. BBC management, led by drama head Val Gielgud, had never felt comfortable with the sensationalism of ""Dick"
"Graham Roberts (actor) Graham Roberts (10 October 1929 – 28 October 2004) was an English actor best known for his work on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4, including 31 years playing George Barford, the gamekeeper in Radio 4 soap opera ""The Archers"". He was born and raised in Chester, and was educated at King's School in the city. Later, he studied at Bristol and later Manchester University. He also appeared on film and television, including the series ""Z Cars"". He was also a continunuity announcer with Yorkshire Television until 1993, and Grampian Television. Roberts died on 28 October"