"trial. Unlike television soaps, ""The Archers"" actors are not held on retainers and work on the series usually for a few days a month. By the nature of the storylines concentrating on particular groups of characters, in any one week out of a cast of about 60, the episodes include approximately 2030 speaking-characters. Most of the cast do acting work on other projects and can disappear for long periods if they are working on commitments such as films or television series. Tamsin Greig plays Debbie Aldridge and has appeared on many television series such as ""Green Wing"", ""Love Soup"", ""Black"
"Greig has had a long-running part as Debbie Aldridge in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera ""The Archers"" since 1991. As her other work increased, her appearances in the show decreased and her character Debbie spends most of her time living in Hungary. Her other radio work includes narrating the Radio 4 comedy ""Warhorses of Letters"", and guest-starring in five episodes of the second series of the radio version of ""Absolute Power"", playing Charles Prentiss's former lover Gayle Shand, who now runs a rival firm. Greig appeared in a number of supporting parts, notably as Lamia in ""Neverwhere"" (1996) and"
"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"
"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"
"June Spencer June Rosalind Spencer CBE (born 14 June 1919) is an English actress best known for her role in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera ""The Archers"" as Peggy Woolley. She was born in Nottingham, England. After leaving school she joined an amateur dramatic society and gained a London Guildhall School of Music and Drama certificate. She has played the role of Peggy Woolley (née Perkins, formerly Archer) for a period of over 60 years beginning with the pilot episode in 1950 and is the only remaining member of the original cast. In 1953/54, she left the cast to"
"at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 1976 she married Canadian-English actor Charles Collingwood, who plays ""Archers"" character Brian Aldridge. Actress Jane Collingwood (b. 1979) is their daughter. Judy Bennett Judy Bennett (born 1943) is a Liverpudlian voice actor whose career in radio began with the long-running soap opera ""The Archers"", in which she has played the role of Shula Hebden Lloyd since 1971. She played Shula's twin brother Kenton and younger sister Elizabeth before assuming the role of Shula herself. She has voiced characters in a number of cartoon series, including ""The Perishers"" (1979) and ""Dennis the"
"series 17 of ""Silent Witness"". In 2015 Wragg appeared as Izzy Cartwright in the BBC TV series ""Death in Paradise"" Series 4 Episode 7. Having been together for 14 years, Wragg married Jamie Darling at Tatton Park, Cheshire, on 17 November 2007. They have two daughters Matilda and Molly. Kaye Wragg Kaye Michelle Wragg (born 15 December 1972 in Stockport, Cheshire) is an English actress best known for her television roles as Sergeant Diane Noble in ""The Bill"", Kate Oakley in ""No Angels"", Essie Harrison in ""Holby City"" and Lucy Archer in ""The Lakes"". She studied at the University 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"
"the Apollo Theatre in London. Redgrave cast her in the lead role of Noël Coward's ""Waiting in the Wings"" in 1960, with Coward himself becoming a friend when the production reached Dublin. On television, Boyd starred in the lead of ""Our Miss Pemberton"" (1957) and had many guest appearances in series such as ""Dixon of Dock Green"" and ""Upstairs, Downstairs"". In later years, she was best known for playing Marjorie Antrobus in ""The Archers"" radio serial on Radio 4 and Hilda Rumpole in """" on the same station. As a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company in 1984, she"
"Jodi Albert Jodi Mary Albert (born 22 July 1983) is an English actress and singer, best known for playing Debbie Dean in the Channel 4 soap opera ""Hollyoaks"", and as a member of short-lived British girl group Girl Thing and Irish girl group Wonderland. In December 2013, it was announced that Girl Thing would be reuniting for the second series of ""The Big Reunion"". Albert attended the independent, fee-paying Sylvia Young Theatre School, and shared lessons with Lee Ryan, Matt Willis, Billie Piper and Amy Winehouse. At the age of ten, she played the part of Young Cosette in ""Les"
"Jayma Mays Jamia Suzette ""Jayma"" Mays (born July 16, 1979) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Emma Pillsbury on the Fox musical series ""Glee"", her recurring role as Charlie Andrews on the NBC sci-fi serial ""Heroes"", and for starring in the films """" and ""The Smurfs"". From October 2013 until November 2014, she played the role of Debbie on the sitcom ""The Millers"". Since March 2017 she has been starring as prosecutor Carol Anne Keane in the NBC sitcom ""Trial & Error"". Mays was born in Bristol, Tennessee and raised in Grundy, Virginia, the daughter"
"Carole Boyd Carole Boyd (born 16 February 1941) is a British actress. She has had a career in theatre, television, and radio, and plays Lynda Snell in BBC Radio 4's ""The Archers"". Boyd trained at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama, where she won the principal national prize for voice and in 1966 joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary. She is primarily recognised for her work in television, with her portrayals of ""Hetty Wainthrop Investigates, Virtual Murder"" and Mrs Melly in ""Bodger and Badger"" among her most notable appearances. Boyd has also performed multiple"
"acted as part-time carer for her husband at their home in Shepperton since he suffered a stroke in 2003. Carole Boyd Carole Boyd (born 16 February 1941) is a British actress. She has had a career in theatre, television, and radio, and plays Lynda Snell in BBC Radio 4's ""The Archers"". Boyd trained at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama, where she won the principal national prize for voice and in 1966 joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary. She is primarily recognised for her work in television, with her portrayals of ""Hetty Wainthrop Investigates,"
"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"
"had a son. Jayma Mays Jamia Suzette ""Jayma"" Mays (born July 16, 1979) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing Emma Pillsbury on the Fox musical series ""Glee"", her recurring role as Charlie Andrews on the NBC sci-fi serial ""Heroes"", and for starring in the films """" and ""The Smurfs"". From October 2013 until November 2014, she played the role of Debbie on the sitcom ""The Millers"". Since March 2017 she has been starring as prosecutor Carol Anne Keane in the NBC sitcom ""Trial & Error"". Mays was born in Bristol, Tennessee and raised in Grundy,"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"was turned into an audio cassette, ""Vintage Archers 3 — The Lost Episodes"". Davies was also the author of the ""Who's Who in The Archers"" series of books from 1999-2010, updated annually. The latest by Davies ""Who's Who in the Archers 2010"" was published in October 2009 by BBC Books. Davies also has three children, who have all appeared in ""The Archers"", with his youngest child, Dominic Davies, formerly playing Daniel Hebden Lloyd. Keri Davies Keri Davies is a radio producer and playwright, best known for his work on the BBC radio soap opera ""The Archers"". Davies was born in"
"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"
"Irene Tedrow Irene Tedrow (August 3, 1907 – March 10, 1995) was an American character actress in stage, film, television and radio. Among her most notable roles are Janet Archer in the radio series ""Meet Corliss Archer"", Mrs. Lucy Elkins on the TV sitcom ""Dennis the Menace"" and Mrs. Webb in the stage production ""Our Town"" at the Plumstead Playhouse. Tedrow was born in Denver, Colorado. She earned a BA degree in drama from Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1929. Tedrow studied with Ben Iden Payne, who directed the Memorial Theater at Stratford-on-Avon, in England. She also had three"
"she starred in Martin Delaney's short film ""Queen's Mile"". In 2017, she appeared in the BBC Television's ""Father Brown"" as Victoria Nicholson in episode 5.10 ""The Alchemist's Secret"". Emerald O'Hanrahan Emerald O’Hanrahan (born 1987) is an English actress known for playing Emma Grundy in ""The Archers"" on BBC Radio 4. She was born and grew up in Cambridgeshire Educated at St Mary's School, Cambridge until 2002, where she took part in school and amateur productions, playing Susan in ""The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe"", Juliet in a tour of ""Romeo and Juliet"" around East Anglia, and at the Cambridge"
"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"
"Debbie Arnold Debbie Arnold (born 14 June 1955) is an English actress and voice artist. She is best known for her work on British television, which includes portraying April Branning in the soap opera ""EastEnders"" between 1995 and 1996. She is currently an active voiceover artiste, actress, and producer. Arnold was born in Sunderland, County Durham, into a show business family. Her father was the impressionist Eddie Arnold and her mother, Mary Arnold, was a theatrical agent. She began her career on television, in programmes such as the BBC comedy ""The Liver Birds"". She inherited her father's mimicry talents and,"
"Shirley Cheriton Shirley Cheriton (born 28 June 1955) is a British actress and performer, best known for her roles as Debbie Wilkins in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" and her portrayal of Miss Prescott in the ""Are You Being Served?"" follow up, ""Grace & Favour"". Cheriton was born in London. Her ""EastEnders"" role ran from her arrival in the Square in March 1985 until her departure with Detective Terry Rich (Gary Whelan) in May 1987. Her character was Walford's original middle-class yuppie, as well as for her stormy relationship with the Scottish nurse, Andy O'Brien (Ross Davidson). Cheriton left her"
"City Homicide"" ""Dogstar"" and ""The New Adventures of Ocean Girl"". She also appeared as an LA Groupie in the 2002 film ""Queen of the Damned"", and has worked with both the Melbourne and Sydney Theatre Companies in a play of ""Pride and Prejudice"". Reece-Wilmore is currently working as a voice-over actor in Melbourne, where she lends her voice to radio and television commercials as well as a variety of character voices in animated cartoons. Marnie Reece-Wilmore Marnie Reece-Wilmore (born 10 January 1974) is an Australian actress from Sydney. She is best known for her role playing Debbie Martin in ""Neighbours"","
"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"
"Kaye Wragg Kaye Michelle Wragg (born 15 December 1972 in Stockport, Cheshire) is an English actress best known for her television roles as Sergeant Diane Noble in ""The Bill"", Kate Oakley in ""No Angels"", Essie Harrison in ""Holby City"" and Lucy Archer in ""The Lakes"". She studied at the University of Salford. Wragg played one of Nick Harper's girlfriends, a police officer, in the BBC One situation comedy ""My Family"". She also played a nurse in ""Holby City"" and Gina in ITV's ""Panto!"" for the one Christmas special episode. In 2014 she guest starred in the first two episode of"
"Marnie Reece-Wilmore Marnie Reece-Wilmore (born 10 January 1974) is an Australian actress from Sydney. She is best known for her role playing Debbie Martin in ""Neighbours"", and was the third actress to portray the character. Reece-Wilmore is best known for playing Debbie Martin in the Australian soap opera ""Neighbours"" from 1992 to 1994, and again from 1996 to 1997. In 2005, Reece-Wilmore filmed a cameo for the ""Neighbours""' 20th anniversary special. Since leaving ""Neighbours"" in 1997, Reece-Wilmore has made guest appearances in television programmes such as ""Police Rescue"", ""Blue Heelers"", ""Stingers"", ""Law of the Land"", ""Halifax f.p."", "" Stingers"", """
"Grundy, and in the summer of 1996 released ""The World of Eddie Grundy by Trevor Harrison"" on Demon Records. In 2001, ""The Archers""' 50th anniversary year, he was made an MBE for his services to radio drama, particularly for his role in ""The Archers"". Harrison and his wife Annette, a civilian police worker, live in south Worcestershire. He is a keen birdwatcher and carries his binoculars and field guide with him everywhere. Trevor Harrison Trevor Harrison (born 16 March 1957, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England) is an English actor best known for his role as Eddie Grundy in the BBC Radio 4"
"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 London Drama Centre (Drama Centre London). She has worked as an actress on TV dramas. She presented ""Something Understood"" on Radio 4 in July 2014. She joined ""The Archers"" in 1987, and has played Ruth"
"Mary Wimbush Mary Wimbush (19 March 1924 – 31 October 2005) was an English actress whose career spanned 60 years. Active across film, television, theatre and radio, she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1969 film ""Oh! What a Lovely War"". Her television credits included ""Poldark"" (1975–77), ""Jeeves and Wooster"" (1990–92), and ""Century Falls"" (1993). She was perhaps best known for her role as Julia Pargetter in BBC Radio 4's popular soap opera ""The Archers"", a part she played from 1992 until her death. Wimbush was born on 19 March 1924 in Kenton, Middlesex"