"The Bowmans ""The Bowmans"" is an episode of the BBC television situation comedy programme ""Hancock"", the final BBC series featuring Tony Hancock, first broadcast on 2 June 1961. It was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The title is a retronym; the episodes were not originally identified separately. Hancock plays an actor in a fictional radio serial called ""The Bowmans"", a parody of the real BBC radio programme ""The Archers"". The theme tune to ""The Bowmans"" is a close variation by series composer Wally Stott of the real ""Archers"" theme tune ""Barwick Green"". Hancock plays Joshua Merriweather, a character"
"Barwick Green ""Barwick Green"" is the theme music to the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera ""The Archers"". A ""maypole dance"" from the suite ""My Native Heath"" written in 1924 by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood, it is named after Barwick-in-Elmet in Yorkshire's West Riding. The recording used between 1950 and the 1990s was played by Sidney Torch and his orchestra. Sidney Torch recorded a commercial release of ""Barwick Green"" in the 1950s, but it was not used on ""The Archers"" itself. The familiar opening 7 notes are echoed in the pizzicato in Benjamin Britten's ""Simple Symphony"", written in 1934."
"The Sunday omnibus broadcast of ""The Archers"" starts with a more rustic, accordion-arranged rendition by The Yetties, while the theme for BBC Radio 4 Extra's ""The Archers"" spinoff, ""Ambridge Extra"", is a version arranged by Bellowhead. Barwick Green ""Barwick Green"" is the theme music to the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera ""The Archers"". A ""maypole dance"" from the suite ""My Native Heath"" written in 1924 by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood, it is named after Barwick-in-Elmet in Yorkshire's West Riding. The recording used between 1950 and the 1990s was played by Sidney Torch and his orchestra. Sidney Torch recorded"
"is now used for communal activities. The local newspaper is the ""Wetherby News"" whilst the regional newspaper is the ""Yorkshire Evening Post"". The local BBC radio station is BBC Radio Leeds, whilst there are many other independent local radio stations in the area. There are cinemas nearby in Leeds, Wetherby and Castleford. The theme tune to ""The Archers"" is called ""Barwick Green"". It was written by Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood in 1924, as a ""maypole dance"" in his suite ""My native heath"". The other items in this suite are ""Ilkley Tarn"", ""Bolton Abbey"" and ""Knaresborough Status"". Widge, the protagonist in"
"the BBC radio soap ""The Archers"". Smethurst insisted he only got the flak because his was the name the public knew. Further changes included the series being renamed ""Crossroads Kings Oak"" for a time, with the intention in the future of shortening this to merely ""King's Oak"". However, this final change was overtaken by the decision in June 1987 by Andy Allen, Central's director of programmes, to axe the series. The familiar theme tune was replaced in September 1987 by a new theme composed by Max Early and Raf Ravenscroft. New titles were introduced to accompany the new theme, which"
"major"", ""Widow Malone"", ""An Oriental Scene"" and ""Fairy Dreams"". He also composed a number of stage musicals, such as ""Yvonne"", ""Petticoat Fair"", and ""Fancy Fair"", the latter two dating from about 1918. Apart from ""Barwick Green"", his works are now rarely performed. Arthur Wood (composer) Arthur Wood (24 January 1875–18 January 1953) was an English composer and conductor, particularly famous for ""Barwick Green"", the signature theme for the BBC Radio 4 series ""The Archers"". Wood was born in Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, the son of a tailor. His father was a violinist in a local amateur orchestra and as a boy, Wood"
"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,"
"accessible for people who had never listened to ""The Archers"" before. ""Ambridge Extra"" features a number of new or previously silent and minor characters from the main series and initially focussed on several of the younger characters. The programme is broadcast on Tuesday and Thursday with an omnibus on Sunday, all following ""The Archers"" on Radio 4. ""The Archers"" theme tune ""Barwick Green"" has been re-arranged for ""Ambridge Extra"" and is performed by folk group Bellowhead. The first series of ""Ambridge Extra"" ran for 13 weeks (26 episodes) from April through to June 2011. A second 13-week series began airing"
"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, it is Radio 4's most listened-to non-news programme, With over one million listeners via the internet, the programme holds the record for BBC Radio online"
"Arthur Wood (composer) Arthur Wood (24 January 1875–18 January 1953) was an English composer and conductor, particularly famous for ""Barwick Green"", the signature theme for the BBC Radio 4 series ""The Archers"". Wood was born in Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, the son of a tailor. His father was a violinist in a local amateur orchestra and as a boy, Wood began to learn the violin, the flute and piccolo. After his family moved to Harrogate in 1882 he was given flute lessons from Arthur Brookes, a member of a local spa orchestra. He left school at the age of twelve and two"
"Frédéric Chopin; ""The Archers"", which has ""Barwick Green""; ""Desert Island Discs"" which has ""By the Sleepy Lagoon"", and ""The Rush Limbaugh Show"", which uses the instrumental from ""My City Was Gone."" In talk radio, a different theme song is often used to introduce each segment, and the music (usually popular music of some sort) will often relate to the topic being discussed. John Batchelor is noted for his use of highly dramatic orchestral scores leading in and out of each segment of his weekly show. Many video games feature a theme song that is distinctive to the series. A popular"
"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"
"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"
"series regulars Philip and Julie Martin, while Ben Nicholas reprised his role as Stingray Timmins. The first episode of the five-part series was released on 30 October 2017. Several records were released in the 1980s. The ""Neighbours"" theme tune sung by Barry Crocker was released by BBC Records in 1988. It reached a peak of 84 on the UK Singles Chart. The Angry Anderson power ballad ""Suddenly"" which was featured in ""Episode 523"" was released in 1987, while the show's love theme ""In Your Arms"" by Lynne Hamilton was released in 1989. ""Suddenly"" was later covered by Sam Clark in"
"urban areas. They continue to produce music today, and have garnered critical acclaim and a cult following around the world. Inkberrow Inkberrow is a village in Worcestershire, England, often thought to be the model for Ambridge, the setting of BBC Radio 4's long-running series ""The Archers"". In particular, The Bull, the fictional Ambridge pub, is supposed to be based on The Old Bull in Inkberrow. The village's parish church is dedicated to St. Peter and contains the Savage family chapel. In 2006, Inkberrow was awarded the title of Worcestershire Village of the Year and won the Building Community Life section"
"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"
"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"
"theme for the BBC's ""Grandstand"" (""News Scoop"" by Len Stevens), ""Crimewatch"" (""Rescue Helicopter"" by John Cameron) and ""Grange Hill"" (""Chicken Man"" by Alan Hawkshaw). Arthur Wood's ""Barwick Green"", written in 1924, still serves as the theme for long-running BBC Radio soap ""The Archers"". TV comedy series such as ""The Benny Hill Show"" and ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" also made extensive use of production library cues (many sourced from the De Wolfe catalogue) as background or incidental music. American TV has also utilized production music, most notably with the themes for ""Monday Night Football"" (""Heavy Action"" by Johnny Pearson) and ""The"
"in ""Open All Hours"". A fan created a web site to garner support for preserving it. The shop was to be auctioned in Leeds on 24 November 2008, and was expected to fetch between £120,000 and £130,000; however, all bids fell short of the reserve price. Three years earlier, a different sort of auction commemorated the programme. The BBC donated, to the British Stammering Association, two of the false moustaches worn by Ronnie Barker in the series. The BSA auctioned the moustaches at their London conference in September 2005 (shortly before Barker's death). The show's theme tune is a song"
"listening figures. Partly established with the aim towards educating farmers following World War II, ""The Archers"" soon became a popular source of entertainment for the population at large, attracting nine million listeners by 1953. ""The Archers"" is set in the fictional village of Ambridge in the fictional county of Borsetshire, in England. Borsetshire is situated between, in reality, the contiguous counties of Worcestershire and Warwickshire, south of Birmingham in The Midlands. Possibly based on the village of Cutnall Green, various other villages claim to be the inspiration for Ambridge; ""The Bull"", Ambridge's pub, is modelled on The Old Bull in"
"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 Treherbert, Rhondda, Wales, but grew up in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. He gained his A-Levels whilst at The John of Gaunt School, Trowbridge. Before he worked in radio, he had a job in a bank, was a commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force for six years, active in public relations in London, advertising in Derby and was a media and presentation trainer in Sheffield. After this he became a producer for ""The Archers"""
"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"
"Green"" involving trombones, cymbals and the closing bars of the signature tune - known as the ""doom music"" to some fan groups. However, this tradition has been dropped more recently, such as the death of Nigel Pargetter when the normal closing music was played despite the gravity of the incident - to the irritation of some followers, who consider the jollity of the normal segment inappropriate in such circumstances. A brief extract from ""The Dream of Gerontius"" was played following the death of Phil Archer. When John Archer died no music was played. There was a nod to ""The Archers"""
"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"
"heading for the border with Worcestershire and passing through the village of Inkberrow, said to be the village that was the inspiration for Ambridge, the centre of the world for fans of the long-running BBC radio series ""The Archers"", which began in 1951. The last section to Worcester is narrow and winding until it terminates at the A44 just south of M5 junction 6. The road is long. A422 road The A422 is an ""A"" road for east-west journeys in south central England, connecting the county towns of Bedford and Worcester by way of Milton Keynes, Buckingham, Banbury and Stratford-upon-Avon."
"its recurring ""The Archers Accidentally"" sketches; the sketches claim to portray ""The Archers"" the way it sounds to people who only listen to the show inadvertently. The radio series of ""Dead Ringers"" has frequently parodied characters from ""The Archers"", including a special edition. The subtitle was parodied by Bill Tidy in his long-running cartoon of ""The Cloggies"", ""an Everyday Saga in the Life of Clog Dancing Folk"", which ran in the satirical magazine ""Private Eye"", and later in ""The Listener"". In addition to books and audiobooks, purported maps of Ambridge and Borsetshire have been published. An episode of ""Arena"", broadcast"
"episode ""Achub Y Morfilod"" (""Saving the whales"") in Season 6 of the American animation series Archer. Guest-starring Matthew Rhys, a native Welshman, the episode was the result of a story told by Rhys on a night out with the show's creators (earning Rhys a writing credit). ""Reservoirs"" by R. S. Thomas appeared in “Not That He Brought Flowers”, published in 1968. It was written soon after the opening of Llyn Celyn and Llyn Clywedog. Electronic musician Bibio released a song called “Capel Celyn” on his 2017 album “Phantom Brickworks”. ""Cofiwch Dryweryn"" (""Remember Tryweryn"") is a motto referring to the drowning"
"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."
"this popular theme is 8 notes which sound familiar as echoing the opening of ""Barwick Green"" the theme music to the long-running BBC Radio 4 everyday story of country folk, ""The Archers"", written in 1924 by Arthur Wood. In 1944, the choreographer Walter Gore created a ballet also entitled ""Simple Symphony"" for the Ballet Rambert. Many themes of the symphony are also used for the soundtrack ""Bad Blood"" (1986) by Leos Carax. It appears in Wes Anderson's film ""Moonrise Kingdom"" (2012), which prominently features many pieces by Britten. It also appears in the first season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
"on Britain's behalf in World War II. The BBC continues to broadcast the world's longest-running radio soap, ""The Archers"", which first aired in May 1950, and has been running nationally since 1951. It is currently broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and continues to attract over five million listeners, or roughly 25% of the radio listening population of the UK at that time of the evening. In the UK, soap operas are one of the most popular genres, with most being broadcast during prime time. Most UK soap operas focus on everyday, working-class communities, influenced by the conventions of the kitchen"
"Listener and Forester in ""The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship"" and also for the voice of ""The Thing"" in another Cosgrove Hall production, ""Truckers"", based on a book by Terry Pratchett. Edward Kelsey Edward Kelsey (born 4 June 1930 in Petersfield, Hampshire) is an English actor of stage and screen, as well as a voiceover artist. He is best recognized as the voice of Joe Grundy on the long-running BBC radio soap opera ""The Archers"" and for voicing various other characters on television. In 1954 Kelsey joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary"
"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"
"project for the festival inviting players to form an online orchestra to play Barwick Green, the signature tune to BBC Radio 4's The Archers. Sutherland appears regularly in concert with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra (particularly as a conductor for BBC Radio 2's ""Friday Night is Music Night""), the Münchner Rundfunkorchester and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. In May 2001, Gavin began another lasting relationship, as Principal Guest Conductor of the Australian Philharmonic Orchestra, for whom he now conducts regularly both in Melbourne and Sydney Opera House. He has also guest conducted orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,"