What is or who are The Archers?The Archers is a radio soap opera set in the fictional English village of Ambridge. It provides contemporary drama in a rural setting.
What will I hear?
Ambridge is portrayed as a 21st century village, with all the pressures of modern rural life. You'll become involved in the characters' personal and business struggles, love affairs - happy and troubled - and village activities. And there are plenty of lighter moments too.
Who is it about?
Several of the main characters are farmers: David and Ruth Archer at Brookfield Farm (dairy and beef), their cousins Pat and Tony Archer who farm organically at Bridge Farm (dairy and vegetables), and well-off Brian and Jennifer Aldridge at Home Farm (arable, sheep and deer), the biggest in the village.
The Archer family is related to the Aldridges and to several other Ambridge families, including the Hebden Lloyds (riding school and vet), the Pargetters (stately home owners) and the Woolleys (retired business people).
And there are lots of less well-off characters. Most of them live and work in and around Ambridge: on the farms, in the local pub (The Bull), at the village shop, the swanky Grey Gables hotel or St Stephen's church. Others might be found in the nearby market town of Borchester.
Full details can be found in the Who's Who.
And there are family trees for the main families .
How can I hear it?
The 13-minute episodes are broadcast on BBC Radio 4 every day, Sunday to Friday at 7 pm, repeated the next day at 2pm (except Saturdays). There's an omnibus edition of all the week's episodes on Sunday morning at 10.00am.
BBC Radio 4 is on 92-95 FM, 198 LW, and on digital radio and television
You can also listen online , or get the programme sent to your computer in a podcast.
More information
More details about the programme can be found on the BBC Radio web site.
Via the British Business Club in Ukraine web links page:
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