The Archers is breaking boundaries this year to celebrate its 75th anniversary of being on air. The radio show, which first ...

The cast of The Archers have re-enacted the opening scene from the first ever episode to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the BBC Radio 4 drama. The Archers launched on 1 January 1951, but the ...

BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers has marked the death of the Queen with a specially-recorded scene that was broadcast at the start of Sunday’s episode. Listeners heard two of the serial’s ...

In the early 1970s, Steven Spielberg asked Tom Stoppard to write a screenplay for the movie "Jaws." The great playwright said no, he was busy writing a play for the BBC. You'd turn down a Hollywood ...

That ability to connect with listeners is what makes The Archers so special – it has timeless appeal, and yet it manages to speak to the times we live in today. We look forward to seeing what the next ...

LONDON – As Britons return to work after the New Year, millions are discussing, debating — even mourning — the death of a well-loved character on a long-running soap opera. That's not unusual — except ...

The world's longest-running radio drama turns 75 in January. 'The Archers' chronicles a fictional farming family in England, navigating climate change, mental health and romance. In the early 1970s, ...

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