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Contemporary drama in a rural setting

BBC Radio 4


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    The Archers podcast is truly something out of this world. As an 11-year-old, I was introduced to the show by my dad and instantly became hooked. The characters and storylines are captivating, providing a good old laugh with each episode. One of the standout aspects of the show is Jazzar, who is special in his own unique way. Tracy, on the other hand, can come across as a bit crazy and in need of help. The posh crazy characters like Brian, Lillian, and Suzan add an extra layer of entertainment to the show. Overall, The Archers is a fantastic podcast that delivers laughter and enjoyment.

    The best aspect of The Archers podcast is undoubtedly its ability to bring together a diverse range of characters and storylines. It strikes a perfect balance between drama and humor, ensuring that every listener can find something to enjoy. The show also addresses relevant issues faced by many families today, making it relatable and engaging.

    However, there are some aspects of the show that can be seen as negative. Some listeners have criticized certain characters such as Amy for her voice or acting abilities. Additionally, there have been complaints about advertisements interrupting the flow of episodes. While these may be minor issues for some listeners, they can detract from the overall enjoyment.

    In conclusion, The Archers podcast is an incredibly entertaining show that has maintained a high standard of storytelling for years. It tackles real-life dramas with expertise while still providing moments of lightheartedness and laughter. Despite some minor flaws, it remains a beloved podcast that keeps listeners coming back for more. Long live Ambridge!



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    03/10/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2025 12:51


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    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 13:05


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    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2025 13:09


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    30/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 13:02


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    29/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 12:51


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    28/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2025 12:58


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    26/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 13:05


    Writer: Tim Stimpson Director: Marina Caldarone Editor: Jeremy HoweBrian Aldridge.... Charles Collingwood Ben Archer.... Ben Norris Jill Archer.... Patricia Greene Pip Archer.... Daisy Badger Leonard Berry.... Paul Copley Susan Carter.... Charlotte Martin Ruairi Donovan.... Arthur Hughes Justin Elliott.... Simon Williams Alan Franks.... John Telfer Amber Gordon.... Charlotte Jordan Emma Grundy.... Emerald O'Hanrahan George Grundy.... Angus Stobie Adam Macy.... Andrew Wincott Azra Malik.... Yasmin Wilde Stella Pryor.... Lucy Speed Oliver Sterling.... Michael Cochrane Dane.... Stavros Demetraki Meg Mellor.... Sue Jenkins

    25/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 13:12


    There's a shock for Emma, and alliances are forged at Home Farm.

    24/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2025 13:06


    When Brian mentions the objectionable idea of Amber's homecoming party for George, Alice wonders if that's why he's been flipping out recently. But Alice is more worried about Brian taking on too much at Home Farm and wants him to advertise for a new manager. Meanwhile, Ruairi has gone to sound out Stella about taking her old job back, so long as Brian agrees to retire. Stella reckons that'll never happen though, so it's a no from her.Having been accosted by several people about the poor job Grey Gables made of the Flower and Produce Show, Oliver tells Dane they need to get the village back on side. Dane thinks that time will heal the breach, but Oliver feels poor communication between different departments was the root cause. Which is why he's considering Lily's idea of a job swap - only they both know it would never work. But having staff shadow one another could be a goer, Dane reckons, especially if they introduce an element of fun. He'll come up with a plan, but leaving their jobs out of it as they both know all the other jobs already. Later, Ruairi shows Brian and Alice the amazing castle in Scotland he's found as a potential family holiday destination. They both think it looks perfect, but Brian's mood darkens when Ruairi mentions Stella and retirement. Ruairi then admits his fear of losing Brian, like he's already lost Siobhan and Jenny. So, he's decided to come back for good to both Ambridge and Home Farm.

    23/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2025 12:58


    Stella looks to the future, and Adam has reservations.

    22/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 13:11


    Justin finds himself out of his comfort zone, and Jill talks of the past.

    21/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2025 13:06


    Susan makes a surprise decision, and there's a near miss for Alan.

    19/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 13:06


    Writer: Sarah McDonald Hughes Director: Peter Leslie Wild Editor: Jeremy HoweBrian Aldridge.... Charles Collingwood Ben Archer.... Ben Norris Lilian Bellamy.... Sunny Ormonde Alice Carter.... Hollie Chapman Ruairi Donovan.... Arthur Hughes Justin Elliott.... Simon Williams Alan Franks.... John Telfer Martyn Gibson.... Jon Glover Ed Grundy.... Barry Farrimond Jim Lloyd.... John Rowe Paul Mack.... Joshua Riley Azra Malik.... Yasmin Wilde Jazzer McCreary.... Ryan Kelly Lily Pargetter.... Katie Redford Fallon Rogers.... Joanna Van Kampen

    18/09/2025

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    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 13:11


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    16/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 13:04


    Fallon jumps in the deep end, and Azra has a suggestion to make.

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    Ruairi makes an emotional admission, and Justin finds his arm twisted.

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    12/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 13:11


    Writer: Nick Warburton  Director: Helen Aitken Editor: Jeremy HoweBen Archer.... Ben Norris Pip Archer.... Daisy Badger Tom Archer.... William Troughton Ruairi Donovan.... Arthur Hughes Amber Gorden.... Charlotte Jordan Brad Horrobin.... Taylor Uttley Adam Macy.... Andrew Wincott Azra Malik.... Yasmin Wilde Freddie Pargetter.... Toby Laurence Lily Pargetter.... Katie Redford Stella Pryor.... Lucy Speed Fallon Rogers.... Joanna Van Kampen Lynda Snell.... Carole Boyd Dane.... Stavros Demetraki

    11/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2025 13:11


    Ruairi hatches a plan and Azra does her research

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    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 13:09


    Stella faces a challenge and will Lily fall on her sword?

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    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 13:15


    Azra faces disappointment and Fallon is offered an unexpected opportunity

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    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 13:15


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    07/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025 12:56


    Brad and Amber head home from the cricket. Amber admits to being bored. Even when Brad enthuses over the winning highlights she eyerolls that life's too short. She updates Brad on being thrown out of Spiritual Home. Brad suggests Kate might be someone who finds it hard to forgive and forget – she'll definitely be off George's welcome home party list then. Amber suggests a big bash at the village hall. Brad favours Grange Farm, where Amber will have more control.[Amber resolves to ask Eddie. Her phone pings with followers incessantly, and Brad challenges her to turn it off. He points out the full moon, but she's not looking. Exasperated, he asks her if she can't do something else. Amber defends her influencer status. She wasn't clever enough or pretty enough at school, and this is something she's good at. And she'll get even better once she's had her teeth done. Brad wants to know she's doing this for herself and not because someone online says so. Amber starts to cry and runs off.The Ambridge team celebrate their win despite certain relegation. The mood's darkened by the arrival of Lawrence. Lynda insists she's standing by Zainab and the complaint, meeting Lawrence's menacing threats with an announcement to the pub crowd. She encourages Lawrence to bring up the subject of team payments. Lynda admits they have paid players, and apologises. Lily's horrified Lynda's taking the blame, but Freddie reckons they should quietly leave. Tom and Adam reckon this is divisive, setting friend against friend. They need to take action.

    05/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 12:58


    Oliver raises the delicate topic of Susan and Neil with Amber. Amber maintains she finds the idea of apologising to them too difficult after everything that's happened. They let George down and it's them who should be apologising. And Neil taking the ring away has really hurt her. She heads off to a massage appointment with Kate. When she explains she's an influencer Kate jokes she hopes Amber won't give her a terrible review. She suggests they could talk about a collaboration. Amber declares she'd love that; Spiritual Home has a really nice vibe. As the treatment begins Amber chats happily about her upcoming wedding, naming her fiancé as George. Shocked Kate puts two and two together and realises who Amber is. When Kate explains she's Alice's sister, Amber suggests Alice needs to take some responsibility for George's plight – in fact it could even be her fault George is in prison. Kate needs to accept there's fault on both sides. Given Alice's history, George was just the scapegoat. Incandescent Kate throws Amber out.Zainab starts to update Lynda on the drink incident yesterday, becoming distressed in the process. Lynda calms her, before Oliver interrupts to speak to Zainab. He explains they've had a complaint from a guest who witnessed what happened at the Tearoom. Zainab fears the worst, but Oliver's on her side – Lawrence is a piece of work and deserved what she did. Later Lynda tells Zainab she showed admirable restraint. She intends to speak to Lawrence and resolve this ridiculous situation once and for all.

    04/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 13:08


    As Stella rolls up her sleeves for another day at Brookfield, David mentions a job he's seen advertised that might be a good fit for her. Stella admits she saw it but dismissed it as too much of an executive role. She's more farm than strategy. David argues she has all the experience and ideas they need – she should apply. She has nothing to lose. Stella agrees to give it some thought. Later grateful Pip thanks her dad for talking Stella round – she's filling in the application right now. Pip loves how her parents have accepted Stella into the family and are open to her ideas.Against her better judgement Chelsea's returned to the golf club with keen Zainab. She's worried that Lynda's sent the email about Lawrence – what if they see him? Zainab reassures her; there's nothing they can do about it anyway. Martyn arrives and sense something's wrong, so they explain about the blackmail threat. He offers to meet them later to discuss it further. Chelsea unwittingly divulges to Martyn that Justin's buying more land. Over lunch Martyn admits to finding Lawrence's behaviour bizarre. Right on cue Lawrence appears. He protests that Chelsea and Zainab are turning Ambridge against him, and Martyn's accusation of harassment just proves how he's also been taken in by them. After unacceptable insult towards Zainab, Martyn demands Lawrence apologises, but Lawrence compounds the situation and Zainab throws her drink over him in response. She instantly regrets it but Chelsea and Martyn think she was brave. Zainab just feels she's made it all worse.

    03/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 13:14


    Chelsea has reservations and sensitivities are high at Brookfield.

    02/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2025 13:04


    Kate looks at the bigger picture and Lilian bolsters a friend.

    01/09/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 13:12


    Lawrence plays his trump card and Adam chooses a side.

    31/08/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 13:04


    Lynda finds herself exposed and Tom attempts to negotiate.

    29/08/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 13:07


    Writer: Katie Hims Director: Dave Payne Editor: Jeremy HoweBrian Aldridge.... Charles Collingwood Henry Archer.... Blayke Darby Jolene Archer.... Buffy Davis Kenton Archer.... Richard Attlee Pat Archer.... Patricia Gallimore Emma Grundy.... Emerald O'Hanrahan George Grundy.... Angus Stobie Brad Horrobin.... Taylor Uttley Chelsea Horrobin.... Madeleine Leslay Adam Macy.... Andrew Wincott Zainab Malik.... Priyasasha Kumari Freddie Pargetter.... Toby Laurence Fallon Rogers.... Joanna Van Kampen Lynda Snell.... Carole Boyd Robert Snell.... Michael Bertenshaw Lawrence.... Rupert Vansittart

    28/08/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 13:11


    Emma is on the warpath, and Lynda thinks revenge may be best served cold.

    27/08/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2025 13:11


    Jolene has serious reservations, and Pat is not amused.

    26/08/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2025 13:12


    Chelsea and Zainab are in the Golf Club bar where Zainab tells Chelsea how much she enjoys playing golf. She might even become a member of the Club. They're surprised when Lawrence approaches them – they thought he'd been chucked out. He continues to be offensive, but then says he wants to start over and offers to buy them a drink. They refuse and resolve to ignore him. But when he overhears Zainab talking about joining the club, he sneers that she won't be able to afford it; golf and the club are simply out of her league.Brad heads to The Bull where he lets Fallon know that George would like to ring her from prison. When Fallon wonders why, Brad explains that it's to do with the man who set The Bull sign on fire. George knows someone in prison whose dad has had dealings with Markie in the past. They now hate each other, but he might know where Markie is. Fallon thinks it's a bad idea for George to get involved.Kenton's pleased that The Bull has won the South Borsetshire Best Local Pub Award. But he's jumpy when there's a rowdy group in the pub. When Fallon checks how he's doing, Kenton admits that he just wishes Markie and his accomplice were locked up. This prompts Fallon to tell Kenton about George's offer. Kenton approaches Brad who explains how George might help find Markie. Kenton reckons it's worth a try – he wants Markie behind bars and to be able to sleep at night.

    25/08/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 13:09


    Henry's flat when Adam praises him for his bowling prowess yesterday. Henry doesn't think cricket's for him and he might not play again after this season. Pat asks Henry why he wants to quit cricket and he admits that he's worried about injuring the batter from the Borchester Fourths. Pat reckons that she'll be ok and that bowling short is a perfectly legitimate tactic. Henry then opens up about when Rob got really angry with him when he was being taught how to play cricket. Pat thinks it's a shame to miss out on a game Henry enjoys because of ‘that man'.When Brian asks Adam for some help at Home Farm, Pat's not impressed saying that the situation can't go on. Emma visits George who explains how his relationship with Amber has given him renewed hope. Emma's surprised when George mentions that Amber's being sponsored to have her veneers done in Turkey. It all helps with getting subscribers to her account and so discounts for the wedding. George then checks whether Emma's used Amber's gift of teeth whitening vouchers – George thinks she might offend Amber if they're not used. Talk turns to the arson attack at The Bill and Ed and Mia's drone footage. The police can't find Markie's accomplice. When George asks what Markie's surname is, Emma wonders why. Later George asks Brad to contact Fallon to tell her that George might be able to help find the perpetrators. Brad doesn't think it's a good idea to get involved, but George reckons it's a great way to prove himself to the village. He just needs Brad's help.

    24/08/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2025 13:16


    Henry's a success at bowling but when Freddie praises him, Henry's concerned about being encouraged to bowl short. Later Freddie notices that Henry's being really hesitant and coaches him to give it a bit more clout. But Henry's worried about bowling in that style, particularly against the women players. Chelsea bumps into Freddie at the cricket and asks about his experience with Lawrence. Lawrence was really sexist to her and Zainab at the golf club last week and Martyn's put a complaint in for them at the club.Robert's back from looking after Leonie but seems out of sorts. When Lynda probes him he admits that sometimes he feels like he's competing with the whole of Ambridge for Lynda's attention. And the last fortnight has been extreme. He sometimes needs Lynda more than the village does. When Lynda counters that he could have unloaded to her at any point, Robert explains that he tried but she was always busy. Lynda starts to apologise when it appears that someone on the cricket pitch has been hurt. It turns out a woman batter's hand has been injured by a ball bowled by Henry. She's taken off to A and E as a precaution.Ambridge win against the Borchester Fourths but both Chelsea and Robert think Henry's bowling style was pretty fierce. Freddie congratulates Henry, but instead of joining them all for celebrations at The Bull, Henry just wants to go home. When Freddie points out they won fair and square, Henry laments that it doesn't feel like that.

    22/08/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2025 12:56


    Writer: Jessica Mitic Director: Peter Leslie Wild Editor: Jeremy HoweHenry Archer…Blayke Darby Chris Carter … Wilf Scolding Martyn Gibson … Jon Glover Amber Gordon … Charlotte Jordan Ed Grundy … Barry Farrimond Lawrence Harrington … Rupert Vansittart Brad Horrobin … Taylor Uttley Chelsea Horrobin … Madeleine Leslay Tracy Horrobin … Susie Riddell Zainab Malik … Priyasasha Kumari Jazzer McCreary … Ryan Kelly Freddie Pargetter … Toby Laurence Fallon Rogers … Joanna van Kampen Jenna … Nia Gwynne

    21/08/2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 13:07


    Fallon makes a suggestion, and Brad tries to broker peace in the tearoom.

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