All About The Archers

Philippa Hall
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Obsessed with Ambridge? So are we. All About The Archers — a fan podcast companion to BBC Radio 4's The Archers What it is All About The Archers is a weekly fan-led podcast dedicated to The Archers — BBC Radio 4's long-running everyday story of country folk, broadcasting continuously since 1951 and the world's longest-running soap opera. Set in the fictional English village of Ambridge, The Archers follows the lives of farming families and villagers including the Archers of Brookfield Farm, the Grundys, the Aldridges of Home Farm, and the wider community that gathers at the village pub, The Bull. This is a companion podcast made by fans, for fans — not an official BBC production. It assumes familiarity with current storylines but welcomes listeners at any stage of their Archers journey, even beginners. Hosts Philippa, Katie and Quentin — three enthusiastic Archers fans who bring warmth, humour, and genuine investment in Ambridge life. Format Midweek episodes (shorter): covering Sunday–Tuesday episodes to keep listeners up to date. Recap and discussion of the week's Ambridge events.Guest interview episodes: occasional in-depth conversations with cast members (past guests include Emerald O'Hanrahan, who plays Emma Grundy)Occasional emergency episodes - when events later in the week in Ambridge need an urgent response.Also available on YouTubeRegular segments Star of the Week · Twit of the Week · Listener predictions · Listener Q&A · Food chat (a nod to The Archers' famous culinary references) Topics covered Ongoing storylines, character motivation and development, relationship drama, family conflict, farming and rural life, village mysteries, long-running plot arcs, and speculation about what comes next. Genre & metadata Format: Discussion / recap / fan commentarySubject: British soap opera, rural drama, long-running radio serialOrigin: UKLanguage: EnglishFrequency: Multiple episodes per week, tracking current BBC broadcastStatus: Active and ongoingIdeal for Lifelong Archers listeners wanting a community to discuss episodes with · Newer fans catching up on Ambridge · Anyone curious about Britain's most enduring radio drama Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 1d ago ·  Video

    The Archers Live at 75: Angela Barnes Answers Your Questions | Part 2

    Angela Barnes, comedian, Archers superfan and host of The Archers Live at 75, is back with Philippa, Katie and Quentin, and this time you are asking the questions. Thank you to everyone in the Facebook group who sent one in. If you missed part one, do go back and listen to it first, not least for the backstory Charlotte Martin has invented to get Angela into the Horrobin family. Watch this episode This episode is also available as video on Apple Podcasts: Watch All About The Archers on Apple Podcasts In this episode The friends who message Angela the moment something big happens in AmbridgeWhy she listens every day at bedtime, and her advice for omnibus listenersWhether touring with the cast has changed how she pictures the charactersCharles Collingwood and the nightly boos (with Quentin, the lone Brian apologist, cheering)The Ambridge family she would most like to joinHer verdict on Sykesy's comedyThe first storyline that gripped her, the one that made a real difference, and why she will always love a Flower and Produce ShowWhich cast members and famous faces have been in the audienceWhether seeing the actors spoils the pictures in your headArchers audiences summed up: "it's not a cult, but it sort of is"What she learned on tour about how the programme is made, including the studio sofa bedWhy Jazzer sings a different song at every showWho she would take on Race Across the WorldOne for the Facebook group Liz asked which song Ryan Kelly sang at Bexhill on 11 September. Angela has promised to ask him, and we will post the answer in the Facebook group if he can remember. Topics covered: Lynda Snell, Susan Carter, Tracy Horrobin, Brian Aldridge, Siobhan, Sykesy, Jakob, Helen, Kate, Jolene, Harrison, Lilian, Jill, Jazzer, Rex, Ben, Tom Archer, the Grundys, the Horrobins Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. 4d ago ·  Video

    The wedding, the rain & the surprise | Archers Week in Review

    Katie and Philippa look back at events in Ambridge from Sunday 18 to Tuesday 20 October, and somehow it is still Sunday. The storm everyone was warned about has arrived in full force, and we are, in Katie’s words, shook. We start with the most horrifying thing of all: crème brûlée and tarte tatin as the full range of wedding puddings. Then the real question. With a forecast like that and a venue owned by the family, why didn’t anyone just postpone? Watch this episode This episode is also available as video on Apple Podcasts: Watch All About The Archers on Apple Podcasts In this episode Wedding puddings, and why Elizabeth could have called it offChelsea, Vince and Josh in the forest, and a heart-wrenching episodeA warm welcome to Sam Wilkinson, our new JoshDid David have one champagne too many, and could he drive any slower?A commanding Harrison, and Zainab and the OrangeryPip and Stella: drop the dance, read the roomEddie and Clarrie’s turkeys, and whether they all wore seatbeltsWhy does nobody in Ambridge answer their phone?Could this be Freddie’s moment, at Casey Meats or Lower Loxley?The brilliant sound design contrasting the storm with the warmth of the weddingStar of the Week, Twit of the Week and predictions, including weather researchers descending on AmbridgeHow you can help Thank you for all the love for our emergency episode with Susie Riddell, Annabelle Dowler and Andrew Wincott. If you haven’t heard it yet, do go back and listen or watch. Please sign the petition to keep The Archers in Birmingham: Keep The Archers in Birmingham Coming up Part two of our interview with Angela Barnes, answering your questions from the Facebook group, is out this weekend. We’re back next Tuesday with more from Ambridge. Topics covered: Chelsea, Vince, Josh, Elizabeth, David, Freddie, Lily, Harrison, Zainab, Khalil, Keira, Henry, Pip, Stella, Ruth, Ben, Anna, Alan, Eddie, Clarrie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. Oct 16 ·  Video

    Emergency Episode with Tracy, Kirsty & Adam | Save The Archers Studio

    An emergency episode. Following the news that The Archers will no longer have its planned new studio in Birmingham, Philippa is joined by three of the cast: Susie Riddell, who plays Tracy Horrobin, Annabelle Dowler, who plays Kirsty Miller, and Andrew Wincott, who plays Adam Macy. They explain what has happened, why recording the programme away from its production team would change The Archers as we know it, and what the decision could mean for Birmingham and the West Midlands. Most importantly, they tell us what we as listeners can do to help. Watch this episode This episode is also available as video on Apple Podcasts: Watch All About The Archers on Apple Podcasts In this episode What has happened, and why the cast found out by emailWhy the actors and the production team need to be in the same buildingHow the studio works, from the dead room to the sofa that turns into a bedMaking six episodes a week, 52 weeks a yearThe wider impact on jobs, training and young talent in the MidlandsWhat the studio could be used for on the days The Archers isn’t recordingWhy the cast believe the move would be a false economyWould EastEnders ever be moved to Liverpool?The solidarity of the cast, past and presentWhat listeners can do to helpAnd finally, Adam, Tracy and Kirsty together at lastHow you can help The cast are asking listeners to make their feelings known. Write to your MP, especially if you live in the Midlands. Write to the BBC. And share your support on social media. As Andrew says, the battle is not lost. Topics covered: Tracy Horrobin, Kirsty Miller, Adam Macy, Debbie Aldridge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  4. Oct 13 ·  Video

    Freddie Splits the Team, Pip on the Warpath & Brian Steals the Show | Archers Week in Review

    Philippa, Katie and Quentin are back with everything that’s happened in Ambridge from Sunday 11 to Tuesday 13 October, and we are all, by our own admission, a little bit grumpy. Freddie divides the team straight away. Katie has not missed the whining, Quentin thinks Vince is right, and Philippa is firmly Team Freddie and has some words for Elizabeth. Philippa then gets the Josh situation off her chest, while Quentin finds himself siding with him for once. Watch this episode This episode is also available as video on Apple Podcasts: Watch All About The Archers on Apple Podcasts In this episode Is Freddie ready to take on Lower Loxley, and is Elizabeth helping?Josh, the wedding and South AmericaHappy 16th birthday to Khalil, plus Keira’s half-term tuitionWhy did Khalil walk off, and who has told Henry what?Azra and Ruth are friends againUsha calms Anna down, and the question of one transaction or twoA Facebook group member’s 50p birthday presentQuentin’s complaint about Sunday’s farming lessonsBrian’s best line, Tom’s greenhouse and poor Alistair and the vet billsUnicorns, a first dance with the cows, and whose wedding is it anyway?Stars (and hugs) of the Week, and Twits of the Week, including Philippa breaking the fourth wallPredictions, featuring a three-hour Wizard of Oz special and some positive manifestingComing up Thank you for all your lovely comments on our interview with Angela Barnes. Part two, with your questions from the Facebook group, follows a week on Saturday, and we’re back next Tuesday with more from Ambridge. Topics covered: Freddie, Elizabeth, Vince, Lily, Harrison, Fallon, Josh, Pip, Rosie, Khalil, Keira, Eddie, Henry, Azra, Ruth, Usha, Anna, Alan, Brian, Tom, Helen, Alistair, Stella, Shula, David Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  5. Oct 9 ·  Video

    Angela Barnes on Hosting The Archers Live at 75, Tour Bus Gossip & Her Twit of the Week

    Philippa, Katie and Quentin are joined by comedian, Archers superfan and host of The Archers Live at 75, Angela Barnes. Angela tells us what it is really like touring the country in a minibus she has christened the Archers Omnibus, including the Sunday morning when Charles Collingwood asked the driver to put Radio 4 on. She also explains why this is the first job she has ever had without imposter syndrome & the only one where she cried when she got it and who would win The Traitors. Watch this episode This episode is also available as video on Apple Podcasts: Watch All About The Archers on Apple Podcasts In this episode Flower or Produce: does Angela have a favourite cast?The two "tester" jokes that tell her how the night is going to goWhy she cut most of the tech from the show, and what audiences have made of the QR codeVanessa's sound effects, the gasps from the audience, and whether seeing behind the scenes spoils the magicTour gossip, with Ben Norris firmly under the Archers OmnibusAngela's "audition" for Jeremy Howe, and the backstory Charlotte Martin has invented for her as a long-lost HorrobinHer Star and Twit of the WeekThe Ambridge neighbours she would choose, and the one who would send her straight to DarringtonWho she would take to the Edinburgh Fringe, and who is the funniest character in AmbridgeHow she got hooked on The Archers as a student in the mid 90sAn Ambridge Grand Prix, what colour The Archers is, and who she would want in a Cold War bunkerWho would make the best Traitor in AmbridgeAnd, most importantly, her biscuit of choiceComing up Angela is back with us in two weeks to answer your questions from the Facebook group. Topics covered: Brian Aldridge, Adam, Xander, Joy Horville, Tracy Horrobin, Jazzer, Helen Archer, Susan Carter, Bert Horrobin, Jakob, Leonard, Ben Archer, Lilian, Lynda Snell, Robert Snell, Sabrina Thwaite, Mandy Beesborough, Amber. The Traitors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  6. Oct 6 ·  Video

    Biscuits, Tears and Cracked Nipples: Ambridge This Week So Far

    Philippa and Quentin look back at events in Ambridge from Sunday 4 October to Tuesday 6 October 2026. Quentin cannot get over a £400 bill for cleaning a cat's teeth, while Philippa points out that someone has to pay for the new anaesthetic monitoring system. Alistair insists there is nothing to worry about at the practice. Philippa has written in capitals that he should be worried. On the bright side, he may have found his marketing slogan: "We're not AI vet bots." Anna is bereft and full of praise for Alan, and we both have the same note about where that might be heading. Quentin gives full marks to the writing in Alan's conversation with Anna about why people so often slip away when nobody is in the room. Sunday's word was awkward. Harrison and Lily, Fallon and Grant, and a round of spicy margaritas that neither of us has ever tried. Was Fallon proving a point, or simply allowed a bit of fun? We do not agree. We also disagree about whether Vince was firing a warning shot or handling things beautifully. Then there is Keira's toothache, Clarrie's miraculous 10am emergency dental appointment and Eddie's diagnosis of adolescent molar shift. Quentin thinks it is wrong on at least four levels. Philippa thinks something is going on and wants Eddie to find out what. Amber has a visit from the health visitor and takes the baby to see her mum, and we look ahead to the Grundy cider wetting of the baby's head. Plus the brilliant baby name suggestions in our Facebook group, a welcome mention of the word biscuit, our Stars and Twits of the Week, and predictions involving a Porsche. This week's episodes were written by Sarah Hehir. Coming up: if all goes well, our interview with Angela Barnes, host of The Archers Live at 75 events, will be out this weekend. Listen and watch here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/all-about-the-archers/id1706526260 Topics covered: Alistair, Paul, Denise, Shula, Anna, Alan, Carol, Harrison, Lily, Fallon, Grant, Conrad, Vince, Beth, Ben, Keira, Clarrie, Eddie, George, Brad, Amber, Anne-Marie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  7. Sep 29 ·  Video

    Life's Good, Innit? Famous Last Words in Ambridge

    Listen and watch on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/all-about-the-archers/id1706526260 Katie and Philippa review events in Ambridge from Sunday 27 to Tuesday 29 September. And we're worried, because Emma has just said life's good. Tornado, flood or loose elephant in the dog field: something is coming. Philippa has done her research (badly) and brings three baby name suggestions for George and Amber, all better than theirs, obviously. Katie wonders how the name will sound with Grundy on the end, and hopes Joe survives as a middle name. We also talk about Amber's first days as a mum. We thought the writing was beautifully done, from the pain and exhaustion to that shopping list left on the side, and we're sending her solidarity. Susan steps in brilliantly, and gets a gossip in about Harrison and Lily while she's at it. Plus: team Martyn or team Brian, Lynda's dog field plans, Martyn telling Ed to "talk to the Archers", where the Grundys are all going to live, and Brian and Adam. Brian is still not reading the room. Philippa also thanks Julie and Morgan at the BBC office for letting her join their event, where she read the parts of Adam and Lilian, sound effects and all. We finish with Star of the Week, Twit of the Week and our predictions. Katie's are very wise. Philippa's are not. We're back next Tuesday. Share your baby name ideas for George and Amber in the Facebook group. Topics covered: Amber Gordon | George Grundy | Emma Grundy | Ed Grundy | Eddie Grundy | Clarrie Grundy | Will Grundy | Poppy Grundy | Joe Grundy | Susan Carter | Harrison Burns | Lily Pargetter | Brian Aldridge | Adam Macy | Ian Craig | Xander Macy | Lynda Snell | Martyn Gibson | Oliver Sterling | Lilian Bellamy | The Archers September 2026 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  8. Sep 25 ·  Video

    Dr Charlotte Martin Answers Your Questions — Susan's Radio Show, Bert's Secrets & Would She Be Friends with Susan?

    Philippa is back with Dr Charlotte Martin, who plays Susan Carter in The Archers, for part two — and the Facebook group have come up with some brilliant questions. Charlotte answers whether she would actually be friends with Susan in real life (probably not — she'd want to know too much about your personal life), whether Tracy is scared of Susan (she's not, she looks up to her), and whether Susan was secretly right to side with Bert against Chris. She talks about what it was like playing the prison storyline when it first aired, why George working in the shop after coming out of prison was so personal to Susan, and why Clive and Bert will probably continue to haunt her no matter how far she climbs. Also covered: the much-missed partnership with Clary in the dairy and what Helen did to end it, why so many Ambridge characters are still working past sixty, the long-running question of why Susan and Tracy have such different accents, how scripts get tweaked when a word does not quite feel like Susan, and Emerald Sherwood's remarkable job of studying Charlotte's accent to play Emma. Plus Charlotte's dream of Susan and Jolene doing Race Across the World together, confirmation that she really does want that radio show back, and one of the best descriptions of Susan ever committed to podcast: a WhatsApp group with a tabard. Topics covered: Susan Carter | Tracy Fuller | Bert Horrobin | Clive Horrobin | Emma Grundy | George Grundy | Clary | Charlotte Martin | Prison storyline | Race Across the World | The Archers 2026 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Obsessed with Ambridge? So are we. All About The Archers — a fan podcast companion to BBC Radio 4's The Archers What it is All About The Archers is a weekly fan-led podcast dedicated to The Archers — BBC Radio 4's long-running everyday story of country folk, broadcasting continuously since 1951 and the world's longest-running soap opera. Set in the fictional English village of Ambridge, The Archers follows the lives of farming families and villagers including the Archers of Brookfield Farm, the Grundys, the Aldridges of Home Farm, and the wider community that gathers at the village pub, The Bull. This is a companion podcast made by fans, for fans — not an official BBC production. It assumes familiarity with current storylines but welcomes listeners at any stage of their Archers journey, even beginners. Hosts Philippa, Katie and Quentin — three enthusiastic Archers fans who bring warmth, humour, and genuine investment in Ambridge life. Format Midweek episodes (shorter): covering Sunday–Tuesday episodes to keep listeners up to date. Recap and discussion of the week's Ambridge events.Guest interview episodes: occasional in-depth conversations with cast members (past guests include Emerald O'Hanrahan, who plays Emma Grundy)Occasional emergency episodes - when events later in the week in Ambridge need an urgent response.Also available on YouTubeRegular segments Star of the Week · Twit of the Week · Listener predictions · Listener Q&A · Food chat (a nod to The Archers' famous culinary references) Topics covered Ongoing storylines, character motivation and development, relationship drama, family conflict, farming and rural life, village mysteries, long-running plot arcs, and speculation about what comes next. Genre & metadata Format: Discussion / recap / fan commentarySubject: British soap opera, rural drama, long-running radio serialOrigin: UKLanguage: EnglishFrequency: Multiple episodes per week, tracking current BBC broadcastStatus: Active and ongoingIdeal for Lifelong Archers listeners wanting a community to discuss episodes with · Newer fans catching up on Ambridge · Anyone curious about Britain's most enduring radio drama Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Philippa Hall
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    237
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Philippa Hall
  • Show Website
    All About The Archers

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