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• Private Details

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 04/04/2013 13:59:37 by KathyPerks
  Hi Everyone,
  We've noticed that one or two of you have included your private email addresses in posts on the Forum. Just a reminder that this is a public site and It's best to use the private messaging service to contact each other. This gives a measure of protection and prevents spammers or scammers making use of your personal details.
  
  KP

• Love is in the air!

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 09/02/2013 11:34:14 by KathyPerks
  Don't forget to check out this week's delicious tasters - they're full of love!
  
  KP
  
  http://www.thearchers.co.uk/en/Tasters/

• Phew!

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 20/11/2012 16:57:46 by Kate
  Fallon and Rhys have finally made it - or have they? I'll be pinned to my radio set until I've seen them through their first date!!

• Children in Need

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 07/11/2012 09:47:46 by KathyPerks
  It's that time of year again! The Archers will be auctioning a very special studio visit this year and we're hoping for lots of generous bidders! You'll meet the cast and see them in action as they bring Ambridge to life in the heart of the Mailbox, plus lots more. I'll be filling in more detail on the night itself so stay tuned
  
  KP

• Loving Jim and Jazzer

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 10/10/2012 15:32:09 by KathyPerks
  Listening to the lunch-time edition I couldn't help smiling at the relationship starting to unfold between Jim and Jazzer, Ambridge's new odd couple!

• Rosalind Adams (Clarrie) to leave!

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 21/09/2012 11:38:29 by KathyPerks
  It's just been made public that Rosalind Adams, who has played Clarrie for the last 25 years, is to step down from the part.
  
  Ooooh nooo! We shall so miss her - although you'll be pleased to know that The Archers production team are re-casting. Ambridge without Clarrie is as unthinkable as bread without honey! Actually Rosalind is the third actor to play Clarrie - there will be more about this in our Christmas issue of The Ambridge Voice.
  
  KP

• Friday Cliffhanger

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 29/06/2012 16:33:27 by KathyPerks
  Re complaints about ArchEnders we're happy to say that tonight's episode is almost entirely devoid of drama, but Gerry is unhappy...

• June 3 Omnibus Podcast

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 28/06/2012 19:45:12 by KathyPerks
  Here's a link to download podcasts of the programme you may have missed
  
  http://www.hastings-plumber.co.uk/the_archers_2012_06.php
  
  It's a free service
  
  KP

• Slap Down

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 23/06/2012 13:51:55 by KathyPerks
  Found some posts in an odd place on the site so thought I'd post them on behalf of the posters!
  
  Added 22/06/2012 14:32:08 by Rasputin 1917
  Evil stalks the land! Factory production farming, Tony at the edge of life, stampeding beasts, Kathy silent, Pip unbearable, single-parent mums in the manor house - where is the younger bro' of Olly Sterling? Too many loose ends for my taste so it's time to draw them in. Unleash the zombie hordes from far-away Birmingham just to clear the air. Or revive Alistair's little 'habit' and develop a thread that ties in with overseas gambling syndicates and the village cricket 'fixtures'.'
  

• Horns of a dilemma!

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 17/06/2012 12:32:02 by KathyPerks
  One of our Archers actors was chatting about men who wear horns (plenty of those in Ambridge - in the Shakespearean sense!) and realised that over the years Eddie Grundy's horns have got shorter! You can check it out herre
  
  http://www.musikfolk.co.uk/aliveandshouting/guest-eddiegrundy-lambstotheslaughter-thesecountryblues.htm

• Help!

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 05/06/2012 10:03:36 by KathyPerks
  Check this out https://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/media/2012/jun/05/the-archers-radio-4

• Updates

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 16/05/2012 20:46:52 by KathyPerks
  I've been missing some posts because I forget to click on the titles of the threads- there are new posts in Re: The Archers in reality shows and Re: Oh dearie me poor Usha!

• Episodes tonight!

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 11/05/2012 17:18:53 by KathyPerks
  Tamsin Greig (Debbie) is back in Episodes, BBC 2, 10pm with Matt le Blanc and Stephen Mangan. Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00s8009 for her Woman's Hour interview this week

• Why soap?

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 27/04/2012 20:29:40 by KathyPerks
  I never knew where 'soaps' come from as a description - now I do! Check this out...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17820571

• Ambridge Extra

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 22/04/2012 22:37:08 by KathyPerks
  Ambridge Extra is being written as I type and will be on air in early July
  
  KP

• Richard 'versatile' Attlee!

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 21/04/2012 20:42:29 by KathyPerks
  Richard doesn't just play Kenton - he writes and acts. Currently his play 'Love on the Tracks' (shame he and Kathy went off track!), is currently playing at The Watermill Theatre. This link will take you to an interview with Richard http://www.watermill.org.uk/love_on_the_tracks.html

• Off air James & Leonie Scene

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 09/04/2012 20:43:35 by KathyPerks
  You've heard the before and after on Easter Monday, now hear the in between - exclusive scene with James and Leonie (Roger May & Jasmine Hyde) http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thearchers/2012/04/james_and_leonie_in_the_helico.html

• Twenty Twelve

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 31/03/2012 07:21:04 by KathyPerks
  Did anyone else see Tim Bentinck on Telly last night? He was very good I thought. I liked him being a bit dyspeptic and snippy. Worth seeing it in i-Player if you missed it

• The historical truth?

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 31/03/2012 07:15:14 by KathyPerks
  This is fun if you have a few minutes to spare now that the sun has gone in! http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Archers

• A dirty business!

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 22/03/2012 19:12:24 by KathyPerks
  Grayson Perry is an Archers fan. "Making pottery is a dirty business. You don’t go to the studio in a nice dress. It’s where you get on with stuff and make a mess and collapse in an armchair and listen to The Archers”.

• Eddie Mair

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 13/03/2012 20:34:24 by KathyPerks
  Love Eddie's suggestion in next week's Radio Times that there should be a 'Nigel Pargetter Roof Garden' in the new Broadcasting House!

• Matching Pairs

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 26/02/2012 11:19:43 by KathyPerks
  Tricky one. Radio Times has 2 Berts in the cast list. What will they do? Find out from our latest Blog http://www.thearchers.co.uk/en/blog

• re: The Archers Blog - Bullseye......

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 20/02/2012 15:09:27 by portia
  Just read the latest offering on the blog and enjoyed it very much just as always!......but now then - hasn't Kathy got a dear, long lost step-daughter in New Zealand??? Uh Oh!!!
  
  Px

• Forum Comments

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 12/02/2012 16:41:54 by KathyPerks
  Several of you have made comments about the Forum in the 'Re Come Back Denny' thread in Archers Discussion.
  
  The idea we had was that anyone who wished could make a comment on any page in the site and that they wouldn't have to register to do so. This has had partial success for the Forum because the process is more complicated encorporating that idea as well as the usual Message Board procedure.
  
  Someone has suggested an updated post marker, which we'll look into and we also feel that we can make the message lay-out more friendly. Captcha was set up in response to spammers trying to squat the site and is a sign of the times. By all means point us in the direction of effective alternatives.
  
  Let us have your suggestions too if you would like to share them
  
  KP

• More Ambridge Extra

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 10/02/2012 20:20:33 by KathyPerks
  We've just heard that two more series of Ambridge Extra have been commissioned, with the first starting in Spring. Going digital anyone?!

• Captcha

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 04/02/2012 16:03:07 by KathyPerks
  Someone asked why they had to type the two Captcha words after logging in and making a comment
  
  It's a method to prevent automated spam as you have to type in the words manually.
  
  The site was flooded with spam messages selling goods and we had to take steps to control this. Such a shame. It's also why comments have to be pre-moderated.
  
  These are methods increasingly used by social and commercial sites as spammers become evermore ingenious.
  
  KP

• Podcast download naming format

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 03/02/2012 22:25:11 by Lynbob
  I like to download the weeks 6 episodes on a Sat and then listen on my Ipod when I'm ready. Since the guys who prepare the Podcasts have recently changed the date format from yyyymmdd to mth dd the podcasts don't order correctly. Please, can we return to the old format?

• Who's who in Who's who?

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 22/01/2012 18:00:59 by Jazzyp
  I am once again thoroughly enjoying my new copy of Who's who, but wonder why the Archer's family tree has not been updated. I have spotted at least 4 omissions or errors. Sorry to be pedantic but thought I should point them out. Have other listeners noticed any?

• Strike hits Archers!

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 18/01/2012 14:58:38 by KathyPerks
  One of my colleagues emailed me with the news that they were ready act but there was no-one to record them for posterity! The 24 hour strike protesting against the removal of key programmes from BBC Birmingham to Bristol is under way and it has taken a few casualties. Archers Addicts needn't fear 'though. We've battled through snow storms and heat-waves,railway strikes and bomb threats, and nothing has interfered with the smooth running of events in Ambridge for the listener; I doubt we'll start now!

• Whoops!

  Posted over 14 days ago.  Added 14/01/2012 12:57:07 by KathyPerks
  I'm so sorry. A forum message was duplicated and the moderator's became digitally disadvantaged and deleted both messages!! We think it was from Archersfan (?) and it was about a 90 minute extended Omnibus. Please post the message again and I promise to ensure it doesn't slip the net again. It can only be described as a 'Grundy' moment
  
  KP
  

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