Which Village is The Archers Based On?

The Archers has broadcast on BBC Radio 4 since 1951, set in the fictional village of Ambridge. Some people believe this is based on the Worcestershire village of Cutnall Green.

Underneath the Archers is a book by an ecological farmer (who wrote over 600 episodes) asks if new stories of floods, GM crops and loss of family farms could help influence a return from industrial agriculture, back to nature-friendly farming?

The familiar theme tune is called Barwick Green. It’s from a composition by Yorkshire’s Arthur Wood, based on a maypole dance. Scottish comedian Billy Connolly suggested that we should use the tune as our National Anthem!

One of the actors on The Archers, is the man who says ‘Mind the Gap’ on the London Underground.