Media contact and coverage

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Below is a listing of the coverage across print, online and broadcast media. 

 

The Economist, 25 April 2024

When academics meet “The Archers”

 
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I Newspaper, 22 February 2021

Archers musical and theme park almost took off

 
 
 
 
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The Guardian, 15 December 2020

The Long Read: 'A peculiarly English epic': the weird genius of The Archers, Charlotte Higgins

 
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No Such Thing As A Fish, Episode 270, 24 May 2019

Fact 1

 
 
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BBC Radio 4, 16th August 2016

Feedback

 
 
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London Review of Books, 10th April 2019

Gender, Sex and Gossip in The Archers, book review

 
 
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The Ambridge Observer, 8th April 2019

Special edition! Academic Archers: Ambridge reacts

 
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BBC Radio Sheffield, 6th April 2019

Interview with Dr Cara Courage and Dr Nicola Headlam

 
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BBC Radio Scotland, Good Morning Scotland, 5th April 2019

Interview with Dr Sarah Kate Merry

 
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Broadcasting House, 3rd April 2019

Mention in newspaper review

 
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The Telegraph, 2nd April 2019

The truth about the sex lives of The Archers

 
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The Telegraph, 31st March 2019

The Archers is sexist, author claims in new book

 
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The Spectator (podcast), 21st March 2019

Conversation with Fraser Nelson on The Archers (@33mins)

 
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Times Literary Supplement, 1st August 2018

Ambridge, Brian Morton, Custard, Culverts and Cake book review

 
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Church Times, 2nd March 2018

Custard, Culverts and Cake... book review 

 
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Waitrose Weekend, 1st March 2018

Borsetshire Believers, conference feature 

 
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The Archers website, 18th February 2018

'Charlotte Martin aka Susan Carter on Susan, Shula's depression and Henry's future', conference report

 
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World This Weekend, 19th February 2018

Feature at c24 minutes

 
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BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking, 15th February 2018

Dr Rob Drummond on 'Reflecting Rural Life' panel discussion 

 
 
 
 
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Waitrose Weekend, 3rd February 2018

'If troops were called to Ambridge'

 
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BBC Radio Oxford, 17th February 2018

Dr Nicola Headlam, interview on the Kat Orman show

 
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Country Living, February 2018

'A Book to Read' book review. 

 
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Sheffield Telegraph, 28th December 2017

'An everyday story of birdwatching'

 
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Today Programme, 26th December 2017

Interview with Debi Ashenden about rural broadband. 

 
 
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Andrew Edwards show, 23rd October 2017

Jessica Meyer, Custard, Culverts and Cake contributor, interview

 
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Sunday, BBC Radio 4

Rev Jonathan Hustler interview, 22nd October 2017

 
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Waitrose Weekend

Archers storyline is no twist of fete, 20th October 2017

 
 

BBC The Archers newsletter and blog

'Life in The Archers, it's all academic', 2nd August 2017

 
 
 
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Waitrose Weekend 

'How does Ambridge dodge diabetes?' 2nd March 2017

 
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Times Higher Education 

The week in higher education – 23 February 2017, 23rd February 2017

 
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2017 conference across bbc radio

Academic Archers 2017 was covered across Radio 4: 

Feedback feature, 14th February, and a longer feature on its podcast

Today Programme, 16th February, interview, and with The Archers actor, Charles Collingwood, and feature on the 8 am news segment

Interview with presenter Christine Micheal, Farming Today, 17th February

Mention on Any Questions, 17th February, and Any Answers, 18th February

Interview on 5Live Daily and follow-up evening interview, 17th February

The 2016 conference also featured on PM, Feedback and Farming Today

 
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The independent

'BBC 's Robinson falls victim of fake news', 18th February 2017

 
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Sky News

Mention in the newspaper review, 18th February 2017