Broadcasting six times a week to five million listeners, The Archers follows the everyday lives, loves, and dramas of residents of Ambridge, the fictional village deep in the heart of the English countryside. Having chronicled seven decades of significant social and cultural changes and events in Britain, the show has become a cornerstone of the British cultural landscape and remains one of the BBC’s most popular programmes. Currently it is the top on-demand show for listeners of all ages.
The Archers: Live at 75 is a brand-new live theatre show bringing The Archers out of the studio and onto the stage of Cambridge Corn Exchange, offering audiences a chance to experience Ambridge in a way that’s never been seen – or heard – before. Set within a playful reimagining of the “Ambridge Flower & Produce Show”, the evening combines behind-the-scenes insight, archive material, quizzes and a look at how the programme’s distinctive sound world is created in real time with specially written episodes acted out on stage with the show’s live sound effects specialist .
Julian Clover speaks to Tim Bentinck (who plays David Archer) and the programme’s live sound effects specialist Vanessa Nuttall.
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