The Archers is aired on BBC Radio 4 and with over 5 million listeners, is considered a significant part of British pop culture
It has been running for 65 years with six episodes a week and an omnibus on Sunday. It is the world's longest running radio soap opera
The Archers follows the residents of the fictional farming community of Ambridge, in the fictional county of Borsetshire, in the English Midlands. Its tagline is "contemporary drama in a rural setting"