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• The Sun is a British tabloid daily newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp
• The Archers has 5 million listeners
• The Archers is Significant in British Culture
• The Archers main goal was to educate farmers
• 6 episodes per week
• Follows the residents of fictional setting Ambridge
• Estabilished in 1951
• Intended to increase food production post World War 2
• Potrays real life events, eg Rob and Helen Storyline #freehelen
• Show Produced on BBC Radio 4