lindosfan1 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:11 pm
Amazing, like you I remember my mother listening to it back in the 50's, as of the 1st of August 19153 episodes.
I've never listened to it, but I like radio shows. Is it a heavy British accent series non-British would have trouble getting an ear for, or an easy listen?
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I had a quick look of what is on BBC Sounds. It appears each episode is 13-14 minutes long. If it's always been that way that's about 19 x 24 hour days to listen to all 19,153 episodes. That's a marathon challenge!
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PeteC wrote: ↑Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:15 pm
I've never listened to it, but I like radio shows. Is it a heavy British accent series non-British would have trouble getting an ear for, or an easy listen?
My car radio is set for Radio 4 so I hear snippets of The Archers occasionally. In essence it's pretty much the same show as it was when I was a kid.
As far as the accents are concerned, some of the characters have a posh accent (the landowners, by and large, including the retired lady) while some are local yokels (farmworkers, village shops, etc. "Oooo arrrr") who would probably have been tugging their forelocks 60 years ago.
Can't say I've ever listened to it, but my Grandfather was an avid listener for years and years.
Seems they can be a fanatical bunch - there was a bit in the news a while back where listeners were up in arms because the show got one of the character's birthday wrong!!
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