BBC The Archers

17/04/2026

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12 – 17 April 2026
Writer: Shaun McKenna
Director: Pip Swallow and Rosemary Watts
Editor: Jeremy Howe

Brian Aldridge … Charles Collingwood
Pip Archer … Daisy Badger
Ruth Archer … Felicity Finch
Lilian Bellamy … Sunny Ormonde
Alice Carter … Hollie Chapman 
Chris Carter … Wilf Scolding
Rex Fairbrother ... Nick Barber
Chelsea Horrobin … Madeleine Leslay 
Bert Horrobin…  David Sterne
Tracy Horrobin … Susie Riddell 
Adam Macy … Andrew Wincott  
Azra Malik … Yasmin Wilde 
Kirsty Miller …. Annabelle Dowler 
Stella Pryor … Lucy Speed 
Fallon Rogers …. Joanna Van Kampen
Lottie Summers … Bonnie Baddoo
Ms Shah … Sudha Bhuchar
17 Apr 2PM English United Kingdom Arts

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