Writers had hinted at a shock plot twist but the BBC Radio 4 stalwart marked its birthday with a dramatic discussion of dairy farming
A soap opera that seems set to continue until the cows approach domestic,BBC Radio 4’s The Archers celebrated its 65th birthday with a storyline approximately the cows leaving domestic. A crisis in British dairy farming – a narrative that sees the series remaining true to its original roots in promoting countryside issues for the Ministry of Agriculture – has threatened David – the grandson of Dan and Doris Archer, the Adam and Eve of Ambridge – with having to sell off his herd and cease milk production at Brookfield farm.
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Source: theguardian.com