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Woman's Hour celebrates the women of The Archers

We mark the 75th anniversary of the world's longest-running continuing drama.

It's 75 years to the day since The Archers first launched. Woman's Hour has come to Ambridge to celebrate the female characters who have helped this programme tackle some of the most challenging, contentious and sensitive issues affecting women.

Nuala McGovern is joined in The Archers studio at 麻豆社 Birmingham by writer Sarah Hehir, Dr Cara Courage from Academic Archers, who studies the social history behind the programme, Sunny Ormonde, who plays Lilian Bellamy, and we also hear from Emerald O'Hanrahan, who plays Emma Grundy. Times columnist and long time fan of The Archers Libby Purves shares a condensed history of the women of Ambridge. Nuala also gets a behind the scenes tour from Felicity Finch, who plays Ruth Archer, and Technical Producer Vanessa Nuttall.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern
Producer: Simon Richardson

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57 minutes

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Tomorrow 10:00

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  • Tomorrow 10:00

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