About this podcast
Obsessed with Ambridge? So are we. All About The Archers — a fan podcast companion to BBC Radio 4's The Archers
What it is All About The Archers is a weekly fan-led podcast dedicated to The Archers — BBC Radio 4's long-running everyday story of country folk, broadcasting continuously since 1951 and the world's longest-running soap opera. Set in the fictional English village of Ambridge, The Archers follows the lives of farming families and villagers including the Archers of Brookfield Farm, the Grundys, the Aldridges of Home Farm, and the wider community that gathers at the village pub, The Bull.
This is a companion podcast made by fans, for fans — not an official BBC production. It assumes familiarity with current storylines but welcomes listeners at any stage of their Archers journey, even beginners.
Hosts Philippa, Katie and Quentin — three enthusiastic Archers fans who bring warmth, humour, and genuine investment in Ambridge life.
Format
• Midweek episodes (shorter): covering Sunday–Tuesday episodes to keep listeners up to date. Recap and discussion of the week's Ambridge events.
• Guest interview episodes: occasional in-depth conversations with cast members (past guests include Emerald O'Hanrahan, who plays Emma Grundy)
• Occasional emergency episodes - when events later in the week in Ambridge need an urgent response.
• Also available on YouTube
Regular segments Star of the Week · Twit of the Week · Listener predictions · Listener Q&A · Food chat (a nod to The Archers' famous culinary references)
Topics covered Ongoing storylines, character motivation and development, relationship drama, family conflict, farming and rural life, village mysteries, long-running plot arcs, and speculation about what comes next.
Genre & metadata
• Format: Discussion / recap / fan commentary
• Subject: British soap opera, rural drama, long-running radio serial
• Origin: UK
• Language: English
• Frequency: Multiple episodes per week, tracking current BBC broadcast
• Status: Active and ongoing
Ideal for Lifelong Archers listeners wanting a community to discuss episodes with · Newer fans catching up on Ambridge · Anyone curious about Britain's most enduring radio drama
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 238 episodes
- Baby Storm & the Human Dehydrator · 16 minThis week on All About The Archers Philippa is joined by Quentin, also known tonight as Gale Force Wind, to talk about events in Ambridge from Sunday 25th to Tuesday 27th…
- The Archers Live at 75: Angela Barnes Answers Your Questions | Part 2 · 21 minAngela Barnes, comedian, Archers superfan and host of The Archers Live at 75, is back with Philippa, Katie and Quentin, and this time you are asking the questions. Thank you to…
- The wedding, the rain & the surprise | Archers Week in Review · 16 minKatie and Philippa look back at events in Ambridge from Sunday 18 to Tuesday 20 October, and somehow it is still Sunday. The storm everyone was warned about has arrived in full…
- Emergency Episode with Tracy, Kirsty & Adam | Save The Archers Studio · 28 minAn emergency episode. Following the news that The Archers will no longer have its planned new studio in Birmingham, Philippa is joined by three of the cast: Susie Riddell, who…
- Freddie Splits the Team, Pip on the Warpath & Brian Steals the Show | Archers Week in Review · 16 minPhilippa, Katie and Quentin are back with everything that’s happened in Ambridge from Sunday 11 to Tuesday 13 October, and we are all, by our own admission, a little bit grumpy…
- Angela Barnes on Hosting The Archers Live at 75, Tour Bus Gossip & Her Twit of the Week · 32 minPhilippa, Katie and Quentin are joined by comedian, Archers superfan and host of The Archers Live at 75, Angela Barnes. Angela tells us what it is really like touring the country…
- Biscuits, Tears and Cracked Nipples: Ambridge This Week So Far · 16 minPhilippa and Quentin look back at events in Ambridge from Sunday 4 October to Tuesday 6 October 2026. Quentin cannot get over a £400 bill for cleaning a cat's teeth, while…
- Life's Good, Innit? Famous Last Words in Ambridge · 17 minListen and watch on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/all-about-the-archers/id1706526260 Katie and Philippa review events in Ambridge from Sunday 27 to…
- Dr Charlotte Martin Answers Your Questions — Susan's Radio Show, Bert's Secrets & Would She Be Friends with Susan? · 20 minPhilippa is back with Dr Charlotte Martin, who plays Susan Carter in The Archers, for part two — and the Facebook group have come up with some brilliant questions. Charlotte…
- Whose Wedding Is It Anyway & a stolen Shepherd's Pie? · 18 minQuentin is away this week, so it's just Katie and Philippa reviewing events in Ambridge from Sunday 20 to Tuesday 22 September. And Katie has a lot to say. We start with the…
- Get Out My Pub! Jolene's Bombshell, Harrison's Dilemma & Carol's Watch Disaster | The Archers · 18 minListen and watch on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/all-about-the-archers/id1706526260 Philippa and Quentin cover the week in Ambridge — Sunday 13th to…
- We Interview Dr Charlotte Martin — Susan Carter's Journey from Gossip to Village Sage · 32 minPhilippa sits down with Dr Charlotte Martin, who plays Susan Carter in The Archers, for the first of two episodes — for a conversation about one of Ambridge's most beloved and…
- Harrison and Lily Take It to Another Level, Carol's Baby Bat & the Flower and Produce Show | The Archers Week in Review · 16 minPhilippa and Katie cover the week in Ambridge — Sunday 6th to Tuesday 8th September — and Harrison and Lily have moved considerably faster than anyone predicted. From moving…
- Khalil's Photo Controversy, Justin's Crisis & Fallon's Cottage Dilemma | Archers Week in Review · 18 minPhilippa, Katie and Quentin cover the week in Ambridge — Sunday 30th August to Tuesday 1st September — and it has been a week of age, ego, moral grey areas and one very good…
- Lily's Confession, Conrad's Chat-Up Lines & George Sells a Car | The Archers Week in Review · 16 minPhilippa and Quentin cover the week (so far) in Ambridge — Sunday 23rd to Tuesday 25th August — and it has been a week of romantic entanglements, awkward confessions and a rather…
- Monty's Fate, Khalil's Secret & Eddie's Corner-Cutting at Meadow Farm | Archers Week in Review · 16 minPhilippa and Katie are back together for the week in Ambridge — Sunday 16th to Tuesday 18th August — and there is a lot to process. Monty's story moves to a heartbreaking…
- Monty's Arrest, Lynda's Nightmare & a Village Fete to Remember? Archers Week in Review · 17 minWe are back from our summer break — Philippa is solo, as Katie and Quentin are watching the eclipse — and it has been quite a week to return to. The village fete on Sunday was a…
- Nobody in Ambridge Can Communicate & Elizabeth's Mystery Event Space | Archers Week in Review · 16 minPhilippa and Katie cover the week in Ambridge so far - Sunday 19th to Tuesday 21st July - and the theme of the week is spectacularly clear: nobody in Ambridge is talking to…
- Lucy Speed Answers Your Questions — Stella's Wedding Outfit, the Baby Question & Race Across the World · 12 minPhilippa is back with Lucy Speed, who plays Stella Pryor in The Archers, for part two — and this time the Facebook group gets their say. Lucy answers questions on everything from…
- Tom Makes It All About Him, Anne-Marie Strikes & Harrison's Surprise Return | The Archers Week in Review · 16 minPhilippa, Katie and Quentin are back — and a very special welcome to Katie, now Mrs Newby, fresh from her wedding. The team also pay tribute to Patricia Greene, who played Jill…
