The Archers in 2021 - 70 characters for 70 years
When The Archers officially launched on 1 January 1951 it featured nine characters. Seven decades, and over 19,000 episodes, later the cast stands at a least 70.
The initial line up of Dan and Doris Archer, their children Jack, Christine and Philip, Jack's wife Peggy, Phil's soon-to-be wife Grace, Brookfield farmhand Simon and neighbouring farmer Walter Gabriel has grown into the thriving population of Ambridge that we know today.
Here's our "70 for The Archers 70th". Can you name them all? (Scroll down for the answers)
1 PEGGY WOOLLEY (played by JUNE SPENCER)
2 JILL ARCHER (PATRICIA GREENE)
3 LEONARD BERRY (PAUL COPLEY)
4 CHRISTINE BARFORD (LESLEY SAWEARD)
5 DAVID ARCHER (TIMOTHY BENTINCK)
6 RUTH ARCHER (FELICITY FINCH)
7 PIP ARCHER (DAISY BADGER)
8 JOSH ARCHER (ANGUS IMRIE)
9 BEN ARCHER (BEN NORRIS)
10 ELIZABETH PARGETTER (ALISON DOWLING)
11 LILY PARGETTER (KATIE REDFORD)
12 FREDDIE PARGETTER (TOBY LAURENCE)
13 RUSS JONES (ANDONIS JAMES ANTHONY)
14 VINCE CASEY (TONY TURNER)
15 KENTON ARCHER (RICHARD ATTLEE)
16 JOLENE ARCHER (BUFFY DAVIS)
17 SHULA HEBDEN-LLOYD (JUDY BENNETT)
18 ALISTAIR LLOYD (MICHAEL LUMSDEN)
19 JIM LLOYD (JOHN ROWE)
20 FIONA LLOYD (ADJOA ANDOH)
21 JAZZER MCCREARY (RYAN KELLY)
22 TONY ARCHER (DAVID TROUGHTON)
23 PAT ARCHER (PATRICIA GALLIMORE)
24 HELEN ARCHER (LOUIZA PATIKAS)
25 LEE BRYCE (RYAN EARLY)
26 TOM ARCHER (WILLIAM TROUGHTON)
27 NATASHA ARCHER (MALI HARRIES)
28 JOHNNY PHILLIPS (TOM GIBBONS)
29 LILIAN BELLAMY (SUNNY ORMONDE)
30 JUSTIN ELLIOTT (SIMON WILLIAMS)
31 LYNDA SNELL (CAROLE BOYD)
32 ROBERT SNELL (GRAHAM BLOCKEY)
33 LEONIE SNELL (JASMINE HYDE)
34 JAMES BELLAMY (ROGER MAY)
35 JENNIFER ALDRIDGE (ANGELA PIPER)
36 BRIAN ALDRIDGE (CHARLES COLLINGWOOD)
37 ADAM MACY (ANDREW WINCOTT)
38 IAN CRAIG (STEPHEN KENNEDY)
39 RUAIRI DONOVAN (ARTHUR HUGHES)
40 DEBBIE ALDRIDGE (TAMSIN GREIG)
41 KATE MADIKANE (PERDITA AVERY)
42 JAKOB HAKANSSON (PAUL VENABLES)
43 NOLUTHANDO MADIKANE (MOGALI MASUKU)
44 ALICE CARTER (HOLLIE CHAPMAN)
45 CHRIS CARTER (WILF SCOLDING)
46 SUSAN CARTER (CHARLOTTE MARTIN)
47 NEIL CARTER (BRIAN HEWLETT)
48 TRACY HORROBIN (SUSIE RIDDELL)
49 EMMA GRUNDY (EMERALD O’HANRAHAN)
50 ED GRUNDY (BARRY FARRIMOND)
51 EDDIE GRUNDY (TREVOR HARRISON)
52 CLARRIE GRUNDY (HEATHER BELL)
53 WILL GRUNDY (PHILIP MOLLOY)
54 MIA GRUNDY (MOLLY PIPE)
55 KIRSTY MILLER (ANNABELLE DOWLER)
56 PHILIP MOSS (ANDY HOCKLEY)
57 GAVIN MOSS (GARETH PIERCE)
58 HARRISON BURNS (JAMES CARTWRIGHT)
59 FALLON ROGERS (JOANNA VAN KAMPEN)
60 REX FAIRBROTHER (NICK BARBER)
61 TOBY FAIRBROTHER (RHYS BEVAN)
62 PHOEBE ALDRIDGE (LUCY MORRIS)
63 ROY TUCKER (IAN PEPPERELL)
64 ALAN FRANKS (JOHN TELFER)
65 USHA GUPTA (SOUAD FARESS)
66 OLIVER STERLING (MICHAEL COCHRANE)
67 KATHY PERKS (HEDLI NIKLAUS)
68 BERT FRY (ERIC ALLAN)
69 HANNAH RILEY (HELEN LONGWORTH)
70 JOY HORVILLE (JACKIE LYE)
71 XANDER MACY-CRAIG (Crawling into shot to represent all of Ambridge's young children!)
