Teenage readers and viewers of The Hunger Games have a lot to admire about the heroine, Katniss Everdeen: her bravery, her family loyalty (she volunteers to stand in for her younger sister as a contestant in the lethal Games,) her bow and quiver of arrows, her skill at running, her cool pigtail, her indifference to the male sex, the fact that she (homophonically) shares a surname with the heroine of Far from the Madding Crowd... And with which... full story ![]()

Former EastEnders actress Anita Dobson guest-stars on BBC Radio 4's The Archers.
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As a new editor takes over The Archers, Iain Hollingshead offers a chance to catch-up with 62 years of sex and scandal in Ambridge
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The outgoing boss of The Archers has defended the radio serial against claims that it is trying to compete with grittier television shows such as EastEnders.
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A British soldier has created "an everyday story of country folk" in Afghanistan in the model of the Archers to teach farmers about how to grow alternative crops to opium.
telegraph.co.uk (24 days ago)

Closing 'Archers' and Saga online forums has upset web-savvy oldies, says Sarah Rainey
telegraph.co.uk (3 months and 8 days ago)

They deserted in droves over "sexed-up" storylines like "Farmageddon", but a return to less sensational plots appears to have helped The Archers achieve near record audience figures.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of two stories looking at the recent success of local archers on the state and national stages.
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Former EastEnders actress Anita Dobson is to appear on Radio 4's The Archers - her first appearance in a soap since Albert Square's Angie Watts.
bbci.co.uk (2 months and 17 days ago)

Vanessa Whitburn, the Archers's longest-serving editor, insists her going has nothing to do with its racy storylines, says Peter Stanford
telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 18 days ago)

Vanessa Whitburn, the Archers's longest-serving editor, insists her going has nothing to do with its racy storylines, says Peter Stanford
telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 18 days ago)
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