21/12/2025

The Archers Omnibus

BBC

Drama, Fiction

4.0 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Writer: Sarah Hehir Director: Pip Swallow Editor: Jeremy Howe

Ben Archer.... Ben Norris David Archer.... Timothy Bentinck Helen Archer.... Louiza Patikas Pat Archer.... Patricia Gallimore Tony Archer.... David Troughton Tom Archer.... William Troughton Chris Carter.... Wilf Scolding Susan Carter.... Charlotte Martin Martyn Gibson.... Jon Glover Clarrie Grundy.... Heather Bell Ed Grundy.... Barry Farrimond Eddie Grundy.... Trevor Harrison Emma Grundy.... Emerald O'Hanrahan Tracy Horrobin.... Susie Riddell Joy Horville.... Jackie Lye Jazzer McCreary.... Ryan Kelly Esme Mulligan.... Ellie Pawsey

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:07.0	My Christmas Mix is pure 90s festive nostalgia.
0:11.1	You know, the Christmas songs you listen to on repeat.
0:14.0	Ho!
0:14.3	Ho! Ho! No, no, no.
0:17.5	I'm all about the big hitting Christmas anthems.
0:20.4	Come on, guys. What about those tunes that really slay?
0:23.7	It's Christmas kitchen disco season, surely.
0:26.4	Give me hip-hip-hop Christmas bangers every day.
0:28.6	Those Christmas tracks that are straight out of Lapland.
0:30.9	Get all kinds of Christmassy.
0:32.6	Just search Christmas music on BBC Sounds.
0:35.8	You're listening to The Archers Omnibus from BBC Radio 4
0:39.8	Come on. Good girls. That's the way.
1:01.8	Afternoon is, mate.
1:03.0	Oh, David.
1:04.2	Just finished milking.
1:05.4	Yeah. I'll have them all back in the barn before dark. Just?
1:09.6	Well, not long before the December solstice.
1:12.7	And then you'll notice the day's getting longer. True. Although I don't want to rush the next few weeks
1:17.4	away. I love seeing the Christmas trees around the village. Yeah, the turning on of the Ambridge
1:22.3	Christmas lights always feels like the real start of Christmas to me. Yeah. No, I'm glad I made it down to the green. I was worried I wouldn't know many people. But by the end, Akram had introduced me to half the village. Which is both a blessing and a curse. I saw that he'd been coloured by Derek Fletcher at one point. Yeah, he was offering to give me a rendition of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer on spoons.
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