28/09/2025

The Archers Omnibus

BBC

Performing Arts, Fiction, Drama, Arts

4.2 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Writer: Tim Stimpson Director: Marina Caldarone Editor: Jeremy Howe

Brian Aldridge.... Charles Collingwood Ben Archer.... Ben Norris Jill Archer.... Patricia Greene Pip Archer.... Daisy Badger Leonard Berry.... Paul Copley Susan Carter.... Charlotte Martin Ruairi Donovan.... Arthur Hughes Justin Elliott.... Simon Williams Alan Franks.... John Telfer Amber Gordon.... Charlotte Jordan Emma Grundy.... Emerald O'Hanrahan George Grundy.... Angus Stobie Adam Macy.... Andrew Wincott Azra Malik.... Yasmin Wilde Stella Pryor.... Lucy Speed Oliver Sterling.... Michael Cochrane Dane.... Stavros Demetraki Meg Mellor.... Sue Jenkins

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:07.0	Afghanistan, January 2007.
0:11.0	We felt there were Taliban fighters coming through this complex called Jigramport.
0:16.0	A military operation that did not go to plan.
0:19.0	It was the most intense far far I've ever been in.
0:22.5	What we need to do is cut off the snake's head.
0:25.3	And a daring rescue attempt that defied belief, told by the soldiers who were there.
0:30.6	Right. I'm about to sit on a helicopter and fly into a Taliban fort.
0:34.8	The fort. Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:38.8	You're listening to The Archers Omnibus from BBC Radio 4. No, I was in the kitchen making dinner, but I could hear Martha playing next door.
1:05.3	She was acting it out.
1:06.4	Yes.
1:07.5	Her pink teddy was Brian And her fluffy rabbit was Justin
1:11.6	She was making them argue
1:13.3	With all her other dolls sat around
1:15.2	Oh no
1:15.8	It's not funny
1:17.8	I know she was only playing
1:19.2	Yeah exactly
1:19.9	She's only four
1:20.9	She didn't understand
1:22.0	No but what an example to say it
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