Originally produced with collaborative input from the Ministry of Agriculture, The Archers was conceived as a means of disseminating information to farmers and smallholders to help increase productivity in the post-World War II years of rationing and food shortages.

One of the most controversial Archers episodes was broadcast on 22 September 1955, the evening of the launch of the UK's first commercial television station, ITV.

His last recording for an Archers episode was recorded just two days before his death and was broadcast on 22 November.

According to Who's Who in The Archers 2008, episode 15, 360 was to be broadcast on 1 January 2008.

The Archers reached its 60th anniversary on 1 January 2011 and to mark this achievement, a special half hour episode was broadcast on Sunday 2 January on BBC Radio 4 from 7pm.

Archers Anarchists was formed some time later, objecting to the " castist " assumptions propagated by the BBC, and claiming that the characters are real.

Although the useful information was more likely to concern unexploded land mines and opium addiction than the latest modern farming techniques, the inspiration and model of Naway Kor, Naway Jwand was The Archers, and the initial workshopping with Afghan writers included an Archers scriptwriter.

In 1989, she was cast as Pru Forrest, the long-time silent wife of Tom Forrest, in the BBC soap opera The Archers on its 10, 000th edition.

One of the first in the USA was the six day Explo ' 72 held in Dallas, Texas in June 1972 that was attended by around 80, 000 people with around 100, 000-150, 000 at the final concert and which featured acts such as Larry Norman, The Archers, Love Song, Randy Matthews, Children of the Day, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson.

The long-running soap opera The Archers was first heard nationally on the Light Programme, on 1 January 1951, although it had previously been broadcast in the Midlands Home Service in 1950.

However, the Archers ’ Company of the Honourable Artillery Company was retained into the late 19th century, though as a private club.

The British radio soap opera The Archers has for decades been systematically educating its audience on agricultural matters ; likewise, the Tanzanian radio soap opera Twende na Wakati (" Let's Go With the Times ") was written primarily to promote family planning.

Later, Worzel was played by Denis Folwell, who went on to play Jack Archer in the BBC's perennial soap opera The Archers.

Norman Painting, OBE ( 23 April 1924 – 29 October 2009 ) was an actor who played Phil Archer in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers since the pilot episodes were aired on the BBC Midlands Home Service in summer 1950.

Painting, a graduate of the University of Birmingham and Christ Church, Oxford, was already an interviewer, writer and broadcaster before he first appeared as Philip in The Archers.

* The Archers of Loaf song " South Carolina " was featured on the soundtrack of the TV show My So-Called Life.

* The Archers of Loaf song " Harnessed in Slums " was featured on the soundtrack of the movie The Boys Club.

Many of the programmes on BFBS Radio 2 are sourced from BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Five Live, including the soap opera The Archers, which was popular in Hong Kong until BFBS Radio ceased broadcasting on 30 June 1997 before the handover to China.

* The coffee pot was mentioned on the BBC Radio drama < em > The Archers </ em > on Feb 24th 2005.

The Queen Vic ( short for the Queen Victoria ) is the pub in EastEnders, the major soap on BBC One, while The Bull in the Radio 4 soap opera The Archers and the Woolpack in ITV's Emmerdale are also important meeting points.

The original scriptwriters were Geoffrey Webb and Edward J. Mason, who were also working on the series Dick Barton whose popularity partly inspired The Archers and whose slot in the schedules it eventually took.

During the concert, which also included veteran gospel singers Barry McGuire, The Archers, The Happy Goodman Family, The Speer Family, James Blackwood, James Cleveland, Doug Oldham, Mighty Clouds of Joy, and Shirley Caesar, Norman sang his " The Great American Novel ", " a Dylanesque protest song ", which he admitted " wasn't received with much enthusiasm ".

They worked together under the name of " The Archers " and produced a series of classic British films, notably 49th Parallel ( 1941 ), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ( 1943 ), A Matter of Life and Death ( 1946, also called Stairway to Heaven ), Black Narcissus ( 1947 ), The Red Shoes ( 1948 ), and The Tales of Hoffmann ( 1951 ).

He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in a multiple-award-winning partnership known as The Archers and produced a series of classic British films, notably 49th Parallel ( 1941 ), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ( 1943 ), A Matter of Life and Death ( 1946, also called Stairway to Heaven ), Black Narcissus ( 1947 ), The Red Shoes ( 1948 ), and The Tales of Hoffmann ( 1951 ).

Hungerford also has the Hungerford Archers, a longbow archery club.

The motto is also that of the Royal Company of Archers and has been displayed upon the unit's second standard since 1713, following the grant of a Royal charter by Queen Anne.

Archers were also used in sieges and sea battles.

He also played Doughy Hood, the village baker in the radio soap The Archers in the 1960s.

In 1950 and prior to The Archers, Mason also created the radio serials The Lady Craved Excitement and What the Butler Saw.

Lord Airlie has also served as the Lord Lieutenant of Angus in Scotland, and as the Captain General of The Royal Company of Archers and Gold Stick for Scotland.

Archers also formed a major component of the Persian Army.

As with racial guilds, some are based in existing fantasy works, like Dragonlance (" Knights of Solamnia ", " Dragonarmies of Ansalon ", " Dwarven Warriors of the Neidar Clan ", " Priests of Takhisis "), The Lord of the Rings (" Rangers of Arnor ", " Rangers of Ithilien ", " Society of Morgul Mages ", " Army of Angmar "), others are based on those fictional works but not found in them ( like the " Ansalon Elvish Archers ", " Secret Society of Uncle Trapspringer " and the " Thornlin Militia "), and original ones (" Union of the Warriors of the Shadow ", " Ancient Order of the Dragon ", " Gladiators of Athas "( also loosely based on the Darksun series from AD & D 2nd Edition ), " Vampires " ( currently closed ), " Calian Warriors ", " The Free Mercenaries of Sparkle ", the " Spirit Circle of Psuchae ", and the " Army of Darkness ").

While some are based in literature environments ( like the " Shieldbearers of Iron Delving ", " Cabal Thieves of Hiddukel ", " Thornlin Militia ", " Heralds of the Valar ", " Ansalon Elvish Archers " ( which, together with the Thornlin Militia, can also be considered an occupational guild ), " Minotaurs of the Bloodsea ", " Pirates of the Bloodsea " and the " Templar Knights of Takhisis "), they are not directly based on existing guilds in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings or Weis and Hickman's Dragonlance.

He was also a member of the Royal Company of Archers, commandant of the Special Constabulary in the Scottish Borders, and a Knight of Malta.

He also had a recurring role as Colonel Danby in the long-running radio soap opera The Archers.

There is also a pub on Thorncroft Way which has altered from its original name of ' The Archers to The Orchard and now is currently using its original name of ' The Archers '.

Kosovel conceived the idea of a proletarians ' writers union and a publishing house called Strelci (" Archers "), in which his collection of constructivist poetry could also be published.

Powell and Pressburger also co-produced a few films by other directors under the banner of The Archers: The Silver Fleet ( 1943 ), written and directed by Vernon Sewell and Gordon Wellesley, based on a story by Emeric Pressburger, and The End of the River ( 1947 ) directed by Derek N. Twist to which both Powell and Pressburger contributed un-credited writing.

Ill Met by Moonlight ( 1957 ), also known as Night Ambush, is a film by the British writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, the last film they made together through their Archers production company.

He was also a member of the Royal Company of Archers, the Sovereign's bodyguard for Scotland.

The long-running BBC Radio 4 series, The Archers also featured the voice of May as Nelson Gabriel, son of Walter Gabriel.

Hall was also the frontman for the rock n ' roll combo Arch Hall, Jr. and the Archers.