Another month at the top of the charts for Alice Carter. This month, we also heard Ed Grundy, Jakob Hakansson, Joy Horville and Will Grundy for the first time in 2021. Still no sign of Pat Archer – not heard since before the first lockdown. POSITION CHARACTER APRIL 1 Alice Carter 10 2 Jazzer McCreary 7 3 Chris Carter 5 4 Tracy Horrobin 5 5 Fallon Rogers 4 6 Harrison Burns 4 7 Kirsty Miller 4 8 Elizabeth Pargetter 3 9 Helen Archer 3 10 Jim Lloyd 3 11 Justin Elliott 3 12 Kate Madikane 3 13 Lee Bryce 3 14 Lilian Bellamy […]

POSITION CHARACTER APPEARANCES 1 Alice Carter 9 2 Chris Carter 8 3 Susan Carter 7 4 Clarrie Grundy 6 = Eddie Grundy 6 = Jazzer McCreary 6 = Kirsty Miller 6 8 Brian Aldridge 5 = Jim Lloyd 5 10 Alan Franks 4 = Neil Carter 4 12 Ben Archer 3 = Emma Grundy 3 = Phoebe Aldridge 3 15 Adam Macy 2 = Alistair Lloyd 2 = David Archer 2 = Harrison Burns 2 = Kate Madikane 2 = Leonard Berry 2 = Lynda Snell 2 = Maternity Doctor 2 = Rex Fairbrother 2 = Ruairi Donovan 2 = […]

POSITION CHARACTER APPEARANCES 1 Kirsty Miller 8 2 Elizabeth Pargetter 5 = Shula Hebden Lloyd 5 4 Brian Aldridge 4 = David Archer 4 = Helen Archer 4 = Ruth Archer 4 8 Alistair Lloyd 3 = Freddie Pargetter 3 = Jazzer McCreary 3 = Jim Lloyd 3 = Lynda Snell 3 = Philip Moss 3 = Pip Archer 3 = Rex Fairbrother 3 = Tracy Horrobin 3 17 Alan Franks 2 = DC Tanners 2 = Justin Elliott 2 = Natasha Archer 2 = Neil Carter 2 = Phoebe Aldridge 2 = Robert Snell 2 = Roy Tucker 2 […]

December saw the introduction of a handful of new characters. When Lily and Freddie went for a night out, they were met with an obstructive Casino Doorman and later a Bingo Caller – great for any radio actor’s CV. We also heard from the marriage registrar officiating at Kirsty and Philip’s wedding. We also had an episode featuring all three of the “horses” – Blake, Jordan and Kenzie. We may hear more of them in the new year as the modern slavery storyline develops following Philip Moss’s arrest. Another participant in this storyline is Victoria – will she turn out […]

A momentous month in Ambridge with episodes sounding more and more like they did in the pre-monologue era. Episodes in November featured an average of between five and six characters. The only two-hander we’ve heard since the beginning of September was the brilliant bathroom episode with Alice and Chris Carter. We also heard a voice from beyond the grave when Ruairi played the CD that his mother Siobhan had recorded for him to hear on his eighteenth birthday. And we heard a “Right You Are” from Eddie Grundy. POSITION CHARACTER EPISODES 1 Alice Carter 6 1 David Archer 6 1 […]

BACK TO THE ARCHERS! So many of the lockdown episodes have focused on Alice and Chris, Philip and Gavin, Lynda and Robert, that it was nice to get back to the Archer family in the second half of the month — even if that meant hearing Ruth and Pip moaning and Ben swooning! We also welcomed back Jennifer Aldridge who had not been heard since before the lockdown began. I thought we were going to be introduced to a new character — Evie — the student on the archaeological dig, but it was not to be. We did however meet […]