Here are the statistics for all of 2020 – an unusual year in Ambridge as well as in real life. We lost three weeks in May when normal episodes were replaced by classic repeats. And in June and July there were never more than twelve characters each week. Things started to get back to normal as went into the autumn, but even as we reached the end of 2020, we are still some way from going back to the usual thirty-nine characters per week.
So here is the Character Count for all of 2020:
I think the most notable absentee was Pat Archer; the rest of the Bridge Farm contingent (Tony, Helen, Tom, Natasha) were heard but nothing from Pat.
| POSITION | CHARACTER | TOTAL |
| 1 | Kirsty Miller | 60 |
| 2 | Lynda Snell | 51 |
| 3 | Philip Moss | 48 |
| 4 | Alice Carter | 42 |
| 5 | Tracy Horrobin | 41 |
| 6 | Freddie Pargetter | 39 |
| 7 | Emma Grundy | 38 |
| 8 | Lilian Bellamy | 37 |
| 9 | Robert Snell | 36 |
| 10 | Gavin Moss | 33 |
| 11 | Chris Carter | 30 |
| 12 | Alistair Lloyd | 29 |
| 13 | Susan Carter | 28 |
| 14 | Jazzer McCreary | 27 |
| = | Roy Tucker | 27 |
| 16 | Ben Archer | 25 |
| 17 | David Archer | 24 |
| = | Ed Grundy | 24 |
| = | Ruth Archer | 24 |
| 20 | Josh Archer | 23 |
| 21 | Jim Lloyd | 22 |
| = | Jolene Archer | 22 |
| 23 | Eddie Grundy | 20 |
| = | Elizabeth Pargetter | 20 |
| 25 | Oliver Sterling | 19 |
| 26 | Pip Archer | 18 |
| 27 | Fallon Rogers | 17 |
| = | Johnny Phillips | 17 |
| = | Kenton Archer | 17 |
| = | Shula Hebden Lloyd | 17 |
| 31 | Harrison Burns | 16 |
| 32 | Helen Archer | 16 |
| 33 | Adam Macy | 15 |
| = | Kate Madikane | 15 |
| 35 | Brian Aldridge | 14 |
| 36 | Jakob Hakansson | 12 |
| = | Rex Fairbrother | 12 |
| 38 | Jill Archer | 9 |
| = | Justin Elliott | 9 |
| = | Natasha Archer | 9 |
| = | Phoebe Aldridge | 9 |
| = | Tom Archer | 9 |
| 43 | Jennifer Aldridge | 8 |
| = | Lily Pargetter | 8 |
| 45 | Lee Bryce | 7 |
| = | Neil Carter | 7 |
| = | Roman Trench | 7 |
| = | Tony Archer | 7 |
| = | Vince Casey | 7 |
| 50 | Joy Horville | 5 |
| = | Peggy Woolley | 5 |
| = | Ruairi Donovan | 5 |
| = | William Grundy | 5 |
| 54 | Blake | 4 |
| = | Doctor | 4 |
| = | Ian Craig | 4 |
| 57 | Clarrie Grundy | 3 |
| = | Debbie Aldridge | 3 |
| = | Fiona Lloyd | 3 |
| = | Leonie Snell | 3 |
| = | Toby Fairbrother | 3 |
| 62 | Pregnancy Counsellor | 2 |
| = | DC Tanners | 2 |
| = | Hannah Riley | 2 |
| = | Lauren the Midwife | 2 |
| 66 | 999 Operator | 1 |
| = | Alan Franks | 1 |
| = | Bingo Caller | 1 |
| = | Bernard Lyons | 1 |
| = | Bert Fry | 1 |
| = | Casino Doorman | 1 |
| = | Chloe | 1 |
| = | Doctor | 1 |
| = | Henry Archer | 1 |
| = | Geoff | 1 |
| = | Jordan | 1 |
| = | Kenzie | 1 |
| = | Martyn Gibson | 1 |
| = | Megan Miller | 1 |
| = | Michael | 1 |
| = | Nurse | 1 |
| = | Paramedic 1 | 1 |
| = | Paramedic 2 | 1 |
| = | Registrar | 1 |
| = | Rhiannon | 1 |
| = | Russ Jones | 1 |
| = | Siobhan Donovan | 1 |
| = | Stephanie Casey | 1 |
| = | Victoria | 1 |
The Gender Gap
The male/female ratio of character appearances was as follows:
Right You Are & Hello You Two
A normal year would yield around two dozen utterances of “Right You Are” and “Hello You Two”, but the 2020 lockdown meant that there were far fewer interactions between characters. Consequently, we only heard characters say “Right You Are” seven times. “Hello You Two” was not heard at all.
Scriptwriters
The following people were to be found lurking around Ambridge and other parts of Borsetshire, eavesdropping on the conversations they heard and then recording them for our listening pleasure.
We salute them all along with everyone else involved in the making of The Archers during a difficult year.
| Adrian Flynn | Liz John |
| Caroline Harrington | Naylah Ahmed |
| Daniel Thurman | Nick Warburton |
| Gillian Richmond | Paul Brodrick |
| Helen Aitken | Sarah Hehir |
| Julie Beckett | Sarah Mcdonald-Hughes |
| Katie Hims | Simon Frith |
| Keri Davies | Tim Stimpson |