The Archers
Type: Media
As of November 2026, The Archers has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Stuff You Should Know (Dec 2025). Mentioned as the world's longest running soap opera produced by BBC.
The Archers is a British radio soap opera broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the corporation's main spoken-word station. Broadcast since 1951, it was famously billed as "an everyday story of country folk" and is now promoted as "a contemporary drama in a rural setting". Having aired more than 20,000 episodes, it is the world's longest-running drama, by both number of episodes and duration.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Dec 2025 on Stuff You Should Know |
| Format | British radio soap opera (since 1951) |
Who talks about The Archers on podcasts?
The Archers came up; the most recent mention was Dec 2025 on Stuff You Should Know.