Father of Clarrie. Appears intermittently in the series and is usually up to no good.[15]. In 2001 she married John's best mate Roy Tucker and became stepmother to Phoebe; she found Kate Aldridge's visits from South Africa to Ambridge uncomfortable. Meanwhile Elizabeth seems to have gone all in with Dodgy Vince Casey, 'A peculiarly English epic': the weird genius of The Archers. It was her pregnancy (by Helen's boyfriend Leon, though this was never revealed to Helen) and subsequent termination, that precipitated Helen's decision, at thirty, to have a baby by donor insemination. Roy Tucker is the father, with whom Phoebe lives in Ambridge. Upon Jack's retirement, she and partner Oliver Sterling managed to raise funds to buy the hotel and she became the proprietor. Roy, Hayley and Phoebe lived with Mike Tucker at Willow Farm. Jethro Larkin (George Hart), Stereotypical yokel. On this weeks episode, we hear views from Witherspoon, Carolyn Wright, Clare, Miranda, Liz, He had an on/off relationship with Kate Aldridge, which resulted in their daughter Phoebe being born in 1998, but then married Hayley. Hayley took over the running of John's pig business after John's death, but eventually his brother Tom took an interest and she handed it back to the Archers. For several years she worked at Radio Borsetshire, until leaving home in 2005 to pursue a media studies degree. This is a list of many of the characters from the long-running British radio soap The Archers. Justin has already shown scant concern for Lillians relationship with her family (and her place in the community) by shafting David over the abattoir. Usha was also regularly on the receiving end of 'helpful' advice about her unmarried status by her Aunty Satya (Jamila Massey), an occasional visitor to Ambridge from Usha's home town of Wolverhampton who attempted to match-make for her on numerous occasions, with cousins from home. Married to Elizabeth for some years and the father of twins Lily and Freddie (born 12 December 1999), he was convicted of drink-driving in 2003. After many years of close friendship, Peggy married Jack Woolley. Freda Fry wife of Bert Fry. (Played by Stephen Kennedy.) David's wife Ruth had meanwhile in exasperation at David's apparent affair fallen in love with the farm's contractor Sam. Jolene Archer, formerly Perks, previously Tuson, originally Rogers (Buffy Davis), widow of Sid Perks, whose third wife she was, and landlady of the Bull. She was found alive and spent a week in hospital being treated for pneumonia but died of heart failure soon after being discharged on St Valentine's Day while her friend Freddy Danby read to her from Moby-Dick. However, Lilian's unhappiness in prospective exile persuaded him to return, and he served an 18-month prison sentence. Subsequently Rob and his mother tricked Pat and Tony into handing Henry over to them, forcing them into a lengthy legal battle over custody. Brian Aldridge (born Brian Jeremy Aldridge, 20 November 1943) (Charles Collingwood), considered by some[who?] Following his debut in the 1963 Z Cars as McEvoy, Tony has starred in over 40 TV series and movies. He was devastated when his much-loved wife, Polly ("Poll doll"), was killed in a car crash. Tom is highly ambitious for his sausage-making business, but his contract with a supermarket chain nearly bankrupted him, despite his disastrous affair with their buyer, Tamsin. The Frys did however take a holiday in India when he retired. In 2006 she dated a journalist who quickly rejected her; this subsequently threatened a return to her earlier problems. After an 'informational' storyline of difficulty in conceiving, Hayley gave birth to a baby daughter, Abigail (Abbie) on 7 March 2008. In 2013 she was attracted to the recently arrived dairy unit manager, Rob Titchener. Ed took up his father's interest in music and aspired to be in a band. He became quite the local villain during his relatively brief tenure: Mike Tucker lost an eye in an accident, Caroline Bone (later Sterling) and Marjorie Antrobus were swindled out of a sizeable portion of their savings, and a pregnant Elizabeth Archer was abandoned at a motor service station as he fled overseas to escape arrest. [12] Josh is Ruth and David Archer's eldest son, and Pip and Ben's brother. John was killed in a tractor accident. Rob Titchener (Timothy Watson) moved to Ambridge in January 2013 to manage Borchester Land's intensive dairy enterprise. On 14 November 2002, Siobhan gave birth to Brian's child Ruair,[55] but she moved to Germany after Brian refused to leave Jennifer. Eventually she left Will for Ed, taking George with her, although George was later shown by DNA paternity testing to be Will's child. Initially he employed Ed Grundy to manage his dairy herd. She had previously worked for several years at the village shop and post office, and as Tom Archer's assistant in his sausage-making business. Kirsty married local builder Phillip Moss, though their relationship was over once it was revealed that his business was viable only through modern slavery. He had a shady history. Fallon's long-term relationship with and 2018 marriage to PC Harrison Burns provided stability and she is now a fixture in village life. No mean cook, Satya often arrives bearing food parcels for her culinarily inept niece. Many years later this caused a rift between Alistair and his by then business partner Anisha Patel. She gave up the effort after a few weeks and joined AmsideMatt and Lilian's new property company. Before his death, Nigel wanted his children to attend exams for the Felpersham Cathedral School. The show is the longest-running radio show, with 19,894 episodes as of 30 December 2022.. . In 1979 Christine married George Barford, a gamekeeper, which was seen as a class transgression, even though her uncle, Tom Forrest was also a gamekeeper, and colleague of her future husband. As a result, Vince physically harms Ben and upsets Beth and Elizabeth.. Jack suffered increasingly from Alzheimer's disease and received treatment for it, which led Peggy to take more responsibility for the day-to-day operations of his businesses. Tregorran was the author with Jennifer Aldridge of Ambridge: an English village through the ages (really written by William Smethurst); London: Borchester Press in association with Methuen by arrangement with the British Broadcasting Corporation, 1982. #TheArchers", "Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: it's party time in the cider shed! He had a brief relationship with Shula after Mark's death, but hit her after she confronted him with evidence that he was involved with another woman. In this romance she calls him "Tiger" and he calls her "Pussy-cat". Her first husband, Mark Hebden, a solicitor, was killed in a road accident in 1994 that also involved her best friend Caroline Bone (later Sterling). Edgar Titcombe head gardener at Lower Loxley, who is married to the widowed Mrs Pugsley. He never knew that he was finally to become a father. Although David went along with this at first, he had doubts and confessed he could never leave Ambridge. Adam and Ian considered embarking on parenthood; Ian had plans to artificially inseminate his old friend, Madds, and share responsibility for the child they hoped to produce, but Madds then fell in love with another man and changed her mind. He began seeing Alice to the barely concealed delight of his social climbing mother and the scarcely concealed horror of Alice's mother, Jennifer Aldridge. [61] Has been living in France with her mother Michelle and sister Sonia but after family upheavals returned to England to seek out Helen Archer. He was convicted in April 2008. Others thought her immature self-centred vacillation was entirely in character, and it was the largely off-air rehabilitation of the marriage and the family's 'blind eye' that was unbelievable. Jennifer died in January 2023 when the actor retired due to ill-health. An attractive woman, she distinguished herself by successfully resisting the advances of erstwhile village Lothario, Brian Aldridge. Kenton Archer started dating her, intermittently living with her, but they quarrelled when he brought his three-year-old daughter, Meriel, to Ambridge and expected Kathy to look after her. Matt Crawford (born 7 August 1947) (Kim Durham) He threw his weight around and become more hated by all. In 1985 Aunt Laura fell in a ditch and listeners were treated to her forlorn cries while owls hooted overhead. Married to Jack and Peggy Archer's daughter Jennifer, he is primarily a farmer, but has interests in a number of businesses, including Borchester Land. When she died, her property was left to a New Zealand relative, and the colonel was cut out. Alistair mentored Ryan at Gamblers Anonymous. After David admitted to her that it had been he who had convinced her husband to go on the roof in the first-place, Elizabeth exploded in a violent rage, and swore she would never forgive him. Crawford has since served a prison term for fraud. However a couple of weeks later she miscarried. They are numerous, and most only "appear" once or twice. Carol Tregorran ne Grey (Eleanor Bron, formerly played by Anne Cullen (born 1926)) first appeared in 1954. Elizabeth, born with a heart defect, became pregnant and had twins, Lily and Freddie, but the strain of the pregnancy on her heart meant that she soon afterwards had to undergo a heart valve replacement operation. He is gamekeeper for Borchester Land[citation needed]; his boss is Brian Aldridge. Hayley left Roy in 2014 after discovering the nature of his relationship with Elizabeth Pargetter, eventually moving to Birmingham. His widow returned for the funeral and decided to move back to the village. [3] Helen had a baby boy, Henry Ian Archer, through AI, a decision of which Tony initially disapproved. Tom was engaged to Brenda Tucker between May 2009 and April 2013. His or her gender was not specified for some considerable time, but definitely referred to as 'he' by Oliver Sterling in the Xmas Eve episode. A parental testing showed that despite Emma's certainty to the contrary, George was Will's son. On the death of his father a few years later, he strove to save his ancestral home, and involved Elizabeth, now also more mature, as his marketing manager. Vince Edwards (born Vincent Edward Zoine; July 9, 1928 March 11, 1996) was an American actor, director, and singer. George died peacefully whilst they were waiting for the house to be re-built. She returned in 2010 for Phil Archer's funeral, and in 2014 after Ruth's miscarriage. [46] He died shortly after his 92nd birthday and the death of the actor Chris Gittins.[47]. Much later, when she discovered that Locke had slept with her best friend Shula Hebden (on an occasion when Shula was vulnerable and he took advantage of his position as family doctor) she ended the relationship and threw him out, also ending her friendship with Shula (whom she told off with relish, they are now arch-enemies). In an hour-long special broadcast on Sunday 11 September 2016, she was ultimately acquitted after the jury decided that she had acted in self-defence. Roy Tucker (born 2 February 1978) (Ian Pepperell) was formerly part of a teenage gang which perpetrated a series of racist attacks on Usha Gupta; he gave them her address. After Will Grundy bought No. A breeder of Afghan hounds, Marjorie let out her flat at Nightingale Farm to Ruth and later to Roy and Hayley. She finally reported her trauma to the police in September 2007, after being informed that King had attacked another woman. Mike subsequently discovered the truth, Helen paid for the driving course that Tom was sentenced to attend, and Tom and Brenda moved into one of the holiday cottages at Home Farm. In the early 1950s she was a close friend of Grace Fairbrother who later married her brother Phil. A skilled horsewoman, she ran the local riding stables for many years. 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