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The Archers: Joe Grundy’s Wake

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Joe Grundy’s Wake

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, Joe Grundy’s Wake

We delve into The Archers’ archive as we bid farewell to Joe Grundy.

We delve into The Archers’ archive as we bid farewell to Joe Grundy at his wake in the Tearoom and the Bull.

Three weeks of themed programmes from the last two decades reliving key moments from the characters’ lives and the events that make Ambridge unforgettable.   This episode forms part of the first week looking at how four different couples tied the knot and how one much loved character left the series. 

 After being part of the annual opening of the Cider Club at Grange Farm, Joe died peacefully in his sleep in October 2019.  After the funeral, attended by most of the village, a wake was held at the Tearoom and later members of the Cider Club retired to the Bull to toast Joe with a glass of Tumble Tussock.  The Grundys have done Joe proud.

The actor Edward Kelsey played Joe for thirty four years until his own death in April 2019.

This programme was originally broadcast on Friday 8th November 2019. 

Lilian Bellamy ..... Sunny Ormonde
Alf Grundy ..... David Hargreaves
Emma Grundy ..... Emerald O'Hanrahan
Clarrie Grundy ..... Heather Bell
Jazzer McCreary..... Ryan Kelly
Eddie Grundy ..... Trevor Harrison
Jim Lloyd ..... John Rowe

Writer, Gillian Richmond
Director, Marina Caldarone

Cast from earlier episodes this week:
Ed Grundy ..... Barry Farrimond
Neil Carter ..... Brian Hewlett
Joe Grundy ..... Edward Kelsey
Will Grundy ..... Philip Molloy
Tom Archer ..... William Troughton
Sid Perks ..... Alan Devereux
Adam Macy ..... Andrew Wincott
Jennifer Aldridge ..... Angela Piper
Brian Aldridge ..... Charles Collingwood
Glen ..... Gerard Murphy
Kathy Perks ..... Hedli Niklaus
Kate Aldridge ..... Kellie Bright
Kenton Archer ..... Richard Atlee
Ian Craig ..... Stephen Kennedy
Debbie Aldridge ..... Tamsin Greig
Kirsty Miller ..... Annabelle Dowler
Tony Archer ..... David Troughton
Roy Tucker ..... Ian Pepperell
Alan Franks ..... John Telfer
Helen Archer ..... Louiza Patikas
Pat Archer ..... Patricia Gallimore
Tom Archer ..... Tom Graham
Susan Carter ..... Charlotte Martin
Alice Carter ..... Hollie Chapman
Chris Carter ..... Will Sanderson-Thwaite

Writers in earlier episodes this week, Mary Cutler, Tim Stimpson, Joanna Toye and Nawal Gadalla. 
Directors in earlier episodes this week, Sean O'Connor, Julie Beckett & Rosemary Watts

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