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An intense and gripping week of events unfolds in Ambridge. Listen to all the drama here.

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Mary Cutler

Julie Beckett

Sean O'Connor

Patricia Greene

Tim Bentinck

Felicity Finch

Richard Attlee

Buffy Davis

Louiza Patikas

Charles Collingwood

Angela Piper

Hollie Chapman

Heather Bell

Philip Molloy

Barry Farrimond

Emerald O'Hanrahan

Judy Bennett

Andrew Wincott

Alison Dowling

Carole Boyd

Timothy Watson

June Spencer

The Archers: The Christmas Lights Switch On

The Christmas Lights Switch On

BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, The Christmas Lights Switch On

We delve into The Archers’ archive and it’s the night of the Christmas Lights Switch On.

We delve into The Archers’ archive to revisit the annual Christmas Lights switch on. But are the rumours true that David and Ruth have sold Brookfield?

Three weeks of themed programmes from the last two decades revisiting key moments from the characters’ lives and the events that make Ambridge unforgettable.   This episode forms part of the third week when we take a look at five different occasions that mark unmissable dates in The Ambridge Calendar.

As the residents of Ambridge gather on the green for the traditional Christmas Lights switch on, rumours abound.  It seems that David and Ruth Archer have agreed to sell Brookfield to Justin Elliot’s firm, Damara Capital, which has a vested interest in the council approving plans for a new road that would impact hugely on the village.  The residents have been mounting a campaign against the building of the road believing David and Ruth to be on their side,  but instead it looks like they’re about to betray their community.

Not everyone is unhappy though as Emma has a surprise for Ed.

This programme was originally broadcast on Friday 5th December 2014.


Adam Macy ..... Andrew Wincott
Charlie Thomas ..... Felix Scott
Jennifer Aldridge ..... Angela Piper
Brian Aldridge ..... Charles Collingwood
Lynda Snell ..... Carole Boyd
Ed Grundy ..... Barry Farrimond
Emma Grundy ..... Emerald O'Hanrahan

Writer, Mary Cutler
Director, Julie Beckett

Cast from earlier episodes this week:
David Archer ..... Timothy Bentinck
Ruth Archer ..... Felicity Finch
Phil Archer ..... Norman Painting
Jill Archer ..... Patricia Greene
Eddie Grundy ..... Trevor Harrison
Will Grundy ..... Philip Molloy
Emma Grundy ..... Felicity Jones
Tim Hathaway ..... Jay Villiers
Siobhan Donovan ..... Caroline Lennon
Nigel Pargetter ..... Graham Seed
Clarrie Grundy ..... Rosalind Adams
Neil Carter ..... Brian Hewlett
Alice Aldridge ..... Hollie Chapman
Justin Elliott ..... Simon Williams
Lilian Bellamy ..... Sunny Ormonde
Shula Hebden Lloyd ..... Judy Bennett
Matt Crawford ..... Kim Durham
Nic Grundy ..... Becky Wright
Ian Craig ..... Stephen Kennedy
Adam Macy ..... Andrew Wincott
Kenton Archer ..... Richard Atlee
Peggy Woolley ..... June Spencer
Jack Woolley ..... Arnold Peters
Elizabeth Pargetter..... Alison Dowling

Writers in earlier episodes this week, Carole Simpson Solazzo, Caroline Harrington, Gillian Richmond, 
Directors in earlier episodes this week, Marina Caldarone

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