The Archers which affect farmers nationwide when livestock movements are restricted. Many famous people have made cameo appearances on the programme: The theme tune of "The Archers" is called "Barwick Green" and is a maypole dance from the suite "My Native Heath", written in 1924 by the Yorkshire composer Arthur Wood. The Sunday omnibus broadcast of "The Archers" starts with a more rustic, accordion-arranged rendition by The Yetties. The theme for BBC Radio 4 Extra's "The Archers" spinoff, "Ambridge Extra", is a version arranged by Bellowhead. A library music recording of Barwick Green was used for the pilot and during the early
The Change (radio show) The Change (radio show) The Change was a short-lived British radio Sitcom that originally aired from November 2001 - November 2004 on BBC Radio 4. Written by Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie it was a "Sitcom about a troubled hormonal wife and a transvestite husband". The story follows motor mechanic, George (Christopher Ellison), who announces he is a transvestite to his wife Carol (Lynda Bellingham), who is undergoing "the change". George's mother Violet (Sylvia Syms) has known about his "dressing-up" since his childhood and sees nothing wrong in it. Other parts were played by Maureen Beattie, Mark Powley, Kevin Bishop,