The Archers Ysanne Churchman, who played Grace, sent them a congratulatory card signed "Grace Archer". In 1996, William Smethurst recounted a conversation with Baseley in which he reveals his real motivation for killing off Grace Archer: Churchman was encouraging the other actors to join a trade union. The actor Norman Painting played Phil Archer continuously from the first trial series in 1950 until his death on 29 October 2009. His last "Archers" performance was recorded just two days before his death, and was broadcast on 22 November. He is cited in "Guinness World Records" as the longest-serving actor in a single soap
Deep Trouble (radio comedy series) Campling compared the programme favourably to the famous Naval radio sitcom "The Navy Lark" and called "Deep Trouble" "hilarious". It was also selected as a 'Pick of the Day' by Phil Daoust of the Guardian on 24 May 2007. The series was produced and directed by David Tyler at Pozzitive Television for BBC Radio 4. Deep Trouble (radio comedy series) Deep Trouble is a BBC radio comedy series, written by and starring Jim Field Smith and Ben Willbond, which first aired on BBC Radio 4 in October 2005. It takes place in the year 2012, aboard HMS "Goliath", a Royal