Norman Painting Norman Painting Norman George Painting (23 April 1924 – 29 October 2009) was an English actor, broadcaster and writer. He played Phil Archer in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera "The Archers" from the pilot episodes aired on the BBC Midlands Home Service in summer 1950, after the series went national on the Light Programme on 1 January 1951, until his death in 2009, when he was the longest-serving member of the cast. His last episode, recorded two days before he died, was broadcast on 22 November 2009. The character lived on until Phil was "found dead" in his armchair
BBC Radio Humberside simulcasts BBC Radio 5 Live overnight. The station's local presenters include Lizzie Rose and Carl Wheatley (weekday breakfast), David Burns (weekday mornings), Phil White (weekday lunchtime) and Andy Comfort (weekday drivetime). BBC Radio Humberside BBC Radio Humberside is a BBC Local Radio service covering the area of the former English county of Humberside, which was returned to North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire the East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of Kingston upon Hull on 1 April 1996. Martyn Weston is the station's managing editor with Derek McGill as assistant editor. It began broadcasting in 1971 from studios above a