The Archers opera. Under the pseudonym "Bruno Milna", Painting also wrote around 1,200 complete episodes, which culminated in the 10,000th episode. June Spencer has played Peggy Archer/Woolley from the pilot episode onwards, though not for all of the period since. According to "Who's Who in The Archers 2008", episode 15,360 was to be broadcast on 1 January 2008. Episode 15,000 was broadcast on 7 November 2006. The Archers reached its 60th anniversary on 1 January 2011 and to mark this achievement, a special half-hour episode was broadcast on Sunday, 2 January, on BBC Radio 4 from 7pm. The episode had been advertised
Grace Archer "Sunday Mercury" called Grace's death "One of the most controversial events in Ambridge history." Nick Collins, writing for "The Daily Telegraph", named Grace's death as one of "The Archers<nowiki>'</nowiki>" most shocking storylines In 2011, listeners voted Grace's death as their fifth most potent "Archers" memory in a poll conducted on the BBC's "Archers" website. The storyline received 9.7% of the vote. The scene is mentioned in the British comedy The Good Life series 3 episode 1. Grace Archer Grace Archer (née Fairbrother) (April 2, 1930 – September 22, 1955) is a fictional character from the BBC's long-running radio soap, "The