Phil Archer when the show began airing nationally on 1 January 1951. During his time with "The Archers", Painting wrote a best-selling book entitled "Forever Ambridge" and wrote over a thousand scripts for the show between 1966 and 1982. Painting was later inducted into the Guinness World Records for being the longest-serving actor, without a break, in a single soap opera. In later years, Painting's appearances on the show became limited due to his ill health. On 29 October 2009, two days after he had gone to the recording studio, Painting died. BBC Radio 4 controller, Mark Damazer, said "Norman Painting was
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