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
Phil Kennedy Phil Kennedy Phil Kennedy is a British broadcaster who currently presents on BBC Berkshire. Phil's radio career began on Radio Jackie when it was still a pirate radio station, he then moved to Top Shop's instore radio station on London's Oxford Street. Shortly after that he landed a Saturday night show on national BBC Radio 1. Afterwards, he worked at Key 103 in Manchester and Richard Branson's ill-fated ILR sustaining service, The Superstation. During his late-night Superstation show, he hosted features called 'Kennedy's Classic Cuts' and 'PK Nuts'. After The Superstation closed, Phil went to work at BBC GLR, Virgin