The Archers trial. Unlike television soaps, "The Archers" actors are not held on retainers and work on the series usually for a few days a month. By the nature of the storylines concentrating on particular groups of characters, in any one week out of a cast of about 60, the episodes include approximately 2030 speaking-characters. Most of the cast do acting work on other projects and can disappear for long periods if they are working on commitments such as films or television series. Tamsin Greig plays Debbie Aldridge and has appeared on many television series such as "Green Wing", "Love Soup", "Black
The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series) now digitally remastered, was also included with "The Return of the King" set, with a demo of John Le Mesurier singing "Bilbo's Last Song" included as a bonus track. The 13-episode series was also rerun on Radio 4 in 2002. The series has not been heard on the digital BBC archive station BBC Radio 4 Extra, despite frequent requests, reportedly because of copyright issues. The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series) In 1981 BBC Radio 4 produced a dramatisation of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" in 26 half-hour stereo installments. The novel had previously been