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
BBC Radio 4 Extra Radio 4 Extra is currently only available in stereo on Digital TV (Freeview / FreeSat / Sky / Virgin Media) and online but not on DAB as its maximum bit rate is only 80kbps, only sufficient for it to be broadcast in mono. Although the current station is a rebranding of Radio 7 and contains a similar mix of archived programming, content has been brought further in line with BBC Radio 4 with new additions based upon their schedule. These include extended versions of programmes such as "The News Quiz" and "Desert Island Discs", the broadcast of archived editions of