Tamsin Greig Tamsin Greig Tamsin Margaret Mary Greig (; born 12 July 1966) is an English actress. She played Fran Katzenjammer in "Black Books", Dr Caroline Todd in "Green Wing" and Beverly Lincoln in the British-American sitcom "Episodes". She currently stars as Jackie in the Channel 4 sitcom "Friday Night Dinner". Other roles include Alice Chenery in BBC One's comedy drama "Love Soup", Debbie Aldridge in BBC Radio 4's soap opera "The Archers", Miss Bates in the 2009 BBC version of Jane Austen's "Emma", and Beth Hardiment in the 2010 film version of "Tamara Drewe". Greig is also an acclaimed stage actress;
The Archers BBC World Service in Afghanistan began broadcasting "Naway Kor, Naway Jwand" ("New Home, New Life"), an everyday story of country folk incorporating pieces of useful information. Although the useful information was more likely to concern unexploded land mines and opium addiction than the latest modern farming techniques, the inspiration and model of "Naway Kor, Naway Jwand" was "The Archers", and the initial workshopping with Afghan writers included an "Archers" scriptwriter. A 1997 study found that listeners to the soap opera were significantly less likely to be injured by a mine than non-listeners. In Rwanda, the BBC World Service's Rwanda-Rundi service