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
Alpha and Omega (radio plays) Alpha and Omega (radio plays) Alpha and Omega are two radio plays written by Mike Walker, first broadcast on the BBC World Service in 2001 and 2002 respectively, and later on BBC Radio 4 and BBC 7. Both plays star David Calder as the lead actor. "Alpha" won the Drama Award for the World Service in the 2001 Sony Radio Awards. "Omega" did even better, winning two Worldplay awards in 2002. "Alpha" examines issues of artificial intelligence from the viewpoint of established Christian teaching on the soul and human existence in the world. The main character in "Alpha" is a