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 3rd Degree (radio series) all a bit soulless and you don't really care who wins. Derek Smith in "The Stage" gave a mixed review saying the show was: "A kind of dysfunctional radio version of "University Challenge". My question would be - what's the point? Admittedly, it's quite lively, but only vaguely funny, and hardly dynamic. Third-class degree, more like." In 2015 "The 3rd Degree" was nominated for the Rose d'Or in the "Radio Game Show" category. The 3rd Degree (radio series) The 3rd Degree (sometimes written as The Third Degree) is a British quiz show broadcast on BBC Radio 4, hosted by comedian