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
Tamsin Greig Greig has had a long-running part as Debbie Aldridge in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera "The Archers" since 1991. As her other work increased, her appearances in the show decreased and her character Debbie spends most of her time living in Hungary. Her other radio work includes narrating the Radio 4 comedy "Warhorses of Letters", and guest-starring in five episodes of the second series of the radio version of "Absolute Power", playing Charles Prentiss's former lover Gayle Shand, who now runs a rival firm. Greig appeared in a number of supporting parts, notably as Lamia in "Neverwhere" (1996) and