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
In the Red (radio series) include Robert Bathurst, Jim Carter and Geoffrey Whitehead. In the Chair is a six-part BBC Radio 4 black comedy-crime drama series written by Mark Tavener and produced by Paul Schlesinger as a second sequel to "In the Red". The story features BBC Reporter George Cragge, played by Michael Williams, and Police Superintendent Frank Jefferson, played by Barry Foster, investigating a series of murders of dentists linked to New Labour policy. Notable guest stars include Hugh Laurie, Kenneth Cranham, Rebecca Front and Richard Griffiths, as well as the return of Stephen Fry, John Bird and Geoffrey Whitehead from previous series. In