Ambridge Extra accessible for people who had never listened to "The Archers" before. "Ambridge Extra" features a number of new or previously silent and minor characters from the main series and initially focussed on several of the younger characters. The programme is broadcast on Tuesday and Thursday with an omnibus on Sunday, all following "The Archers" on Radio 4. "The Archers" theme tune "Barwick Green" has been re-arranged for "Ambridge Extra" and is performed by folk group Bellowhead. The first series of "Ambridge Extra" ran for 13 weeks (26 episodes) from April through to June 2011. A second 13-week series began airing
BBC Home Service BBC Radio Ulster, at first relaying the majority of Radio 4 programming but later becoming completely independent. During the 1970s Radio 4 FM in the East of England (Tacolneston, Peterborough and relays) carried a breakfast magazine programme, "Roundabout East Anglia", the region lacking any BBC Local Radio. The service closed in mid 1980, ahead of the opening of BBC Radio Norfolk. The last Regional Home Service was an FM opt-out of Radio 4 for Devon and Cornwall as the "South West Region". "Morning Sou'West" was also carried on several low power medium-wave transmitters. The programme ended on 31 December 1982,