Ambridge Extra reported that the show was "highly unlikely" to return. The commissioning editor for Radio 4 Extra stated "Our "Ambridge Extra" decision won't impact on "The Archers" in any way, but across the BBC we are having to make tough financial choices and prioritise and protect the services and content that deliver the most value to audiences." Listener response to the early episodes were largely negative. Vicki Power from "The Daily Telegraph" suggested that the series showed potential, but needed to include storylines that the main show could "not afford to ignore", suggesting that the current format felt like listening to
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,