Ambridge Extra Ambridge Extra Ambridge Extra is an extension of the long-running radio drama "The Archers". It began broadcasting sporadically on the digital radio station BBC Radio 4 Extra from 5 April 2011. The programme ran for five series, before it was "rested". "Ambridge Extra" ran in addition to "The Archers" and gave an insight into other areas of the character's lives. Writer Tim Stimpson explained the show "should be a little extra gift to our regular "Archers" listeners, crafted with affection and giving them a new perspective on life in Ambridge." He stated that the team wanted the series to be
This Is the BBC Hitchcock's artwork and significantly utilises a painting by his father Raymond as a cover, which dates to 1954. (Raymond Hitchcock is also pictured in the booklet.) This Is the BBC This Is the BBC is an album by Robyn Hitchcock, released on the Hux Records label in April 2006. It rounds up fourteen tracks recorded for radio, primarily with Andy Kershaw between 1995 and 1999. It can therefore be viewed as a sequel piece to "The Kershaw Sessions". The tracks cover Hitchock's contemporary material at the time of recording, and include a version of the evocative "I Saw Nick Drake"