https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/thearchers/ Backstage news and insight into The Archers. Curated by Keri Davies. en-us Copyright 2012 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:51:39 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.33-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <div class="imgCaptionRight" style="float: right; "> <img alt="Vanessa Whitburn and John Yorke" src="https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/thearchers/vanessa_whitburn_john_yorke.jpg" width="600" height="340" class="mt-image-right" style="margin: 10px 0 5px 20px;" /><p style="width:600px;font-size: 11px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);margin-left:20px;"> </p></div> <p><em>Has recent press coverage made you worried that The Archers is going to take a lurch into EastEnders territority? Well, worry not, because it isn't. Acting Archers editor John Yorke explains the truth about this story.</em></p> <p>A few months ago I was asked by a national newspaper if EastEnders would ever consider doing a live stage musical. I answered with a categorical 'No'. Two weeks later, I was slightly taken aback to read: 'EastEnders to stage musical'. </p> <p>Perhaps I shouldn't have been shocked then to read a flurry of headlines yesterday, cataloging my plans to smash up Ambridge like some bloated property developer and turn it into Albert Square...</p> <p>It's a great story - but it isn't true. The source was a fairly innocuous interview with Radio Times about what's coming up on the show. </p> <p>A few months ago, Radio 4 had very kindly asked me if I'd consider looking after the programme for four months while its long standing editor Vanessa Whitburn was away. I agreed straight away - on one condition - that it stayed exactly as it was and that I didn't have to change anything. </p> <p>The Archers has been in my family for three generations. It's as perfect as long running drama gets; why would I want to change a hair? Apart from anything else my Mum would probably kill me. </p> <p>The comment that was picked up was very clearly a specific reference to one storyline - the intimidation of Ruth and David. Ironically, this story was planned long before I joined the show. </p> <p>It is dark but in the very best traditions of a programme not scared to kill its leading lady in a barn fire, and it fits snugly I hope alongside everything Ambridge does best. </p> <p>Joe's ferrets, Lynda's hay-fever and cliffhangers built on whether Clarrie will finish her jubilee cake in time; all will remain and I hope live for as long as The Archers draws breath.</p> <p><em>John Yorke is the acting editor of The Archers</em></p> <p><strong>Picture shows Archers editor Vanessa Whitburn and acting editor John Yorke. Vanessa returns in July after a period of long service leave</strong></p> John Yorke <$MTAuthorDisplayName$> https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/thearchers/2012/06/is_the_archers_going_to_get_da.html https://nontonwae.pages.dev/blogs/thearchers/2012/06/is_the_archers_going_to_get_da.html media coverage Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:51:39 +0000