Editing The Archers (section)

==Characters==
{{Main|List of The Archers characters}}
* The [[List of The Archers characters#The Archer family|Archers]]' [[family farm]], Brookfield, combines arable, dairy, beef, and sheep. It is a typical example of [[mixed farming]] which has been passed down the generations from Dan, the original farmer, to his son Phil and is now co-owned by Phil and Jill's four children: David, who manages it with his wife Ruth; Shula Hebden-Lloyd, owner of the riding stables, was married to Alistair, a vet; her twin Kenton, runs the village's only pub with his wife Jolene; and the widowed Elizabeth Pargeter. Jill lives in Brookfield with her son David, his wife Ruth and their children Pip, Josh and Ben, and Pip's daughter, Rosie.
* The [[List of The Archers characters#The Aldridge family|Aldridges]] at [[Home farm (agriculture)|Home Farm]]. Brian, who is portrayed as a money-driven [[agribusiness]]man and his late wife Jennifer. They have five children: the two Jennifer brought into their marriage: Adam, a farmer married to chef Ian Craig and Debbie, a farmer based in Hungary; two born into the marriage, Kate with a family abandoned in South Africa, and Alice divorced from farrier Chris Carter; and university student Ruairi, Brian's son by one of his affairs. The family also includes Kate's daughter Phoebe and Jennifer's sister Lilian.
* The Bridge Farm [[List of The Archers characters#The Archer family|Archers]], Tony and Pat, practise [[organic farming]]. Their operations include a farm shop, a farm café, a [[vegetable box scheme]] and a dairy. The whole family is involved, Tony and Pat and their children Helen and Tom. They also have five grandchildren: Johnny, the son of their deceased son John; Helen's sons, Henry and Jack, and Tom's twin girls Nova and Seren.
* The [[List of The Archers characters#The Pargetter family|Pargetters]], a [[landed gentry]] family who have to make their [[stately home]], Lower Loxley Hall, pay the bills as a public attraction. The family includes Nigel Pargetter's widow, Elizabeth {{née}} Archer, and her twin children, a son, Freddie and a daughter, Lily.
* The [[List of The Archers characters#The Grundy family|Grundys]], formerly struggling [[tenant farmer]]s were brought to prominence in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Initially seen as comic characters, they are now seen as doggedly battling adversity. The family includes Eddie, his wife Clarrie, and their sons Will and Edward.
* The [[List of The Archers characters#The Carter family|Carters]], Neil and Susan. Their son, Chris, was married to Alice Aldridge; their daughter, Emma, has successively married brothers Will and Edward Grundy.
* The [[List of The Archers characters#Lynda Snell|Snells]]; Lynda, married to the long-suffering Robert, is the butt of many jokes, but also an absolute stalwart of village life.