Editing The Archers (section)

==Actors==
''The Archers'' actors are not held on retainers and usually work on episodes for a few days a month. By the nature of the storylines concentrating on particular groups of characters, in any one week out of a cast of about 60, the episodes include approximately 20{{ndash}}30 speaking-characters. Most of the cast do acting work on other projects and can disappear for long periods if they are working on commitments such as films or television series. [[Tamsin Greig]] plays Debbie Aldridge and has appeared on many television series such as ''[[Green Wing]]'', ''[[Love Soup]]'', ''[[Black Books]]'' and ''[[Episodes (TV series)|Episodes]]'', so Debbie manages a farm in [[Hungary]] and her visits to Ambridge are infrequent. [[Felicity Jones]] played Emma Carter from the age of 15 but after a period of studying at [[Wadham College, Oxford]], she gave up the role to move into television and cinema.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-hottest-star-in-hollywood-ndash-who-owes-it-all-to-ambridge-2199000.html|title=The hottest star in Hollywood – who owes it all to Ambridge|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]|access-date=10 July 2018|date=31 January 2011|archive-date=3 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303084239/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/the-hottest-star-in-hollywood-ndash-who-owes-it-all-to-ambridge-2199000.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Some of the actors, when not playing their characters, earn their money through different jobs altogether: Charlotte Connor, when not playing Susan Carter (credited as Charlotte Martin), works full-time as a senior research psychologist at the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation; her office is a short walk from [[BBC Birmingham]], and thus she is able to fit her work around recordings.<ref>David Brindle [https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/feb/09/young-people-mental-health-problems-log-on?INTCMP=SRCH "Young people log on for shared headspace"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412224530/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/feb/09/young-people-mental-health-problems-log-on?INTCMP=SRCH |date=12 April 2017}}, ''The Guardian'', 9 February 2011</ref> Graham Blockey, who played Robert Snell before his death in 2022, worked until 2017 as a full-time [[general practitioner]] in Surrey, commuting to and from [[BBC Birmingham]] at weekends and on his days off.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/dec/02/graham-blockey-obituary | title = Graham Blockey obituary | last = Hunt | first = Terry | date = 2022-12-02 | website = [[The Guardian]] | access-date = 2023-12-23}}</ref> He kept his role secret from his patients, for fear of losing their respect, until his retirement from medicine in March 2017.<ref>Matthew Weaver [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/mar/31/surrey-gp-reveals-archers-character-robert-snell-graham-blockey "GP reveals his 30-year secret life as Archers character Robert Snell"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412224754/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/mar/31/surrey-gp-reveals-archers-character-robert-snell-graham-blockey |date=12 April 2017}}, ''The Guardian'', 31 March 2017</ref> Other examples include [[Felicity Finch]] (Ruth Archer), who also works as a BBC journalist having travelled on a number of occasions to Afghanistan; and Ian Pepperell (Roy Tucker), before his death at the age of 53 on 22 December 2023, managed a pub in the [[New Forest]].<ref>Chris Arnot, [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/06/60-years-archers-10-things-new "The Archers at 60"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412224839/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/oct/06/60-years-archers-10-things-new |date=12 April 2017}}, ''The Guardian'', 6 October 2010.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Media |first=P. A. |date=2023-12-23 |title=The Archers actor Ian Pepperell dies aged 53 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/dec/23/the-archers-actor-ian-pepperell-dies-aged-53-roy-archer-eastenders |access-date=2023-12-23 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>