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===Sixtieth anniversary=== The Archers reached its 60th anniversary on 1 January 2011 and to mark this achievement, a special half-hour episode was broadcast on Sunday, 2 January, on BBC Radio 4 from 7pm. The episode had been advertised as containing events that would "shake Ambridge to the core".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/05_may/27/sopps.shtml|title=BBC Statement of Programme Policy for 2010/2011|publisher=BBC|access-date=28 December 2014|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016083624/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/05_may/27/sopps.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> This phrase even gave rise to the [[initialism]] #SATTC trending on the website Twitter during that weekend as listeners speculated about what might happen, and then reported their views as the story unfolded. The main events in the episode were Helen Archer giving birth to her son Henry and Nigel Pargetter falling to his death from the roof of Lower Loxley Hall. This unlikely event provoked interest in the frequency and causes of death in the series. In fact, although the incidence of accidental death and suicide is seven times the national average, the overall mortality rate in Ambridge is almost exactly what would be expected.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1136/bmj.d7518 |pmid=22174323 |title=A series of unfortunate events? Morbidity and mortality in a Borsetshire village |journal=BMJ |volume=343 |pages=d7518 |year=2011 |last1=Stepney |first1=R. |s2cid=46519990}} * {{cite press release |date=15 December 2011 |title=A series of unfortunate events? Morbidity and mortality in a Borsetshire village |website=BMJ |url=https://www.bmj.com/press-releases/2011/12/15/series-unfortunate-events-morbidity-and-mortality-borsetshire-village |access-date=13 October 2018 |archive-date=13 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013172324/https://www.bmj.com/press-releases/2011/12/15/series-unfortunate-events-morbidity-and-mortality-borsetshire-village |url-status=live}}</ref> The demise of Nigel caused controversy among some listeners,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thearchers/2011/01/nigel_pargetter_-_share_your_m.html|title=Nigel Pargetter β share your memories|publisher=BBC|access-date=28 December 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924161230/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thearchers/2011/01/nigel_pargetter_-_share_your_m.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thearchers/2011/01/the_archers_editor_on_the_60th.html|title=The Archers editor on the 60th anniversary|publisher=BBC|access-date=28 December 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924161233/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thearchers/2011/01/the_archers_editor_on_the_60th.html|url-status=live}}</ref> with a number of complaints variously expressing dismay at the death of a popular character, concerns over the manner of the dismissal of the actor, belief that the promise to "shake Ambridge to the core" had been over-hyped, criticism of the credibility of the script (for example, the duration of his plummeting cry caused calculation of the building's height at considerably more than had been imagined); also a perceived unwillingness of the editorial team to engage with these listener complaints.{{Citation needed|reason=a perceived unwillingness of the editorial team to engage with these listener complaints|date=February 2021}}
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