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by: Nick Odell - Fri, 19 May 2023 15:49 UTC

Essentially a long moan about the state of Radio 4 but umrats might have some sympathy for this paragraph about The Archers:

The evidence is plentiful, and often in the station’s main programming. I know those who have listened to The Archers for 50 years who are now switching off, irritated by ridiculous storylines (bisexual gigolo in Ambridge, anyone?) and a surplus of new young characters. Now there is nothing specifically wrong in creating new young characters, but it is clear that they are there at the insistence of middle-aged executives, and are a middle-aged executive’s idea of what a young person is like (i.e. implausible). As a side note, it’s important to stress that young people don’t necessarily want to listen to other young people, particularly improbably cool ones. When I was in my 20s, my favourite characters were the decidedly long-in-the-tooth Eddie and Clarrie Grundy.

It's all here at:
<https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-to-listen-to/radio-4-baby-boomers-abandoned/>
(Paywall) or

https://archive.ph/JJ0Ap

Nick

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