Nine characters - one actor

In three minutes, Harriet plays eight familar characters (including a brief appearance from the usually silent Sabrina Thwaite) - and a celebrity listener.
It's a remarkable piece of work, but we can assure our current cast that there are no plans to replace them with impressionists - no matter how talented!
Keri Davies is an Archers (and Ambridge Extra) scriptwriter and web producer.
- Illustration supplied by Harriet Carmichael
- Listen to the mini-episode
- Read about the Duchess of Cornwall's visit to The Archers studios



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At 20:00 14th Apr 2011, Redbookish wrote:Wonderful! Many congratulations. And I particularly loved the Lyndy sniffs. Majestic.
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Comment number 2.
At 20:41 14th Apr 2011, gilran wrote:I thought it was the Duchess of Cornwall that visited The Archers!!!
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Comment number 3.
At 20:57 14th Apr 2011, typewright wrote:Superb! Thanks, Harriet, and thanks, Mr K.
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At 08:57 15th Apr 2011, Pan Mustardland is where the heart is Shoshana wrote:'Ah love sheep, me' Inspired!
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Comment number 5.
At 09:24 15th Apr 2011, Joe K wrote:Clearly, you were mistaken then, gilran. Keri is never wrong about *anything*...
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Comment number 6.
At 12:00 17th Apr 2011, Joe K wrote:Not to worry, gilran. Keri, without acknowledging his error, of course, has corrected his mistake in the first paragraph. Not the active link at the bottom, of course, but he'll get there eventually...
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Comment number 7.
At 12:04 17th Apr 2011, Joe K wrote:'It's a remarkable piece of work, but we can assure our current cast that there are no plans to replace them with impressionists - no matter how talented!'
'No plans'. That's what they always say, right before hey announce that they now have plans...
Will this impinge upon events in The Archers or AmEx, is what we all want to know? And, as Barry Norman never said, why not?
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Comment number 8.
At 13:06 17th Apr 2011, NorthernJim wrote:I have a little problem
With which I am afflicted;
There is a Sunday omnibus
To which I am addicted.
I should be outside digging,
Or weeding in the garden,
If I'm to rival Monty Don
In my wife's heart's affection.
But rather than be useful,
I'll make a bacon sandwich
And brew a pot of morning tea,
Whilst tuning into Ambridge.
Then on my favourite armchair
I'll settle nice and comfy,
And find myself sinking a pint
With my mate Eddie Grundy.
... Oooo aarrrgh! ツ
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At 16:56 19th Apr 2011, Keri Davies wrote:>Not to worry, gilran. Keri, without acknowledging his error, of course, has corrected his mistake in the first paragraph. Not the active link at the bottom, of course, but he'll get there eventually...
Aargh, sorry. I'll sort the link out pronto.
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Comment number 10.
At 01:05 20th Apr 2011, Bear in the Bull wrote:Check her new creation - with Ambridge's second Royal guest inside a year - and a TAX-like take on the alter ego of Chris Carter ...
https://hcarmichael.posterous.com/50024840
Superb.
Bear
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Comment number 11.
At 03:00 20th Apr 2011, Joe K wrote:Don't go raising our expectations of mistakes being promptly corrected to some unrealistically high level, now...
I haven't listened to either mini-ep. The notion that a single actor can win more plaudits for her work than The Archers' entire production team is too depressing.
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Comment number 12.
At 08:51 20th Apr 2011, Nemo399 wrote:Absolutely brilliant---much more entertaining than the real thing has been lately!
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At 11:04 20th Apr 2011, Brian-of-Britain wrote:Bear @ 10
here is number 3!
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8423583/The-Archers-the-untold-storyline.html
Pity the SWs can't write these
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At 18:01 20th Apr 2011, Orbweaver11 wrote:Bear #10
https://hcarmichael.posterous.com/50024840
Superb.
Too right!
Thanks Harriet.
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Comment number 15.
At 19:06 20th Apr 2011, The Blessed Songsinger wrote:Absolutely brilliant - and there was a "hello you two" as well!
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