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Radio 4,4 mins

Writer Mary Cutler's "terrifying" first Archers commission

The Archers

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Mary Cutler, The Archers longest-serving writer who wrote for the programme for 40 years, recounts how she got her first Archers commission in 1979. Mary's first Archers script, which was leather-bound as a gift for her 20th anniversary with the programme, is part of The Archers in 70 Objects.

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