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Angela Barnes on Hosting The Archers Live at 75, Tour Bus Gossip & Her Twit of the Week
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Episode Angela Barnes on Hosting The Archers Live at 75, Tour Bus Gossip & Her Twit of the Week
Philippa, Katie and Quentin are joined by comedian, Archers superfan and host of The Archers Live at 75, Angela Barnes.
Angela tells us what it is really like touring the country in a minibus she has christened the Archers Omnibus, including the Sunday morning when Charles Collingwood asked the driver to put Radio 4 on. She also explains why this is the first job she has ever had without imposter syndrome & the only one where she cried when she got it and who would win The Traitors.
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In this episode
• Flower or Produce: does Angela have a favourite cast? • The two "tester" jokes that tell her how the night is going to go • Why she cut most of the tech from the show, and what audiences have made of the QR code • Vanessa's sound effects, the gasps from the audience, and whether seeing behind the scenes spoils the magic • Tour gossip, with Ben Norris firmly under the Archers Omnibus • Angela's "audition" for Jeremy Howe, and the backstory Charlotte Martin has invented for her as a long-lost Horrobin • Her Star and Twit of the Week • The Ambridge neighbours she would choose, and the one who would send her straight to Darrington • Who she would take to the Edinburgh Fringe, and who is the funniest character in Ambridge • How she got hooked on The Archers as a student in the mid 90s • An Ambridge Grand Prix, what colour The Archers is, and who she would want in a Cold War bunker • Who would make the best Traitor in Ambridge • And, most importantly, her biscuit of choice
Coming up
Angela is back with us in two weeks to answer your questions from the Facebook group.
Topics covered: Brian Aldridge, Adam, Xander, Joy Horville, Tracy Horrobin, Jazzer, Helen Archer, Susan Carter, Bert Horrobin, Jakob, Leonard, Ben Archer, Lilian, Lynda Snell, Robert Snell, Sabrina Thwaite, Mandy Beesborough, Amber. The Traitors.
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