The Archers Miscellany: The First Official Trivia Collection from Britain's Best-Loved Radio Drama

by Joanna Toye

Packed with factoids, this official trivia collection is filled with tidbits from one of the world’s best-loved radio dramas. Have you ever wondered about the attractions at Ambridge fetes? Puzzled over who the winners were at the Flower and Produce Show? Been curious about details of past Bonfire Nights, or even menus at The Bull? This guide has information on even the most obscure story points, and discusses such topics as which resident has the most names; the order of illumination for the Christmas lights switch-on; and the Ambridge Wanderers football team fixtures from the glory days of the 1970s. Containing information gathered from the vast BBC Birmingham Archers archives and beautifully illustrated throughout, this is the ultimate trivia book for all things Ambridge.

Genres: Reference

256 pages, Hardcover

First published October 13, 2009

About the author

Set in a family-owned department store, Jo's novels bring to life the hardships - and highlights - of life in Britain in the Second World War. With husbands, boyfriends and brothers away, the three Shop Girl friends pull together to battle bomb damage and black marketeers as well as their own poignant personal dramas. A former radio and TV scriptwriter, Jo draws on her family's war experiences as well as memories of how shopping used to be - before Amazon changed all that!
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Reviews

[Lynne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Packed with all sorts of random detail, including a range of Snell productions, cricket teams and winners at the Flower and Produce Show since the earliest days of Ambridge's finest. Having only recently become a listener, I do wish old episodes were available, as Dan and Phil Archer, Walter and Nelson Gabriel and a host of late characters, do sound like an interesting bunch.

[Emma Dargue · Rating 3 out of 5]

General trivia book on the whos,where's and Watford of the world of the archers. Interesting but nothing amazing.

[Lesley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This certainly is a miscellany. It would only appear to Archers fans but, as there are thousands of us, it could prove popular. I found it a bit disjointed in that it hops from subject to subject and very often back again, so it would be no use as a book to check facts in. An index would be helpful here. Some sections I found very boring - such as the cricket team of 1950, long before my time - by other parts were good. The history of the different families and the homes was useful.

[Shay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dipping in and out of this. It can be a bit frustrating as it sometimes raises more questions than it can answer. In fact it doesn't really answer questions at all, it just gives snippets of information on various topics.

[Susanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great little book for Archers fans, stuffed full of trivia.

[Jude Brigley · Rating 3 out of 5]

great fun for any Archers' fan. So many good writers have written for the Archers including Joanna Toye and Simon Frith. I loved the lists, the maps and the details as I have been a fan all my life.

[Angie Rhodes · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting read for fans of the Archers, , filled with trivia and insights to the Radio Show