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The Archers is the longest running radio drama

The BBC serial has been broadcast on consecutive days since 1951 The Archers first aired on 1 January 1951 as a story about farming families in the fictional village of Ambridge. It has been broadcast six days a week since, with well over 19,000 episodes, making it the longest running radio drama anywhere. Its theme tune, Barwick Green, has opened the programme for its entire run. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The BBC serial has been broadcast on consecutive days since 1951. The figure is taken from BBC, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.