comparison of shows The Archers are a British radio soap opera. It is broadcasting on BBC 4 radio. It is for entertainment purposes. It has been broadcasting since 1951. They have aired over 20000 episodes and has become the world’s longest running present day drama by number of episodes. The archers are set in a fictional village of Ambridge in the fictional county of Borsetshire. There are many different themes in this show including many serious, contemporary social issues, drug addiction, rape, inter-racial relationships and more. The archers have been broadcasted in countries other than the UK as they had also been introduced to New Zealand in 1982. They have been going on for 65 years. Each episode of the archers are around thirteen minutes long and they broadcast on BBC Radio 4 everyday between Sunday and Friday at 7pm. They are also repeated on the following day at 2pm expect on Saturdays. The archers were originally established to inform and educate farmers. They have be...