R.I.P. Ysanne Churchman, please spread some love and heartfelt condolences to her family. The long-running BBC radio drama series The Archers attracted publicity when Grace died after a fire on the night that ITV launched in 1955.
Very sad. the hymn singing was beautiful. I remember reading in an Archers book that due to a BBC strike at the time, it was a professional recording. Whatever. It suited the moment perfectly.
I am an ex Archers production manager. We had recorded the service and hymn especially, on location, but the Musicians' Union complained and we had to use a BBC library disc, this with only a couple of hours to go before transmisson. Glad you enjoyed the end result!
@@RandomRadioJottings Originally, they had recorded the congregation singing the hymn, but they had to cut it because of a threatened strike because they were not in the actors' sunion, so it was replaced at the last minute by a cathedral choir recording!
Shula later married Mark in the end and stayed married to him until he died - in real life, the actress who plays Shula is married to the actor who plays Brian Aldredge - her sister’s husband in the programme!
Arthur Vasey I remember she broke off the first engagement in 1981. Went out with Nigel then discovered she really did love Mark around 1984. Beautiful storyline that took years to play out.
