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Another row in Ambridge! Former newsreader Jennie Bond condemns The Archers for its 'dreadful grammar' - after rural drama was criticised for underplaying government tax raid on farms
The former BBC royal correspondent has taken umbrage with the language in Ambridge, the fictional village where the radio soap opera is set.
The much-loved BBC drama has been on air since 1951 and fans include Queen Camilla, who hosted a reception for the cast at Clarence House for the 70th anniversary in 2021. One listener wrote online: ‘So the whole [massive] issue of the proposal to make inheritance tax applicable to farm land was given just these astonishingly bad three lines of dialogue. The much-loved BBC drama has been on air since 1951 and fans include Queen Camilla , who hosted a reception for the cast at Clarence House for the 70th anniversary in 2021
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