BBC director general defends plan to shelve new Archers studio

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe BBC director general is defending the decision to shelve plans for a bespoke new studio for The Archers, the long-running Radio 4 soap, which were put on hold this week.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA village that has been on air for decades, and they can't spare it a proper room. That's how it starts, you know.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWell, I'd put a little drive-through right beside it, Dale. Nothing fancy, just a window and a friendly voice.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA drive-through. For a programme nobody has ever seen.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI just want the folks in Ambridge to have somewhere nice to be shouted at.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt's radio, Chip. The one thing the listeners could never have seen is the studio, and now they never will.