Daisy Dunn

The Archers is a masterclass in how not to write a monologue

Agatha Christie’s gripping Absent in Spring, broadcast on Radio 4, shows how it should be done

Carole Boyd plays the strident Lynda Snell in Radio 4's The Archers. Image: BBC / Gary Moyes
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