Kate Chisholm

Two women, ages 94 and 83, completely own The Archers

Plus: The first black female chaplain to the Queen and to the Speaker, who shuttles between Westminster and Hackney

June Spencer, 94, plays the canny Peggy Woolley Photo: Getty

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