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Judi Dench leads backlash against BBC plan to move 'The Archers' out of Birmingham

Judi Dench leads backlash against BBC plan to move 'The Archers' out of Birmingham

Dame Judi Dench has signed an open letter urging the BBC not to move 'The Archers' from its Birmingham studio, joining cast members in a public campaign against the plan. Dench, who made a cameo in the Radio 4 drama in 1989, is among the most prominent voices demanding the corporation reverse course. The BBC's proposal has provoked fury across the arts world and among the show's loyal audience.

The letter warns the BBC that uprooting 'The Archers' from Birmingham would be a betrayal of the show's roots.

Cast members have united with Dench in publicly calling on the corporation to keep the studio in the city.

'The Archers' has been broadcast from Birmingham for decades, making the move one of the BBC's most controversial cost-cutting proposals.

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