SOME REACTION TO THE COLCLOUGHS ( EARLY YEARS )

“A brilliant idea”
( Health Minister – Virginia Bottomley 1991 )

“It’s almost exactly like The Archers. Bound to win. ”
( Financial Times )

“Thematic originality would not seem to be a problem here.”
( The Times )

“If the first episode owed a lot to Coronation Street and every other down to earth working class saga you’ve ever heard well, at least it gets going fast. ”
( The Guardian )

“In simple terms it’s envisaged that what The Archers were established to do for the farming community in the 1950s local soap operas, containing subtle health messages, will do for the community at large in the 1990s”
( The Health Service Journal )

“It is now compulsive listening. The last two episodes, in particular, have been very sensitive to today’s issues. I have even heard it being discussed in the local supermarket on Friday. ”
( E.Sales – a listener )