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UNDERNEATH THE ARCHERS
My Life as an Undercover Agent for Nature
GRAHAM HARVEY
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A charming memoir by the environmental campaigner and former agricultural story editor of The Archers – the world’s longest-running drama with over 5 million weekly listeners
Beloved radio drama The Archers has been at the centre of British national life for over seventy years. For more than three decades, Graham Harvey was the man behind its agricultural storylines, writing over 600 episodes and crafting some of the most memorable moments in the show’s history: the Great Flood, the death of Nigel Pargetter, the loss of the Grundy’s farm.
Among the behind-the-scenes details of how key characters and plotlines were developed, and how the show kept up with the rapid pace of change in village life and farming practices, is an exploration of the legacy Harvey hoped to leave behind: could the show play a role in guiding Britain back to planet-saving practices?
NON-FICTION
Title: Underneath The Archers
Pub date: 24/08/2023
Format: Hardback
Price: £18.99
ISBN: 978-1-80018-265-3
Rights: UK & Com ex Canada / Audio
Graham Harvey is best known as being a scriptwriter and agricultural story editor for The Archers for over 34 years. He has worked as a feature writer at Farmers Weekly and a freelance journalist for publications including the Sunday Times and the Guardian. Graham’s first book, The Killing of the Countryside, won the BP Natural World Book Prize for environmental writing. @supercarbon
