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The Archers is a BBC radio drama that started in 1950 and continues to this day. It is the World's longest running soap opera and although not a TV series deserves listing in these galleries as a number of books have been published. A list of episode novelisations is at the bottom of the gallery. In addition to the novelisations there were a number of original novels.

= In My Collection / = Not in My Collection

Tandem Books

1975

Spring at Brookfield
1975

Ambridge Summer

Universal Books

1975

Spring at Brookfield
1975

Ambridge Summer

BBC Books

1988

Return to Ambridge
1988

To the Victor the Spoils
1988

Borchester Echoes

1975

1971

Doris Archer's Diary
1972

Doris Archer's Ambridge Diary

Hardback

1998

1951 - 1967 Family Ties
1999

1968 - 1986 Looking for Love
2000

1987 - 2000 Back to the Land

1995

Shula's Story
2003

Jennifer's Diary

George Newnes Books
Hardback

1954

The Archers of Ambridge

Heinemann Books
Hardback

1956

The Archers Intervene

Wingate Books
Hardback

1975

Spring at Brookfield
1975

Ambridge Summer

Guild Publishing
Hardback

1988

Omnibus

Novelisations

The Archers by Jock Gallagher...

Ambridge Summer by Keith Miles (1975).
The Archers: To The Victor The Spoils (1988).
The Archers: Return to Ambridge (1988).
The Archers: Borchester Echoes (1988).
The Archers: Omnibus Edition (1988).

The Ambridge Chronicles by Joanna Toye...
The Archers 1951-1967: Family Ties (1998).
The Archers 1968-1986: Looking For Love (1999).
The Archers 1987-2000: Back to the Land (2000).

Tandem published a prequel novel about Ambridge in the early 1900s...
Spring at Brookfield by Brian Hayles (1975).