During the 7,222 episodes (more than any other radio soap), Helen never married, and she always remained at the age of 35.

Originally billed as an "everyday story of country folk", it is the world's longest running radio soap with more than 15,800 episodes broadcast.

The cast of radio soap The Archers performed a live episode on stage.

A notable example is the long-running British radio soap The Archers which has featured several such silent characters.

Or the one that used to do schmaltz on the organ during the radio soaps.

The world's longest running radio soap, The Archers was produced in Studio 3.

In 1940, another popular radio soap, Jeunesse dorée, made its debut.

From 1946, he composes musical illustrations, then, with the help of his wife who writes the texts, they start to produce radio soaps.

The last radio soap ended in 1960.

I wish the BBC would come up with a new radio soap.