A Commercial Production Licensed by the BBC

HAYWIRE

A not-so-everyday story of how The ARCHERS was born

Written By Tim Stimpson

A NEW PLAY COMMISSIONED BY THE BARN & LICENSED BY THE BBC

“A new comedy to celebrate 75 Years of The Archers”

This new play, commissioned by The Barn and licensed by the BBC, to be performed ahead of the 75th anniversary year of The Archers, uses the magic of radio drama and invites you, the audience, to travel back with us to those halcyon days when the public gathered around their wireless to listen and lose themselves in the lives, trials, and tribulations of a fictional farming family.

During a cold British December in 1950, a small cohort of passionate actors gathered in a humble studio to record the first episode of what was to become one of Britain’s most iconic and longest-running radio programs. Now, 75 years later, this new play celebrates the widespread pride that this Radio 4 soap brought to the nation, as well as the enduring magic and power of radio drama.

Haywire is an endearing and riotously funny celebration of one of Britain’s most beloved and enduring creations. This is our love letter to The Archers and the minds that made it happen – an exclusive peek behind the curtain of how a radio play is truly made.