radio royalty, the matriarchs of the bbc radio four drama, the archers, and she's the voice of peggy woolleyu think it's easy to fool me, that i'd hardly notice you trying to pull the wool over my eyes. i wouldn't dream of it. well, now i know. and today, a special recording of a mock scene at the bbc birmingham studios, celebrating her long career. she was a great success in in schools radio, children's hour and radio drama, working regularly on the home service and then radio 4. radio 4, how posh! and then serving up a sweet surprise, current and past cast members. happy birthday, june. 0h, bless your heart. oh, what a lovely surprise. june spencer was in the first episode of the archers in 1951. she's the only original cast member still working on the show. what's the secret to turning 100, then? well, i suppose it's inheriting good genes, for a start. a cheerful outlook, i think, an optimistic outlook on life, and i've always enjoyed life pretty well, and i still do now, more than ever, i think. and still working at 100! i think that's what keeps me going and i love it, you see, i love a

radio royalty, the matriarchs of the bbc radio four drama, the archers, and she's the voice of peggy woolleyn. of course you do, peggy. i'm sure you think it's easy to fool me, that i'd hardly notice you trying to pull the wool over my eyes. i wouldn't dream of it. well, now i know. and today, a special recording of a mock scene at the bbc birmingham studios, celebrating her long career. she was a great success in in schools radio, children's hour and radio drama, working regularly on the home service and then radio 4. radio 4, how posh! and then serving up a sweet surprise, current and past cast members. happy birthday, june. 0h, bless your heart. oh, what a lovely surprise. june spencer was in the first episode of the archers in 1951. she's the only original cast member still working on the show. what's the secret to turning 100, then? well, i suppose it's inheriting good genes, for a start. a cheerful outlook, i think, an optimistic outlook on life, and i've always enjoyed life pretty well, and i still do now, more than ever, i think. and still working at 100! i think that's what keeps me

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june spencer, playing peggy woolley, the matriarch of ambridge.ppose it's inheriting good genes, for a start, and an outlook of... a cheerful outlook, i think, an optimistic outlook on life. and still working at 100? i think that's what keeps me going. i love it, you see, i love all the cast. her character peggy has dealt with big storylines. quite poignantly she nursed her on—air husband jack woolley, who had alzheimer's. sobbing: what have i done to him? what have i done to him? it's the right thing. i can't leave him like that. how difficult was the alzheimer's storyline for you? because it's what happened to you in real life, as well? yes. well, of course, my husband didn't become violent, as jack did. but they did consult arnold peters and me before they did it, which i thought was very nice of them, to see if we could bear to do it. and we were both in agreement that it's a subject that had rather been swept under the carpet and it really should be aired and brought out into the open. she's the only actress left from the original cast, and a

june has played peggy woolley since the first episode and is the only original cast member still on airas the uk's most watched women's football match of all time, drawing a peak of more than six million viewers. both teams are now looking to their next games on friday. jane dougall is following the scotland team in rennes, but first katie gornall near the city of le havre. what are england's chances? i think they'll be really fancying their chances for this game against argentina. it is lovely where they are based a stone's throw from their five—star hotel where the players are enjoying a rest day, we are just down the coast from le havre where they play argentina next, they go into the game topping their group after the win over scotland. you mentioned the tv audience, it is a shame for the global game that those record figures were not affected in the attendance for that match, just 13,000 ina the attendance for that match, just 13,000 in a 35,000 capacity stadium in nice, we were led to believe by fifa that it would be close to a sell—out. i asked fifa that it would be close to a se

june spencer, playing peggy woolley, the matriarch of ambridge.tlook, i think, an optimistic outlook on life. and still working at 100? i think that's what keeps me going. i love it, you see, i love all the cast. her character peggy has dealt with big storylines. quite poignantly she nursed her on—air husband jack woolley, who had alzheimer's. sobbing: what have i done to him? what have i done to him? it's the right thing, mum. i can't leave him like that. how difficult was the alzheimer's storyline for you? because it's what happened to you in real life, as well? yes. well, of course, my husband didn't become violent, as jack did. but they did consult arnold peters and me before they did it, which i thought was very nice of them, to see if we could bear to do it. and we were both in agreement that it's a subject that had rather been swept under the carpet and it really should be aired and brought out into the open. she's the only actress left from the original cast, and appeared on the first episode in 1951. for the archers team, june spencer is

june spencer, playing peggy woolley, the matriarch of ambridge. what's the secret to turning 100, then? well, i suppose it's inheriting good genes, for a start, and an outlook of... a cheerful outlook, i think, an optimistic outlook on life. and still working at 100? i think that's what keeps me going. i love it, you see, i love all the cast. her character, peggy, has dealt with big storylines. quite poignantly, she nursed her on—air husband jack woolley, who had alzheimer's. sobbing: what have i done to him? what have i done to him? it's the right thing, mum. i can't leave him like that. how difficult was the alzheimer's storyline for you? because it's what happened to you in real life, as well? yes. well, of course, my husband didn't become violent, as jack did. but they did consult arnold peters and me before they did it, which i thought was very nice of them, to see if we could bear to do it. and we were both in agreement that it's a subject that had rather been swept under the carpet, and it really should be aired and brought out into the ope