Actor Charles Collingwood has said it is “an honour” to celebrate 50 years on BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers. The 81-year-old radio star plays the hard-headed Brian Aldridge, who was introduced to the ...

The summons to Ambridge – actually a studio up a concrete tower in Birmingham – set me happily gossiping with Charles Collingwood. He's celebrating 50 years since his first broadcast as Brian ...

Distinguised, cultured, suave and authoritative, actor Charles Collingwood has one of the most recognisable voices on radio after 50 years playing philandering farmer Brian Aldridge in Radio 4’s ...

In The Archers, the world's longest running radio soap opera which is recorded in Birmingham, Charles Collingwood is part of the furniture. He has played the hard-headed Brian Aldridge for 50 ...

Actor Charles Collingwood has said it is “an honour” to celebrate 50 years on BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers. The 81-year-old radio star plays the hard-headed Brian Aldridge, who was introduced ...

Charles Collingwood has played Brian Aldridge for half a century in the world's longest-running soap.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Actor Charles Collingwood has said it is “an honour” to celebrate 50 years on BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers. The 81-year-old radio star plays the ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Actor Charles Collingwood has said it is “an honour” to celebrate 50 years on BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers. The 81-year-old radio star ...