Archers spin-off set for April

A spin-off of long-running Radio 4 rural radio soap The Archers is to be launched next month.

Ambridge Extra will give Archers fans the chance to follow characters’ lives outside Ambridge.

The first series of 13 episodes, each 15 minutes long, will be followed by a second in the autumn.

It will be broadcast on digital station Radio 4 Extra on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5 April.