Judi Dench Joins Cast in Urging BBC to Keep The Archers in Birmingham

• Dame Judi Dench, who made a cameo in The Archers in 1989, has joined the cast in urging the BBC to keep the show's recording in Birmingham.
• The cast and crew have signed a letter to the BBC director general expressing their concerns about moving the studio.
• The cast have compared leaving Birmingham to Coronation Street leaving the north-west.
• The BBC has plans to stop recording the rural drama in Birmingham.
• The Archers has been recorded in Birmingham since 1951.