The Archers joins the broadband revolution

The BBC's efforts to support the government's plan to roll out high speed internet services even extends to slipping broadband storylines into The Archers, Mark Thompson revealed today at the Royal Television Society international conference in London. "Peggy Archer, possibly to her own surprise, begins to browse the web. It's The Archers, we'll keep it clean, I promise," Thommo said, referring to Peggy Woolley (née Archer). Whatever next – Eddie Grundy becoming a Farmville addict?