Archers is 'playing to the audience'
The Archers writers are "manipulating the storyline according to how the audience responds," said Kate Chisholm, radio critic for The Spectator.
Warning: This story contains spoilers
The controversial Archers domestic abuse storyline involving Helen Titchener and husband Rob reached its climax on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 on Sunday.
Listeners heard Helen (Louiza Patikas) stab her husband Rob (Timothy Watson) in front of her young son Henry.
"Helen has become the attacker – it’s not fair, Rob has got off lightly," Kate Chisholm, radio critic for The Spectator, told presenter Justin Webb.
"I wonder if what they’re doing now is playing to the audience," she added. "One can’t help thinking that they are now manipulating the storyline according to how the audience responds, which in a way is a bit like what they did with Serial."
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