The End of an Era

A voice has gone out of my life and he will be greatly missed. Norman Painting who played Phil Archer in the Archers radio series died yesterday. He had Phil since the trial run of the series in 1950 and he has a place in the Guinness Book of Records for having played the same character without a break since 1951 when the series started. I have been a fan of The Archers since I was nine, the characters are as familiar to me as the voices of my own family. Norman Painting in his role as Phil will be sadly missed by me and countless other Archers fans.