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  Nancy Banks-Smith on June Spencer: 70 years of muck and bullocks!

  At 103, life starts to sound like a rowdy party going on a few doors down. After being on The Archers all these years, no wonder you want a quiet life

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  The Archers: why June Spencer was the Queen of Ambridge

  The actor, who plays Peggy, appeared in the very first episode of the Radio 4 soap in 1951

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  Superfan Duchess Camilla pays tribute as June Spencer leaves The Archers after 70 years

  June Spencer, who has played Peggy Woolley on The Archers for over 70 years, has officially retired from the role. The popular radio show is set to celebrate Peggy on Monday, as June’s final episode as Peggy was previously broadcast on Sunday 31 July. In the upcoming episode, Peggy’s son Tony and Tony’s wife Pat comment fondly on Peggy’s recent reminiscences and thoughts about family life. They agree she’s an extraordinary woman. MORE: Gardeners' World star Monty Don announces new projects away

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  June Spencer quits The Archers at the age of 103

  June Spencer has quit 'The Archers' after 72 years on the BBC Radio soap.

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  Last original Archers cast member June Spencer retires from Radio 4 drama aged 103

  The last original cast member of The Archers, the much-loved BBC Radio 4 drama, has announced her retirement at the age of 103. June Spencer had played the part of matriarch Peggy Woolley (née Archer) since 1951. Ms Spencer said she had made previous attempts to retire, but instead "they gave me more episodes".

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  June Spencer retiring from The Archers aged 103 after more than 70 years

  Spencer has played matriarch Peggy Woolley (formerly Archer) since 1951.

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  The Independent

  The Archers: Final original cast member to retire from radio show after more than 70 years

  Spencer has played matriarch Peggy Woolley (formerly Archer) since 1951

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  The Telegraph

  June Spencer: I’ve recorded my final episode as The Archers’ Peggy Woolley at the age of 103

  When June Spencer recorded the first episode of a radio programme about farming in 1951, she thought it would be just another short-lived BBC drama.

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  The Telegraph

  Farewell to Peggy from The Archers – and a lifetime of stoicism and impeccable manners

  Let me begin with a confession. I’ve never warmed to Peggy Woolley. Back when I started listening as a schoolgirl (weird yes, but I was) she’d already been on The Archers for two decades and to me seemed too old, too posh and too humourless to be in the least bit interesting.

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  Evening Standard

  June Spencer retiring from The Archers after more than 70 years

  June Spencer, the last original cast member of BBC Radio 4 programme The Archers, is retiring at age 103. Spencer, who has played matriarch Peggy Woolley (formerly Archer) since 1951, has already recorded her last episodes for the much-loved drama, which were broadcast on July 31, the Telegraph reports. Peggy was often viewed as a traditionalist, a conservative character in the long-running drama charting the ups and downs of life in fictional Ambridge.

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