i've been listening to The Archers for over 30 years now and I nominate Kate Aldridge as the most irritating character. Maybe she has a different name after marrying a South African. It was hilariously PC when she did that, as not a single member of the village mentioned he was black/from another culture, etc. In the rural area I live in, there would have been comments if he came from another county, let alone country!
Killing Nigel off was a shabby publicity stunt and I'm now waiting for Elizabeth to disembowel David following his revelation last week. By the way, isn't it time Ruth lost some of that Geordie accent after about 25 years of living in Ambridge? But, no, it's still 'Dee-vid'.