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She can usually be found reporting on the machinations at Buckingham Palace, but Jennie Bond has turned her attention to Radio 4’s The Archers.
The former BBC royal correspondent has been offended by the language in Ambridge, the fictional town where the radio soap is set.
Bond, 74, wrote on the social media website
‘You wouldn’t say “I got married” or “I want to buy the house.” It is not surprising that our children use careless language. Order yourselves!!! “Philip and me.” “Tom and me.” It’s not rocket science.
The much-loved BBC drama has been on air since 1951 and its fans include Queen Camilla, who hosted a reception for the cast at Clarence House to mark the 70th anniversary in 2021.
Its sloppy grammar is the latest controversy to plague the show.
She can usually be found reporting on the machinations at Buckingham Palace, but Jennie Bond has turned her attention to Radio 4’s The Archers.
The former BBC royal correspondent has been offended by the language in Ambridge, the fictional town where the radio soap is set.
Last month, the radio soap opera was criticized for apparently downplaying the government’s inheritance tax raid on farms.
Despite huge protests, the issue only received a 30-second mention on The Archers, one of the BBC’s flagship rural programmes, when it aired on 22 November.
In the episode, farmer David Archer, one of the show’s main characters, said: “There’s a lot of anger about this new inheritance tax on farms.”
His friend Leonard Berry then responded: “But we need those taxes to pay for things like the NHS.”
This was the only time the topic of inheritance tax changes was broached during the episode.
One listener wrote online: ‘So the whole (massive) issue of the proposal to make the inheritance tax apply to agricultural land was based on just these three shockingly bad lines of dialogue.
“It’s what every farmer in every part of the country talks about incessantly, (including) every farmer in my family, which is a lot.”
The Archers were previously criticized for apparently underplaying the government’s farm inheritance tax raid.
The much-loved BBC drama has been on air since 1951 and its fans include Queen Camilla, who hosted a reception for the cast at Clarence House for the 70th anniversary in 2021.
Last month, the radio soap was criticized for apparently downplaying the government’s farm inheritance tax raid.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves and First Minister Sir Keir Starmer have faced the ire of farmers after they announced inheritance tax reforms in last month’s Budget.
Farmers will have to pay a 20 per cent rate on land and property they inherit worth over £1 million or more from April 2026.
As a result, more than 10,000 farmers and high-profile supporters, including Jeremy Clarkson and Lord Lloyd Webber, flocked to Westminster to protest the controversial policy in early November.
However, the track only received a 30-second mention on The Archers, one of the BBC’s flagship rural programmes, when it aired on 22 November.