 It was announced that there would be only five broadcasts a week from 27 March – the Friday broadcast omitted – and that enough recordings were in hand until the end of April.From 4 May, the programmes will have been recorded in the actors' homes and will include references to the pandemic with "fewer characters who will be sharing more of their private thoughts with the listener".The series editor Jeremy Howe said, "Coronavirus will be reflected in "The Archers" from May ... in a way that the programme's many loyal listeners might expect."