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Usually found reporting on the machinations at Buckingham Palace, Jennie Bond has turned her attention to Radio 4’s The Archers.
The BBC’s former royal correspondent has taken umbrage at the language in Ambridge, the fictional village where the radio soap is set.
Bond, 74, wrote on social media website X, formerly Twitter: ‘PLEASE STOP promoting the terrible grammar of ‘Me and Philip’, ‘Me and Tom’.
‘You wouldn’t say “I’m married” or “I want to buy the house”. No wonder our children use sloppy language. Sort yourself out!!! “Philip and I” “Tom and I”. It’s not rocket science.’
The much-loved BBC drama has been on air since 1951 and fans include Queen Camilla, who hosted a reception for the cast at Clarence House in 2021 to mark its 70th anniversary.
Its sloppy grammar is the latest controversy on the programme.
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 BBC’s former royal correspondent has taken umbrage at the language in Ambridge, the fictional village where the radio soap is set
Last month the radio drama was criticized for apparently underestimating the government’s inheritance tax on farms.
Despite huge protests, the subject only received a 30-second mention on The Archers, one of the BBC’s flagship national shows, when it aired on November 22.
In the episode, farmer David Archer, one of the show’s main characters, said: “There’s a lot of anger about these new farm inheritance taxes.”
His friend Leonard Berry then replied: ‘But we need those taxes to pay for things like the NHS.’
This was the only time the topic of inheritance tax changes was approached during the episode.
One listener wrote online: ‘So the whole thing [massive] The issue of the proposal to make inheritance tax applicable to agricultural land received precisely these astonishingly bad three lines of dialogue.
‘It’s what all the farmers in every part of the country talk about incessantly, [including] all the farmers in my family, that’s a lot.’
The Archers have previously been criticized for apparently underestimating government raids on farms.
The much-loved BBC drama has been on air since 1951 and fans include Queen Camilla, who hosted a reception for the cast at Clarence House in 2021 to mark its 70th anniversary.
Last month the radio drama was criticized for apparently underestimating the government’s inheritance tax on farms
Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer faced anger from farmers after announcing 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 more than £1 million or more from April 2026.
It resulted in more than 10,000 farmers and high-profile supporters, including Jeremy Clarkson and Lord Lloyd Webber, coming to Westminster in early November to protest against the controversial policy.
However, the subject only received a 30-second mention on The Archers, one of the BBC’s flagship national shows, when it aired on 22 November.