When Victoria Wood became a scriptwriter for The Archers

In 2005 Victoria Wood joined forces with The Archers to raise money for Comic Relief.

Victoria, described as a “devoted Archers fan” at the time, wrote a special episode called Victoria Goes To Ambridge, which ended with a starring role for a celebrity.

Listeners raised £13,448 by voting for the celebrity to complete the series, a record at the time. The four famous Archers fans listeners chose from were; Stephen Fry, Ewan MacGregor, Sir Ian McKellen and Liza Tarbuck.

It was Stephen Fry who got the most votes.

As well as writing the mini-series Victoria worked with The Archers studio managers to record the sound effects using props in The Archers’ studio.

The Archers editor at the time, Vanessa Whitburn, said: “Victoria was a delight to work with - obviously a genuine listener and very professional, as well as being very funny.”

Read more about Victoria's trip to Ambridge.

Listen to these very special scenes of The Archers as written by Victoria Wood in the clip below: 

Lilian: 'Another vodka and Vimto please Jolene and can i have a new umbrella in it?'

Jolene: 'More crisps?'

Lilian: 'No I won't thanks, the salt plays havoc with my water retention, i don't want any more evenings in casualty, thanks very much.'

Jolene: 'Well that can't have been much fun, being cut out of your own underwear...'