The Archers’ actor June Spencer, 103, retires after more than 70 years

Peggy Woolley character featured in very first episode of BBC radio soap aired in 1951

She has played the role of the redoubtable matriarch Peggy Woolley in The Archers for more than 70 years.

But at the age of 103, June Spencer is finally retiring from the BBC Radio 4 soap.