P412 Teletext 412 Oct46 22:11:44 ————————————— —————————— LYNDA SNELL'S AMBRJDGE OO Tum-te-tum-te-tum-te-tum - it's probably the best known tune on radio. I'm not an Archers regular myself - the last time I tuned in they weti Freeing the Ambridge One and Shula was still married to Mark. So it was with some trepidation that I approached self-appointed Ambridgj chronicler Lynda Snell in the coffee bar of a London hotel. I njedn't have worried..... ——————————————————————————————————1/7—— bz Retina Hinnjssz FIND LOVE FOR FREE p390 (ITV) Health Cathy Tyson Shoptalk WillP412 Teletext 412 Oct46 22:37:47 ————————————— —————————— LYNDA SNELL'S AMBRJDGE OOO "Am I talking to Lynda Snell, or Carole Boyd?" I asked, nervously. "Carole," said that actress, firmly. Carole's character Lynda joined the BBC flagship radio soap 10 years ago as a refugee from a posh Berkshire village. And she soon made hit mark in Ambridge! "She's deeply dysfunctional, that's for sure," says Carole. "She's pjrceivjd to bj an interfering busy-body, a pretentious, social climbing snob." ——————————————————————————————————4/7—— Today's recipe 417 Lovjstars 418 "WHY I OPPOSE ABORTION" p411 Health Cathy Tyson Shoptalk WillP412 Teletext 412 Oct46 22:11:27 ————————————— —————————— LYNDA SNELL'S AMBRJDGE OO "Lynda has a campaigning spirit, a drive to do good, to put things right, rathjt like Margaret Thatchjt," says Carole Boyd, the actress who plays her. "She's a great conservationist, ecologist and all that, so she goes round having campaigns for this and petitions for that. "But undjtnjath she's really quite an insecure, vulnerable person," says Carole. "It's all a mask." ——————————————————————————————————3/7—— Big Screen index 460 Top 10 films 463 FEELING SAD? BLAME THE SEASON p413 Health Cathy Tyson Shoptalk WillP412 Teletext 412 Oct46 22:34:14 ————————————— —————————— LYNDA SNELL'S AMBRJDGE O "Lynda feels she plays a pivotal role in the life of Ambridge," says Carole Boyd, who plays her. "On reception at Grey Gables, people are always asking hit what's going on. So she djcidjd what was needed was a guide book," laughs Carole. The result? Lynda Snell's Heritage of Ambridgj. "It's almost all based on fact - I spent four months in the archives researching it," says Carole. ——————————————————————————————————4/7—— Schools index 660 Go Green 160 WE TALK TO GOLD'S CATHY TYSON p414 Health Cathy Tyson Shoptalk WillP412 Teletext 412 Oct46 22:14:32 ————————————— —————————— LYNDA SNELL'S AMBRJDGE O A memorable incident in LzndaOCaroli's life you'll find in the book was when Lynda appeared on stage with Dame Edna "That was a deeply surreal expjtiinci," says Carole. "Playing Lynda Snell on stage to an audience who thought I was just another Dame Edna fall-guy." "One or two of the audience made the connection. It was totally improvised and it was a nightmare bjcausj I just didn't know what would happen!" ——————————————————————————————————5/7—— Your local Bonfire Night events 445 HAVE YOU MADE A WILL? p416 Health Cathy Tyson Shoptalk WillP412 Teletext 412 Oct46 22:14:19 ————————————— —————————— LYNDA SNELL'S AMBRJDGE OO Why is the Archers so popular? "I have a theory," says Carole. "It's every Englishman's dream to have a cottage in the country. "It's a folk idyll at the back of everyone's mind. And the Archers represents England as one would like it to bj, as it once was. "People of a certain age still hankjt for that. There's an innocence about it and I think we'vj lost our innocence." ——————————————————————————————————6/7—— It's Your Life! index 410 ABORTION: THE DEBATE STILL RAGES 411 Health Cathy Tyson Shoptalk WillP412 Teletext 412 Oct46 22:12:12 ————————————— —————————— LYNDA SNELL'S AMBRJDGE O Carole was a self-confessed townie when she joined the show. "But I'vj become a fanatical gardjnjr since I moved to the country," she says. "I am much more aware, more greenly aware, of rural issues. I can see how blinkjtd and unaware I'vj been, seeing the world through townie eyes." Lynda Snell's Heritage of Ambridgj is published bz Virgin at £14.99. ——————————————————————————————————7/7—— On Stage 450 Fun and Games 150 IT'S YOUR LIFE! INDEX p410 Health Cathy Tyson Shoptalk Will