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The Archers cast 'confident' family farm tax changes will be covered 'well'

Will the long-running BBC Radio programme portray the frustration and anguish many farming families have faced with changes to Agricultural Property Relief?

Chris Brayford
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Charles Collingwood (pictured), who has played farmer Brian Aldridge for 50 years on BBC's The Archers, said: "I have great sympathy, because it seems to me that farmers are asset rich and cash poor and so my sympathies tend towards the farming community." (BBC The Archers)
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Charles Collingwood (pictured), who has played farmer Brian Aldridge for 50 years on BBC's The Archers, said: "I have great sympathy, because it seems to me that farmers are asset rich and cash poor and so my sympathies tend towards the farming community." (BBC The Archers)

One of the longest-serving members of a rural and farming soap opera is optimistic the programme can portray Inheritance Tax changes well for farmers. Charles Collingwood, who has played Brian Aldridge,...

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