BBC's The Archers sends out a virus!

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  1. Technodrome

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    The BBC has confirmed that subscribers to its email newsletter about The Archers, the world's longest running radio serial, were accidentally sent the Sobig worm.

    The Archers, an everyday story of country folk, is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and listened to via the internet by fans worldwide. Listening figures have surged recently with interest in Brian and Siobhan's affair. Many listeners have subscribed to the email newsletter in order to receive daily updates on the soap opera's latest developments.

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    Good heavens! After what, forty or fifty years? - the Archers programme finally does something interesting!
     
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