Fans of the show might never see what ’ s going on – but a writer for The Archers has revealed that keeping a bed in the studio is essential for realistic sex scenes . Veteran scriptwriter for the Radio 4 drama , Keri Davies , said that having a divan to hand is vital to make post-coital conversations sound convincing . Speaking during an Afternoon Tea With The Archers event at the weekend , Mr Davies explained : ‘ Sex is even harder , as it were . We do have a bed in the studio because your voice sounds different when you are lying down . A writer for The Archers has revealed that keeping a bed in the studio is essential for realistic sex scenes ( file picture ) ‘ There will be a sound engineer in a Led Zeppelin T-shirt rattling the duvet ! ’ He added that parties in the fictional Ambridge are limited to nine attendees because of budgetary considerations . ‘ Sometimes you will hear two people saying “ oh we saw Barry the other day ” , and that ’ s because we couldn ’ t afford Barry , ’ he told the audience at Chipping Norton Literary Festival . ‘ We can only have 39 actor bookings in a week , which is roughly six or seven in an episode . Sometimes if you have a big party you will have eight or nine , so it is up to us to decide with all of those restrictions how we are going to tell the tales. ’ Actor Charles Collingwood , who joined the programme in 1975 , also defended the show ’ s editor Sean O ’ Connor who has been criticised for ‘ sexing up ’ the traditional radio serial . He said Mr O ’ Connor ‘ is bringing in really exciting stories ’ . Mr Davies added that parties in the fictional Ambridge ( map pictured ) are limited to nine attendees because of budgetary considerations .
A bed is kept in The Archers studio to help with realistic sex scenes . Scriptwriter said bed is is vital for convincing post-coital conversations . He added that parties in fictional Sean O ’ Connor are limited to nine attendees because of budget constraints .