BBC fans react as popular soap drama's fictional village 'hit by swingers scandal'

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BBC drama The Archers have shared their reaction after believing the show’s fictional village had been hit with a swingers scandal.

Some listeners who tuned into the radio drama on BBC Radio 4 were left horrified when they guessed the show’s fictional village, Ambridge, was at the centre of the scandal.A recent storyline saw Joy Horville and her boyfriend Mick go for dinner as they invited their neighbours Helen Archer and Lee Bryce to try out their new hot tub. READ MORE: The Archers star June Spencer, 103, retires from BBC drama after 72 years in iconic roleHowever, Joy and Mick surprised their pals by coming home early and, to their neighbours' surprise, joined them in their hot tub.Fans of the Radio 4 soap, which is the BBC’s main spoken-word channel, took to social media to share their reaction to the scene.

On Twitter, some were convinced the storyline between the neighbours had insinuated some kind of “swingers” arrangement, with one writing: “I’ve a terrible feeling that Mick might be a swinger and hopes Helen will get frisky.”A second tweeted: “And so began The Ambridge Swingers Society (ASS for short . . . )", while a third added: “OMG, Joy and Mick are swingers, aren’t they.”The Archers is the longest-running drama in the world and has aired over 19,500 episode. For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.The long-standing drama, which turned 70 last year, was once famously billed as “an everyday story of country folk", but it's now promoted as “a contemporary drama in a rural setting”.Much-loved listeners have followed the show’s dramatic twists and turns since it debuted in 1951.The radio soap started as a means to educate farmers about post-war.