June Spencer: Veteran Archers star who found art could imitate life

BBCJune Spencer, who has died aged 105, was the last surviving original cast member of The Archers.For nearly 70 years, she played Peggy Woolley in the long-running radio drama: one of the best-loved matriarchs in British broadcasting.Spencer helped launch BBC Radio's "everyday story of country folk" on 1 January 1951. Clement Attlee was Prime Minister, and meat, cheese, sugar, and petrol were still being…