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Nika Shakhnazarova

The Archers star Annabelle Dowler jokingly threatens her kids as she records from home

Like most of us, Annabelle Dowler is getting her work done from home amid the nationwide lockdown.

The Archers star is recording the BBC Radio 4 drama from her bedroom, meaning that high noise levels at home will interfere with her recording.

And the actress - who plays Kirsty Miller in the hit series - has ensured that she won't have to deal with such problems by leaving her kids a hilarious note taped to the door.

During her recording hours, the mum-of-two combat's her children's noise-making with the nifty note written on piece of paper.

She penned: "Mummy is recording The Archers. Stay away + Be silent."

Annabelle shared the way she keeps her kids quiet while recording (Twitter)

The note concluded: "Otherwise you will get into trouble with the BBC and may have no iPlayer for the rest of lockdown!!!"

The Archers is the longest-running drama series and has been broadcast since 1951.

It seems as though Annabelle's work from home schedule is set to free up this month, after the BBC announced plans to stop airing new episodes of the drama in the coming weeks.

The actress taped a funny note to the door (Twitter)

Bosses have announced that they plan on suspending recording of new episodes until May 25th.

The statement says: "Hello there. As you probably know, things are happening a little differently in Ambridge at the moment, which means there will be no new episodes of The Archers until 25th May.

"But don't worry - until then, we will be revisiting some of the programme's most memorable moments with specially selected episodes from the past 20 years."

Annabelle with her son and daughter (Instagram)

The series is currently working to produce new episodes with a “simpler format”, with the cast recording their lines from home

However, as Jeremy Howe, Editor of The Archers, has said, adapting to the new style of working is “taking a little longer than anticipated” amid the pandemic.

He said in a statement: "We know our listeners tune in to The Archers for many different reasons, not simply entertainment but escapism and companionship too.

“We’re working tirelessly in challenging circumstances on writing and producing new episodes in a different, simpler format with cast recording in their homes, but with that work taking a little longer than anticipated, we want listeners to be able to continue visiting Ambridge.”

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