A mum shared how she was saved by The Archers as she appeared on the BBC’s Morning Live
A fan of The Archers has credited the long-running radio drama with saving her life.
Mum Julia Evans fell ill with sepsis after having her son in 2019, but said she spotted the symptoms because of a storyline on the BBC radio soap. In 2018, the character Nic Grundy (Becky Wright), a young mum of three, died suddenly of sepsis after scratching herself on a rusty nail.
Julia shared her experience on Morning Live, with the BBC show’s reporter explaining: “Away from the drama on the show, the stories can have a real impact. Julia Evans, who has listened to the series since 2016, credits the soap with saving her life.”
The radio fan then told how she became unwell after having her baby. She said: “Really suddenly, just felt absolutely terrible. Felt freezing, freezing cold. Didn’t know what was happening.
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“I said to my husband, ‘I don’t know what’s wrong.’ And he said, ‘Well, I’ll get a thermometer.’ And he said, ‘Oh, your temperature’s like 42.’ It was really, really high. But I felt really cold.”
She went on: “In the story, Nic has cut herself. And she just feels very, very unwell very, very quickly. And that was definitely something that I related to.
“I was sitting on the sofa, and then five minutes later, got into bed and just felt like I was going to die. And I said to my husband, ‘I’ve got to go back to the hospital.’ And they treated me on the sepsis pathway. And thankfully I made a full recovery.”
During the segment on the show, which was hosted by Gethin Jones and Michelle Ackerley, Julia explained how she had learned about the illness from Nic’s story.
“I do think that story really helped educate me about the symptoms, about how badly things can go, and about how quickly you feel really, really unwell,” she said.
“And I didn’t really know any of that before. So I think it is amazing.”
The Archers has been on air since 1951, and Julia has been listening in for a decade.
“I put the children to bed, come downstairs, and put my headphones in and listen everyday, and it’s just a part of my life,” she shared.
BBC Morning Live airs weekdays at 9:30am on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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