Following up on a suggestion from @MayIDestroyYou, would it be possible to set up a webchat with the Editor of The Archers, or another member of The Archers production team? I don't know if this has ever been done before, but we have a substantial number of Archers listeners contributing to our long-running series of threads over on Radio Addicts, and I suspect MN also harbours many lurkers or people allergic to long threads who don't contribute to our threads, but do listen, and might want to ask questions about the direction of the show. We're generally polite, if forthright. 
Thanks!