Speaking exclusively to Radio Times magazine<\/strong>, Molly Pipe (25) and Taylor Uttley (23) discuss their characters\u2019 blossoming romance and how their differences bring them together.<\/p>\n As a reminder, Mia came to\u00a0Ambridge in 2007 via her mother Nic Hanson\u2019s relationship with Will Grundy.<\/p>\n Brad and his sister Chelsea are the children of Tracy.<\/p> What\u2019s the key to Mia and Brad\u2019s romance?<\/strong><\/p>\n Molly:<\/strong> Well, it\u2019s young love \u2013 that beautiful, instant young love, before you\u2019ve experienced too much heartbreak.<\/p>\n Taylor:<\/strong> They\u2019ve both struggled to find people their own age that they get on with \u2013 Mia because of her eco-warrior shenanigans, and Brad due to his complete lack of social acumen.<\/p>\n Brad\u2019s very churned up, isn\u2019t he?<\/strong><\/p>\n Taylor:<\/strong> He\u2019s a maths person and struggles to understand that socialising is not a maths equation.<\/p>\n And what about Mia. Have you met young people like her?<\/strong><\/p>\n Molly:<\/strong> Well, the character reminds me of my younger self and all the embarrassing things I did as a teenager. Just being really ideological and annoying, but I would never have the confidence to ask someone to kiss me, whereas Mia seems to have that.<\/p>\n Taylor:<\/strong> Yes, I remember at 12 or 13 thinking, \u201cOh God, what\u2019s the right thing to say? I have to be cool. So how are people cool? How do they do that?\u201d But by the time I was 15, 16, I cared way less \u2013 less than Brad does.<\/p>\n Are your own lives a bit less complicated?<\/strong><\/p>\n Taylor:<\/strong> I can\u2019t imagine having a life as chaotic as Brad\u2019s.<\/p>\n Molly:<\/strong> Yes, mine is. However, I know what it\u2019s like to live in a really small community. I lived on one of the Scilly Isles, with a population of 120, so it was very [much] like Ambridge. The rumour mill was constantly grinding. You could sneeze at one end of the island and they\u2019d know about it at the other.<\/p>\n Taylor:<\/strong> I grew up in Dudley, but at weekends I\u2019d visit my grandmother who lives on a farm in Lancashire. It was lovely until I got to be 15, 16, and realised I hadn\u2019t seen anyone my age for maybe four days.<\/p>\n Archers listeners tend to be older than you \u2014 how did the series come into your lives?<\/strong><\/p>\n Molly:<\/strong> I started with the first Helen and Rob storyline seven or eight years ago, when I would have been about 17 or 18. I was like, \u201cOh, that\u2019s interesting. And that\u2019s not just about cows!\u201d It had some great storylines. Then you get really into it, and you start to think that they\u2019re real people in a way, and you\u2019re chatting to your mates about it. And it\u2019s weird now because obviously I\u2019m in it, which is cool.<\/p>\n Taylor:<\/strong> I\u2019ve a memory of Chelsea having driving lessons. But when I was at drama school in Bristol, we did radio plays and a teacher there turned out to have taught half the cast. I remember her saying, if you can get into The Archers, you\u2019ll be sorted. And we were all like, \u201cOh, God, that\u2019d be the dream!\u201d And now it\u2019s happened.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Archers is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 7pm Sundays to Fridays, with an Omnibus edition on Sundays at 10am, and is available to listen on BBC Sounds<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310, PLUS a \u00a310 John Lewis and Partners voucher delivered to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. 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