late nights woman's hour and bbc


  • PRODUCT CONTEXT • Late Night Woman’s Hour is a spin-off from the long-running BBC Radio 4 daily magazine programme, Woman’s Hour. • Late Night Woman’s Hour is broadcast once a month, late at night, is presented by Lauren Laverne and features a number of female panellists. • Each episode focuses on a particular theme relevant to its female audience e.g. ‘home’ and ‘forgiveness’. 
  • PART 1: STARTING POINTS –  Woman’s Hour was first broadcast in the 1940s, so it worth considering the historical and social shifts that have occurred since the show’s inception. The original show reflects possible tokenism (a show set aside for women might imply all other radio content was oriented towards men).
  •  Late Night Women’s Hour features frank and open discussion, and demonstrates societal shifts and increased gender equality although some of the issues raised reflect the fact that society is not yet completely equal.
  •   Late Night Women’s Hour meets the BBC remit to inform, educate and entertain. Consider whether the broadcast is typical of products created for the BBC and explore the hallmarks of productions made for this institution. 
  • Consider the significance of license fee funding and compare this to the financial considerations of commercial radio e.g. would this broadcast be too “niche” for commercial radio? The broadcast has only female contributors, is made up predominantly of unadorned dialogue 
  • The broadcast offers a number of ways to explore recent changes to the radio industry in relation to digital technology such as the profound changes that have been brought about by switching from analogue FM radio to digital audio broadcasting (DAB).



  • Historical Contexts: Woman’s Hour was first broadcast in the 1940s, so it worth considering the historical and social shifts that have occurred since the show’s inception. The original show reflects possible tokenism 
  • Scheduling - Late Night Woman’s Hour has an 11 p.m. broadcast timeslot
  • It might also be argued that DAB technology affords broadcasters more freedom
  • Social and Cultural Contexts: A gendered discussion of the broadcast is likely to benefit from some context regarding the changing roles of women 
  • The audience for Radio 4 can be categorised in terms of age, social class and expected levels of education

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