R4 "Womans Hour"

[Tigana]

This morning.
A section on becoming widow when husband and father of your children commits suicide. Really touching, had me sobbing in the car.
Followed by 'how to train roses so they look all pretty'.

This programme really bugs me.
Anyone else?

It's not uncommon for it to reduce me to tears. I found the Winston's Wish advice about having three stones to remember someone by, one ordinary one for ordinary memories, one jagged one for sad/angry memories, and one gem for the golden memories, brilliant.

@ widows/suicide...roses

amazing interviews this morning re: adoption on between ourselves btw, r4 @ its best

Cannot bear 'midweek' with tenuous links between the interviewees ("Fred you are a hairdresser with a penchant for abseiling...and Jim, you once walked passed someone with hair didn't you?"

Find what the interviewees say ofteninteresting but have to ignore interviewer!

I LOVE R4 and miss it badly now I'm out of reach. It just isn't the same over the interweb. The worlkd service is a bit ... worthy .. for my liking and there is nothing else that bears comparison.

Midweek is the exception that proves the rule

lol at your example Tigana, bundle I caught part of that feature on adoption but couldn't listen to it all as we had arrived home and ds didn't want to wait in the car.

The one (and only) thing I like about working so far away from home is that the commute means I can listen to all of This Morning and all of PM.
I actually look forward to turning the radio on as I near the car

i like woman's hour, but again women can be interested in electronics, science and engineering, but they talk about topics relative to the older generation of mums-at-home-with-limited-interests-and-hobbies, rather than feminism, social justice, terrorism, feats of science and engineering by women (which would interest me more).

the large lady (sorry don't know her name) is very good and doesn't seem to make each issue a pared-down and now on a lighter note type issue, though agree tigana some topics just don't seem worth covering.

Here's a poser...in an allegedly equal society is there any need for a "Women's" Hour?. Implication that the rest of programming is "Men's".

i used to like the locker room (tom robinson presented) it had an interesting slant to it.

personally I don't quite see the "point" of WH

But tigana all news is supposed to be non-subjective, independant and just reportage. Inevitablely though Editors are mainly male and they say what goes on air/in print. Newsworthy items are edited to fit the audience too.

Women's Hour is supposed to be a female perspective of the news. Just like Radio 1 Extra is a black perspective on music.

Anyway, men do have a men's hour, just listen to R4's PM!!

i love pm. i love eddie mair. i think all presenters shoudl be as camp as him.

I find Woman's Hour just a bit condescending sometimes bith to interviewees and listeners.

But of course what more could I want than Andrew Marr Starting my Week!

I did a small science bit on WH once

they are few and far between though

and I like midweek, prob cos Weds is my day at home so I have time to listen to it (plus I like Libby Purves)

I love Woman's Hour and used the listen again function obsessively when in Oz for the year - kept me going through the ironing. You would appreciate it if subjected to ABC radio for a year!

effie what was it? (am ws prod in science)

Jenni Murray can be quite scary - I think some guests are a bit in awe of her.

I do like her though and love R4.

I am sure beyond anything, that for a shaky couple of years way back when I was a gibbering wreck, that R4 actually kept me sane.

Lol at Tiana's example of a tenuous radio link

My favourite will always be John Peel though. I really miss him

But WH can't be a "female perspective on news" as I don't think how to train roses is "news", nor are bereavement issues.
It is a woman's 'magazine' programme surely?

I credit R4 with first stopping, then reversing, the rapid decline in my vocabulary and thought processing post-baby.

I like PM...is it male? I thought it was just 'current affairs'.

bundle: v small piece on Hertha Ayrton, top woman scientist . Wish they'd put more science on as getting women into SET is still a big battle.

I love PM and BH (am obv offically middle aged)

I like Libby Purves too.

I caught it once when they had a debate about fathers which I knew was coming up so I made a point of listening. Jenni Murray couldn't resist a sideswipe at the "lack of men phoning in". I shouted at the radio (well, the computer actually, "It's because everyone is at WORK, you silly cow."

Telling that there isn't a "Men's Hour" though.
I remember at college various of the more feminist members of the student committee jumping up and down and foaming at the mouth at the perfectly reasonable proposal for debate that there should be a Men's Officer as well as rthe long-established post of Women's Officer.

I teared up at WH this morning too.I listen to R4 on my wind up radio,whilst at work & like Womans Hour.The rose bit was a bit rubbish though.I'm a gardener & even I wasn't interested.

The play they are doing in the afternoons this week is pretty good too,about 2 children being taken into care & possibly being adopted.