Petticoat Line

**** This programme was suggested by Alan Giles as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****

"The programme in which listeners' letters are treated to the feminine point of view".

Years before the invention of texts and emails - panellists discuss and answer questions sent in by letter post from listeners.

Petticoat Line began on the BBC Home Service in 1965 and ran for 11 years.

Chaired by Australian-born actress and broadcaster, Anona Winn.

On the panel:

Renee Houston
Marjorie Anderson
Janet Hitchman
Beryl Reid

Devised by Anona Winn and Ian Messiter.

Producer: John Bridges

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1975.

**** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email [email protected] ****