Petticoat Line

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Petticoat Line was an all-woman panel show on the BBC Home Service (from 1967 this became BBC Radio 4) chaired by Anona Winn which discussed listeners' letters and problems. [1] It started on 6 January 1965 [2] and ran for 11 years. [3] It was devised by Anona Winn and Ian C. Messiter. The panellists always included Renée Houston (who was rationed to saying "bloody" no more than three times per show); Sheila van Damm and Katharine Whitehorn also appeared quite often. Winn originally proposed a more serious show called The Ombudswomen but this lighter and funnier show came into existence instead. [4]

Signature tune

The music which introduced and ended each edition was "Fluter's Holiday", by Bert Kaempfert and his orchestra. [5]

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References

  1. Averill, June (1994-02-18). "Obituary: Anona Winn" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. "Petticoat Line". Radio Times. No. 2147. 1964-12-31. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. Donovan, Paul (1991). The Radio Companion. Harper Collins. p. 203. ISBN   0-246-13648-0.
  4. Donovan, Paul (1991). The Radio Companion. London: Harper Collins; p. 203 ISBN   0-246-13648-0
  5. BBC Gramophone Record Library