The Petticoat Line
The Petticoat Line was a four woman quiz show/discussion program on BBC Radio many years ago. You can’t find many references to it on the Internet, but I remember listening sometimes as it was funny and put different slants on various topics. Panelists included the usual suspects, like Isobel Barnett and Anona Winn.
I think in the end it was discarded because it really wasn’t done thing to have an all-woman show. It was just too patronising for some.
But last night as I was driving back from Manchester and there was a sports discussion program on Radio 5, led by Eleanor Oldroyd. And guess what it was called Ladies’ Night.
Everything goes full circle. I enjoyed it too.
The Anonymous Widower 
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I remember the show with great affection, it was funny and interesting to me as a child….
Comment by sarah | September 24, 2012 |
I think it also might have been originally conceived as a female Does The Team Think.
Comment by AnonW | September 24, 2012 |
I’m glad someone else remembers Petticoat Line. As said, very little about it on the ‘web. Growing up in a house with no TV, the BBC Home Service or Light Programme were on most of the time, my mum & aunt used to love this broadcast.
Comment by Bruce Enzer | April 3, 2016 |
There’s a page about Petticoat Line here:
Comment by renee houston | April 23, 2017 |
Renee Houston really!!! My favourite!!!!
Comment by Sarah K Dunsbee | April 23, 2017 |
I used to listen with my mother, whilst I helped her with the ironing and later I think, I used to listen with my late wife in the early 1970s.
Comment by AnonW | April 23, 2017
Ahhh no but great website.
Comment by Sarah K Dunsbee | April 23, 2017