British Comedy Guide

What Every Woman Knows

  • Radio comedy drama
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 1983
  • 1 episode

Adaptation of the social satire written by JM Barrie. Also features Phyllis Logan, David Hayman, Tom Fleming, Tom Watson, John Shedden and more.

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Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
1983
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Episodes
1
Stars
Phyllis Logan, David Hayman, Tom Fleming, Tom Watson, John Shedden, Ray Dunsire, Henrietta Baynes, Vivienne Dixon and Alan Rothwell
Writers
JM Barrie and Stewart Conn
Director
Marilyn Ireland
Company

JM Barrie's story set in Scotland towards the close of the 19th Century. With Phyllis Logan as Maggie Wylie and David Hayman as John Shand.

Maggie Wylie hides her capabilities to let her husband, John Shand think he has done it all by himself to get into the Houses of Parliament. But during the newly established 'ladies committees', Lady Sybil becomes a distraction. Who is really behind John Shand's success?

"Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that. It's our only joke. Every woman knows that."

Additional details

Also known as
  • Hidden Treasures: What Every Woman Knows

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Saturday 29th October 1983 at 8:30pm on BBC Radio 4
Episode length
90 minutes
Most recent repeats
  • Saturday 30th March 2024 at 12:00am on Radio 4 Extra
  • Friday 29th March 2024 at 3:00pm on Radio 4 Extra
  • Friday 29th March 2024 at 10:00am on Radio 4 Extra

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