Five programmes
2: The Lady Writers
From Agatha Christie to P.D. James, the detective story seems a form for which women have had a special gift. How and why has this happened? Under brown paper covers, could you tell which whodunits were written by women?
Jessica Mann investigates, with contributions from P. D. James, Ruth Rendell, Margaret Yorke, Anthony Storr, Dulcie Gray, Elizabeth Ferrars, Heather Jeeves,
Marghanlta Laski, Joyce Allingham, Janet Morgan, Sarah Caudwell and James Barnett
Readers KATHERINE PARR, MADI HEDD, JEAN TREND and HUGH DICKSON Title music by JOLYON JACKSON Producer MARGARET WINDHAM