Laura Wade eavesdrops on conversations between men and women from the past to examine some of today's thorniest gender issues

An omnibus edition covering episodes 6 - 10:

6. Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins in Shaw's Pygmalion
7.Connie and Mellors in Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover
8.Rupert and Hilary in Jilly Cooper's Riders
9.Hortense and Gilbert in Andrea Levy's Small Island
10.Connell and Marianne in Sally Rooney's Normal People

Recent high profile campaigns around issues such as sexual consent, harassment and assault, the pay gap and power imbalances between men and women have encouraged many of us to re-examine everyday gender relations. In ten programmes covering the last 500 years, playwright Laura Wade eavesdrops on encounters between men and women in great literary works to shed light on some of today’s most pressing issues.

With readings by real-life couple Adrian Lester and Lolita Chakrabarti

Laura Wade is an Olivier Award-winning playwright, the author of “Posh” and “Home, I’m Darling”. Her recent adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished story, “The Watsons”, transfers to the West End in 2020.

Producer: Beaty Rubens Show less