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Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC ParliamentLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament

Peter Snow debates Harold Wilson's legacy with former Labour minister Shirley Williams, Wilson's policy unit head Bernard Donoughue, and Conservative peer Douglas Hurd. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Snow
Participant:
Shirley Williams
Participant:
Bernard Donoughue
Participant:
Douglas Hurd

This Week

24/01/2013

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament

Andrew Neil, Alan Johnson, Shirley Williams and Michael Portillo review the political week, as they are joined by Neil Hamilton, Laura Kuenssberg, Lowri Turner and Katherine Ryan. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Neil
Participant:
Michael Portillo
Participant:
Katherine Ryan
Participant:
Alan Johnson
Participant:
Shirley Williams

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

1975 was marked by the fall of Saigon, Franco's death, and a European referendum. Papers released under the 30-year rule offer new insight into the political decisions of the year. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Martha Kearney
Interviewed Guest:
Jon Snow
Interviewed Guest:
Anthony Howard
Interviewed Guest:
Giles Foden
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Joe Haines
Interviewed Guest:
Jim McDowell

Daily Politics

23/01/2015

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament

Andrew Neil is joined by journalists Paul Waugh and Sue Cameron to discuss the day's political news, including a look at new proposals for TV leaders' debates with George Galloway. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Neil
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Waugh
Interviewed Guest:
Sue Cameron
Interviewed Guest:
George Galloway
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Williams

Question Time

13/11/2008

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One Yorks & LincsLatest broadcast: on BBC News Channel

David Dimbleby chairs the political debate from Dover. The panel includes Margaret Beckett, Jeremy Hunt, Shirley Williams, Brian Moore and Simon Heffer. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Dimbleby
Participant:
Brian Moore
Participant:
Margaret Beckett
Participant:
Jeremy Hunt
Participant:
Shirley Williams
Participant:
Simon Heffer

Woman's Hour

Friendship

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Baroness Shirley Williams and Helge Rubinstein on their 60 year friendship, Dawn O'Porter on the portrayal of female friends in popular culture, social pruning, and losing a friend. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Helge Rubinstein
Interviewed Guest:
Dawn O'Porter
Interviewed Guest:
Deidre Sanders
Interviewed Guest:
Jo Carnegie
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Plume

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Vivienne Westwood, Gemma Arterton

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Jane Garvey presents highlights from the Woman's Hour week, including Dame Vivienne Westwood on punk, politics and a career that has spanned five decades, Plus 'supergrans'. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Vivienne Westwood
Interviewed Guest:
Geeta Nargund
Interviewed Guest:
Daisy Sands
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Horder
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Saunders
Interviewed Guest:
Gemma Arterton
Interviewed Guest:
Gwen Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Eileen Pullen
Interviewed Guest:
Linda Tirado
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Eve Pollard

Woman's Hour

World War One: Changing Women's Lives

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

How the war shaped the lives of a generation of women, with guests including broadcaster Kate Adie and Baroness Shirley Williams. Jenni Murray presents the female perspective. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Adie
Interviewed Guest:
Joanna Bourke
Interviewed Guest:
Maggie Andrews
Producer:
Anne Peacock

Woman's Hour

Friendship

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Baroness Shirley Williams and Helge Rubinstein on their 60-year friendship. Dawn O'Porter on how female friends are portrayed in popular culture. Social pruning. Losing a friend. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Helge Rubinstein
Interviewed Guest:
Dawn O'Porter
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Plume
Interviewed Guest:
Deidre Sanders
Interviewed Guest:
Jo Carnegie
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Plume

Woman's Hour

Courtney Love; Michelle Collins; Political Game Changers

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Courtney Love on Kurt Cobain and the 'insanity' of fame, soap star Michelle Collins on the 'Rovers fear', and who are today's political Game Changers? Presented by Jane Garvey. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Courtney Love
Interviewed Guest:
Michelle Collins
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Wollaston
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Burnell
Interviewed Guest:
Kimberle Crenshaw
Interviewed Guest:
Pauline Oliveros
Interviewed Guest:
Dawn O'Porter
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Williams

Woman's Hour

Women in the 1920s

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Baroness Shirley Williams, social historian Juliet Gardiner, author Virginia Nicholson and Dr Kate Murphy discuss the changing lives of women in the 1920s. Jane Garvey presents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Producer:
Rebecca Myatt
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Juliet Gardiner
Interviewed Guest:
Virginia Nicholson
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Murphy

Question Time

03/11/2011

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament

For the first time, Question Time comes from the Houses of Parliament. David Dimbleby chairs a panel including Ed Balls, Theresa May, Shirley Williams and Benjamin Zephaniah. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Dimbleby
Presenter:
David Dimbleby
Executive Producer:
Steve Anderson
Executive Producer:
Steve Anderson
Series Editor:
Nicolai Gentchev
Series Editor:
Nicolai Gentchev
Participant:
Ed Balls
Participant:
Ed Balls
Participant:
Theresa May
Participant:
Theresa May
Participant:
Shirley Williams
Participant:
Shirley Williams
Participant:
Benjamin Zephaniah
Participant:
Benjamin Zephaniah
Participant:
Peter Hitchens

Question Time

08/11/2012

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament

David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Bexhill, with a panel including Damian Green, Chuka Umunna, Shirley Williams, David Blanchflower and Jane Moore. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Dimbleby
Presenter:
David Dimbleby
Series Editor:
Nicolai Gentchev
Series Editor:
Nicolai Gentchev
Executive Producer:
Steve Anderson
Executive Producer:
Steve Anderson
Participant:
Chuka Umunna
Participant:
Chuka Umunna
Participant:
Shirley Williams
Participant:
Shirley Williams
Participant:
David Blanchflower
Participant:
Jane Moore
Participant:
Damian Green

Question Time

02/05/2013

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament

David Dimbleby presents from Dartford on the night of the local elections. The panel comprises Justine Greening, Harriet Harman, Shirley Williams, David Starkey and Victoria Coren. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Dimbleby
Presenter:
David Dimbleby
Participant:
Harriet Harman
Participant:
Justine Greening
Participant:
Shirley Williams
Participant:
Harriet Harman
Participant:
Shirley Williams
Participant:
David Starkey
Participant:
David Starkey
Series Editor:
Nicolai Gentchev
Executive Producer:
Steve Anderson
Participant:
Victoria Coren
Participant:
Victoria Coren
Series Editor:
Nicolai Gentchev
Executive Producer:
Steve Anderson

Question Time

19/09/2013

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament

David Dimbleby chairs from Rochdale. With Conservative cabinet minister Ken Clarke, deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman, Shirley Williams, Laurie Penny and Antony Worrall Thompson. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Dimbleby
Series Editor:
Nicolai Gentchev
Executive Producer:
Steve Anderson
Participant:
Ken Clarke
Participant:
Harriet Harman
Participant:
Shirley Williams
Participant:
Laurie Penny

Question Time

07/07/2011

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament

David Dimbleby chairs the topical debate programme from Basingstoke. With panellists Hugh Grant, Chris Grayling, Douglas Alexander, Baroness Shirley Williams and Jon Gaunt. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
David Dimbleby
Participant:
Hugh Grant
Participant:
Chris Grayling
Participant:
Douglas Alexander
Participant:
Shirley Williams
Participant:
Jon Gaunt
Series Editor:
Edward Havard
Executive Producer:
Steve Anderson

Woman's Hour

Women-Only Trains; Shabana Azmi; Supergrans; Rural Childhood

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Presented by Jenni Murray. Women-only train carriages, Shabana Azmi on campaigning for equal rights, how to be a Supergran, and the pains and pleasures of life in the country. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Producer:
Cecile Wright
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Bates
Interviewed Guest:
Ricky Twyford
Interviewed Guest:
Shabana Azmi
Interviewed Guest:
Eve Pollard
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Abbie Ross
Interviewed Guest:
Isabel Oakeshott

Free Thinking

Landmark: George Dangerfield's The Strange Death of Liberal England

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Baroness Shirley Williams, Professor Roy Foster, Nick Cohen, Duncan Brack, Bea Campbell and Philip Dodd discuss George Dangerfield's book The Strange Death of Liberal England. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Roy Foster
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Cohen
Interviewed Guest:
Duncan Brack
Interviewed Guest:
Bea Campbell

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Parliament

Peter Mandelson talks to Andrew Marr about his newly-released memoir The Third Man, with other guests including Russian ballet star Ivan Vasiliev.

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew Marr
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Mandelson
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Williams