Dorothy Byrne on Radio 4

[Marijo1951]

For UK members, Dorothy Byrne, head of Channel 4's news and current affairs is the guest on 'Desert Island Discs' next Sunday 1st March and the following Friday. Dorothy is also a high profile sufferer from PMR and GCA.

[SheffieldJane]

Thanks for the heads up!

[jinasc]

I thought that everyone should know a bit more about Dorothy than she was a a high profile sufferer. Dorothy has worked tirelessly since her diagnosis of both PMR & GCA. Dorothy has been a Trustee for many years.

You can read all this and also see a photo by following this link:

pmrgca.co.uk/content/who-we..., I reproduced some of it (not the photo) just in case the link does not work.

Dorothy Byrne, Deputy Chair and Publicity & Campaign of PMR GCA UK.

Dorothy is the Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel Four Television. She was previously a producer on World In Action, the editor of The Big Story on ITV and the editor of Dispatches.

Her programmes have won numerous international Emmy, BAFTA and Royal Television Society awards. She was created a Fellow of The Royal Television Society for her “outstanding contribution to television”, received a Scottish BAFTA in 2015 for Outstanding Contribution to Television and has been awarded the Women in Film and Television Award for Factual Television.

She is the chair of the international organisation the Ethical Journalism Network.

[Marijo1951 in reply to jinasc]

Thanks for filling in the important details. I was just listening to Mel C on DID and heard the announcement at the end of the programme and thought I'd get it on the forum as quickly as possible.

[Highlandtiger in reply to Marijo1951]

This is her MacTaggart lecture last year in Edinburgh if anyone is interested. pressgazette.co.uk/channel-...

[Portobello in reply to Highlandtiger]

Thank you so much for sharing this excellent lecture. What an inspiring woman- such wit and wisdom!

[Highlandtiger in reply to Portobello]

Yes, it’s a great read isn’t it.

[scats in reply to Highlandtiger]

Very impressive. I read it out to my husband and son. My son could not believe the sexism, so there is some improvement.

[Highlandtiger in reply to scats]

Yes it really resonates with me. I’m a similar age but work in a different profession where sexism was also rampant at the time. I’m glad your son was shocked as it does mean that things are improving. It has been rather slow though!

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Possibly of interest:

"If you live outside the UK, you can install the international version of our BBC iPlayer Radio app on your Amazon Fire, Android, or iOS device. Just search for "BBC iPlayer Radio" in your app store. And you can always listen to BBC Radio via the BBC Sounds website, too."

bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/quest...

Not sure if it will count as music ...

[Hidden in reply to PMRpro]

In the UK bbc sounds is all radio output these days. Replaced bbc radio player. And you can subscribe to podcasts.

[Highlandtiger]

And she’s a very good speaker. I’m looking forward to listening to this.

[Longtimer]

Thanks for that...radio is my saviour!....

[Suet3942]

What an interesting and witty speech. Girl power!

[Lookingforideas]

What a fantastic lady. I just read the transcript and despite the seriousness of lots of it, I also laughed out loud several times - she’s my new hero !

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Lookingforideas]

I laughed too - different field but I had similar experiences!!

[Lookingforideas in reply to PMRpro]

Ha ha, I think all of us ‘ladies of a certain age’ experienced the same things in the workplace in the 70’s - and we all had our ways of dealing with them.... in many ways because it was so ubiquitous it was just considered “normal” back then wasn’t it? 😳

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Lookingforideas]

It was - disgusting, but true. And worse for those of us in career fields dominated by men of course.

[Hidden in reply to PMRpro]

I really can't tell you what my job could be like.... Harvey weinstein had nothing on some of them.

[Highlandtiger in reply to Hidden]

Quite. Same here.

Looks like Karma has finally caught up with him.....

[Highlandtiger in reply to PMRpro]

Indeed. And a lot of career fields were dominated by men then (and a lot still are).

[PMRpro Ambassador in reply to Highlandtiger]

When I started in the NHS, thinking it could be a good career path, the top 5 jobs in the department were occupied by men. Two of them retired in the last 8 years - from the same jobs. No idea where the others went. It had been a new field in the labs, young men crossed from the others and stayed. And I was told I needen't bother asking to go on training - I'd just get married, have babies and leave. They weren't Weinsteins though. Thank god ...

[Highlandtiger in reply to Lookingforideas]

And the 80s and 90s too!

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Interesting to look at Sky News these days - very high proportion of women and ethnic minority staff out front.

[Highlandtiger]

She’s everywhere just now. She was on Radio Scotland (and probably elsewhere) early this morning talking about menopause policies in the workplace.