‘The show needs to move on and now it can’: Parting shot as Jane Garvey leaves Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour after 13 years and Emma Barnett takes over
- Jane Garvey signed off from Woman’s Hour saying show needs to ‘move on’
- Emma Barnett, 35, will take over the Radio 4 staple, on air since 1946
- Garvey told listeners that women have to ‘try harder’ than men, and to be better
Jane Garvey signed off her final Woman’s Hour broadcast yesterday after 13 years – declaring that the ‘show needs to move on and now it can’.
Emma Barnett, 35, will take over the Radio 4 staple, which has aired since 1946.
Miss Garvey told listeners: ‘During the course of these cataclysmic years on Woman’s Hour, I’ve learnt that actually, for all sorts of reasons, women have to be that bit better, we have to try harder (than men), it’s going to be a bit tougher for us.’
Jane Garvey (pictured) signed off her final Woman’s Hour broadcast yesterday after 13 years – declaring that the ‘show needs to move on and now it can’
Dame Jenni Murray, 70, has also left the programme.
Miss Garvey, 56, said: ‘It’s not just a radio programme. It’s one of “the” radio programmes and I’ve had a chance to do it. The programme needs to move on and now it can.’
Last month she said it was in danger of focusing on topics such as the transgender debate at the expense of issues that mean most to listeners.
Emma Barnett, 35, (pictured) will take over the Radio 4 staple, which has aired since 1946