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==Schedule== ''Woman's Hour'' has been broadcast at 10{{nbsp}}am Monday to Friday since [[James Boyle (broadcasting)|James Boyle]]'s revision of the Radio 4 schedules in April 1998. Between September 1991 and April 1998 it was broadcast at 10:30{{nbsp}}am, having previously gone out for many years in an early afternoon slot (2{{nbsp}}pm). The programme's move to a morning slot was unpopular among some listeners who, for family or other reasons, work only in the morning. [[Michael Green (radio)|Michael Green]], the then controller of Radio 4, made his decision the previous year and considered the elimination of the programme title.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hendy |first=David |title=Life on Air: A History of Radio Four |year=2007 |page=332 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-924881-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gWAVDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA332 |via=[[Google Books]] |quote=Indeed, perhaps the name itself could change. The existing title undoubtedly made sense in 1946, when the programme was unashamedly designed to appeal to housewives, and entice women war-workers back into the home. But with more women going out to work and more men listening, with a new timeslot and a refreshed style, with all the progress that had been made in sex equality, how sensible would it be to keep calling it ''Woman's Hour'' in the decade to come?}}</ref> ''Weekend Woman's Hour'' is broadcast on Saturday afternoons at 4{{nbsp}}pm, features highlights of the previous week introduced by one of the presenters and lasts almost an hour. Additionally, episodes are made available as a podcast following the broadcast of each programme.
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