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Re: Brief But Memorable - Maureen Lipman

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Robert TorresAug 9, 2010
 

 
This issue has been raised before in different forms, but it remains interesting to talk about nonetheless. Sue Perkins is definitely a top regular female panelist, along with Jenny Eclair, only because they are the ones who have appeared more frequently over the years. (although i believe Jenny might have more appearances under her belt than Sue because Jenny first began appearing on the program back in 95 while Sue started appearing only 5 years later) so far no attempt has been made by the producers to feature more than two females at any given time on the show. It was only when the show was on TV back in 1999 that had four shows, out of however many were made, with a 3 female to 1 male panel. Its the closest we`ve ever gotten to an all female panel and i think its a real shame this hasnt been tried out on radio.

On Mon Aug 9th, 2010 4:55 PM EDT kj.naughton wrote:

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>--- In just-a-minute@..., Robert Torres <bobbyshaddoe3004@...> wrote:
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>> the fact that she is such high demand is probably why she's kept her appearances on panel shows to a minimum, but that's quite alright.  I find her contributions on the program rather entertaining, and she certainly doesn't overstay her welcome by appearing too often, because I'm uncertain if I'd like her on the program in a regular capacity. 
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>The thought of Maureen being a regular raises an interesting point. How many women could be counted as even semi-regulars on JaM recently?
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>I don't have the data (or the inclination) to be able to answer that question but, off the top of my head, I reckon Sue Perkins would have been the leading female contributor, with Lisa Tarbuck, Jenny Eclair and Shappi Khorsandi being in the running as well.
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>JaM has always been male-dominated, but efforts seem to have been made in recent years to include different voices, nations and accents in the show - very important in radio - but less of an effort to include a more balanced mix of male/female voices. It can't simply be that there aren't as many women who would be good at JaM, can it?
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>Cheers
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>kJ
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