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''Late Night Woman's Hour'' (LNWH) is a late-night edition of the long-running,
BBC Radio 4 programme ''
Woman's Hour''. It started in 2015 with a one-month pilot run, scheduled twice-weekly on Thursday and Friday at 11 pm for one hour.
The presenters for this first run were
Lauren Laverne and
Jane Garvey who led panels of five guests in discussion of a particular topic such as
fan fiction
Fan fiction or fanfiction (also abbreviated to fan fic, fanfic, fic or FF) is fictional writing written in an amateur capacity by fans, unauthorized by, but based on an existing work of fiction. The author uses copyrighted characters, settin ...
or
lust.
Lauren Laverne then became the permanent host when the programme started a regular schedule in 2016, being scheduled as a monthly podcast which was then broadcast on Radio 4 at 11 pm on the last Thursday of each month.
The topics discussed in the first run included the dating app,
Tinder, and lying. The conversation was frank and adult, being broadcast late at night, rather than during the daytime.
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In 2018, ''Late Night Woman's Hour'' became available in a weekly podcast format via ]BBC Sounds
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as well as other podcast apps. Guests include technology evangelist Dr Sue Black, Guardian beauty columnist Sali Hughes, writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsch, influencer Chidera Eggerue, author and blogger Emma Gannon
Emma Gannon (16 June 1989) is a writer, broadcaster, podcaster who is best known for her Webby nominated podcast ''Ctrl Alt Delete'' and ''Sunday Times'' Bestselling business book ''The Multi-Hyphen Method''. In 2018, She was one of ''Forbes ...
, Elle Deputy Editor Kenya Hunt, journalist Miranda Sawyer and writer and comedian Viv Groskop.
In autumn 2018, Radio 5 Live
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broadcaster and journalist Emma Barnett took over from Lauren Laverne as presenter.
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BBC Radio 4 programmes
British talk radio programmes
Audio podcasts
Women's mass media
2015 radio programme debuts
Woman's Hour
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