Dorothy Byrne | Motherhood penalty, 'Leaving Neverland' & alpha males in an edit suite

Media Tribe - A podcast by Shaunagh Connaire

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This episode features Channel 4's Editor at Large, Dorothy Byrne. Dorothy is an iconic figure in the world of broadcasting in the UK and is one of the longest-serving heads of commissioning in the television industry. She has been responsible for news and current affairs programmes that have had global and national impact, winning her numerous international Emmy, BAFTA and RTS Awards. We chat about Dorothy being a single mum having to return to work five weeks after giving birth, we talk about her film on marital rape in the UK which proved a huge challenge to get commissioned and we delve into a hilarious quagmire Dorothy faced in an edit suite with two male colleagues.