The Radio Times Podcast

Beth Rigby on women in journalism, reporting from Westminster and interviewing Boris Johnson

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Episode notes

This week’s guest is Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby. Known for her robust interviews with politicians – from Boris Johnson to Nicola Sturgeon – she has also welcomed the likes of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska and Dame Emma Thompson onto her show Beth Rigby Interviews. In this episode, Beth talks about how Westminster felt like a boy’s club when she first joined and how female broadcasters face more scrutiny than their male counterparts. Plus, Kelly-Anne Taylor finally meets her TV soulmate – they talk about their collective love of Sex and the City and Friends.

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