
S1 Ep8: The Making of Mel Giedroyc - The Great British Bake Off, Female Friendship and The Loneliness of Being a New Mum
Welcome to the final episode of this series of The Making Of... from The Female Lead. Our guest this week is the comedian, actor, writer and national treasure Mel Giedroyc! This was our first ever ...
12 Marras 202054min

S1 Ep7: The Making of Mary Beard - Trolls, Older Women & Cancel Culture
Welcome to the 7th episode of The Making Of... from The Female Lead. Our guest this week is the classicist, writer, broadcaster and troll fighter Dame Mary Beard! Mary is the best-known classicist...
4 Marras 202048min

S1 Ep6: The Making of Bobbi Brown - Makeup, Business & Motherhood
Welcome to the 6th episode of The Making Of... from The Female Lead. Our guest this week is the legendary make-up artist, entrepreneur and founder of the iconic Bobbi Brown cosmetics. It’s the one an...
28 Loka 202050min

S1 Ep5: The Making of Nimco Ali - Activism, FGM and Violence Against women
Welcome to the fifth episode of The Making Of... from The Female Lead. Our guest this week is the FGM campaigner and author, Nimco Ali. As a survivor of FGM herself, for over 10 years Nimco has been ...
21 Loka 202044min

S1 Ep4: The Making Of Christiane Amanpour - Journalism, Truth, Motherhood & George Floyd
Welcome to the fourth episode of The Making Of... from The Female Lead. Our guest this week is the Chief International Anchor of CNN, Christiane Amanpour. To say that Christiane is a powerhouse is an...
14 Loka 202041min

S1 Ep3: The Making of Yomi Adegoke - Race, Class and Mental Health
Welcome to the third episode of The Making Of from The Female Lead. Our guest this week is the journalist and author Yomi Adegoke. We love Yomi’s work and were so excited to interview her and capture ...
7 Loka 202047min

S1 Ep2: The Making of Emma Barnett - Ambition, Fertility, IVF and Endometriosis
Welcome to the second episode of The Making Of from The Female Lead. Our guest this week is the broadcaster, journalist and author Emma Barnett. We asked her to choose six key life moments that have m...
30 Syys 202040min

S1 Ep1: The Making Of Caitlin Moran - Botox, Marriage, Sharing the Domestic Load & Eating Disorders
The episode was recorded during lockdown, over zoom, so please bear with us as some bits might sound a little wobbly (especially when Caitlin’s husband called in the middle of the recording to ask wha...
23 Syys 202045min



















