- Title: Big Women
- Date: 9th July 1998
- Summary: By the summer of 1976 Medusa is in full flow,although Layla and Stephie row constantly over the types of books they publish. Layla is tiring of their loyalty to tedious 'wimmin's issues' books whereas Stephie is committed to the cause. Zoe sends a few sample pages of her novel to Stephie at Medusa. Her domineering husband Bull is furious,seeing her writing as an indulgence and a sign of neglecting their children,Saffron and Samson. In a fit of rage he burns her script page by page; when Stephie calls to say she liked the writing,he lies to his wife,telling her Stephie thought it self-pitying.
- Description:Daniela Nardini heads the cast in Fay Weldon's wicked drama about a feisty group of women who decide to set up a feminist publishing house in the 1970s,charting the drama of their lives up until the late 1990s.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Entertainment
- Producer:Unspecified
- Programme Episode:Episode 2
- Transmission Date:09/07/1998
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s