Imperfect Women, A Woman Of Substance, and The Other Bennet Sister. With guests Ruth Jones and Ella Bruccoleri
From Pilot TV by Empire Magazine
March 16, 2026 · 1h 58m · Season 1 · Episode 402
About this episode
The episode discusses three female-fronted shows in honor of International Women’s Day, featuring interviews with Ruth Jones and Ella Bruccoleri.
It’s our (belated) International Women’s Day episode this week, with a trio of female fronted shows to tackle, from Imperfect Women on Apple (1:13:41), to A Woman Of Substance on Channel 4 (1:27:20), and The Other Bennet Sister on BBC1 (1:41:16) — for which we also speak to Ruth Jones and Ella Bruccoleri (39:58-58:06). Plus last week’s bum banter is swapped out for an array of dog discussion as we chew over the broadcast of this week’s Crufts, and Steph decides to put James and Boyd on the spot and make them name their all-time favourite female protagonists. Yes, James did forget to mention Captain Janeway and Catherine Cawood. No, he’s still not forgiven himself. Note: time stamps are approximate as the ads throw them out, so are only meant as a guide. If you want to avoid this and would like the podcast entirely ad-free (as well as 17 hours early, with a second weekly show and spoiler specials) then sign up to Pilot+!
People in this episode
Hosts: Steph, James, Boyd
Guests: Ruth Jones, Ella Bruccoleri
Topics covered
- Imperfect Women
- A Woman Of Substance
- The Other Bennet Sister
- International Women’s Day
- female protagonists
- Crufts
Keywords
- female-led shows
- television reviews
- podcast
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Imperfect Women, A Woman Of Substance, The Other Bennet Sister, Crufts
Books & works: Imperfect Women, A Woman Of Substance, The Other Bennet Sister
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