Dame Jennifer Susan Murray, DBE (née Bailey; born 12 May 1950[1]) is an English journalist and broadcaster, best known for presenting BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour from 1987 to 2020.

[5] Murray subsequently wrote on 21st December 2022 in The Daily Mail and on Twitter[6] "Officially I have no claim to the Jewish faith, but I feel it deeply, and have done since the age of 14 when my father revealed to me what, until then, he had kept a closely guarded secret.

"[9][10] In November 2018, Murray cancelled a scheduled Oxford University History Society presentation following a backlash regarding her comments in The Sunday Times.

[12] In a 2020 article for The Daily Mail, Murray claimed that the BBC had banned her from chairing "any discussions on the trans question or the proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act" following her departure from Woman's Hour.

[13] In November 2023, Murry signed an open letter from Sex Matters urging UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak "to take urgent action to halt an escalating campaign of violence and intimidation against women in the name of 'trans rights' ".

[16] In 2020 Murray announced that she would demonstrate proper self-breast examination techniques on The Real Full Monty on Ice television program, alongside Linda Lusardi and Hayley Tamaddon.

[17] Murray has been vocal and visible in the media with regard to her own experience of menopause, HRT and the importance of raising awareness of this aspect of women's health in the workplace and more generally [18][19][20] In 2008 she had a hip replacement following avascular necrosis.