▁goes ▁on ▁in ▁a ▁middle - class ▁family '. ▁ ▁Mrs ▁D ale ' s ▁Di ary ▁had ▁been ▁due ▁for ▁a ▁make over ▁when ▁Dav ies ▁joined ▁the ▁programme ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 , ▁and ▁Dav ies ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁that ▁refresh ment . ▁In ▁a ▁later , ▁femin ist , ▁de const ruction ▁of ▁the ▁programme ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Krist en ▁S ko og ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁BBC ' s ▁male ▁culture ▁took ▁over ▁the ▁series . ▁In ▁her ▁ess ay , ▁" They ' re ▁' D oped ' ▁by ▁that ▁D ale ▁Di ary : ▁Women ' s ▁Serial ▁D rama , ▁the ▁BBC ▁and ▁British ▁Post - W ar ▁Change ", ▁she ▁wrote : ▁ ▁Being ▁a ▁domestic ▁serial ▁Mrs ▁D ale ' s ▁Di ary ▁was ▁from ▁its ▁very ▁in ception ▁categor ized ▁( and ▁de valu ed ) ▁as ▁popular ▁femin ized ▁mass ▁culture , ▁mainly ▁written ▁by ▁women ▁for ▁a ▁female ▁audience ▁and ▁therefore ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁adm ired ▁among ▁BBC ▁produ cers . ▁This ▁had ▁resulted ▁in ▁produ cers ▁working ▁on ▁a ▁ro ta ▁or ▁in ▁the ▁eng agement ▁of ▁outside ▁produ cers ▁on ▁an ▁ad - h oc ▁basis . ▁This ▁changed ▁with ▁... ▁Anton y ▁Ke are y ▁– ▁an ▁actor ▁who ▁had ▁started ▁to ▁work ▁on ▁the ▁serial ▁as ▁Ass istant ▁in ▁the ▁D rama ▁Department ▁Script ▁Unit ▁– ▁and ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁he ▁was ▁h ired ▁as ▁the ▁main ▁producer