A farewell to Jane Garvey, Women on the moon, Ageing well

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Holly Ridings is the first woman to be Nasa's chief flight director and is in charge of the Artemis programme - named after Apollo's twin sister - which will land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024. She tells us about the challenges involved with space travel and what makes a good astronaut.

More and more of us are living longer - so how can we do it better? Consultant Geriatrician Dr Lucy Pollock, CEO of the Centre for Ageing Better Anna Dixon, and Dr Niharika Duggal from the University of Birmingham explain how to approach independence, exercise, and even driving as we get older.

As The Archers celebrates 70 years, we look at how farming - the backdrop of the radio drama - has changed for women since it's been on air. Felicity Finch, who plays Ruth Archer, meets Mary Quicke - one of the real life inspirations behind the storylines.

What makes the night sky so magical? We speak to Karine Polwart, a folk singer whose new work takes inspiration from the stars she watched as a child.

And, of course, we say goodbye to Jane Garvey who leaves Woman's Hour after 13 years. The journalist Elizabeth Day quizzes Jane, and we listen back to some of her funniest moments.

Presenter: Melanie Abbott Producer: Rosie Stopher Editor: Sarah Crawley

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0:00.0	Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.
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0:41.0	Good afternoon. Welcome to the first weekend women's hour of what we hope will
0:44.7	turn eventually into a better year. We'll be talking about some plans for the future with
0:50.9	the first woman to be NASA's chief flight director who plans to put a
0:54.9	woman on the moon and how to ensure getting older can mean getting fitter.
1:00.6	People can modify exercise regimes they don't need special advice. They certainly don't
1:05.7	need to squeeze into a leotard and you just do what you can and if it makes you a bit puffed out and you
1:12.2	feel a bit achy afterwards fantastic.
1:14.8	We'll be discussing independence, driving and of course exercise and we'll be looking
1:20.7	back to the past as the archers celebrates its 70th anniversary.
1:25.9	How have the roles of women on the programme changed over the years?
1:30.4	And of course as Jane Garvey leaves Women's Hour after 13 years,
1:34.6	we look back on some of her favourite bits.
1:37.5	I have learned so much about the social history and about women's lives.
1:41.5	One of the things in the planning
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