Actor Geena Davis. Harry Dunn's Mother. Choreographer Jasmin Vardimon.

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Geena Davis is a two-time Academy award-winning actress, known for her role as Thelma in Thelma & Louise, among countless other parts she has played. She joins Jessica Creighton to talk about her impressive career as an actress, athlete and model – as well as why she’s such a champion of female representation in media, and why she chose the title of her new memoir, ‘Dying of Politeness’. Anne Sacoolas on Thursday admitted causing the death of 19 year old motorcyclist Harry Dunn in August 2019. Harry’s mother Charlotte spoke to Anita Rani about how she’s feeling after the trial, and how her and Harry’s family have kept up the fight for justice over the last three years. Choreographer Jasmin Vardimon talks to Jessica Creighton about her new production, ALiCE, inspired by Alice in Wonderland, and looks at how current cultural themes that we wouldn’t expect, including how women change through puberty and the menopause, are central to the classic story. Domestic abuse figures in England and Wales are going up. Woman’s Hour has been hearing about sides of the issue we don’t really talk about. Winifred Robinson, presenter of the Radio 4 series, ‘Boy in the Woods’ talks to Krupa Pahdy about what it is that makes women want to stay with their abusers – and filmmaker Deeyah Khan tells Jessica Creighton about her new documentary, ‘Behind the Rage’, which focuses on the men who are violent towards their partners. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lottie Garton

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:05.2	Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:10.4	Hello, welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour and what a week it's been.
0:14.8	We've had our second Prime Ministerial Resignation in two months,
0:19.2	launching the Conservative Party into yet another leadership contest.
0:23.8	Feels like a day's our vood, doesn't it?
0:26.7	Well, as the turbulence rumbles on in government, for the next hour, you'll be treated to the best bits of Woman's Hour this week.
0:34.3	Coming up, two-time Academy Award-winning actor Gina Davis talks about her career,
0:39.8	how Felma and Louise changed her life, and why she advocates so strongly for female representation in the media.
0:46.9	And we look at domestic violence, hearing from the men who are violent towards their partners
0:52.4	and the women who are desperate to stay in a relationship with them.
0:56.4	I felt love for him, I wanted to be with him.
0:59.4	I wanted to have a kid with him, or to marry him, grow old with him.
1:04.2	It was just, I don't know, I never felt like this before.
1:08.3	When you're lost on, you see the good sides and the bad sides.
1:12.2	And if you feel like you'd love that person so much, you just want to hold on to them.
1:16.9	Plus, the choreographer, Yasmin Vardimond, tells us about her brand new production, Alice,
1:22.1	which looks at Alice in Wonderland through the eyes of a modern woman.
1:26.4	But first, on Thursday and succulus, admitted causing the death of 19-year-old motorcyclist Harry Dunn,
1:33.6	outside US military base RAF Krauton in Northamptonshire in August 2019.
1:39.3	She appeared at the Old Bailey via video link from America, and pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving.
1:45.6	She'd been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, but her guilty plea to the lesser charge was accepted.
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