Actor Patricia Hodge, Online Safety Bill, Returning to work

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 16 January 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Patricia Hodge has been gracing the stage and screen for over five decades. Well known for her iconic performances in 80s TV series Rumpole of the Bailey and The Life and Loves of the She-Devil. She is currently starring in a revival of the 1941 Lillian Hellmann play Watch on the Rhine at the Donmar Warehouse and plays Fanny. Patricia joins Krupa to discuss the role and how opportunities for women in the film, TV and theatre industry have evolved throughout her career. The much discussed Online Safety Bill returns to the House of Commons tomorrow. The path for the Bill which seeks to make Britain “the safest place in the world to be online” still looks far from certain. The BBC’s Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent Marianna Spring joins us to discuss what the points of contention are. Krupa is also joined by the former Culture Secretary Baroness Nicky Morgan and Lord Richard Allan who was Director of Policy in Europe for Facebook for 10 years. A new drama starting tonight focuses on the experience of three women returning to front line NHS jobs following maternity leave. Krupa will be chatting to the female paediatrician and surgeon who helped inform and inspire the characters on screen about their own experiences of returning to such high pressure roles whilst juggling motherhood. Afghan police have confirmed that a former Afghan MP and her bodyguard have been shot dead at her home in the capital Kabul. Mursal Nabizada, was one of 9 out of 69 female MPs who chose to stay in the country after the Talian returned to power in August 2021. Krupa speaks to Fawzia Koofi, Afghanistan's First Woman Deputy Speaker of Parliament. Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Emma Pearce Photo credit: Manuel Harlan

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Hello, this is Krupa Party and you're listening to the Woman's Hour Podcast.
0:09.4	Thank you for joining us at the start of this week.
0:12.0	The online safety bill returns to the House of Commons for its final debate tomorrow.
0:17.3	It's had quite the journey through Parliament since it was introduced in March under Boris Johnson.
0:22.7	Those debates, those delays, they do look set to continue.
0:26.7	Last week, the Culture Secretary said she is not ruling out further changes.
0:31.8	And this after a group of Tory MPs back to plan to make social media bodies face prison
0:37.4	if they fell to protect children from damaging content online.
0:41.8	Is this something you would welcome?
0:44.4	And talking to the media in recent days, the father of Molly Russell has criticised social media companies for their,
0:51.6	I quote, underwhelming response to a coroner's call to prevent future deaths.
0:57.1	The 14-year-old took her own life back in 2017 after viewing suicide and self-harm content online.
1:04.7	We'll be talking to Baroness Nikki Morgan, former Culture Secretary and Lord Richard Allen,
1:10.4	former Director of Policy at Facebook in Europe.
1:13.6	Also, returning to work after maternity leave is tough in many industries.
1:19.0	What's it been like for you? A new drama looks specifically at what it is like for women who work in the medical sector.
1:26.9	But whether it's healthcare or otherwise, I want to hear how your confidence was impacted by your return to work.
1:33.5	What about your instinct? How are you treated?
1:37.2	To frontline NHS doctors who were part of the inspiration behind the drama will join us.
1:43.0	And this is how you can get in touch. You can text a programme.
1:45.6	That number is 84844. Over on social media, we're on the handle at BBC Women's Hour.
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