Amanda Abbington, Crime Fiction, Asbestos in Make-up and Sock Wars
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Amanda Abbington joins Anita Rani to talk about her new role in Tawni O’Dell’s play When It Happens To You. Amanda plays Tara, a mother who is desperately trying to hold her family together after her daughter is brutally attacked. She discusses playing a mother whose own trauma is triggered by her daughter’s experiences and how a culture of shame can lead to women’s silence.
In the latest in our series on ‘genre fiction’, we turn to the UK’s most popular genre: crime fiction. Jane Casey is the creator of the award-winning and gritty Maeve Kerrigan detective series, most recently appearing in A Stranger in the Family. Janice Hallett has been dubbed the 'Queen of cosy crime' for her unconventional and popular epistolary style mystery books, including her new novel The Examiner. They talk to Anita about the evolution of women as murderers and sleuths in crime fiction, and whether crime can ever be 'cosy'.
Is there asbestos in make-up? The new Radio 4 series Talc Tales investigates questions about the safety of talc in make-up and cosmetics after women diagnosed with cancer have launched court cases against some cosmetic companies, claiming products are contaminated with asbestos. Anita is joined in the studio by BBC journalist Phoebe Keane to hear what she found while making the series.
For a while now there has been a war going on social media over the length of your socks. If you are a millennial you are most likely wearing ankle socks. Whereas Gen-Z are hiking them right up to their knees. Anita delves into sock politics with Frankie Graddon and Ellie Muir.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Laura Northedge
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| 0:00.0 | Before you listen to this BBC podcast I'd like to tell you about something else you might enjoy. |
| 0:05.0 | My name is Allison Hindle and I commission audio drama and fiction for the BBC. |
| 0:10.0 | It's a great privilege because I get to unearth stories people love. |
| 0:13.7 | You should see the books and scripts covering my floor, |
| 0:16.5 | from new talent and established writers as well as classics. |
| 0:19.8 | The BBC has such a rich history of making great audio drama, |
| 0:23.7 | we're still the largest producer in the world, |
| 0:26.0 | and the popularity of podcasts means we can share what we do with even more people. |
| 0:30.8 | So if you like to lose yourself in a gripping audio drama or book, find your next listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:37.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:42.0 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:47.3 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Womons Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:50.5 | Good morning and welcome to Fridays, Womons Hour. Amanda Abingdon is sitting in front of me, ready for a chat, morning Amanda. |
| 0:54.3 | Before I come to you, I need to talk about socks. |
| 0:58.1 | Yes, you heard right, socks. |
| 1:00.0 | Do you wear them long or short or not at all? |
| 1:02.8 | Well apparently the length of your socks |
| 1:05.2 | and how high up your leg you choose to pull them up |
| 1:08.4 | denotes your age. |
| 1:09.7 | Generation Z or Z are wearing them mid-calf or somewhere around there anyway. |
| 1:13.8 | millennials, no chance, they don't wear socks. |
| 1:16.5 | But how about you? |
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