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Woman's Hour

Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain, Breaking the cycle, Musih Tedji Xaviere

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Described as a grim portrayal of human nature, Mothers’ Instinct is a film about the darker side of maternal love. Academy Award-winning actresses Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway play best friends raising sons of the same age in the same neighbourhood. The psychological thriller follows their apparently picture-perfect life in Sixties suburbia. The two friends in real life join Nuala McGovern to discuss.

A new BBC study of elite British sportswomen shows that many are training and chasing medals for Great Britain while earning surprisingly low wages. The 143 female athletes who responded were above the age of 16, and were competing for their country in senior sport or at top club level. Some women had considered giving up sport, because of the cost of living now. Nuala is joined by Becky Grey, BBC Sport journalist who has been working on this study.

In the first in a new series, Breaking The Cycle, following the work of the SHiFT team in Greater Manchester. Set up to help young people at risk of getting into serious trouble the approach is all about relationships. A 'Guide' works with a child and their family for at least 18 months and just keeps showing up. Our reporter Jo Morris went out and about with the team over the first year of the practice. Today, Sally Dicken from SHiFT paints a picture of the young people they are trying to help and explains the problems SHiFT has been set up to tackle.

These Letters End In Tears follows the story of two girls, Bessem and Fatima, as we learn the price they pay for falling in love. In Cameroon, where the book is based, same-sex relationships are punishable by law. The author, Musih Tedji Xaviere, has made a huge personal sacrifice bringing this story to life, and joins Nuala in the studio.

Reporter: Jo Morris

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and trust me you'll get there in a moment but if you're a comedy fan

0:05.2

I'd really like to tell you a bit about what we do. I'm Julie Mackenzie and I commission comedy

0:10.2

podcast at the BBC. It's a bit of a dream job really.

0:13.0

Comedy is a fantastic joyous thing to do because really you're making people laugh,

0:18.0

making people's days a bit better, helping them process, all manner of things.

0:22.0

But you know I also know that comedy is really

0:24.4

subjective and everyone has different tastes so we've got a huge range of comedy on offer

0:29.6

from satire to silly shocking to soothing profound to just general pratting about. So if you

0:36.2

fancy a laugh, find your next comedy at BBC Sounds.

0:41.0

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0:45.0

Hello, this is Nula McGovron and you're listening to the Women's Hour Podcast.

0:50.0

Hello and welcome to Woman's Hour.

0:52.0

Great to be back with you this week and I'm wondering

0:55.1

have you noticed the posters that are popping up with Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastane

1:00.3

for the film Mother's Instinct. Well they star in this new psychological thriller

1:05.2

it's opening later this week and we are thrilled to have both of them for you

1:09.9

today on the program. They're going to tell us what it was like to make the film

1:13.6

together as best friends, playing best friends, until they weren't. And speaking of

1:20.0

friends and support systems you will no doubt have seen Catherine

1:23.4

Princes of Wales announce over the weekend that she had a cancer diagnosis.

1:27.6

Her brother James posted this on Instagram. He said over the years we have climbed many mountains together as a family we will climb this one with you too

1:38.2

So I want to hear about who you turn to in trying times when life throws you a curveball who is on your speed dial or the first person or group that you will

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