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Woman's Hour

Author Maggie O'Farrell, Allegations against Gregg Wallace, Marina Costa-Jackson

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

When the Stammer Came to Stay is award-winning author Maggie O’Farrell’s third book for children. Based on her own experience of living with a stammer, it's a story that celebrates differences and explores the resilience of children as they learn to navigate new and seemingly frightful challenges. She talks to Anita Rani about the book and the impact of her stammer on her life.

Gregg Wallace is to step away from presenting MasterChef while allegations of historical misconduct are investigated. Wallace's lawyers say it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature and MasterChef's production company Banijay UK has launched an investigation. To discuss the story, Anita is joined by Katie Razzall, the BBC's Media Editor. Anita also speaks to Emma Bartlett, employment lawyer and partner at CM Murray, to look at some of the issues cases like this raise in terms of reporting allegations of inapproprate behavior in the workplace.

In Nigeria scammers posing as doctors are convincing women that they have a “miracle fertility treatment” guaranteed to get them pregnant. BBC Africa Eye Reporter Yemisi Adegoke explains how these scammers target infertile women and fuel an underground trade in black market babies. Nigeria’s Miracle Baby Scammers is on BBC iPlayer.

The Italian-American soprano Marina Costa-Jackson's acclaimed portrayals include Floria Tosca at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Mimi in La Bohème at Los Angeles Opera, and Carmen with Nashville Opera. She has now made her Royal Opera House debut where she is currently singing the role of Giulietta in a new production of The Tales of Hoffmann. She joins Anita, live in the studio, to discuss the role, how she handles performance anxiety, and to sing the aria L'amour lui dit la belle, accompanied by Christopher Willis on piano.

Presented by Anita Rani Producer: Louise Corley

Transcript

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0:00.0

In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers.

0:08.0

But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA

0:12.0

was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife.

0:18.0

Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family?

0:21.4

When lies are still being told to this day, who do you believe?

0:25.1

I wouldn't even know where to start.

0:26.7

And I'm with the IRA.

0:28.5

Steakknife.

0:29.7

Listen first on BBC Sounds.

0:33.5

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:37.5

Hello, I'm Anita Rani, and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:42.6

Just to say that for rights reasons, the music in the original radio broadcast has been removed for this podcast.

0:49.1

Good morning and welcome to Friday's Woman's Hour.

0:52.1

I'm delighted to tell you that Maggio Farrell will be telling us about her beautiful new children's book

0:57.5

when the Stammer came to stay and overcoming her own stammer.

1:02.0

It's Friday we have an operatic sensation.

1:05.5

Soprano Marina Costa Jackson is making her Royal Opera House and Woman's Hour debut.

1:10.3

And yes, as well as telling us about her role playing Julietta in The Tales of Hoffman, she'll be singing live.

1:16.5

Also on the programme, we will be discussing a new panorama investigation, exposing a cruel scam taking place in Nigeria involving fake pregnancies and baby trafficking.

1:28.9

And the news has been swirling about Greg Wallace

1:32.7

and the allegations of inappropriate sexual comments,

1:35.7

which his lawyers say are entirely false.

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