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Woman's Hour

Bonnie Langford celebrates 50 years of performing, Frances Fricker, Divorce - a male perspective, Lipoedema treatment

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest: Bonnie Langford Interviewed Guest: Frances Fricker Reporter: Henrietta Harrison Interviewed Guest: Sharie Fetzer Bonnie Langford was just seven years old when she performed as Bonnie Butler at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in Gone With The Wind. She has since appeared in everything from Gypsy to Cats and Chicago. In more recent years she has played Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street at London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and brought her unique portrayal of Roz in Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5, The Musical. Bonnie joins Krupa to discuss her career spanning 50 years on stage and her current role as Evangeline Harcourt in Anything Goes. A professional woman who was continually called "good girl" by her boss has won an employment tribunal. Frances Fricker was told by her boss which photo to put on her work profile because HE thought it was the most attractive. The judge in the tribunal found that Frances, an accounts executive with a consultancy company called Gartner, had been sexually harassed at work, and because she fought against the harassment by taking a grievance, she was treated even worse. He also described the culture where she worked as laddish and toxic. In the latest in our series about Life after Divorce we hear a male perspective - Ryan, not his real name, is 34 and has two young children. He met his wife in his early twenties and married in 2015 but their relationship began to deteriorate after kids came along and they began the divorce process in November 2020. His own parents divorced when he was young. More than 40% of marriages end in divorce – and most of us will have been affected by one - whether it be our own, our parents’ or our children’s. Yet we don’t speak easily about the process or the fallout. In Life After Divorce our reporter Henrietta Harrison, who has recently been through a divorce herself, is speaking to listeners at different stages of the process. It’s estimated that Lipoedema effects up to 1 in 10 women in the UK. It’s the build up of fat cells in the bottom, legs and sometimes the arms. Until recently the most common type of treatment was liposuction – which permanently removes fat cells – but as of last month the regulator NICE has said liposuction can no longer be used as a treatment in the UK – deeming it unsafe and ineffective. We hear from Sharie Fetzer from Lipoedema UK and a patient who was halfway through her liposuction treatment when the rules changed.

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.1

Hello, this is Krupa Party and you're listening to the Woman's Hour Podcast.

0:09.6

On the programme, we're going to tell you more about a condition that often goes undiagnosed.

0:15.7

It's called Lipodema, which impacts one in 10 people, mainly women, and what it is is

0:21.5

the buildup of fat cells in the bottom legs and sometimes the arms.

0:26.4

And up until recently, the most common type of treatment for this was liposuction, but

0:31.3

due to safety concerns, its use has now been stopped in the UK until further research

0:36.4

is carried out.

0:37.9

So we're going to hear from someone whose treatment has been stopped midway and the

0:42.0

chair of Lipodema UK.

0:45.1

Bonnie Langford is a familiar face to many of us on TV and in musicals with an impressive

0:50.6

portfolio of acting, singing and dancing under her belt.

0:55.1

Now she is marking 50 years in showbiz and we're going to have a catch up with her a little

0:59.7

later.

1:01.0

In our latest in the series of Life After Divorce, we'll hear from a man we are calling

1:06.4

Ryan about his divorce journey.

1:09.0

He's in his 30s with two little children.

1:12.4

More than 40% of marriages end in divorce and most of us will have been affected by one.

1:18.2

Our series is trying to open up a frank and honest conversation about the process.

1:23.6

And you might remember the anatomy of kindness here on Radio 4 and the kindness test, the

1:29.0

was largest study of kindness.

1:31.3

When our researchers have found on average with some exceptions, people get kinder as they

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