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Woman's Hour

Cricketer Nat Sciver-Brunt, Smacking, Hypochondria, Police drama Blue Lights, Soul Sisters Pakistan

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Nat Sciver-Brunt is the first English woman to be honored as Wisden's leading cricketer in the world. She joins Jesscia Creighton to discuss the accolade and her career in the sport.

Smacking children should be made illegal in England and Northern Ireland, say the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Striking a child is already illegal in Scotland and Wales, and in many other countries around the world. Dr Rowena Christmas, Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, talks about the ban in Wales, which she was instrumental in bringing in, and which has been in place for the last two years.

A self-described hypochrondriac, the author Caroline Crampton's new book A Body of Glass is a personal memoir and history of this elusive conditon. Beginning in the age of Hippocrates she joins Jessica to discuss the gendered history of this outdated term and her realtionship with it.

The actor Sian Brooke returns as Grace Ellis for the second series of Blue Lights on BBC One. She joins Jessica to talk about the role, and what she's learnt from diving into the world of policing in Belfast.

Social media platform Meta disabled Soul Sisters Pakistan for 43 hours earlier this month due to an intellectual property violation. Soul Sisters Pakistan was set up 11 years ago by the entrepreneur and activist Kanwal Ahmed as a support system for women to discuss topics considered taboo in Pakistani society, such as sex and divorce. In the past, the group has been accused by some of promoting divorce and 'wild' behavior. With over 300,000 members, who dub themselves soulies, she joins Jessica to discuss.

Presenter: Jessica Creighton Producer: Dianne McGregor

Transcript

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0:00.0

Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.

0:04.6

My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.

0:08.4

As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable

0:14.3

experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may not know is that the BBC

0:20.4

makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,

0:24.6

poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples.

0:29.7

If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds.

0:36.0

BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts.

0:41.0

Hello I'm Jessica Krieton welcome to the Woman's Hour

0:44.0

podcast now as you might have heard in the news a new report on

0:48.2

smacking children is calling for it to be made illegal in England and Northern Ireland, as it already is in Scotland

0:54.8

and Wales. We'll be speaking to a doctor in Wales about how the smacking law has impacted

0:59.8

health care professionals and parents.

1:02.8

Also on the program, the history of hypochondria

1:05.1

and why it is often a term leveled at women more so than men.

1:09.7

Plus, a leading women's community in Pakistan received global attention recently

1:14.4

when their Facebook group was suddenly shut down. We'll hear from the founder

1:18.5

about getting it reinstated and how she created a safe space for women throughout Pakistan to discuss subjects that were often considered to boo.

1:27.0

We'd also be hearing from the newly crowned leading women's cricketer in the world.

1:33.0

And she's English.

1:35.0

Nat Sibber Brunt tells us about winning this latest honor

1:38.0

after an incredible 2023 season.

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