Daisy May Cooper, The Bad Guru, Fiona-Lee

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Actor and writer Daisy May Cooper shot to fame with This Country, the mockumentary about rural poverty in the Cotswolds that she wrote and starred in with her brother Charlie. She followed that with the lead in BBC/HBO show Rain Dogs and in 2022 she co-wrote and starred in the twisting female-friendship thriller Am I Being Unreasonable? With the second series about to drop on BBC 1 and BBC iPlayer Daisy joins Clare McDonnell in the Woman’s Hour studio.

Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso has given evidence at the trial of Spain's former football chief Luis Rubiales. He is accused of sexual assault and coercion after he kissed her during the medal ceremony when Spain won the 2023 World Cup final, charges which he denies. Clare speaks to Semra Hunter, sports broadcaster journalist.

A new BBC podcast has uncovered some shocking allegations of grooming, trafficking and sexual exploitation linked to a yoga movement. The Bad Guru podcast follows Miranda who joined a yoga class in the UK which she discovered had links to the Atman Federation, an international yoga movement led by the Romanian guru Gregorian Bivalaru. After becoming part of the wider movement, Miranda says that she was groomed and sexually exploited. Clare hears from Miranda and from the podcast’s presenter, investigative journalist Cat McShane.

From her close relationship with her mum to her mental health struggles as a teenager, 24-year-old Fiona-Lee from Howden in Yorkshire writes earnestly about the emotional rollercoaster that is adolescence to adulthood. Her EP, ‘Nothing Compares to Nineteen,’ is released on the 7th of March and she joins Clare to perform the track 'Lavender'.

Presenter: Clare McDonnell Producer: Laura Northedge

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Greg Jenner. I'm the host of Your Dead to Me, where the best names in comedy and history
0:05.5	join me to learn about and laugh at the past. You are a traitor. And in the new series, we'll meet
0:11.2	Aristotle. I think he might have been a time traveller. Someone who's like almost a glitch.
0:15.3	We'll dive into the causes of the British Civil Wars in the 1600s. In England at this period,
0:19.8	there's people can't get on the housing ladder.
0:21.5	This sounds familiar. And we'll discover the arts and crafts movement. I love the clothes. I love
0:26.5	the vibe. Yes, we're a comedy show that takes history seriously and then laughs at it. You're dead to me.
0:31.3	Listen first on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds Music, radio, podcasts.
0:37.9	Hello, this is Claire Macdonnell and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast.
0:42.7	Hello and welcome to Woman's Hour.
0:45.5	Spanish footballer Jenny Hermoso has taken the stand in the trial of Spain's former football chief Louis Rubriales,
0:53.8	who's accused of sexual assault and coercion after Spain's victory in the 2023 World Cup,
0:59.6	when he kissed her during the medal ceremony.
1:02.6	Rubiales denies the charges.
1:05.0	The trial is being televised in Spain and garnering huge interest there.
1:10.0	We'll hear from a journalist who says this is about so much more than football.
1:15.0	Daisy May Cooper joins me in just a moment to talk about the second series of her smash hit comedy,
1:20.2	Am I Being Unreasonable?
1:22.3	We'll discuss allegations of trafficking and sexual exploitation linked to an international yoga movement.
1:29.7	I'll be hearing from Miranda, who says that she was exploited by the group and its guru.
1:35.3	Her story is part of the BBC's Bad Guru podcast.
1:39.3	And this is going to be great.
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