Dame Darcey Bussell; Single Fatherhood; Rape Review with Max Hill QC

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Dame Darcey Bussell is the former Principal of The Royal Ballet & Strictly Judge, President of the RAD & creator of Diversity Dance Mix. She joins Anita to talk about her passion for dance and her mission to rescue Britain’s ballet dancers, and raise spirits and money for struggling dance companies, by creating the British Ballet Charity Gala. The event was performed at the Royal Albert Hall in London bringing together eight ballet companies in one evening of dance. It will be pay per view streamed from 7pm tonight and available on demand until 18 July.

This Sunday is Father’s Day, and a new film out today on Netflix – ‘Fatherhood’ - explores the life of a single father raising his daughter. What is it like for the men who are lone parents? And how do young women feel growing up without a mother? Anita speaks to two fathers, and their daughters, to share their stories.

The government has just published its delayed review into how the criminal justice system deals with rape in England and Wales. It comes after charges, prosecutions and convictions for rape fell over the last five years and looks at every part of the system from when an allegation is made to whether or not it makes it trial and then conviction. A crucial part of the legal chain is the Crown Prosecution Service which decides which cases go forward for trial based on the available evidence. The head of the CPS is the Director of the Public Prosecutions – currently Max Hill QC. He joins Anita to discuss the government’s review and their own plans for increasing conviction rates.

Presented by Anita Rani Producer: Louise Corley Editor: Karen Dalziel

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0:41.0	Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from podcasts. will be starting the show by talking to the director of public prosecutions
0:54.3	Max Hill, QC, who is also the head of the Crown Prosecution Service about how they're
0:59.4	planning to tackle rape allegations after a government report came out last night because the rape
1:04.8	conviction rates in the last few years have dropped off a cliff and are frankly shocking.
1:10.4	A hundred and twenty eight thousand victims of rape, including attempted rape each year, but just 2,000 convictions.
1:19.0	Is this something you have experience of?
1:21.0	What did the experience do to you? Maybe you haven't come forward. you have
1:25.0	no experience of what did the experience do to you maybe you haven't come forward because you have no faith in the justice system.
1:28.0	I want to hear from you this morning and I want to give you the opportunity to put your questions
1:32.0	to the head of the CPS. You can tweet me at
1:34.8	BBC Woman's Hour, you can text us, it's 84844, or you can email via our websites and of course
1:40.9	we'll keep your identities anonymous if you so wish.
1:44.0	Then it's Father's Day on Sunday so we're celebrating dads by speaking to two
1:49.3	single fathers about bringing up children on their own and I want to hear about your dads and
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