Dame Siân Phillips, Abuse of vulnerable elderly, Clemency Burton-Hill

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Actor Dame Siân Phillips’ life and career are explored in a new documentary, Siân Phillips at 90. She joins Krupa Padhy to talk about some of her acting roles, including playing Emmeline Pankhurst in a BBC drama in the 1970s, what it was like being married to Peter O’Toole, and what she’s doing now.

Clemency Burton-Hill MBE, is an award-winning broadcaster, podcaster, author, journalist and musician. She joins Krupa to discuss Journal of Wonder - the newest book in her bestselling Year of Wonder series - which takes you from January to December with classical music suggestions for every day.

The power of attorney system can sometimes be abused to take advantage of older people. Krupa is joined by Carolyn Stephens, who shares her story of becoming estranged from her elderly father after he met a woman on a singles holiday. He later agreed to grant power of attorney to the woman, which resulted in him being placed in a care home without his family knowing. Journalist Sue Mitchell, who shares the details of the whole affair in an upcoming radio documentary, also joins Krupa to talk about why she wanted to tell Carolyn’s story.

Co-founder of The Onion Collective, Jess Prendergast, tells Krupa how she and her friends created the social enterprise East Quay Watchet in Somerset after they were frustrated by the lack of opportunities in their local town. Plus local ‘craftivist’ Lyn Barlow tells us about exhibiting her textile art in the new gallery and what the new enterprise means to her.

Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Lottie Garton

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0:08.0	I'm Dr Michael Mosley and in my Just One Long Thing podcast series, I'll be chatting to doctors and scientists
0:15.1	we'll be covering topics like sleep exercise happiness and staying young with each of
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0:27.0	Just one long thing listen first on BBC Sounds
0:34.0	BBC Sounds BBC Sounds. Music Radio Podcasts.
0:36.0	Hello, this is Kruppaparty and you're listening to the Women's Hour Podcast.
0:41.0	Good morning and thank you for being with us.
0:43.8	At the start of 2021, the award-winning broadcaster Clevency Burton Hill joined us here on
0:49.4	Women's Hour for her first broadcast interview after she suffered a brain bleed and spent two weeks in a coma.
0:56.1	Three years on, she's joining us again to share the story of her recovery and the role that
1:01.1	music has played in her healing journey.
1:04.0	Clevency will tell us about her new book,
1:06.0	part of the best-selling Year of Wonder series,
1:09.0	where she shares a piece of classical music for each day of the year. Also there were no architects or
1:15.9	consultants to get their projects off the ground but there was a lot of tea,
1:19.8	biscuits and sometimes gin when four innovative and entrepreneurial women came up with a plan to rejuvenate their disadvantaged community.
1:29.4	Watch it in West Somerset. The women call themselves the Onion Collective and they believe
1:35.2	that what they've achieved is an example of how towns can reimagine a future
1:39.7	they want to be a part of. And I want to hear from you on this.
1:43.6	What have you done to change your local area?
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