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Woman's Hour

Director and actor Kathy Burke on her new series of documentaries: All Woman

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Director, actor Kathy Burke on her new series of documentaries for Channel 4 “All Woman” which are about appearance, motherhood, marriage and relationships. We’ll be talking about women’s finances and the changes to income when women have a family. There's music from the Scottish songwriter Karine Polwart. Dr Amy Kavanagh a disability campaigner tells us about her experiences of harassment in public spaces. Plus a look at how to use the last few weeks of the holidays to prepare children for primary school and the wrestler Heather Bandenburg also known as La Rana Venenosa on why she thinks women’s wrestling is a feminist act. Presented by Jane Garvey Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed Editor: Beverley Purcell Guest; Sarah Pennells Guest; Lucy Tobin Guest; Fran Bennett Guest; Helen Stroudley Guest; Vibha Ghei

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0:00.0

Hi, good afternoon. Welcome to the weekend edition of Woman's Air. This is our best bits of

0:05.4

the week compilation. Hope you enjoy what we've got for you this afternoon. We're going

0:09.6

to start with a conversation with Kathy Burke, which you'll hear in a moment or two. Also,

0:14.5

we talked very frankly about women and personal finance and why it's often so difficult

0:19.2

for women to talk to partners about money. You can also hear in this program from Amy

0:25.0

Kavanaugh, Dr Amy Kavanaugh, who's partially cited, and the Disability Rights Campaigner.

0:30.8

She's been speaking about how she's treated when she goes about in public.

0:36.2

When I'm stood at a road crossing, I think it causes a lot of people panic, but all I want them

0:40.1

to do is just ask me if I need help first, because regardless of how good their intentions are,

0:44.8

being grabbed suddenly with no warning is absolutely terrifying, and good intentions can have

0:50.8

really unpleasant consequences, like being injured, pain, damage to my mobility equipment.

0:56.2

And it can get worse than that, so you'll hear from Amy on Weekend Woman's Air today.

1:01.1

There's music from the Scottish songwriter, Carrie and Paul Watt,

1:04.8

how you can help your child settle into primary school, and the wrestler, Heather Bandenberg,

1:10.4

on why she believes that wrestling is a feminist act. Wrestling requires you to make so much sound,

1:17.6

and be strong, and take up space, and be aggressive, and all these things that I think are really

1:24.9

important parts of being a woman, and I find strength in them, and it celebrates that.

1:30.5

Heather Bandenberg, and you'll hear about her life in the wrestling ring on Weekend Woman's Air.

1:36.3

We start then with the director and actor, and Twitter stalwart Cathy Burke.

1:42.1

She is presenting a new series of three documentaries for Channel 4, that the programme is called

1:47.4

All Woman, and they start next Tuesday at 10pm. The programmes are about appearance,

1:53.6

about the appeal of motherhood, and about relationships. I ask Cathy why does she believe that people

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