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Woman's Hour

DJ Lucy Edwards. Civil partnerships for all couples. Breaking or forming habits.

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Last weekend Lucy Edwards made history when she became the first blind person to present on Radio 1. How did she begin her career in broadcasting?

After a six year battle, Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld were finally able, as a heterosexual couple, to opt for a civil partnership. They talk about how their campaign began and their plans for their future.

The power of the habit that’s become entrenched. How do habits form and how easy are they to break? Author Catherine Gray on her latest book – the Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary.

Plus, as the Teenage Cancer Trust reveals that nearly thirty per cent of the young people who need to be treated don’t have any discussion about the impact it might have on their fertility we ask; What difference can such a discussion make?

And we look at one of the big issues of the new decade, social care.

Presenter Jenni Murray Producer Rosie Stopher Editor Beverley Purcell

Guest; Catherine Gray Guest; Lucy Edwards Guest; Charles Keidan Guest; Rebecca Steinfeld Guest; Dr Heather McKee Guest; Kate Raworth. Guest; Angela Saini Guest; Dr Sarah Jarvis Guest; Bea Campbell. Guest; Professor Pamela Kearns Guest; Dr Louise Soanes Guest; Ellie Waters

Transcript

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Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.

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Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.

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And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less

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searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC sounds. Choosing what to

0:32.1

watch night after night the flicking through the endless

0:36.6

searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the

0:41.6

telly we share what we've been watching.

0:43.7

Cladie Aide!

0:45.7

Loads of games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.

0:48.2

Lovely.

0:49.0

Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.

0:51.2

And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less

0:54.7

searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds.

0:58.8

BBC Sounds music radio podcasts.

1:04.0

Good afternoon. New Year has been and gone.

1:08.0

Resolutions made and either pursued or already abandoned. What habits did you want to begin or break in the

1:17.7

phonin on Monday? And we looked ahead to the big issues of the coming decade.

1:23.6

Social care is clearly a priority for the economist Kate Rayworth.

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