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Woman's Hour

Dr Lisa Cameron MP, Saffron Coomber & Yero Timi Biu, Julia Fox, IVF add-ons

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Dr Lisa Cameron was the SNP MP for East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow from 2015 until a week ago when she decided to join the Conservative Party. She has described the move as equivalent to leaving an abusive marriage. In her first radio interview since her defection, she joins Emma Barnett to discuss what led to her making this decision.

Listeners who have been through IVF treatment will be familiar the extra – and often very expensive – add-on services that many clinics recommend. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the fertility regulator, has now launched a ratings system to let patients see which add-ons are backed-up by evidence. Strikingly, not one of them has been given the highest "green" rating. Professor Tim Child chairs the HFEA's Scientific and Clinical Advances Advisory Committee. Jessica Hepburn spent over £70,000 on unsuccessful fertility procedures and now campaigns about the fertility industry. They joined Emma to discuss.

Three Little Birds is a new ITV series written by Lenny Henry which follows three women who emigrate from Jamaica to England in the 1950s - post-Windrush. The series is inspired by the stories of Lenny Henry’s family who, although had positive experiences of being helped as new arrivals, also shared accounts of physical and racial abuse when they reached the UK. Saffron Coomber who plays ‘Chantrelle’ and director Yero Timi Biu talk about the show.

Julia Fox is an actor, artist and fashion icon, as famous for her breakout role in the film Uncut Gems as she is for her spectacular avant-garde fashion choices. She became tabloid fodder after a brief relationship with Kanye West. Her memoir Down the Drain describes a troubled childhood of sex, drugs and abusive relationships in Italy and New York. She tells Emma how her high-fashion image allows her to escape the male gaze.

Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Steve Greenwood.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.

0:03.7

My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport podcasts.

0:08.4

I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with a leading journalist, experienced

0:12.2

pundits and the biggest sport stars.

0:14.3

Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the players'

0:18.5

mouths.

0:19.5

But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is our unique access to the sport world.

0:25.0

What that means is that we can bring you podcasts that create a real connection to

0:28.8

dedicated sports fans across the UK.

0:31.4

So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more.

0:35.7

Good morning and welcome to the programme.

0:38.2

Today you will hear quite an account from an MP who has felt forced to leave her party,

0:43.6

the Scottish Nationalist Party, and effect to the Conservatives.

0:48.0

In fact, you may have seen the footage of Dr Lisa Cameron crossing the floor of the House

0:52.4

of Commons yesterday to take her seat on the blue benches, as it were, alongside the

0:57.2

former Prime Minister Theresa May.

0:59.9

Why she claims she felt she had to leave is quite the story and experience, as you'll

1:05.0

hear shortly.

1:06.3

Also on today's programme, the director and actor from Lenny Henry's new TV drama talking

1:11.4

about the stories of three women who came to this country from Jamaica in the fifties.

1:16.2

Julia Foxx, the American actor and fashion icon, is in the building and will be with me in

1:21.2

the woman's ass studio a bit later on.

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