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Woman's Hour

Dr Who actor Jemma Redgrave on the show's new 60th anniversary shows and the history of eyeliner

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

It’s Doctor Who’s 60th year and to celebrate, there will be three anniversary specials coming to your screens starting next week. Jemma Redgrave will be returning as Kate Stewart - Chief Scientific Officer at UNIT - the military organisation set up to investigate alien threats to earth. Jemma speaks to Emma Barnett about what we can expect and what it is like being a part of the show.

Professor Dame Lesley Regan talks about the decision to let women access the contraceptive pill from pharmacies in England, from next month, without the need for a GP appointment.

There is going to be a new parental leave policy in France. Parents will be entitled to “family leave” worth half their salary for up to a year. We talk a lot on Woman’s Hour about the maternity leave, paternity leave and shared parental leave policies in this country – but what could we learn by looking abroad? Professor Alison Koslowski from University College London and Elena Brown from Rand Europe outline and discuss the different policies.

Emmy-nominated film director Nisha Pahuja joins Woman’s Hour to talk about her new documentary, To Kill A Tiger. It focuses on Ranjit, the father of a young girl in a tribal Indian village who has been sexually assaulted, and his battle for justice. Nisha tells Emma why she wanted to make a film about this and the important changes it has made.

Eyeliner is one of the most enduring cosmetic tools; it is an aesthetic trademark that was favoured by the ancient Egyptian Queen Nerfertiti, the late singer Amy Winehouse and still up there now, with Z beauty influencers. Writer Zahra Hankir reports its history in her new book Eyeliner.

Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Bob Nettles

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Doleepa, and I'm at your service.

0:04.7

Join me as I serve up personal conversations with my sensational guests.

0:08.8

Do a leap interviews, Tim Cook.

0:11.2

Technology doesn't want to be good or bad.

0:15.0

It's in the hands of the creator.

0:16.7

It's not every day that I have the CEO of the world's biggest company in my living room.

0:20.7

If you're looking at your phone more than you're looking in someone's eyes,

0:24.6

you're doing the wrong thing.

0:26.0

Julie, at your service, listen to all episodes on BBC Sales. B. B. C Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts.

0:36.0

Hello, I'm Emma Barnet and welcome to Woman's A from BBC Radio 4.

0:41.0

I hope you're doing well wherever you're joining us from today. Personally I had

0:44.9

eyeliner streaming down my face earlier which will teach me after laying it on a

0:48.4

bit heavier today trying to get it perfect and of a conversation with an author who's charted the history and impact of the

0:55.4

lines that some of us try to draw on our eyes each day or each night.

0:59.9

All that to come with the author Zara Hanke here.

1:03.0

But in what has been hailed by some as the most revolutionary change in women's health since

1:07.3

hormonal contraceptive first became available in the 1960s,

1:11.0

the news that millions of women in England will be able to get the

1:14.0

contraceptive pill for free from high street pharmacies without seeing a GP is

1:18.5

making headlines today. In the same week a woman is back at the helm of the health decision making in the government

1:24.4

Victoria Atkins, the new health secretary, we're going to explore the hype and figure out

1:28.6

what has led to this decision and what the reality may mean. The rules differ across the UK, I should say that, but how do you view this announcement?

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