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🗓️ 20 November 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Yesterday, the closing arguments were made in the trial of Dominique Pelicot and 50 other men accused of raping Gisele Pelicot - a case that has not only shocked France but far beyond that country's borders. To understand what impact the trial has had on women in France Nuala speaks to Blandine Deverlanges, a feminist activist in the region where the trial is taking place who has been attending the trial of Dominique Pelicot.
Bethany Hutchison is one of eight female nurses who are taking their NHS Trust to an employment tribunal for allowing a trans woman to use their changing facilities at work. Bethany speaks to Nuala about why she feels she needed to bring this case, and how she hopes it will be resolved.
The Emmy and Golden Globe award winning actor Gillian Anderson has compiled a collection of women's sexual fantasties in her book 'Want'. She tells Nuala why she wanted to work on this project, following her role as Dr Jean Milburn in Sex Education, and also responds to the recent Presidential election in the USA.
Filmmaker Elizabeth Sankey has long had an affinity with witches – both the fictional depictions we get in film and TV and the women themselves caught up in the Witch Trials of the Early Modern Period. But it was her experience of perinatal mental health issues following the birth of her son that really forged a connection for her between what she'd been experiencing and witches themselves. She's produced a new documentary to look at exactly that.
Presented by Nuala McGovern Producer: Louise Corley
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0:00.0 | On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation. |
0:07.0 | It was an extraordinary news story. |
0:09.0 | The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny, |
0:14.0 | mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared. |
0:18.0 | One of the great mysteries in English criminal history. We're still looking for Lucan. |
0:22.1 | It's honestly one of the most powerful stories of my lifetime. |
0:26.0 | I'm Alex von Tundselman. |
0:27.4 | This is The Lucan Obsession. |
0:29.2 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
0:32.7 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
0:37.4 | Hello, this is Neula McGovern, and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast. |
0:42.3 | Hello and welcome to the programme. |
0:44.1 | Well, we have Gillian Anderson this hour to speak about sex, fantasies and elections. |
0:50.8 | That is coming up. |
0:51.7 | Also today, Elizabeth Sanky entered a mother and baby psychiatric unit after giving birth due to severe mental health issues that came postpartum. |
0:59.8 | The deep friendships that she made while there helped her heal. |
1:04.0 | And Elizabeth likens them to a witch's coven. |
1:06.9 | Well, it's all in her fascinating new film. |
1:08.9 | Witches should be here in studio with me. |
1:11.4 | You'll also hear from Bethany Hutchinson. |
1:13.4 | She is one of eight women, all nurses, |
1:15.3 | who are taking their NHS trust to an employment tribunal |
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