Juliet Stevenson: Why I refuse to be invisible in midlife
Postcards From Midlife
Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Actor extraordinaire Juliet Stevenson and campaigner and podcaster Nicky Clark join Lorraine and Trish to talk about the Acting Your Age campaign which calls for more representation of midlife women on screen and stage. Plus what Nicky has learned as a carer for her mum and disabled daughters. And why Juliet has finally married her partner of over 30 years
EXTRA! Is this the ultimate midlife playlist? Trish & Lorraine turn DJ and pick the best anthems to dance to.
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| 0:00.0 | So you know how we often have a brain fog blooper on the show, a blooper or two? |
| 0:05.5 | I've decided we should have a new category for the daft things that teenagers do. |
| 0:10.5 | We need a name for it. I'm thinking teen brainfarts. Do you like that idea? |
| 0:14.5 | I don't know whether I can use the word fart out loud. |
| 0:18.6 | Well, it sets me slightly. It's like when their brain just goes so contrary opposite and wrong, |
| 0:23.4 | and they do most logical things that anyone looking at them would say don't do that. |
| 0:28.5 | Exactly. Well, I've got a good example. This is what set me off. |
| 0:31.9 | So teenage son, 18, to get the end of the ketchup out of the ketchup bottle. |
| 0:37.8 | He decided to use a windmill action with his arm, swinging his arm, |
| 0:43.4 | arm's length, swimming the ketchup to create a sort of centrifugal, you know, |
| 0:47.6 | movement to start ketchup going. Of course the lid wasn't on. |
| 0:51.2 | So the ketchup, the remaining ketchup, all over the ceiling in the kitchen, |
| 0:56.8 | all over the walls in the hall. It made it out to the hall on the windows at the end of the kitchen |
| 1:02.8 | everywhere. So like that scene from Carrie, it was a bit, it was a bit red and bloody and very sticky. |
| 1:08.4 | And of course, um, was just left in that city. Yes. |
| 1:12.7 | Anyway, teenage brain fart. Oh my god, the list will be huge. |
| 1:17.3 | We had one leaf of milk off the lid off the milk the other day, |
| 1:21.4 | and then come in and knock the milk, four points of milk all over the floor and shouting, |
| 1:25.6 | who's left the lid off the milk? Oh my god, that really a cute, sorry way they have. |
| 1:29.6 | Yeah, it is. So that's just two lid ones to get started with. |
| 1:36.0 | Hello, hello, welcome to Postcards from Midlife. |
| 1:39.5 | I'm Trish Halpin, and I'm Nareen Candy. |
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