Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire, Raye, Stalking
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Powerhouse actors Keira Knightley and Sarah Lancashire are starring alongside Ben Wishaw in new Netflix spy drama Black Doves. It follows the story of a female spy seeking revenge for the murder of her lover – whilst outwardly being married to a high-ranking politician. Keira and Sarah speak to Nuala McGovern about the drama, their careers and their experiences as women in the film industry.
Victims of stalking could be given more protection from their abusers under new government proposals. The Home Office has today revealed six new measures to tackle the problem of stalking which is so prolific - official figures show that one in five women aged 16 and over in England and Wales have been a victim of stalking at least once. The new rules would include the right for victims to know the identity of online stalkers much sooner, and a wider use of stalking protection orders, as well as a review of current stalking legislation. Emma Lingley-Clark interim CEO at the Suzy Lamplugh Trust responds to the announcement.
73-year-old Jane Rubens from Edinburgh was enjoying a holiday in the US when the worst thing happened. Whilst crossing a walkway in St Louis, Missouri she was hit by an SUV. She suffered a serious brain injury, broken ribs and a fractured collarbone. After multiple brain surgeries, she is now in an induced coma in a US hospital. Against medical advice, the insurance provider AXA Partners gave her family an ultimatum, fly her home to Scotland immediately, or they'll remove funding for her hospital care. Her daughter, Cat Rubens, tells Nuala how she used social media to fight the company’s decision.
Raye has been named as one of the people on this year's BBC 100 Women list, which celebrates 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world every year. This year she won six Brit awards including songwriter of the year - the first time a woman has been given that particular accolade. We hear her speaking to BBC 100 Women’s Kirsty Grant about her huge success and the pressure she feels female artists are under.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Kirsty Starkey
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| 0:00.0 | In Northern Ireland, from the late 70s to the early 90s, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers. |
| 0:08.0 | But the man who often found, tortured and sometimes killed these people on behalf of the IRA |
| 0:12.0 | was himself an informer, a secret British army agent with the codename Stakeknife. |
| 0:18.0 | Who gets to play God? And why me? Why my family? |
| 0:21.4 | When lies are still being told to this day, who do you believe? |
| 0:25.1 | I wouldn't even know where to start. |
| 0:26.7 | And I'm with the IRA. |
| 0:28.5 | Steakknife. |
| 0:29.7 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:33.5 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:38.1 | Hello, this is Newell McGovern, and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast. |
| 0:43.1 | Hello, and welcome to the programme. |
| 0:45.4 | Well, in just a couple of minutes, we will have quite the acting duo for you |
| 0:49.2 | that are making their way to the Woman's Hour studio as I speak. |
| 0:52.6 | I'm talking about Sarah Lancashire and Kira Knightley. |
| 0:55.7 | Amazing, right? |
| 0:56.8 | Well, they've teamed up for the Netflix series, Black Doves, |
| 0:59.8 | and it has been raising my heart rate a little when I've been watching it, |
| 1:03.8 | so we'll talk about that. |
| 1:05.2 | Also today, the woman who took to social media to battle an insurance giant |
| 1:09.7 | to protect her mother who suffered a severe brain injury while abroad. |
| 1:13.8 | We're going to hear that story. |
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