Lesley Manville, Afghanistan, Menopause and dental health, Conceived by rape, Ruby Wax, Pens
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
The actor Lesley Manville on her mission to change the way the world sees older women - not least in her latest TV performance in Channel 4's I am series. Lesley plays Maria, who at 60 and after 30-odd years of marriage, is finding it suffocating and decides she wants more from life.
The BBC journalist Zarghuna Kargar who used to present Afghan Woman's Hour found herself translating a Taliban press conference. It was her voice telling us what a Taliban spokesman said about women.
How menopause affects your dental health. We hear from Louise Newsom, NHS Advisor for the National Menopause Programme and Dr Uchenna Okoye, Clinical Director of London Smiling Dental Group.
'When Ruby Wax Met…' features some of her most memorable interviews. Ruby tells us about a particularly memorable encounter with a future US President- a Mr Donald Trump and when she fell in love with Carrie Fisher.
The woman who took her birth father to court for raping her birth mother in the 70s. It is thought to be the first of its kind.
And the people who love their pens - they even watch others using them. We hear from stationery enthusiast Rhiannon Morgan, who runs mummy of four YouTube channel and Jenna Meyers, a TikToker and hand-letterer who creates content about her favourite pens and handwriting.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Dianne McGregor
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:05.2 | Hello and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour, a choice selection of the standout moments |
| 0:10.4 | from the week just gone. |
| 0:12.5 | We'll shortly hear from the female journalist who's gone viral for translating the words |
| 0:16.8 | of the Taliban. |
| 0:18.2 | We talk dental health and the menopause. |
| 0:21.0 | Ruby Wax tells us about the time Donald Trump terrified her and when she fell in love |
| 0:26.0 | with Carrie Fisher and Penn Talk, the people who love their pens, they watch others using |
| 0:32.4 | them. |
| 0:33.4 | I feel very strongly about pen to paper writing, living in this digital world and how powerful |
| 0:38.0 | it is to put pen to paper, you just process things so much better. |
| 0:41.7 | So as you're writing, when you find the perfect pen, it just makes that experience so much |
| 0:46.2 | better. |
| 0:47.2 | All of that plus the actor Leslie Manville will be talking about her latest work and |
| 0:51.3 | her mission to show older women as they actually are. |
| 0:54.6 | So pour yourself a cup of whatever you fancy and settle in. |
| 0:58.2 | Now all this week, we've been reporting the ongoing developments in Afghanistan and the |
| 1:02.3 | plight of women and girls. |
| 1:04.2 | If you watch the Taliban's global press conference live on Tuesday, you'll have heard this. |
| 1:09.2 | What one of the spokesmen had to say about women? |
| 1:12.0 | There will be nothing against women in our ruling. |
| 1:19.6 | Our people accept our women, our Muslims, they accept Islamic rules. |
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