Nicki Chapman, Los Bitchos, Post Office Scandal

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Nicki Chapman is well-known for presenting shows like Escape to the Country and Wanted Down Under and also a regular presenter on BBC Radio 2. She started out as a record plugger in the music industry – and now she’s written a memoir, So Tell Me What You Want, which lifts the lid on what it was like managing and touring with the likes of David Bowie, Take That, and S Club. She joins Anita Rani to talk about her career so far and her recent cancer diagnosis.

Two sisters, Eileen Macleod and Maureen Bedford, are to receive honorary degrees at the ages of 90 and 95, more than 60 years after they finished studying. The pair trained at the Bedford College of Physical Education in the 1940s and 1950s, but did not receive formal degree qualifications. Anita talks to them both about gaining qualifications in their nineties.

The Post Office Horizon scandal has been described as the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British legal history. One of those impacted was Ravinder Naga. In 2009, he falsely confessed to stealing money from his mum's Post Office to protect her from going to prison. Last week his conviction was overturned after 15 years. Anita talks to Ravinder and his mum Gurbash about what happened, and the impact it had on their relationship.

Los Bitchos are an all-female band from countries across the world who play a range of instrumental music from the style of Colombia folk music to Turkish psychedelic rock! All four members - Nic Crawshaw, Josefine Jonsson, Serra Petale and Agustina Ruiz, join Anita to discuss their latest album, Talkie Talkie, and to perform live in the studio.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lottie Garton

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0:00.0	Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.
0:05.0	My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.
0:08.0	It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, moments and movements,
0:14.7	stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous.
0:19.1	And the BBC's position at the heart of British music means we can tell those stories like no one else.
0:24.6	We were, are and always will be right there at the center of the narrative.
0:28.6	So whether you want an insightful take on music right now or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and
0:34.4	infamous moments in music check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds.
0:38.6	BBC Sounds music radio podcasts.
0:44.0	Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Womenshauer from BBC Radio 4.
0:49.0	Just to say that for rights reasons, the music in the original radio broadcast has been removed for this
0:54.6	podcast. Good morning, welcome to Womensower and have we got a Friday treat for you.
0:59.7	The four-piece girl band Lost Bitchos are going to be in the studio. I'll chat to them
1:03.1	about their new album and making music together. Also, Team Woman's Hour would like to
1:08.0	congratulate Maureen Bedford and Eileen McCloud, two sisters, age 95 and 90, who 60 years after finishing their studying
1:17.0	are getting honorary degrees. They went to Bedford College of Physical Education and studied
1:22.2	PE but were never awarded formal degrees until now.
1:26.4	So well done ladies.
1:27.8	This morning though I'd like to hear about a time you finally got your validation. Not everyone does things to get something in
1:34.9	return. Some people are just wonderfully generous, but it is nice when someone
1:39.0	sees you. Maybe you've guerrilla gardened your local green space and someone said thank you.
1:44.8	Did you eventually get the promotion you knew you always deserved?
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