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The News Agents

Olivia Colman on domestic violence, paparazzi and The Crown

The News Agents

Global

News, Daily News, Government, Politics

4.15.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Oscar-winning and BAFTA-winning actress Olivia Colman joins The News Agents in a rare broadcast interview to talk about her work: on screen, and off-screen with the charity she's a patron of: Tender. Together with Susie McDonald - CEO of Tender - she explains the importance of preventative efforts iin domestic violence cases in supplementing the work of charities supporting survivors of abuse.

And she talks the new season of The Crown, the writers strike and how press intrusion has radically changed her personal life.

Senior Producer: Gabriel Radus

Producer: Laura FitzPatrick

Planning Producer: Alex Barnett

Social Media Editor: Georgia Foxwell

Video Production: Rory Symon

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0:00.0

The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity.

0:09.1

This is a global player original podcast.

0:13.1

All paths should have a tender workshop. People are desensitised to other people's feelings.

0:19.3

I don't go out. I've become a hermit and I was a very

0:21.6

happy, sociable person. Olivia Coleman doesn't do many broadcast interviews. In fact, she hardly

0:27.2

does any broadcast interviews and will come on to the reason for that in a moment. She's come to

0:34.1

the newsagents today because she wants to talk about something that's very close to her heart that was actually inspired by a role that she did over a decade ago.

0:42.3

She wants to talk about how to end domestic abuse, violence against women.

0:47.9

And she also tells us about the things that have massively changed her life from being in the public eye.

0:54.7

Yeah. She has been a top actress winner of absolutely every award under the acting son that there is.

1:01.7

But it's come with a price tag. And the price tag is she is very recognisable. The cameras never

1:07.9

leave her alone. She wants to guard the privacy of her children and herself,

1:13.0

has had to make all sorts of decisions about her life

1:15.2

that she wouldn't have otherwise made.

1:17.9

She also talks with us a little bit about being the queen

1:20.9

and the problems of that.

1:23.0

Welcome to a special edition of the Newsagents.

1:28.6

The Newsagents. The Newsagents.

1:31.2

It's John.

1:32.3

It's Emily.

1:32.9

And this is a special feel, I think, because it's not every day that you get

1:36.6

a post-winning, bathroom, everything-winning actress,

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