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Woman's Hour

Philippa Perry, Antisemitism, Undiagnosed children, Simone Pennant

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Shrink Solves Murder is the first novel by the artist and psychotherapist Philippa Perry. She talks to Anita Rani about her new book and protagonist Patricia Philipps, who like Philippa is also a psychotherapist. However the similarity ends when Patricia turns sleuth after one of her patients turns up dead.

Two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green in north London yesterday, in an incident police are treating as a terrorist incident. The attack took place in an area with a large Jewish population and comes amid a wider rise in antisemitic incidents across the UK. The government’s independent adviser on terrorism legislation, Jonathan Hall KC, has said attacks targeting Jewish people now represent "the biggest national security emergency" in almost a decade. To talk more about the impact on families, children and communities we are joined by Debbie Fox, the chief executive of the Jewish Leadership Council, which represents the largest Jewish organisations in the UK.

The NHS says there are around 6,000 children born each year in the UK with genetic conditions so rare they remain undiagnosed and unnamed. This group of children, known as SWAN children, Syndromes Without A Name, have complex medical needs. Ten years ago Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity funded the world’s first nurse specialising in this area at Great Ormond Street. They have now secured a second post. We hear from SWAN nurses Anna Jewitt and Lucy Michaels along with Tali Drumgoon, the mother of Roscoe who is undiagnosed and who's under the care of the SWAN nurses at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Simone Pennant, the founder and CEO of The TV Collective, has just been presented with the 2026 BAFTA Television Craft Special Award at this year’s ceremony. It was in recognition for her outstanding contribution, championing diversity within the screen industries. She joins us to discuss her work and what it means to receive the award.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Andrea Kidd

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts.

0:07.0

If you need help on money matters, you're not alone.

0:10.4

In the Martin Lewis podcast, I'll give you tips to keep more cash in your pocket

0:13.9

and answer your important questions.

0:16.7

Now that we're starting from scratch, what is the best way for us to move forward?

0:21.2

To help your everyday finances just add up.

0:24.8

Let's see what we can do.

0:26.2

The Martin Lewis podcast, listen on BBC Sounds.

0:30.1

Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:35.3

Good morning, welcome to the programme.

0:37.8

The mother of a 34-year-old Jewish man who was stabbed in Golders Green yesterday tells the BBC

0:42.6

she's pretty horrified that these things could happen on the streets of London.

0:47.3

We'll discuss the impact of these latest attacks on Jewish families and communities.

0:53.0

Simone Pennant has won a BAFTA, the founder and CEO of the TV Collective for

0:58.1

championing diversity in film and TV and digital industries.

1:02.6

Give thanks and remember, if you can believe it, you can conceive it.

1:07.4

Believe the hype.

1:08.6

Manifestation is real.

1:10.7

Look at me. Daddy'll be celebrating her and finding out

1:19.5

how she did it on the program now if you're looking for a page turning cozy crime thriller

1:24.9

to sink into Philippa Perry's debut novel, Shrink Solves Murder,

1:29.4

will most probably satisfy your urge.

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