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🗓️ 4 July 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
0:05.3 | Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Women's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
0:10.8 | Good morning and welcome to the programme. |
0:12.9 | The hope for a good weekend was had or some sort of weekend certainly by you and yours. |
0:18.1 | Now a big week for Women's Football. |
0:20.7 | On Wednesday the Women's Heroes will begin and the tournament is happening in England. |
0:25.2 | Record attendance in stadiums is expected as our high TV viewing figures, some putting |
0:30.2 | at 250 million viewers over 25 days across broadcast. |
0:36.6 | The Lionesses, as they have become known, are opening proceedings against Austria at |
0:41.2 | Old Trafford at 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening. |
0:44.6 | The Netherlands are the current holders having won on home soil in 2017 before the pandemic |
0:49.9 | delayed this tournament. |
0:51.4 | All 31 games will be live on the BBC and Spain, England and Sweden are among most people |
0:58.6 | favourites. |
0:59.6 | Today 43% of seats, priced between £5 and £50, have been bought by women, 43%, it is a |
1:08.7 | big number and a difference. |
1:11.2 | And I wanted to ask how engaged are you? |
1:13.6 | Perhaps you don't normally care for football and maybe the Women's Heroes and the Women's |
1:18.7 | Games has got you there. |
1:21.1 | Or are you already a football supporter and you are now sharing the love and caring about |
1:26.2 | the Women's Games? |
1:27.2 | Maybe you've always cared about the Women's Games. |
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