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Woman's Hour

Reappraising Christine Keeler, Leah Penniman, Alice Guy Blache

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

BBC One drama series The Trial of Christine Keeler is an imaginative reappraisal of the 1960s scandal known as the Profumo Affair. It's told from her perspective and the impact a series of powerful men had on the teenage girl. We hear archive of Christine Keeler talking to Woman’s Hour in 2001. And, Baroness Joan Bakewell and Professor Kate Williams discuss attitudes to Keeler at the time and changes in sexual politics since 1963.

New research out today reveals that women in the UK have much poorer sexual health than men. But many of the groups identified in the study – including those with sexual dysfunction and low desire - are often being missed by existing sexual health services. We look at what's happening and why.

Fifteen per cent of UK farmers are women. When it comes to Black or ethnic minority farmers, numbers are hard to pin down - and it seems there’s a similar lack of diversity in farming and food production in America. Leah Penniman is a Black woman who describes herself as an activist farmer. She opened a community farm called Soul Fire Farm in New York State, aiming to provide better quality food for people on low incomes. She talks about her new book, Farming While Black.

Alice Guy-Blache was a pioneering French filmmaker. In 1896 she wrote, produced and directed one of the first narrative films ever made. She created more than 1,000 films during her 20-year career and ran her own studio, yet her contribution to the birth of cinema has largely been largely forgotten. Pamela B Green spent 8 years researching her story, resulting in the documentary film ‘Be Natural’, and joins us to discuss her work.

Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Ruth Watts

Transcript

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searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:35.0

Hello, Jenny Murray welcoming you to the Women's Hour Podcast.

0:40.0

Christy Kila is on view in the BBC serial on Sunday night attracting huge audiences.

0:48.0

We hear from her from an interview in 2001 and ask how she was seen in the swinging 60s and how with changing

0:56.2

sexual politics she is viewed today. Farming while black, Leo Penman's Book about the importance of the ownership of land and organic farming to the liberation of the children of former slaves.

1:10.0

And as female film directors appear to be ignored in the season's award ceremonies,

1:15.5

the woman who in 1896 became a leading light in the birth of cinema,

1:21.5

who was Alice Gee Blache. Now you may have seen the

1:26.4

headlines in some of today's papers declaring a third of women have almost no

1:31.0

interest in sex and many are left distressed by a lack of libido.

1:36.6

Research led by the University of Glasgow has found that whilst there's a lot of attention

1:41.8

in sexual health services paid to sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancies,

1:48.0

there is very little help for those who seem to have no interest in a satisfying sex life. Why do women suffer more than

1:56.4

men and why does the passion appear to fail us in our later years?

2:01.2

Well Dr. Catherine Hood is a consultant in psychosocial

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