Rivals, J Smith Cameron, Lucy Letby case

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Former nurse Lucy Letby became one of the UK’s most notorious child killers after she was convicted in 2023 of harming and murdering babies in her care. The nurse was found guilty by two juries after lengthy trials, but now there's been speculation over whether some evidence in the Letby trial was reliable. BBC Special Correspondent Judith Moritz is the co-author of the book Unmasking Lucy Letby: The untold story of the killer nurse. She joins Nuala McGovern to discuss what she has discovered since the trial ended.

The actor J. Smith Cameron is currently on stage in London’s West End alongside Mark Rylance in Juno and the Paycock. It’s a play about a working class family in Dublin during the1922 Irish Civil War. J joins Nuala to discuss this, as well as her starring role in Succession where she played Gerri Kellman.

Last weekend, the adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s classic 1980s bonkbuster Rivals landed on Disney+. The eight-part series is set in a fictional upper-class Cotswolds community and features media, politics and lots and lots of sex. So what does this moment of steamy nostalgia tell us about sex in 2024? Nuala talks to Dayna McAlpine, a sex and relationships writer and lifestyle editor at HuffPost UK, and Rowan Pelling, co-editor at Perspective and former editor of the Erotic Review.

New Zealand have won, against the odds, the Women’s T20 World Cup – an achievement that may mark a turning point for women’s cricket, so often dominated by Australia. Nuala is joined by batting all-rounder and a stalwart of the White Ferns, Suzie Bates.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Maryam Maruf Editor: Karen Dalziel Studio Manager: Gayl Gordon

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0:59.6	Hello and welcome to the program. Succession fans, Irish theatre fans, we have a treat for you.
1:05.8	J Smith Cameron, who is Jerry in Succession, seen by some as one of the greatest ever TV dramas she is now Juno in Juno in the Peacock the play called an Irish theatrical masterpiece
1:12.1	so we have the star of both of those coming up. Also,
1:15.6	Sex in the 80s compared to sex today. We are exploring it through the lens of
1:20.0	a TV show adaptation of Chilly Cooper's rivals I'm sure you've heard about it and there were many things wrong with the 80s
1:26.9	there was misogyny homophobia inequality sexism some of those continue but there does seem to be nostalgia for some of the debauchery and
1:35.9	excess that is on show with this show but is the fascination with the 80s and rivals in particular just that we are ready for and want more sex on TV
1:48.0	Some talk about younger generations being a bit more buttoned up or a few more hang-ups when it comes to sex.
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