Sally Phillips, Nusrat Ghani MP and vice-chair of The 1922 committee, Women's football, Anti-depressants, Soul singer PP Arnold

Woman's Hour

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Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The actor Sally Phillips on her latest film on Sky Cinema 'How to Please a Woman. Set in Western Australia, Sally plays fifty-something Gina who, having just lost her job, feels invisible and stuck in a sexless marriage, and sets up an all-male house cleaning service that also offers sexual services. Photo © SUCH FEISTY DAMES PTY LTD As Boris Johnson prepares to step down we hear from Nusrat Ghani the Conservative MP for Wealden and vice-chair of The 1922 committee that represents backbench conservative MPs. The members of the 1922 Committee wield a lot of power in the Conservative Party and runs the selection process for new leaders. Charlotte Carew Pole the Director of Women2Win, an organisation which aims to increase the number of Conservative women in Parliament. The rise in women being prescribed anti depressants. Dr Nighat Arif a GP who specialises in women's health explains. The American soul singer PP Arnold found fame in the 1960s as an Ikette with the Ike and Tina Turner Revue . Her autobiography is called Soul Survivor, As the Women's Euros get under way, veteran players share their stories. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Dianne McGregor

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:10.2	Hello and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour,
0:12.8	the finest selection of interviews from the week just gone.
0:15.8	On today's programme, as the Women's Euros gets underway,
0:19.2	memories of the game from some veteran players.
0:22.0	Why one woman says, now more than ever, women should join the Conservatives,
0:26.0	the rise of women being given anti-depressants.
0:29.0	Solsinger P.P. Arnold, who found fame as an IKET with the Ike and Tina Turner review,
0:34.5	and we hear from two members of an all-female team
0:37.4	travelling to the Ukraine border with supplies
0:40.1	and helping women and child refugees with safe passage.
0:43.8	But first, the actor, writer and comedian, Sally Phillips,
0:47.0	best known for smack the pony, playing Shaza in Bridget Jones, Tilly in Miranda,
0:52.2	the Finnish Prime Minister in Veepe and, of course, Radio 4's very own
0:55.7	award-winning Claire in the community.
0:57.8	Now she's returning to our screens on Sky Cinema,
1:00.8	in the starring role in the new film How to Please a Woman,
1:04.5	set in Western Australia,
1:06.0	Sally plays 50-something Gina,
1:07.9	who, having just lost her job, feels invisible
1:10.7	and stuck in a sexless marriage,
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