Sophie Duker, Sudan sexual violence crisis, The Road Trip

Woman's Hour

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Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Would you ask your friends to describe you in one word? Comedian Sophie Duker did. She joins Nuala McGovern to talk about hearing their responses and how it influenced her new standup show, But Daddy, I Love Her.

Adele is in the headlines this morning after being accused of plagiarism in a Brazilian court for her 2015 song, Million Years Ago.Brazilian composer Toninho Geraes is seeking royalties - more than £125,000 - in moral damages for the alleged plagiarism, and songwriting credit for the track, claiming his samba song, Mulheres. influenced Adele’s song. Dr Karlyn King, lecturer in music business discusses.

There's been an announcement of new vetting standards for potential and serving police officers and staff in England and Wales. The kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens led to so many questions and brought to light other failures in policing. Now, following recommendations from the Casey Review, the Angiolini Inquiry and His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services report there is new guidance from the College of Policing on how police need to be vetted to protect the public. Harriet Wistrich solicitor and director of the Centre for Women's Justice explains why they welcome the new guidance.

It’s 20 months since the start of the civil war in Sudan and the country is suffering a humanitarian crisis. Nearly 12 million people have been displaced, a famine is on the horizon and in October, a UN fact-finding mission said the scale of sexual violence taking place was staggering. Campaign group, Human Rights Watch, is calling for a dedicated UN mission to protect women and girls from sexual violence. Associate Director in the Crisis, Conflict and Arms Division at Human Rights Watch, Belkis Wille joins Nuala.

The Road Trip is a brand new adaptation of Beth O’Leary’s rom-com book of the same name. It follows Addie and her sister Deb as they are forced to car-share on the way to a wedding with Addie’s ex-boyfriend and his best friend. Nuala is joined in the studio by Beth O’Leary and Emma Appleton, who plays Addie.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Laura Northedge

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Nicola Cocklin.
0:02.8	Young people have been making history for years, but we don't often hear about them.
0:06.6	My brand new series on BBC Sounds sets out to put this right.
0:10.6	In history's youngest heroes, I'll be revealing the fascinating stories of 12 young people
0:16.0	who've played a major role in history and who've helped shape our world.
0:19.8	Like Audrey Hepburn, Nelson Mandela,
0:22.5	Louis Braille and Lady Jane Grey, history's youngest heroes with me, Nicola Cochlin. Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:31.7	BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. Hello, I'm Nula McGovern and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:39.8	Just to say that for rights reasons, the music in the original radio broadcast has been removed
0:44.4	for this podcast.
0:46.3	Hello and welcome to the programme.
0:48.4	Well, in a moment why the singer Adele is accused of plagiarism in Brazil, also today
0:53.9	new vetting standards for potential and
0:56.1	serving police officers and staff, but does it go far enough? Also, the actor Emma Appleton
1:02.9	will be here with writer Beth O'Leary. Beth's bestselling novel, The Road Trip will be on our
1:07.7	screens over the holidays with Emma in the driving seat of the camper van, which is host to a lot of action.
1:14.6	We also have comedian Sophie Duker back with us as she goes on tour with a new stand-up show.
1:20.7	We'll hear the story of when Sophie asked her pals for feedback.
1:24.8	Now, she was shocked when they described her very differently to how she thought
1:29.1	about herself. So we're talking about mismatched feedback this morning. Has this ever happened to you?
1:36.2	Maybe from a boss, a colleague, family, friends, a partner who told you what they thought you
1:42.7	were like, whether that was solicited or unsolicited.
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