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Woman's Hour

The Silent Twins, Beryl Cook, whistleblower Helen Evans, Kate Winslet and mothers and sons at Christmas.

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance star in the brand new film, ‘The Silent Twins’, which tells the story of June and Jennifer Gibbons, twin girls who only spoke to each other, and no one else. We hear the actors speaking about what it meant to them to play these remarkable twins. Also the former investigative journalist, Marjorie Wallace, who campaigned for the twins and wrote a book with them. Hear from the daughter-in-law of the late artist Beryl Cook, alongside art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston, as a new exhibition of Beryl’s work opens in New York. Emma Barnett talks to them about Beryl painting women enjoying themselves in pubs and clubs, as well as why her artwork means so much to people. Anita Rani speaks to the Oxfam GB whistleblower Helen Evans, who features in a new documentary about female whistleblowers. She discusses not only the impact the decision had on her at the time, but the consequences to her life going forwards, and what happened afterwards. Academy award-winning actor Kate Winslet joins Emma Barnett to speak about her newest project on Channel 4, ‘I am…Ruth’. In it, she acts alongside her real-life daughter in a story that tackles the mental health issues caused by smartphones and social media. Plus, hear why she thinks women in their 40s are going into the best time of life. How do you decide which side of the family to spend Christmas with? Krupa Padhy speaks to one mother who feels like she’ll lose her sons once their wives or girlfriends take control of the festive season, as well as a relationship psychiatrist on how to avoid these kinds of tensions. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lottie Garton

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts

0:05.2

Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:10.4

Hello and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour, the show where we gather the best bits of

0:14.7

the week just gone and put them all together just for you.

0:18.1

On the programme this afternoon, the chilling yet fascinating tale of twins who became known

0:23.4

as the silent twins.

0:25.0

They left Rourmore, Jennifer slumped on June's shoulder and said, at last with free.

0:30.6

And then she went into a coma at an age of a night, their psychiatrist and a world's

0:35.3

rag and said she's dead.

0:36.8

And I wasn't surprised.

0:37.8

But there was no known cause of death.

0:39.8

It was acute myocarditis.

0:42.5

Fifty possible causes non-establish.

0:45.9

That's the investigative journalist, Marjorie Wallace, who we'll hear from, as well as

0:49.5

the actors, the Tisha Wright and Samara Lawrence, who play the twins in a brand new film, telling

0:54.7

their extraordinary story.

0:57.0

And who are you spending the holidays with this year?

0:59.0

Your parents or your in-laws will get to the bottom of how those sorts of decisions are

1:03.3

made.

1:04.3

Plus, the one and only Kate Winslet has been talking to Woman's Hour.

1:07.8

I think women come into their forties, certainly mid forties, thinking, oh well, this

1:12.4

is the beginning of the decline.

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