Tina Sinatra, Meg Winterburn and Willow Grylls on a new TV drama about the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, Dame Christine Lenehan

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Claiming to tell unknown stories about the iconic singer, alongside songs some of his much-loved songs, this world premiere musical hopes to reflect his enduring legacy. His youngest daughter Tina, one of the producers, and the director and choreographer of the show, Kathleen Marshall join Emma Barnett.

We discuss the possible decision to cancel another part of the high speed rail link - HS2 - and the impact it could have on women with Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, co-director of the Women's Budget Group, a Feminist Economic Think Tank and Zoe Billingham, Director of the IPPR North - based in Manchester.

Between 1975 and 1980, Peter Sutcliffe murdered 13 women and attempted to murder at least seven more across the North of England. A new ITV drama series, The Long Shadow, portrays the women who were killed, and their families, as well as the hardworking but flawed and misogynist police investigation. Joining Emma are Willow Grylls, executive producer of the show and Meg Winterburn, who worked on the investigation as a police sergeant.

Exclusive research shared with Woman’s Hour claims that £60m is ‘wasted’ in England every year on Tribunals for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Local authorities ‘fight’ thousands of parents of disabled children about what support the child gets and where they go to school – but 'lose' 96% of those cases. This comes on the day that one of the country’s leading experts delivers a valedictory lecture after a 40 year career advocating for disabled children. Dame Christine Lenehan, Director of the Council of Disabled Children, part of the National Children’s Bureau,

Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Duncan Hannant

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.2	Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:09.8	Good morning. I went to a pond this weekend for the first time with a friend who does it a lot
0:15.2	and swam with all sorts tickling around my body. I don't want to think about that bit.
0:19.7	It was super, women only and very, very cold. But quite frankly, it was wonderful.
0:26.6	There's a lot going on at the moment, all of which we will get to release some of it, I promise.
0:30.9	But even if you aren't a big strictly come dancing fan, you may still have heard about Angela
0:35.9	Rippen's leg and where it went on Saturday night. The 78-year-old broadcaster who happens to
0:41.6	be the oldest contestant in the show's history, got it over her head like you do.
0:47.2	They kick about the fact that I went swimming for the first time in a pond.
0:50.8	The fact that Angela Rippen has left some judges open mouths and perhaps some audience members
0:55.5	are looking on Twitter for some of that response. What have you done with your body that is
1:00.5	unexpected? What physical remarkable feet do you surprise people with? Let me know. I'm in the
1:07.5	market for all responses. I'll just see which ones I can read aloud on air. Tell me your response
1:13.2	to that question. Text me 84844, text will be charged with your standard message rate on social
1:18.5	media at BBC Woman's Hour or email me through the Woman's Hour website or what's that message
1:24.1	or voice note with the number 0371004444 all terms on our website about potential charges.
1:31.8	On today's programme, exclusive research which shows 60 million pounds is wasted in
1:37.8	vested commas every year on tribunals for children in England with special educational needs
1:42.9	and disabilities. We'll have all of the details for you on that story and that figure. Tina
1:48.7	Sinatra is here, Frank's youngest daughter to talk about why she's producing a new show
1:53.6	explaining her father's life on but crucially off the stage too and a new way at looking at a
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