Toni Collette, Women of the Year, Disciplining children
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Since her big break in Muriel’s Wedding 30 years ago, actor Toni Collette has graced our screens in a huge list of standout roles from The Sixth Sense to Hereditary, Little Miss Sunshine to Mickey 17. She joins Kylie Pentelow to discuss her latest film, Goodbye June. The emotional directorial debut from Kate Winslet tackles themes of love, loss and Christmas as a fractious family come together to sit vigil for the family matriarch, played by Helen Mirren.
It’s the last day of the year and always a good time to reflect on the inevitable ups and downs that any year can hold for all of us. But what about the people in your life who have particularly impacted you this year. Who have been the women – close to you or maybe not – who have been significant for you? Friends, family, public figures? Kylie is joined by Olympic rower Dame Katherine Grainger – currently the chairwoman of the British Olympic Association (BOA), Helen Lewis, staff writer at The Atlantic and Natalie Haynes - author of six novels and broadcaster in her own right.
We all have to juggle money, but are we spending it in ways that actually bring us joy or cause us anxiety? We revisit The Woman’s Hour Guide to Life episode on Challenging Your Money Mindset and dig into spending habits and explore how to align your money choices with the life you really want. Nuala McGovern speaks to journalist and author Anniki Sommerville, Claer Barrett, Consumer Editor at the Financial Times and host of the Money Clinic podcast, and Abigail Foster, chartered accountant and author of The Money Manual.
With the Christmas school break in full swing, perhaps your house has been full of children. But what do you do when someone else’s child begins to act up? Do you tell them off or simply put up with the behaviour until you can hand them back to their parents?
Presenter: Kylie Pentelow Producer: Corinna Jones
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.2 | Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.6 | I like when a manager wears a suit and tides, you know what I mean? |
| 0:09.7 | In 2025, we were here for the football. |
| 0:13.0 | The Wayne Rooney Show |
| 0:14.0 | As a manager, you're making decisions on what you're seeing on the pitch. |
| 0:16.9 | Sometimes it doesn't always pay off. |
| 0:18.3 | Football daily. |
| 0:19.4 | Loyalty in football. Does it still exist? |
| 0:22.0 | There is no loyalty in football. Antuny and Russo. Do you feel like the pressure actually helps you play the best football? |
| 0:28.4 | We've prepared ourselves to step out onto the pitch at the end of the day. Get the best of 2025 with podcasts on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.8 | Hello, this is Kylie Pentelow and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast. |
| 0:41.7 | Hello and welcome to the program at this New Year's Eve. |
| 0:44.7 | I hope you're having a good day so far. |
| 0:46.7 | We have a great program for you today. |
| 0:49.0 | Actor Tony Collette will be talking about her new emotional film |
| 0:52.4 | about the death of a parent which was directed by Kate Winslet, someone Tony always wanted to work with. |
| 0:59.6 | And we'll be looking back at her varied career and how she feels about Muriel's wedding, that film that gave her her big break 30 years ago. |
| 1:08.6 | Also, as 2025 comes to a close, what woman has stood out for you? Who is your |
| 1:14.2 | woman of the year? Maybe it's someone close to you who's made a direct impact on your life, |
| 1:19.4 | or maybe someone in the public realm. Now, we've already had a lot of comments from you on this. |
| 1:24.0 | One listener mentioned Judy Murray and Andy Murray, who've done so much for women in sport. Judy |
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