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🗓️ 4 July 2025
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Laura McAllister is the Vice-President of UEFA. During her own football career Laura was the captain of Wales' women's team, gaining 24 caps for her country. Wales have qualified for this year's Euros for the first time and will play their debut match tomorrow, as will England who are defending their title after winning at Wembley in 2022. Laura joins Datshiane Navanayagam ahead of those first games.
Award-winning playwright Beth Steel tells Datshiane how her working-class, northern roots inspire her hit play Till The Stars Come Down. Set at the wedding of Sylvia and Marek - the vodka flows and dances are shared, passions boil over and the limits of love are tested. She becomes the fifth female playwright to transfer from the National Theatre to the West End.
The film director Gurinder Chadha has released a trailer to celebrate this summer's cricket fixtures between England and India's women's teams. She joins Datshiane to discuss why she's chosen to put women's cricket under the spotlight and the legacy of her last hit film about women's sport, Bend It Like Beckham.
The musical icon Angélique Kidjo has become the first black African performer to be selected for a star on the prestigious Hollywood Walk of Fame. Kidjo, who comes from the West African country of Benin, and has won five Grammy awards, was among the 35 names announced as part of the Walk of Fame's class of 2026 list. Music journalist Kate Hutchinson tells us more.
Presenter: Datshiane Navanayagam Producer: Corinna Jones
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0:06.0 | It is all over! |
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0:10.0 | Including cricket Super League, Women's Euro's 2025, Wimbledon, Formula One and much more. |
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0:30.7 | Hello, I'm Dashiani Novićam and welcome to Women's Hour on BBC Radio 4. |
0:36.2 | Good morning and a very warm welcome to the programme. |
0:39.9 | The UK has not won, but two countries competing in the Euros tomorrow. |
0:45.1 | England and Wales both play their first matches on Saturday, |
0:49.2 | and it's also Wales' debut match in the tournament. |
0:53.0 | I'll be joined in just a moment by former international footballer Laura McAllister, |
0:58.0 | who is now Vice President of UEFA and a proud Welsh woman to boot. |
1:02.0 | More on that shortly. |
1:04.0 | I also want to talk to you about weddings. |
1:07.0 | They're meant to be the happiest days of your life, but let's admit it, they can also be family pressure pots of stress. |
1:15.2 | Maybe it brings back a whole lot of memories for you. |
1:18.4 | Well, I'll be chatting to playwright Beth Steele on her award-winning play |
1:22.7 | till the stars come down, set on a wedding day in a former coal mining town. It's just transferred from the |
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