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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Anne-Marie Duff, Gisele Pelicot, Black female journalists, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Ballet Shoes

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

It's the rape trial that has shocked the world. Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband Dominique was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for her rape, alongside 50 other men. We hear Gisèle's own words, and Anita Rani was joined by the BBC's Andrew Harding who has covered the trial from the beginning, and French journalist and founder of The Women's Voices website Cynthia Illouz.

Anne-Marie Duff joined Nuala McGovern to talk about her latest stage role in The Little Foxes at London’s Young Vic Theatre. It’s a family drama where she plays Regina Hubbard, an ambitious woman who is thwarted by her position in Alabama society in the early 1900s, where her less financially savvy brothers have the power and autonomy to run the family business. Anne-Marie discusses playing ruthless characters and the stage roles that place women front and centre.

A recent report by the National Council for the Training of Journalists found that 91% of UK journalists come from white ethnic groups. This has increased by 3% since last year. Amid large numbers of job cuts within the sector, what can be done to help keep female black and minority ethnic journalists within the profession? Nuala was joined by Habiba Katsha, a freelance journalist considering an alternative career, and award-winning writer and journalist Afua Hirsch.

Daisy Edgar-Jones and her co-star Paul Mescal rocketed into the public gaze in the BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People. Following a couple of notable film performances Daisy is now on stage as the formidable, if unhappy, Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She joined Anita Rani live in the Woman’s Hour studio.

Noel Streatfield’s classic children’s book Ballet Shoes was written in 1936, and had never been staged - until now. The National Theatre’s production of Ballet Shoes is directed by Katy Rudd and tells the story of the three Fossil sisters, Pauline, Petrova and Posy, who were given their name because they were all “discovered” as babies on the travels of adventurer Great Uncle Matthew and then abandoned to his Great Niece Sylvia, or Garnie, played by Pearl Mackie. Anita was joined by Katy and Pearl to discuss this children's classic.

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

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Annette Wells Editor: Rebecca Myatt

Transcript

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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 Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:40.5

Just to say that for rights reasons, the music in the original radio broadcast has been removed

0:45.5

for this podcast.

0:47.2

Welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour with me Anita Rani on today's program, a sprinkling of

0:52.8

stardust.

0:53.7

Daisy Edgar Jones telling us about her new role

0:56.3

on stage as Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tim Roof and her friendship with Paul Mescal. The actor Anne

1:02.9

Marie Duff on her latest role in the play Little Foxes set in Alabama at the turn of the 20th century

1:08.5

about a dysfunctional family. And comedian Sophie Duker on her new stand-up show and on going into therapy with her dad.

1:17.2

I don't know if I would recommend it.

1:19.4

If you're scared about asking your friends about your vibe, going to therapy with your dad is a whole roller coaster.

1:23.9

And he was up for it?

1:25.0

He was up for it, yeah. I think there comes a time when you are an adult and your

1:28.6

parents are also adults, when you're like, huh, you're a full person, you've got flaws. I got to kind

1:34.0

of re-evaluate my opinion of you. So I think it was a really cool nuts thing to do with my dad,

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