Weekend Woman's Hour: Imelda Staunton, Quitting parties, Mica Paris
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Imelda Staunton has played Queen Elizabeth II for the last two series of television drama The Crown. As the final episodes are released this week, she joins us to discuss playing the monarch, and what it’s been like to take on this role since Her Majesty died.
How could people step in safely if they see a woman being harassed in public? Former police officer Graham Goulden and criminologist Molly Ackhurst tell us how bystanders can protect themselves while helping others.
Soul singer Mica Paris will headline an evening of gospel music on Sky Arts, where she’ll be joined by 10 gospel singers and a four-piece band to perform Christmas songs. She gives us a taste of what to expect on A Gospel Christmas.
It's been a year and a half since Roe vs Wade was overturned in the United States, ending the constitutional nationwide right to abortion for millions of women. It remains an issue that divides opinion. The British writer Nazrin Choudhury has directed a short film, Red White and Blue, which follows the character Rachel Johnson, played by Brittany Snow, who is forced to cross state lines in search of an abortion.
Should we celebrate quitting a job? When Hannah Witton decided to stop making her successful YouTube and podcast series, Doing It, her friends threw her a surprise quitting ceremony. Hannah tells us whether this party helped, alongside the career coach Soma Ghosh with her advice for anyone thinking of quitting.
The bestselling author Louise Doughty joins us to discuss a new ITVX drama based on her novel: Platform 7. She tells us how she has turned male-heavy police procedurals on their head – and why she thinks all middle-aged women long to go on the run.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lucy Wai Editor: Sarah Crawley
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| 0:39.8 | Welcome to Woman's Hour. Put the kettle on, grab a cupper and settle in for this week's highlights. |
| 0:45.7 | Coming up, the soul singer, Misha Paris, reveals how gospel music has inspired her career and her Christmas. |
| 0:53.0 | You may have heard of divorce parties, |
| 0:54.8 | but how about quitting parties? |
| 0:56.8 | One woman tells us why she's celebrated quitting her job |
| 1:00.4 | and the best-selling author Louise Dowdy on writing a novel inspired by |
| 1:06.0 | Peterborough Railway Station. But first we are joined by a legend of the stage and screen |
| 1:12.0 | Emmel de Staunton is one of our most celebrated actors |
| 1:15.0 | playing many roles we all know and love, |
| 1:17.0 | from Vera Drake to Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter. |
| 1:20.0 | But she can currently be seen on our TV screens as Queen Elizabeth the second in the final |
| 1:25.6 | series of the Crown on Netflix. She joined Emma on Wednesday to discuss the role and |
| 1:30.8 | started by describing what it was like to film the series after Her Majesty's death. |
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