Weekend Woman's Hour - Jenni Murray, the Story of Cherry Groce, Butterfly Conservation
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2020
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In her final Woman’s Hour after 33 years at the helm, Jenni discusses the work that still needs to be done when it comes to feminism and equality. She's joined by Helena Kennedy QC, Jude Kelly the founder and director of The WOW Foundation, "Mother of the House" Harriet Harman MP, and poet and novelist, Jackie Kay.
We hear from Lee Lawrence, whose mother Cherry Groce was shot by police in a botched dawn raid. Lee describes his fight to get justice for his mother and his ongoing commitment to challenging racism within the police force.
We hear from the film director Malou Reymann about her new film ‘A Perfectly Normal Family’. It centres around an eleven year old girl whose life is turned upside down when her father tells her he wants to become a woman. The fictional story is based on Malou's own experience.
Live, learn and thrive: that’s what Andrea McLean wants us to do with the help of her new book “This Girl is on Fire”.
The 2020 Woman’s Hour Power List is looking for women who are trying to improve the health of our planet. We hear from Zoë Randle, the Senior Surveys Officer for Butterfly Conservation. She tells us about the thousands of volunteers who are turning their love of nature into hard data which will directly influence UK conservation policy. And Jenni leaves us with a snap-shot of her favourite-ever guests.
Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed Editor: Siobhann Tighe
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| 0:00.0 | Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know. |
| 0:04.6 | My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds. |
| 0:08.4 | As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable |
| 0:14.3 | experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may not know is that the BBC |
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| 0:24.6 | poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples. |
| 0:29.7 | If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.0 | This is the Women's Hour Podcast. |
| 0:39.0 | Hello, good afternoon and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour. Of course in this edition of the program we will |
| 0:44.8 | mark Jenny Murray's final edition of the program which was on Thursday. It was epic |
| 0:50.2 | so much to enjoy there and we'll play you some of the highlights this afternoon. |
| 0:54.9 | We'll also hear from Andrea McLean, she's a loose woman and she'll discuss breaking her own |
| 1:00.6 | boundaries. How far do you actually go when you set your own limits? How far do we |
| 1:06.4 | go when someone else sets those limits and it's someone that is so far removed from |
| 1:10.4 | your normal sort of life? An S-A-S Marine. |
| 1:13.8 | At the time when I did it, I was almost 50. |
| 1:15.8 | I'm nearly 51 now. |
| 1:17.4 | I wanted to sort of prove to myself |
| 1:19.3 | that I'm halfway through, not halfway done. |
| 1:21.8 | Good way of thinking about it. |
| 1:23.0 | That's Andrea McClane, loose woman, and a graduate of Celebrity SAS. |
| 1:28.0 | Also in this week's weekend, Woman's Owl, we'll look at our power list, which this year is looking for women who've made a significant difference to the health of our planet. |
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