Weekend Woman’s Hour: Julianne Moore, Women’s Prize for Fiction winner Yael van der Wouden, ultrarunner Stephanie Case

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Julianne Moore has won countless awards and nominations for films like Boogie Nights, The End of the Affair, The Hours, as well as winning an Oscar for her performance in the film Still Alice. Her latest role sees her play Kate in the upcoming film Echo Valley alongside Sydney Sweeney, who plays her daughter Claire. Julianne tells Nuala McGovern about her character who's coming to terms with a personal tragedy while running her farm and training horses, when her daughter shows up, hysterical and covered in someone else’s blood, flipping Kate’s world upside down.

Next week not one but two amendments are being brought before MPs, both of which could mean, if passed, that women will no longer be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy in England and Wales. It comes amid concern more women are being investigated by police on suspicion of illegally ending a pregnancy. Anita Rani is joined by the BBC's Health Correspondent Nick Triggle and Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi, one of those who is tabling an amendment

In 2015, 22-year-old Alice Figueiredo took her own life whilst being treated at Goodmayes Hospital, east London. Over the course of her 5 month stay at the mental health unit she attempted suicide on 18 separate occasions. Following a seven-month trial at the Old Bailey, a jury found that not enough was done by the North East London Foundation NHS Trust, or ward manager Benjamin Aninakwa, to prevent Alice from killing herself. Alice’s mum, Jane Figueiredo, has spent the last decade fighting to get the case to court. She discusses the impact it has had on her family.

Canadian born human rights lawyer, Stephanie Case, went viral online when she finished first place in the women’s section of the Snowdonia ultra-trail 100km race despite giving birth six months ago and breastfeeding her daughter at aid stations. Stephanie tells Nuala McGovern about her first race as a mother and first competition in three years and why she chose to continue to do the things she loves after becoming a mum.

The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden is set in the Netherlands in 1960 and tells the story of Isabel and Eva, two women who are both struggling to find their place in a society that isn’t yet modern but does not want to reflect on the horrors of the Second World War. Yael joins Anita to discuss her critically acclaimed debut novel which has been shortlisted for the Booker and is this years Women’s Prize for Fiction winner.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed

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0:05.1	My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.
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0:39.9	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:49.4	Hello and welcome. And what a selection of highlights we have from the week.
0:54.6	The actor Julianne Moore popped into Women's Hour HQ to tell us about her latest film, Echo Valley,
1:00.3	which explores a difficult mother and daughter dynamic.
1:03.7	We look forward to two amendments which are being brought before MPs next week,
1:07.9	both of which could mean if passed, that women will no longer be prosecuted
1:11.9	for terminating a pregnancy in England and Wales. We hear from this year's Women's Prize
1:16.9	for Fiction winner Yale Fandavauden, who won with her astonishing debut novel, The Safekeep.
1:22.6	And Mum, Human Rights Lawyer and now Ultramarathonmarathon winner Stephanie Case on running 100 kilometres
1:29.5	while postpartum and breastfeeding on why it was so important for her to go back to
1:34.2	ultra running after she'd had her baby. We go through such an incredible transformation as women
1:40.4	when we become new mothers, physically, mentally, financially, emotionally.
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