Weekend Woman's Hour: Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Rescuing seal pups, Tell-all celebrity memoirs
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Leigh-Anne Pinnock - a name you may know, as a member of one of the biggest girl bands in the world, Little Mix. This year - almost two years since the band announced a hiatus - Leigh-Anne has embarked on her own solo career. She tells Anita Rani about her new memoir Believe, all about her life growing up, what it was really like going through The X Factor and how she found her voice.
Ukraine claims it has identified 20,000 children who it alleges have been abducted by Russia since the start of the war. Arrest warrants have been issued to President Putin and his Commissioner for Children's Rights. It's the subject of the latest work from film-maker Shahida Tulaganova, who joins us to discuss her ITV documentary Ukraine's Stolen Children.
Lizzi Larbalestier has cared for 139 seals in her home in Cornwall. She also helped set up a new seal hospital with the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, and has just won an animal action award from the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
Ruth Birch and Julia Curry are a couple from South Wales. They met as young women in the British Army, but had to leave because of the pressure they were under to lie about their sexuality and conceal their relationship. The stress led to them breaking up, but 20 years later they reunited. They join us to share their story.
Britney Spears has been in the news again after spilling personal stories in a memoir. Are women being pressured to overshare in order to sell books? And are men also expected to publicise their personal lives? Nina Stibbe, whose newest memoir is Went to London, Took the Dog, and Caroline Sanderson, Associate Editor of The Bookseller, joins us to discuss.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lucy Wai
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| 0:00.0 | Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself. |
| 0:03.7 | My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport podcasts. |
| 0:08.4 | I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with a leading journalist, experienced |
| 0:12.2 | pundits and the biggest sport stars. |
| 0:14.3 | Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the players' |
| 0:18.5 | mouths. |
| 0:19.5 | But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is our unique access to the sport world. |
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| 0:28.8 | dedicated sports fans across the UK. |
| 0:31.4 | So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more. |
| 0:35.8 | Hello and welcome to Weekend Roman Zau, where we treat you to the highlights of the past |
| 0:40.7 | week. |
| 0:41.7 | Coming up, as Brittany's memoir storms the charts with its revelations about her career, |
| 0:46.7 | we ask if women are under more pressure to tell all in their autobiographies. |
| 0:52.0 | We hear from a volunteer who's looked after 139 injured seal-pops in her house. |
| 0:58.5 | They certainly were in the home, much to my husband's joy, because he said four maximum, |
| 1:05.6 | four maximum and they need to stay in the garage and then obviously as the season evolved, |
| 1:11.1 | they expanded slightly. |
| 1:12.9 | I know. |
| 1:13.9 | We're all intrigued to hear more. |
| 1:15.2 | It's coming up. |
| 1:16.2 | Plus, a love story against the odds from military veterans Ruth and Julia. |
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