Weekend Woman's Hour: Olivia Colman, Rosamund Pike, Managing your Energy Levels
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
The Oscar-winning actor Olivia Colman is the patron of the arts charity Tender, having previously played a survivor of domestic violence in the film Tyrannosaur. She speaks to Woman’s Hour alongside Tender CEO Susie McDonald about the work they’re doing to try and prevent domestic violence.
Do you breakdown your ‘to do’ list into hours and minutes? What if you broke down your day into how much energy you had instead? We discuss Energy Management Techniques with Lauren Walker, an Occupational Therapist and Charlie Thorne, who was a lawyer before she became burnt out.
Baroness Margaret McDonagh, the first female general secretary of the Labour Party, has died aged 61. Her sister Siobhain McDonagh shared her tribute and explained why she's chosen to speak out so soon to push for more research into glioblastoma brain tumours.
Rebecca Clancy from the Times reflects on the legacy of the all-female motor racing championship, the W Series.
The author Caroline O' Donoghue speaks to us about her new campus novel, The Rachel Incident. She talks about writing sex, gay best friends and what happens when messing about in your 20s gets very serious indeed.
The much acclaimed actor Rosamund Pike discusses playing a woman who fakes her own death in a BBC audio adaptation of the book People Who Knew Me.
Presented by Hayley Hassall Produced by Lucy Wai Edited by Richard Hooper
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour, where we bring you the best bits from the week just gone. |
| 0:05.4 | Coming up, Oscar nominated actor Rosamond Pike, discusses her new role in a BBC audio drama |
| 0:11.9 | and the joys of voice acting. |
| 0:14.4 | Obviously if it was a film adaptation, we would never get the internal monologue |
| 0:18.8 | and I could never play the culinary 20s. |
| 0:22.4 | So that's a lovely feeling. |
| 0:24.8 | But I can make my voice sound like it's in its 20s, but I can't, you know, |
| 0:28.4 | unfortunately do that with my face. |
| 0:30.1 | The author Caroline O'Donohue on writing openly about sex and identity in her new novel. |
| 0:36.0 | And are you feeling frazzles after a busy week? |
| 0:39.7 | Well, we've all heard of time management, but what about energy management? |
| 0:44.4 | Stay tuned as we discuss the best ways to manage your energy levels. |
| 0:48.5 | But first, how do you talk to young children about domestic violence and sexual assault? |
| 0:54.0 | Well, the arts charity tender aims to introduce these topics |
| 0:57.3 | through drama workshops, which they say allow young children and teenagers |
| 1:02.1 | to rehearse for real-life scenarios and develop an awareness that will serve them throughout their lives. |
| 1:08.9 | Well, award-winning actress Olivia Coleman is the patron of the charity, |
| 1:12.9 | which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. |
| 1:16.2 | Olivia joined me alongside the CEO Susie McDonald to talk about the work they're doing |
| 1:21.9 | and having previously portrayed a survivor of domestic violence |
| 1:25.5 | in the film Tyranasore in 2011. |
| 1:28.1 | I asked Olivia if playing the role of Hannah in that film had impacted her. |
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