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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Refuges, Mary Robinson, Polar Preet, Vicky Pattison’s deep fake doc, Rumer

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In the last year, women with disabilities experienced domestic abuse at more than twice the rate of those without, according to the latest figures from the Crime Survey for England and Wales. Yet data from Women’s Aid shows less than 1% of refuge vacancies in England are suitable for wheelchair users. Where does this leave women with disabilities impacted by domestic abuse? Anita Rani hears one anonymous woman’s experience and is joined by Angie Airlie, CEO of Stay Safe East and Rebecca Goshawk, a director of Solace Women’s Aid.

Mrs Robinson is a feature-length documentary about Ireland’s first female president, Mary Robinson. Telling the story of her childhood and career for the first time on screen, it was filmed over three years, and takes a deep-dive into Mary Robinson’s career as she discusses the significant controversies throughout her tenure, her own professional regrets and examines how her gift for bridging differences was instrumental in bringing about seismic change in Ireland. Mary Robinson joined Clare McDonnell to talk about it.

Preet Chandi, better known as Polar Preet, broke world records in 2023 when she made the longest solo and unsupported journey across Antarctica, crossing 922 miles in 70 days. Now Preet is setting her sights on the North Pole, hoping to cross 500 miles of sea ice to reach it in under 70 days. She joined Anita to discuss why she’s making the change to the North Pole, how she plans to get there and how she plans on dealing with polar bears.

Reality star turned documentary filmmaker Vicky Pattison joined Clare to discuss her latest project, Vicky Pattison: My Deepfake Sex Tape. The documentary sees her exploring the proliferation of videos generated by AI, whereby people’s faces are placed onto pornographic images and shared without their consent. Vicky talked about creating her own deepfake sex tape and looks at the impact the phenomenon is having on women and girls.

The singer-songwriter Rumer is a MOBO award winner and double Brit Award nominee. Her new album In Session is out, celebrating the 15th anniversary of her platinum debut album Seasons Of My Soul. The success that followed that album affected Rumer's mental health. She stepped away from the industry and relocated to the US. Now back in the UK she has returned to the record that has shaped so much of her life both professionally and personally. Rumer joined Anita to talk about her life and to perform live in the studio.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Annette Wells Editor: Rebecca Myatt

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Greg Jenner. I'm the host of Your Dead to Me, where the best names in comedy and history

0:05.5

join me to learn about and laugh at the past. You are a traitor. And in the new series, we'll meet

0:11.2

Aristotle. I think he might have been a time traveller. Someone who's like almost a glitch.

0:15.3

We'll dive into the causes of the British Civil Wars in the 1600s. In England at this period,

0:19.8

there's people can't get on the housing ladder. This sounds familiar. And we'll discover the arts and crafts movement.

0:25.3

I love the clothes. I love the vibe. Yes, we're a comedy show that takes history seriously

0:29.3

and then laughs at it. You're dead to me. Listen first on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio,

0:36.9

podcasts.

0:43.0

Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:49.2

Just to say that for rights reasons, the music in the original radio broadcast has been removed for this podcast.

0:51.6

Hello and welcome.

0:55.5

This is where we handily collate a selection of standout moments from the week on Woman's Hour. And by the way, if you want to hear more of what you missed,

0:59.5

do subscribe to the Woman's Hour podcast on BBC Sounds. It's free. So, coming up, Mary Robinson,

1:06.5

the first female president of Ireland on a new documentary about her life, the highlights,

1:11.7

controversies and professional regrets. Reality star turned documentary maker Vicky Patterson,

1:17.7

the star of Geordie Shaw and I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, released a new doc this week

1:23.0

looking at the world of deep fakes. In it, Vicky makes an explicit deep fake of herself. We ask her why.

1:30.3

And the explorer Preet Chandy, who journeyed solo to the South Pole in 2022, is at it again, with a challenge to become the first woman to travel solo and unsupported to the North Pole.

1:43.3

And we have music from the singer and songwriter

1:46.4

Ruma.

1:47.6

It's a dreamy performance.

1:50.0

I'm excited for you to hear it.

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