Weekend Woman's Hour: Social media ban for under 16s, Family estrangement, Denise Gough
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Should the UK follow Australia in bringing in a social media ban for under 16s? Nuala McGovern discusses the issue with Hannah Ortel from the Brianna Ghey Legacy Project, and Dr Fiona Scott, Senior Lecturer in digital literacies at the University of Sheffield.
Double Olivier award-winning actress Denise Gough joins Anita Rani to talk about her latest role as Amy Fowler in a new play based on the famous western High Noon. She also discusses what it’s been like to find her singing voice for the first time in 30 years.
Women dominate this week's BRIT Award nominations. Best Pop Act is an all women shortlist: RAYE, Lily Allen, Lola Young, Olivia Dean and JADE. Lola Young and Olivia Dean have the most nominations, both up for Artist of the Year, alongside Lily Allen, JADE, Little Simz and PinkPantheress. Nearly two thirds of the nominations feature women as solo artists or in mixed gender group - the highest representation yet. So why are women riding high in the music industry at the moment? Anita talks to Roisin O'Connor, Music Editor at The Independent.
Brooklyn Peltz Beckham, the eldest son of the Beckhams, has said that he is not in touch with his family and does not want to reconcile with them. How do you know when you’ve reached the point when the right thing to do could be to walk away? Writer Eilidh Dorgan and Psychotherapist Dr Sara Young discuss.
Eat the Rich (but maybe not me mates, x) is the acclaimed comedy show from Jade Franks. A sharp, funny take on class privilege, it follows Jade’s first term at Cambridge after swapping life in a Merseyside call centre for one of the UK’s most elite universities. After a smash-hit run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the show is now being developed for TV.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Dianne McGregor
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| 0:50.1 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4, just to say that for rights reasons, the music in the original radio broadcast has been removed for this podcast. |
| 0:52.8 | Hello and welcome to the programme. |
| 0:59.8 | Coming up, a subject that's been sparking headlines and debate this week, family estrangement. We discuss the issue. |
| 1:06.8 | Actor Denise Goff on her West End production of High Noon, rediscovering her singing voice and speaking out about addiction. |
| 1:11.7 | And the Brit nominations are out. We hear about the women dominating this year's list. |
| 1:21.8 | Plus, writer, actor, director, Jade Franks on her comedy about her transition from working in a call centre in Merseyside to studying at Cambridge University. |
| 1:28.3 | But first, should the UK follow Australia in bringing in a social media ban for under 16s? It's something very much on people's minds at the moment. |
| 1:31.3 | This week, the House of Lords back to move to ban under 16s in the UK from social media platforms |
| 1:37.3 | through an amendment to the government's schools bill. |
| 1:39.3 | The government has indicated it will try to overturn the amendment in the Commons |
| 1:43.3 | whilst it holds its |
| 1:45.1 | own consultation on a potential ban. There is a divide about how successful a total ban would be. |
| 1:51.7 | On Wednesday's programme, ahead of that Lord's vote, Nula spoke to Dr Fiona Scott, senior lecturer |
| 1:57.7 | in digital literacies at the University of Sheffield, who is skeptical about a ban. |
| 2:02.4 | And Hannah Ortell, a supporter of the idea. |
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