meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Vicky Pattison, Bananarama, Women's Health Strategy

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

TV personality Vicky Pattison shot to fame on the reality show Geordie Shore, where her extreme party-girl lifestyle in Newcastle was lived out in front of the cameras. Now, she’s taking a long, hard look at her past in a new documentary which centres around her father’s struggle with alcoholism for most of his adult life. She explains how this has, in part, contributed towards her own unhealthy relationship with drinking. England's first ever Women's Football team will finally be recognised with caps for a match that took place in 1972. Sue Whyatt, the reserve goalkeeper of the team shares what this recognition means to her and her teammates. Earlier this week the government launched its much awaited Women’s Health Strategy for England. We discuss with Women's Health Minister Maria Caulfield; Dame Professor Lesley Regan, the newly appointed Women's Health Ambassador; and BBC Health Correspondent Catherine Burns. Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward from Bananarama come into the Woman's Hour studio to talk about how it all started, their friendship and their new album, Masquerade. At least 20 Iranian feminists, most connected to Iran's #MeToo Movement, have written a letter of complaint to Instagram and Facebook after they were bombarded with thousands of fake followers. They say they've been deliberately targeted and want META - the owner of the social media platforms - to take action. We speak to one of the women affected, Samaneh Savadi, an Iranian women’s rights activist based in the UK. The author RJ Palacio discusses the 10th anniversary of her bestselling children's book Wonder, and shares her top tips for writing a book. Presenter: Paulette Edwards

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hello, I'm Paulette Edwards and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour, where we bring you the

0:05.4

mustier interviews from The Wheat Trustcon. Coming up, Banana Rama are back with a brand-new

0:11.2

studio album and tell us what it's like to celebrate their 40th anniversary as a band.

0:17.3

We're also joined by the Women's Health Minister to discuss the first Government-led

0:22.1

Women's Health Strategy for England. And we speak to Sue Wyatt, member of the first England

0:28.0

Women's Football Team, who have finally been recognised with caps for a match in 1972.

0:35.6

But first, you may know TV personality Vicki Pattison from her time on the reality show

0:41.6

Jordy Shaw, where her extreme party girl lifestyle in Newcastle was lived out in front of the cameras.

0:48.6

Now she's taken a long hard look at her past in a new documentary which centres around her

0:54.3

father's struggle with alcoholism for most of his adult life and how this has contributed in part

1:00.8

towards her own unhealthy relationship with Drinking. Her documentary for Channel 4 is called

1:07.1

Vicki Pattison, My Dad, Alcohol and Me. Here's a clip where she puts some hard truths to her dad.

1:15.0

Drinking to that volume like your body can't take it anymore.

1:21.7

And I'm...

1:23.7

I need you to understand, I can't go through anymore.

1:29.0

I'm sorry.

1:31.6

I'm sorry, darling.

1:33.6

For the days where I know I won't be able to walk past the booth up, I know I won't.

1:42.7

I have disappointed that everybody saw many times before

1:48.6

that it would be a lie for me to say I'll never drink again.

1:55.9

I will try my absolute hardest.

1:59.9

But the awful thing is there's a thoroughly believed that in 10 years' time I could be saying exactly the same thing.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.