Weinstein conviction overturned, Fishing, Comeuppance, Ballet pumps
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood film producer, has had his 2020 rape conviction in New York overturned. The New York Court of Appeals has ruled that he did not receive a fair trial, because prosecutors called witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him. The trial was pivotal in the #MeToo movement, the awareness campaign against sexual abuse. Katie Razzall, the BBC’s Culture and Media Editor, and Rowena Chiu, who claimed she was sexually assaulted in a hotel room by Harvey Weinstein when she was his personal assistant in 1998, join Anita Rani to discuss the impact of the new ruling.
In 2012, Ashley Mullenger signed up for a fishing trip on the coast of Norfolk which would change the course of her life. Her memoir, My Fishing Life, follows her journey from a 9-5 office job, into the overwhelmingly male fishing industry, to becoming 'Fisherman of the Year', in 2022. Ashley joins Anita to talk about stormy weather, new and old boats, friendship on the water and her personal tale of self discovery and acceptance.
As part of the returning noughties fashion trends, ballet pumps are back. The flat, round-toed leather shoes that can be worn with anything. But why are they back? And should we be embracing them or avoiding them? Fashion Editor at The Times Harriet Walker joins Anita to discuss.
The Comeuppance is a new play on at the Almeida Theatre in London where five former high-school friends meet up, 20 years on, to reminisce and reconnect. Instead, they end up drinking, fighting and ruing the disappointments of their middle-aged lives. Ursula, Caitlin and Kristina are played by Tamara Lawrance, Yolanda Kettle and Katie Leung who all join Anita in the Woman’s Hour studio.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rebecca Myatt Studio manager: Donald MacDonald
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| 0:40.3 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:46.0 | Good morning, welcome to Fridays Woman's Hour. |
| 0:49.0 | On the program today, we're going to get reaction to the news that disgraced Hollywood |
| 0:53.4 | mogul Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction in New York has been |
| 0:57.6 | overturned on the basis that he did not receive a fair trial. That's coming |
| 1:01.7 | up. Also I'm going to be joined by three actors who |
| 1:05.2 | are in a new play come-upence at the Almeida in London. It's about a group of |
| 1:09.0 | millennials who were best friends at school meeting up for their 20-year reunion and they haven't seen each other |
| 1:15.9 | for years. So you know what I'd like to hear from you this morning. Your own school reunions |
| 1:22.0 | with your old mates please. Have you done it? |
| 1:25.0 | Did you go? How did it go? |
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