The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E20: Rosamund Clears the Air
In 2013, Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah’s nine-year-old daughter, Ella, died from a catastrophic asthma attack. Her death transformed her mum into a formidable campaigner. First, she fought to find out wh...
30 Mar 41min
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E19: Lejla Fights for the Invisible
Christmas Day, 1992. Sarajevo, Bosnia. War is ranging - Serb forces surround the city. For nearly four years, its people have endured daily shelling and sniper attacks, cut off from the rest of the wo...
23 Mar 39min
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E18: Antonia Pickets the Lusty Lady
It’s the 1990s in San Francisco, and Antonia Crane is a dancer at the legendary peep show, the Lusty Lady. In the dressing room and the mirrored ‘Fishbowl’ where the dancers perform in six inch heels,...
16 Mar 39min
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E17: Tooba Stumps the Taliban
When the Taliban captured Herat City in August 2021, Tooba Sarwari had just one thing on her mind: cricket. Would she ever be able to play her beloved sport again? And more pressing, would the Taliban...
9 Mar 33min
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E16: Hélène Outwits the Nazis
Germany. Spring 1945. The writing is on the wall for the Nazis. And thousands of women are marching along dirt roads. If they stop walking, they’ll be shot. Their route is lined with piles of corpses....
2 Mar 43min
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E15: Jacquie Saves a Hostage
Jacquie Davis joined the police when she was just 18 years old. She was fearless and ambitious, but she quickly realised her career progression was limited by her gender and education. Everything chan...
23 Feb 42min
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E14: Visaka Sparks a Ceasefire
When Visaka Dharmadasa’s soldier son was kidnapped by the fearsome Tamil Tigers in the midst of Sri Lanka’s bitter civil war, she couldn’t find anyone who could help find him - or the 608 other soldie...
16 Feb 34min
The Girlfriends: Spotlight, E13: Silvia Climbs to the Top of the World
When you’ve suffered childhood trauma, endured alcohol abuse, been through awful bereavements, how can you heal? For Silvia Vasquez-Lavado the answer was to climb to the top of the world - and then ta...
9 Feb 39min
