Weekend Woman’s Hour: Lesley Manville, Breast cancer drug, Blessing scams, The Kill List, Elkie Brooks
Why has a drug that can extend life for advanced breast cancer patients not been made available on the NHS? NICE have made the decision that Enhertu, a drug that can give around an extra six months to...
19 Okt 202453min
Elkie Brooks, 'Emotional vampires', Breast cancer drug
Why has a drug that can extend life for advanced breast cancer patients not been made available on the NHS? NICE have made the decision that Enhertu, a drug that can give around an extra six months to...
18 Okt 202454min
Midlife marriage and money, Sara Sharif, Blessing scams, Maddalena Vaglio Tanet
What are the economic implications of getting married in your midlife? Anita Rani is joined by the Financial Times’ Claer Barrett, writer and couples counsellor Lucy Cavendish and journalist and autho...
17 Okt 202457min
Isabelle Huppert, NHS Whistleblower line, The Kill List, author Cecelia Ahern
French actress Isabelle Huppert is renowned for her portrayal of dark, complex characters. She's also been hailed by many as one of the greatest actors of modern cinema. Since the 1970, she's starred ...
16 Okt 202456min
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Dr Hilary Cass, Meera Syal & Tanika Gupta, SEND teacher training, Sophie Kinsella, Contraception
Dr Hilary Cass, now Baroness Cass, led a four year review into children’s gender identity services in England. Her final report concluded that children had been let down by a lack of research and "re...
16 Okt 202453min
Lesley Manville, Brain injuries in childbirth, Strictly Come Dancing
The actress Lesley Manville is currently starring alongside Mark Strong in Robert Icke’s adaptation of Oedipus. She plays Jocasta, Oedipus’ wife. Lesley joins Nuala McGovern to tell us more about the ...
15 Okt 202457min
Women's magazines, Dawn Sturgess, Female funeral directors
For generations of women and girls, glossy magazines have been a guide to clothes, lifestyles, relationships and, of course, sex. Titles like Cosmopolitan, Woman’s Own and Sugar were pored over by tho...
14 Okt 202457min
Sharon D Clarke, SEND teacher training, Black nurses in history
Sharon D Clarke is a triple Olivier award-winning actress currently starring in two separate TV series: My Loverman on BBC One and Ellis on Channel 5. In November she’s playing the role of Lady Brackn...
11 Okt 202457min
