Weekend Woman's Hour: Gemma Chan, Marguerite Patten
Gemma Chan on her role in Humans, celebrating the life of Marguerite Patten, helping vulnerable girls avoid prison, Eliza Kennedy on her novel I Take You, and Souad Massi sings.
Gemma Chan on her role as a robot in Channel 4's new series, Humans. We celebrate the life of Marguerite Patten the home economist and one of the earliest celebrity chefs.
Are women who drink to excess more harshly judged than men? Sally Marlow and Lucy Rocca discuss. Eliza Kennedy talks about her new novel, I Take You, which explores monogamy, female sexuality and the realities of happily ever after.
Juliet Lyon of the Prison Reform Trust and Lin Hinnigan from the Youth Justice Board talk about support for vulnerable young women in the care system so they can avoid prison.
Historian, Amanda Vickery on Lat Traviata. Should infertility be discussed as part of Sex and Relationships Education? And we have music from one of the most successful female singer songwriters in the Arabic speaking world - Souad Massi.
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Gemma Chan
Gemma Chan is one of the stars of the new Channel 4 series Humans which starts this weekend.Β It explores what makes us human? And whether a synthetic creation can ever think and feel. She talks to Jenni about her role,Β equality, and why she wants to see more colour-blind casting for film and TV.
Celebrating Marguerite Patten
A celebration of the life and achievements of cookery writer Marguerite Patten who has died aged 99, including a recording of Jane Garvey's last interview with Marguerite at her home in Brighton. Author of overΒ 170 books, Marguerite began teaching the British to cook when she joined the Ministry of Food during the Second World War. As a host of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ's Kitchen Front, she helped the nation to make the most of wartime rations. She made her first television appearance in 1947 and was a regular guest on both Masterchef and Ready Steady Cook, but always refused the title of celebrity chef preferring the term "home economist". She was made a CBE for services to the art of cookery in 2010.
Attitudes to women and alcohol
Eliza Kennedy
Do vulnerable girls get the support they need?
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Jenni Murray |
Interviewed Guest | Gemma Chan |
Interviewed Guest | Lucy Rocca |
Interviewed Guest | Sally Marlow |
Interviewed Guest | Eliza Kennedy |
Interviewed Guest | Juliet Lyon |
Interviewed Guest | Lin Hinnigan |
Interviewed Guest | Natalie Rollock |
Interviewed Guest | Amanda Vickery |
Interviewed Guest | Geeta Nargund |
Interviewed Guest | Jane Lees |
Interviewed Guest | Harriet Minter |
Interviewed Guest | Souad Massi |
Producer | Rabeka Nurmahomed |
Broadcast
- Sat 13 Jun 2015 16:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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