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Lily Tomlin, The Chain with Samantha Morton, Mmabatho Montsho, Jackie Ashley

Lily Tomlin; The Chain with Samantha Morton; film-maker Mmabatho Montsho and South African women challenging sex myths; Jackie Ashley, new president of Lucy Cavendish College.

Lily Tomlin US actress and comedienne, on her new film Grandma in which she plays an abortion-funding grandmother. She looks back at four decades as a gay woman on screen and her experience of the Hollywood gender pay gap.

Mmabatho Montsho is a film director and her online series 'Women On Sex' is challenging stereotypes and myths about how black South African women feel about sex.

The Chain: Samantha Morton begins our chain of inspirational women by talking to Jane about the woman who inspires her most. Samantha also discusses why she decided to speak publicly about the abuse she says she suffered as a child in a care home in Nottingham

Jackie Ashley on becoming the new President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge which is Europe's only college for women aged 21 and over.

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Mon 7 Dec 2015 10:00
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Chapters

  • Lily Tomlin

    Lily talks to Jane about her long and varied acting career, and her new film Grandma.

    Duration: 12:28

  • Women on Sex - Mmabatho Montsho

    The creator of the YouTube series busting stereotypes about South African women and sex.

    Duration: 10:00

  • Jackie Ashley - Lucy Cavendish College

    We speak to the new President of the new women-only Lucy Cavendish College at Cambridge.

    Duration: 06:57

  • The Chain - Samantha Morton

    The Oscar-nominated actress on acting, motherhood, and speaking out about child abuse.

    Duration: 12:28

Credits

Presenter Jane Garvey
Producer Caroline Donne
Interviewed Guest Lily Tomlin
Interviewed Guest Mmabatho Montsho
Interviewed Guest Samantha Morton
Interviewed Guest Jackie Ashley

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  • Mon 7 Dec 2015 10:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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