Karen Krizanovich and Heidi Ellert-McDermott on the Oscars, new Paula Yates documentary, abortion rights in the US
Her unique interviewing style on The Tube and Big Breakfast combined flirtatious charm, razor-sharp wit and ruthlessness. The life and death of TV presenter and writer Paula Yates.
As a new Channel 4 documentary is released, Nuala McGovern hears more about her life from director Charlie Russell.
Who were the female winners at the Academy Awards last night? What were the surprises and omissions? Who gave the best acceptance speeches? We talk to the film critic Karen Krizanovich and speech writer Heidi Ellert-McDermott.
Five women who say they were denied abortions despite risks to their lives are suing the State of Texas. In June last year the US supreme court overturned Roe v. Wade, the law that had made abortion a constitutional right for Americans for nearly half a century. Since the court’s ruling, a dozen states have made abortion illegal and many others have restricted it. We talk to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s reporter in Washington Holly Honderich about this issue and also hear the latest on the fallout over access to a widely use abortion pill which is becoming increasingly difficult to get.
And women in Berlin will soon be allowed to swim topless in public pools after a ruling by the city’s authorities. Will it catch on elsewhere?
Presenter: Nuala McGovern
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Studio Manager: Michael Milham.
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