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24/08/2018

Emma Thompson on her role as a judge in The Children Act, reclaiming the female muses who inspired the pre-Raphaelite movement, and a live performance from rapper Sa-Roc.

Emma Thompson talks about her new film The Children Act, celebrating being 60, the #MeToo movement and becoming a Dame.

Reclaiming the female muses who inspired the pre-Raphaelite movement. Historian Kirsty Stonell Walker on uncovering evidence about their lives and why she wants to distance them from their image as "mad, troubled, suicidal and common".

Free sanitary products at football grounds, are they really needed? Three women from the campaign, "On the Ball", talk to Jenni about involving football clubs in the fight against period poverty. Plus, live music from Sa-Roc a socially conscious rapper who's making waves in the industry.

Presenter Jenni Murray
Producer Beverley Purcell.

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Fri 24 Aug 2018 10:00
麻豆社 Radio 4

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Presenter Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest Emma Thompson
Interviewed Guest Kirsty Stonell Walker
Interviewed Guest Mikaela McKinley
Interviewed Guest Erin Slaven
Interviewed Guest Orlaith Duffy
Interviewed Guest Sa-Roc
Performer Sa-Roc
Producer Beverley Purcell

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    麻豆社 Radio 4

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