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Woman's Hour: Lily James, Trump women's protest, women's hockey World Cup, actor Sarah Gordy

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13/07/2018

Lily James, Trump women's protest, women's hockey World Cup, actor Sarah Gordy

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Lily James, Trump women's protest, women's hockey World Cup, actor Sarah Gordy

Lily James on the new Mamma Mia film; the women protesting President Trump's visit.

Lily James on the new Mamma Mia film; women protesting President Trump's visit; a women's hockey World Cup; Sarah Gordy - the first woman with Down's syndrome to receive an MBE.

Lily James on her starring role in the sequel and prequel to the hugely successful film Mamma Mia. Mamma Mia Here We Go Again includes the original cast together with new characters, such as Lily's younger version of the Meryl Streep character, Donna Sheridan. 

Plus, as President Trump visits the UK, we hear about the women's march planned to take place today in protest. Tina Daheley speaks to organiser Huda Jawad and to the BBC's Chi Chi Izundu.

The World Cup - for women's hockey. As Team GB prepares for the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup, Tina meets three of the players - Susannah Townsend, Sarah Haycroft, and Ellie Rayer.

Actor Sarah Gordy, who made history last month as the first woman with Down's syndrome to receive an MBE. An ambassador for Mencap, she was nominated for services to the arts and people with disabilities. Her work has included roles in Call the Midwife and JK Rowling's Strike, and she is now starring in a new play called Jellyfish, inspired by her. Sarah and her mother Jane, also her acting coach, speak about the significance of the award and how the acting industry is changing.

Letitia Sage: the first woman Englishwoman to fly in a hot air balloon. Tina speaks to Sharon Wright, journalist and author of Balloonmania Belles: Daredevil Divas Who First Took to the Sky. She tells us about Mrs Sage's 1785 flight, why she might be the founder of 'the mile high club', and the other women at the forefront of aeronautics at the time.

Presenter: Tina Daheley
Producer: Emma Wallace.

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