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Woman's Hour: Leaving controlling relationships, Caryl Churchill, Cilla

Leaving controlling relationships, Caryl Churchill, Cilla

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Leaving controlling relationships, Caryl Churchill, Cilla

Coercive control prosecution. Caryl Churchill. Remastering Cilla's hits. Sex and gender.

Natalie tells the programme about the support she received from the police when trying to get out of a coercive relationship. Plus, a celebration of Caryl Churchill at 80. 

This week sees the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women begin 16 days working towards that goal. But how is emotional abuse, which can be difficult to see visible signs of, fitting into that work? We talk to Natalie, who successfully took her partner to court for coercive control, and Katie Ghose, the Chief Executive of Women’s Aid.

As the playwright Caryl Churchill celebrates her 80th birthday, we hear how her work has impacted women in and outside the arts. Actor Deborah Findlay, writer Moira Buffini and Professor Elaine Aston discuss.

A new album of Cilla Black’s music has been released, remastering her vocals with accompaniment from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. One of the producers of the album, Juliette Pochin, explains how they remastered some of her greatest hits.

This week Jane began a series of conversations about sex and gender. She spoke to Bex Stinson, who is the Head of Trans Inclusion at Stonewall, and Helen Lewis, the Deputy Editor of the New Statesman, about why conversations around the topic are so quickly labelled toxic.

Ariana Grande hit the news this week as she cut her trademark ponytail in the wake of her recent break-up. Why is hair often an outlet during big lifestyle changes? Jenni is joined by hair historian Rachael Gibson, hairdresser Michael Douglas and Georgie Willock who chose a bold new look as a new mum.

In 1992 Jayne Zito's first husband, Jonathan, was stabbed to death by a paranoid schizophrenic at Finsbury Park tube station in London, just months after they were married. Calling for an independent inquiry immediately the trial was finished she headed the Zito Trust for 16 years, an influential lobbying organisation aimed at supporting victims and improving the delivery of community care services to the severely mentally ill. Jayne talks to Jenni about life after the campaigning ends.

The Women’s Atlas looks at the world through maps and charts of women’s experiences around the world, and is now in its fifth edition. Its author, the geographer Joni Seager joins Jenni to discuss the changes she’s charted in women’s lives since she began the project in 1986.

Presented by Jenni Murray
Produced by Rosie Stopher
Edited by Jane Thurlow

Interviewed guest: Natalie
Interviewed guest: Katie Ghose
Interviewed guest: Caryl Churchill
Interviewed guest: Moira Buffini
Interviewed guest: Deborah Findlay
Interviewed guest: Juliette Pochin
Interviewed guest: Bex Stinson
Interviewed guest: Helen Lewis
Interviewed guest: Rachael Gibson
Interviewed guest: Michael Douglas
Interviewed guest: Georgie Willock
Interviewed guest: Jayne Zito
Interviewed guest: Joni Seager

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