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Woman's Hour: Daisy May Cooper, Self-defence in schools, Fear of vomiting, The High Table

Daisy May Cooper; Self-defence in schools; Fear of Vomiting; The High Table

Daisy May Cooper, Self-defence in schools, Fear of vomiting, The High Table

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Daisy May Cooper, Self-defence in schools, Fear of vomiting, The High Table

Daisy May Cooper, Self-defence in schools, Fear of Vomiting, The High Table

Daisy May Cooper talks about the third and final series of This Country. And Jane asks how parents with emetophobia - a fear of vomiting - cope when their children are sick.

Daisy May Cooper is one half of the sibling duo behind award winning BBC Three comedy This Country which returned for its third and final season on Monday. Daisy plays Kerry Mucklowe alongside her brother Charlie as ‘Kurtan’, two twenty-something cousins who are stuck in their tiny Cotswold village. Their lives revolve around local scarecrow competitions, terrorising neighbours and football training with the friendly local vicar. Daisy joins Jane to discuss the new series, accepting a BAFTA wearing a bin bag and dealing with the real life death of character and friend Sluggs.

Do you fear being sick? Do you fear seeing or hearing others vomit? Do you take significant steps to minimize the risk of catching a sickness bug, which have interfered with your daily life? If you’ve answered yes to most of these questions, then you might be emetophobic. Emetophobia - a fear of vomiting - is a relatively common but under-researched psychological disorder that mostly affects women. Lucy Burton is one such woman and has been coping with emetophobia for most of her life. Jane also speaks to emetophobia expert Professor David Veale, a consultant psychiatrist at the Maudsley hospital in London.

Ellie Gould was just 17. She had her whole life ahead of her. But last May she was killed by Thomas Griffiths who was once her boyfriend. He was also 17 and pleaded guilty to her murder. Now three of her closest friends want self-defence classes to be part of the national curriculum. They believe that if Ellie had some techniques to protect herself she may still be alive. Tilda Offen, Harriet Adams and Ellie Welling talk to Jane Garvey about what they’re doing for their friend.

Every family has their complications - but for Leah, this might be the breaking point. It’s time to tell her traditional Nigerian parents that she is getting married to another woman. A new play - The High Table - explores family tradition, love and trauma. We meet the writer Temi Wilkey.

Presenter - Jane Garvey
Producer - Anna Lacey

Guest - Daisy May Cooper
Guest - David Veale
Guest - Lucy Burton
Guest - Temi Wilkey
Guest - Ellie Welling
Guest - Tilda Offen
Guest - Harriet Adams

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