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Woman's Hour: Ellen DeGeneres, crime writer Denise Mina and Kids in Crisis After Covid

19/08/2020

Ellen DeGeneres, crime writer Denise Mina and Kids in Crisis After Covid

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Ellen DeGeneres, crime writer Denise Mina and Kids in Crisis After Covid

Ellen DeGeneres, Camilla Thurlow and Denise Mina.

Camilla Thurlow on landmine clearance, Love Island and finding her real place in the world, author Denise Mina, plus supporting the mental health of children in the pandemic.

Three producers on the Ellen DeGeneres Show in the US have been fired amid allegations of misconduct and sexual harassment and reports that it was a "toxic workplace".  As one of the highest paid and popular stars on TV Ellen ends her talk show with the catch phrase "be kind to one another".   What is the impact on her popularity and reputation following the sackings?  Jenni speaks to New York-based journalist and broadcaster Jane Mulkerrins.

At the age of 23, Camilla Thurlow was accepted by the HALO Trust to train in explosive ordinance disposal, finding and clearing landmines in some of the world’s most dangerous and inhospitable places. She then signed up for hit TV show, Love Island, where she came second.  She describes it as the scariest thing she could have done.  She subsequently impressed viewers in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, and has now written a book -  Not the Type – Finding my place in the real world, about learning to confront her anxieties in a world dominated by celebrity culture. She now sits on the board of Indigo Volunteers and has a close relationship with the charity Choose Love/Help Refugees.

Coronavirus and the lockdown have changed things for everyone – but what kind of lasting impact will it have on the mental health of children?  Jenni is joined by the Head of See, Hear Respond at Barnardo’s, Amanda Naylor  and the Child Psychologist, Angharad Rudkin who explain how best to support children in the days ahead. 

Denise Mina is the award-winning Scottish crime writer of novels including the Garnethill trilogy and The Long Drop. She joins Jenni to discuss her latest thriller – the Less Dead – which is inspired by real life murders of sex workers in Glasgow in the 1990s.  Nanette Pollock – former DCI who worked in in Glasgow CID at the time of the murders - will describe her experience of the policing of sex workers in the city at that time, the murders, and an amazing cinematic meeting in the Ballroom at a central Glasgow hotel when 400 street sex workers met to discuss the murders and their personal safety
Presenter:  Jenni Murray
Producer: Caroline Donne

Interviewed guest: Jane Mulkerrins
Interviewed guest: Amanda Naylor
Interviewed guest: Angharad Rudkin
Interviewed guest: Denise Mina
Interviewed guest: Nanette Pollock

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