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Woman's Hour: The codebreaking sisters. Women in elite sport. How female DJs are adapting during lockdown

15/08/2020

The codebreaking sisters. Women in elite sport. How female DJs are adapting during lockdown

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, The codebreaking sisters. Women in elite sport. How female DJs are adapting during lockdown

The codebreaking sisters. Women in elite sport. Female DJs adapting during lockdown.

Codebreaking sisters Patricia and Jean Owtram. The BBC Sport Elite British Sportswomen's survey 2020. And with nightlife on pause during lockdown how have DJs been adapting?

On VJ Day we hear from Patricia and Jean Owtram who both served their country while their father was a prisoner of war in the Far East.

We discuss the findings of the BBC Sport Elite British Sportswomen's survey 2020  published this week.

Karen Maine tells us about her new film Yes God, Yes about 16 year old Alice growing up a Catholic and attending Catholic school in the early noughties in the American mid-west.

Plus as President Alexander Lukashenko is re-elected in Belarus, we talk about the woman who challenged him.

And with nightlife on pause during lockdown how have female  DJs been adapting?

Presenter Jenni Murray
Producer Rabeka Nurmahomed
Editor  Beverley Purcell

GUEST   Susannah Townsend
GUEST;  Priyanaz Chatterji
GUEST;  Tammy Parlour 
GUEST;  Veronika Tsepkalo 
GUEST;  DJ Flight 
GUEST;  Ngaio Anyia 
GUEST;  Karen Maine

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