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Woman's Hour: The women at the centre of the new drama 'It's a Sin'. Plus a look at the gendered economic impact of covid.

The women at the centre of the new drama 'It's a Sin'. Plus a look at the gendered economic impact of covid.

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, The women at the centre of the new drama 'It's a Sin'. Plus a look at the gendered economic impact of covid.

The women at the centre of the drama 'It's a Sin' set in London during the Aids crisis.

The women at the centre of the new Channel 4 drama 'It's a Sin'.  The gendered economic impact of Coronavirus. And Britain's oldest paper 'girl' Pauline Bridge.

'It’s a Sin', the new drama on Channel 4 by Russel T Davies tells the story of a group of young gay men living in London during the Aids crisis of the 1980s and 90s. 

At the centre of their lives is their friend Jill Baxter, who offers unconditional love and support. We meet the woman who inspired the character, Davies' long-time friend Jill Nalder, the actor who plays her on screen Lydia West and Lisa Power an LGBT rights campaigner and co-founder of Stonewall.

A new report from the Women and Equalities Committee looks at the gendered economic impact of Covid 19 -  we're joined by its Chair Caroline Noakes MP. 

Plus Pauline Bridge, who at 82 has been called Britain’s oldest paper "girl". And we hear from Kirsty Mead a Topshop worker, and a lifestyle fashion blogger whose video on TikTok of her packing up one of the shops in Leeds that's never going to open again, has gone viral.

Presenter  Emma Barnett
Producer   Beverley Purcell

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The women at the centre of the new drama 'It's a Sin'. Plus a look at the gendered economic impact of covid.

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