Riot Girls: Emma

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Sarah Smart

Sarah Thom

Chris Pavlo

Brian Protheroe

Anil Goutam

Leo Wan

Ewan Bailey

Rebecca Hamilton

Emma Harding

Abigail le Fleming

Lucy Catherine

Emma

BBC Radio 4 - Riot Girls, Emma

1995. Emma now works for New Labour. But how new are attitudes to women? By Lucy Catherine

1995. Emma works for New Labour. But how far have attitudes to women in the workplace evolved? Second of 3 plays charting feminism through 3 generations of women. By Lucy Catherine

Second of three new plays charting British feminism through three generations of women. By Lucy Catherine.  Today's drama is the story of an ambitious young career woman, whose idealism is challenged when she encounters the seedier side of politics in the 1990s. 

Emma is now in her twenties and, despite her unsettled childhood, has soared academically and is now a policy advisor to New Labour. She's on course to career success and, she believes, to changing the world. But when she catches the attention of senior party figure, Mac, she has to contend with regressive attitudes to women in the workplace.

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Emma.....Sarah Smart
Susan.....Sarah Thom
Gareth.....Chris Pavlo
Mac.....Brian Protheroe
Shafiq.....Anil Goutam
Anders.....Leo Wan
Tim.....Ewan Bailey
Receptionist/ Sonographer.....Rebecca Hamilton

Director.....Emma Harding
Producer.....Abigail le Fleming

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