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Woman's Hour: Sally Wainwright, drink spiking, Gurinder Chadha and Debbie Wiseman

31/12/2022

Sally Wainwright, drink spiking, Gurinder Chadha and Debbie Wiseman

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Sally Wainwright, drink spiking, Gurinder Chadha and Debbie Wiseman

The writer and director Sally Wainwright ahead of the 3rd and final series of Happy Valley

The writer Sally Wainwright ahead of the third and final series of Happy Valley, and how to stay vigilant about drink spiking at New Year's parties.

Deputy Chief Constable Maggie Blyth joins Krupa Padhy to talk about the new figures released by the National Police Chiefs Council which say there were nearly five thousand cases of needle and drink spiking recorded by forces across England and Wales between September last year and August this year. 

Do you remember the first time you really felt ‘seen’? For a special bank holiday programme, all about representation, hear a conversation between Bridgerton actress Charithra Chandran and her hero Gurinder Chadha, who directed the iconic film Bend It Like Beckham.

As part of a new series called Finding My Voice, Jessica Creighton speaks to the author Milly Johnson about the moment she realised her success lay in embracing and enhancing her Yorkshire voice, instead of trying to supress it.

The scientist Dr Jess Wade joins Jessica Creighton to talk about the representation of women in science, and how she’s trying to improve that by joining the Wikipedia community of volunteers and creating pages for women in science and all their achievements. 

The writer and director Sally Wainwright joins Krupa Padhy ahead of the final series of Happy Valley to discuss how she created the iconic character of Catherine Cawood, and why Sarah Lancashire was perfect for the part – and her mum was her best script editor. 

What’s the best way for you to feel rested? Does music come into it? Jessica Creighton speaks to the award-winning composer and conductor Debbie Wiseman OBE about the relaxing and restful impact the right music can have, not just on our mind, but on our body and our heartbeat too.

Presenter: Krupa Padhy
Producer: Lottie Garton

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