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Woman's Hour: Bridget Christie, Windrush Women, Helen and Rob in the Archers

Bridget Christie, Windrush Women, Helen and Rob in the Archers

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Bridget Christie, Windrush Women, Helen and Rob in the Archers

The comedian talks about creating and starring in new TV comedy drama The Change.

Comedian Bridget Christie’s stand-up has been credited with putting the funny in feminism.  You might know her from Taskmaster or Ghosts.  Now she’s created and stars in a comedy drama called The Change, which starts this week on Channel 4.  She plays Linda, a woman who turns 50, discovers she’s menopausal and abandons her family to go off and find herself in the Forest of Dean.  Bridget joins Nuala in studio.

On Thursday, the UK will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush which made the 5,000 mile journey from the Caribbean to England in 1948.  The passengers were mainly made up of ex-servicemen along with over 200 bold, pioneering women. Veteran nurse and founder of the Windrush Cymru Elders, Roma Taylor, former nurse Allyson Williams and journalist Amina Taylor join Nuala to discuss their experiences of leaving home to help rebuild Britain after WWII.

Even if you aren’t a fan of the Archers you're probably familiar with the Helen and Rob storyline that featured coercive control and domestic violence back in 2016. Rob, the perpetrator, eventually got his comeuppance and was banished to the US. Now nearly seven years later Rob has returned.  Joining Nuala to talk about the latest twists and turns is the actor who plays Helen, Louiza Patikas.

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