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Woman's Hour: Olivia Colman, Undercover policing inquiry, Afua Hirsch, Lottie Jackson

Olivia Colman, Undercover policing inquiry, Afua Hirsch, Lottie Jackson

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Olivia Colman, Undercover policing inquiry, Afua Hirsch, Lottie Jackson

Award-winning actress Olivia Colman on working with a domestic violence prevention charity

Award-winning actress Olivia Colman on working with a domestic violence prevention charity.

Actress Olivia Colman is the patron of the arts charity Tender, having previously played a survivor of domestic violence in the film Tyrannosaur.  She speaks to Woman’s Hour alongside Tender CEO Susie McDonald about the work they’re doing to try and prevent domestic violence. 

A special police unit used to spy on left wing political and activist groups was not justified and should have been disbanded in its early days.   That’s one of the conclusions of the first part of a judge led inquiry into undercover policing, which covers the years 1968 to 1982. Sir John Mitting, Chair of the inquiry said most groups infiltrated by the Met’s Special Demonstration Squad posed no threat.  His report details tactics such as forming sexual relationships while undercover and using dead children’s names to create false identities.  Hayley Hassall is joined by ‘Alison’ who had a five year relationship with an undercover officer, and by Harriet Wistrich, who is Director of the Centre for Women’s Justice and part of the legal team that represented women in the inquiry.

The writer, editor and disability activist Lottie Jackson has written a memoir called See Me Rolling. In it, she discusses the way that society views disability and the innate prejudices that we have. She also talks about fashion and how important it is in letting her express her identity. She joins Hayley.

The journalist Afua Hirsch has made a new series of Africa Rising for BBC 2, about an African cultural renaissance.  Afua visits three very different countries; Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa, and interviews young creatives who are expressing new ideas which are gathering momentum across the continent. Afua joins Hayley to talk about the female artists she met and their inspiring visions.

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