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Woman's Hour: Angela Rippon, Jamie Bernstein on Maestro, Scorchio! The history of The Weather Girl

Angela Rippon, Jamie Bernstein on Maestro, Scorchio! The history of The Weather Girl

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Angela Rippon, Jamie Bernstein on Maestro, Scorchio! The history of The Weather Girl

Angela Rippon talks to Emma Barnett after being voted off Strictly Come Dancing.

Angela Rippon talks to Emma Barnett after being voted off Strictly Come Dancing at Blackpool's Tower Ballroom.

After being the latest celebrity contestant to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing at Blackpool’s Tower Ballroom, Angela Rippon tells Emma Barnett about forming a lifelong friendship with her 28-year-old dance partner Kai Waddington.  At 79, she was the oldest competitor in the series and has wowed the judges and the audience with her flexible dance moves. 
Sam Fraser started working as a standby weather presenter for BBC South in 2012. When a fan club for her bottom surfaced online and she became a topic on the YouTube channel, Babes of Britain, she soon realised her public reception was not on par with her male counterparts. She turned to stand-up comedy as an outlet – and compiled the experiences of women in her job to produce an Edinburgh Fringe Show, as well as Scorchio! The Story of the Weather Girl, which is on BBC Radio 4 this week.
Yvette Greenway-Mansfield won a record settlement of at least £1 million from the NHS in September after her vaginal mesh implant following a hysterectomy caused traumatic complications. We hear her story and about her ongoing campaign on behalf of other sufferers.
The legendary composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein’s eldest daughter Jamie talks to Emma about her father and the new film about his life, Maestro, which is released this week. 
And Noam Sagi talks about waiting for news of his mother currently being held hostage in the Israeli-Gaza war.


Presenter: Emma Barnett
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Studio Manager: Tim Heffer

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