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Amy Rosenthal's adaptation of Bar Mitzvah Boy, Nevada Brothels and bomb disposal operator Maj. Nicola Roberts

With Jenni Murray. Amy Rosenthal on adapting her father's award-winning play Bar Mitzvah Boy for Radio 4, and is legalising prostitution the best way to make sex workers safer?

Amy Rosenthal talks about adapting her father's award winning television play, Bar Mitzvah Boy, for Radio 4. Is legalising prostitution the best way to make sex workers safer? Feminist Campaigner, Julie Bindel, has been to Nevada in the U.S, where brothels are legal, to see if there's anything to be learnt from their approach to prostitution. Major Nicola Roberts is one of only a handful of highly skilled women soldiers trained to find and disarm improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. But why did she choose to enter one of the most dangerous of professions? As a teenager Nicky Doherty's kept her chaotic home life secret from her friends and schoolmates. She believes there's a huge taboo about having parents who drink to excess, and is working to help dispel the stigma and shame many children feel about living with an alcoholic mother or father.

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45 minutes

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Fri 11 Nov 2011 10:00

Chapters

  • Legalising Prostitution

    Between 60-140 sex workers have been murdered in Britain in the past decade – would legalisation make them safer? Jenni discusses with Julie Bindel & David Wilson, Prof. of Criminology.

    Duration: 18:15

  • Major Nicola Roberts

    Major Nicola Roberts is one of only a handful of highly skilled women soldiers trained to find & disarm improvised explosive devices. Why did she choose one of the most dangerous professions?

    Duration: 06:12

  • Children of Alcoholics

    1 million children in the UK are living with an alcoholic parent. Jenni talks to Nicky Doherty, child of an alcoholic and volunteer for the Nat. Ass.for Children of Alcoholics & Susan George of SUFSS.

    Duration: 07:29

  • Amy Rosenthal

    Jack Rosenthal's TV play about a boy having his Bar Mitzvah has been adapted by his daughter, Amy. She joins Jenni to talk about her motivation for adapting it and her own journey as a writer.

    Duration: 09:47

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  • Fri 11 Nov 2011 10:00

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