Angela Rippon, Northern Ireland Abortion, Women Fire Control Operators
Angela Rippon on ageing well, abortion in Northern Ireland, philanthropist Maggie Doyne, women fire control operators and how to cook the perfect chapli beef kebab.
Angela Rippon, who celebrates fifty years in broadcasting this year, tells Jenni about her new television series on How To Stay Young.
As a twenty one year old woman is given a three-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, after admitting procuring her own abortion Jenni hears from Clare Murphy from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service. How different are the abortion laws in Northern Ireland and England?
The Chain - philanthropist Maggie Doyne nominated by Cheryl Strayed, describes how she founded an orphanage in Nepal while she was still in her teens. She recently won the CNN Hero of the Year Award and is now legal guardian to fifty one children.
In 2000 Fire Control Operator Sam Pendlebury received an emergency call from a woman trapped in a building. That event inspired this years BAFTA-winning short film The Operator. Sam joins Jenni along with Sasha Hitchins from the Fire Brigade Union to talk about the work of Fire Control Operators who are mainly women.
Cook The Perfect - Sumayya Usmani cooks Chapli Beef Kebab with Pomegranate Chutney and describes the childhood memories of Pakistan and her mothers cooking that inspired her.
Presented by Jenni Murray
Produced by Caroline Donne.
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The Chain: Maggie Doyne
Nominated by Cheryl Strayed, philanthropist Maggie Doyne discusses her career.
The Chain
Successful women talk about the women who have inspired them.
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Northern Ireland Abortion
Clare Murphy from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service on abortion laws in the UK.
Duration: 03:50
Angela Rippon
She discusses her new television series on How To Stay Young.
Duration: 10:10
The Chain - Maggie Doyne
she founded an orphanage in Nepal while she was still in her teens.
Duration: 07:43
Women Fire Control Operators
Sam Pendlebury & Sasha Hitchins from the Fire Brigade Union on Fire Control Operators.
Duration: 09:15
Cook the Perfect - Chapli Beef Kebab
Lawyer turned Pakistani food writer Sumayya Usmani cooks us a kebab.
Duration: 06:17
Credits
Role Contributor Presenter Jenni Murray Producer Caroline Donne Interviewed Guest Angela Rippon Interviewed Guest Clare Murphy Interviewed Guest Maggie Doyne Interviewed Guest Sam Pendlebury Interviewed Guest Sasha Hitchins Interviewed Guest Sumayya Usmani Broadcast
- Wed 6 Apr 2016 10:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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