Olympic Gold Hockey Players Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh
Olympic gold-medal-winning hockey players Kate and Helen-Richardson Walsh, Atiha Sen Gupta on her play Counting Stars, Helen Sedgwick.
After winning Gold with Great Britain's Women's Hockey team, Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh join Jenni to discuss their careers in sports and what it means to them to be the first same sex married couple at the Olympics.
Ena Miller visited the 8th Black Dolls expo in Tottenham Green. She spoke to Ama Gueye, founder of Operation Sankofa who says she's trying to fill the gap in the British market to promote black dolls.
Atiha Sen Gupta, writer in residence at The Theatre Royal Stratford East, on her latest play Counting Stars. Set in a fictional nightclub it tells the story of two Nigerian immigrants who work in the club's toilets.
And Helen Sedgwick, a former physicist tells Jenni about how she swapped science for fiction writing and about her first novel The Comet Seekers.
Presenter: Jenni Murray
Producer: Caroline Donne.
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Hockey stars Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh
On their sporting careers, the Olympics and their marriage
Duration: 12:41
Black Dolls Expo
Why having a doll that resembles ourselves is so important
Duration: 10:58
Playwright Atiha Sen Gupta
Discussing her new play Counting Stars at the Theatre Royal Stratford East
Duration: 08:29
Author Helen Sedgwick
The former physicist who has swapped science for fiction writing
Duration: 09:29
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Role Contributor Presenter Jenni Murray Producer Caroline Donne Interviewed Guest Kate Richardson-Walsh Interviewed Guest Helen Richardson-Walsh Interviewed Guest Atiha Sen Gupta Interviewed Guest Helen Sedgwick Broadcast
- Fri 2 Sep 2016 10:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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