The issue of sexual assault hasn’t been far from the headlines in recent weeks - but what kind of help is available for people who have been through it?
James visits Saint Mary’s Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Manchester where he meets the people who offer invaluable medical and emotional support to patients. He also talks to a young woman who describes ... Show More
Jul 2021
Deborah James; Colin Pitchfork Parole and Falling in love with an object
Deborah James is a the host of the BBC's You, Me And The Big C podcast, a campaigner, writer and mother of two. As @bowelbabe she blogs about living with stage 4 bowel cancer since Christmas 2016. After trialling experimental drugs she was told she had ‘no sign of active disease’ ... Show More
57m 49s
Jul 2023
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Caitlin Moran, Trichotillomania, Prison Officers, TikTok Nans, Olivia Dean
Caitlin Moran’s multi-award-winning bestseller How to Be a Woman has been published in 28 countries. Now she has turned her attention to men; what's wrong with them, what they should do about it and why they need feminism to help. Caitlin joins Anita to discuss her new book What ... Show More
53m 7s
Sep 2021
'Typical Girls' - a new play by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, set in a women's prison; Coming out at 44; Student counselling.
As if one new play opening wasn’t enough pressure Olivier award-winning playwright, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, has two this month. ‘Typical Girls’, set in a women’s prison, opened this week at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, and tomorrow ‘Mum’ begins previewing at the Theatre Royal ... Show More
57m 43s
Aug 2023
Scottish rape survivors, Writer Natasha Walter, New research on the Y chromosome and male infertility
A group of women who were raped by the same man are now coming together to campaign for better treatment for survivors of rape in the Scottish justice system. After his sentencing, the women were photographed arm-in-arm outside the high court in Glasgow, having forged a close bon ... Show More
41m 43s
Jul 2021
Off the Rails Film, Bella Mackie, Long Covid, #MeToo around the world
Jules Williamson has directed her first feature film in her fifties. The premier is tonight. Off the Rails is a celebration of women. It centres round four friends who went Inter-railing when they were 19, who when one of them dies, revisit the same journey later in life taking h ... Show More
57m 29s
Jul 2022
My Son Had a Mental Breakdown and I Feel So Helpless
Today, we hear from a father desperate to help his 21-year-old who suffered a mental breakdown, a woman worried about how her husband’s job is affecting their marriage, and a wife struggling with body image issues after her husband confessed a porn addiction.Lyrics of the Day: "W ... Show More
1h 9m