Woman's Hour - Esther Rutter on the knitted bikini, Sally Challen and composer Suzanne Ciani

Esther Rutter on the knitted bikini, Sally Challen and composer Suzanne Ciani

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Esther Rutter on the secret feminist history of knitting.

Sally Challen was jailed for 22 years for killing her husband Richard in 2011. She was released earlier this year after a change in the law on coercive control. She talks to Jane about her marriage, her sentence and what it’s like to be a free woman.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag won three separate awards at this years Emmy’s - what's behind her success?

Jennie Joseph, a UK trained midwife, tells us about her work in the US reducing maternal and perinatal mortality among black women and other women of colour. Plus could you continue to love your son if he was accused of violent sexual crimes? And the five time Grammy award nominated composer and electronic music artist Suzanne Ciani on her career spanning 40 years.

Presenter Jane Garvey Producer Rabeka Nurmahomed Editor Beverley Purcell

Guest; Emma Bullimore Guest; Hetta Howes Guest; Tracy-Ann Oberman Guest; Anupama Chandrasekhar Guest; Sally Challen Guest; Esther Rutter Guest; Jennie Joseph Guest; Suzanne Ciani


Published on Saturday, 28th September 2019.

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