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Rooney Mara as Mary Magdalene, Child sexual exploitation, Poems in tribute to women of Scotland

Rooney Mara plays Mary Magdalene in a new film; fears about the extent of child sexual exploitation in Telford; the author of a new memoir about obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Calls are being made for a new inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Telford, Shropshire following allegations that up to 1000 children could have been abused there over a period of forty years. We hear from the Conservative MP for Telford and a solicitor specialising in child abuse cases.

Rooney Mara plays Mary Magdalene in a new film. What do we know about one of the most misunderstood figures in history?

Lily Bailey cannot remember a time when she did not experience distressing intrusive thoughts. She has now written a memoir, Because We Are Bad, describing her experience of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Writer, poet actor Gerda Stevenson has published a second collection of poems, Quines: Poems in tribute to Women of Scotland. She talks about the extraordinary array of women in her book - singers, politicians, a fish-gutter, a marine engineer, a salt seller, sportswomen, scientists and more.

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45 minutes

Chapters

  • Telford

    Duration: 14:25

  • Rooney Mara

    Duration: 10:45

  • Lily Bailey

    Duration: 09:23

  • Gerda Stevenson

    Duration: 08:46

Obsessive鈥揷ompulsive disorder

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest Lucy Allan
Interviewed Guest Kathleen Hallisey
Interviewed Guest Lily Bailey
Interviewed Guest Gerda Stevenson
Producer Lucinda Montefiore
Editor Karen Dalziel

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Mar 2018 10:00

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