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Olivia Colman and Olivia Williams discuss their new play; Plus Patricia Greene on playing Jill Archer for 60 years.

Olivia Colman and Olivia Williams discuss their new play. Patricia Greene, AKA Jill Archer, on playing the role for 60 years. And a preview of the new film comedy The Big Sick.

Olivia Colman and Olivia Williams discuss their new play Mosquitoes and what it's like to play sisters.

We hear from Patricia Greene, Jill Archer in the Archers, who's been playing the role for sixty years. We look at how her character has changed over the years and the latest story line 'flapjackgate'.

Three women whose children, for many reasons, do not live with them discuss Mothers Apart, a group in Huddersfield which allows them to talk about this taboo situation. Siobhan Beckwith who runs the group discusses the mental and emotional difficulties these women face.

Listener Jackie talks about how the gender pay gap has directly affected her and we hear from the Labour MP Jess Phillips and Charlie Dobrez a Director of Lewes Football Club in Sussex which pays both its male and female players the same.

We continue our series Dating with Difficulty, having to explain a difficult personal situation to a prospective partner. Eleanor Conway talks about dating whilst sober because of past drug and alcohol abuse and Emily Reynolds shares what it's like tying to find a partner when you have bipolar disorder.

And a new comedy 'The Big Sick' based on the real life relationship of co-writers Kamail Nanjiani and Emily V.Gordon. It's the story of the Pakistani-American stand up comedian who hides the fact that he's dating a while woman from his strictly traditional parents.

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58 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterJane Garvey
ProducerRabeka Nurmahomed
EditorBeverley Purcell
Interviewed GuestOlivia Colman
Interviewed GuestOlivia Williams
Interviewed GuestPatricia Greene
Interviewed GuestSiobhan Beckwith
Interviewed GuestJess Phillips
Interviewed GuestCharlie Dobrez
Interviewed GuestEleanor Conway
Interviewed GuestEmily Reynolds
Interviewed GuestKumail Nanjiani
Interviewed GuestEmily V Gordon

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  • Sat 29 Jul 201716:00

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