Host Anita Anand joins author Damian Barr and podcaster Meff to hear about how the 80s icon She Ra - sister of He Ra - has become a main character. We hear about how, in her newest iteration, the Princess of Power isn’t just openly gay but saved the world with a queer kiss. Producer: Rufaro Faith Mazarura
Editor: Ailsa Rochester
Sound Design: Craig EdmondsonAn Audio Always production for BBC Radio 4
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Enheduanna
Host Anita Anand joins author Simon Sebag Montefiore and journalist Sian Williams to explore the story of the first documented female author, the Mesopatamian princess Enheduanna. The priestess, poet and author became the first person in history to recount her own sexual assault, and in this fascinating look at her life they explore the history of women writing about their trauma to find healing. Producer: Rufaro Faith Mazarura
Editor: Ailsa Rochester
Sound Design: Craig EdmondsonAn Audio Always production for BBC Radio 4
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Princess Margaret
Host Anita Anand joins presenter William Hanson and satirist Craig Brown to discuss Princess Margaret. From her relationship with the late Queen Elizabeth to what it was like to be the original ‘spare’, her grandest stories to her most cutting remarks, they explore the glamorous, complicated life of The Countess of Snowdon.Producer: Rufaro Faith Mazarura
Editor: Ailsa Rochester
Sound Design: Craig EdmondsonAn Audio Always production for BBC Radio 4
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Shuri
Presenter Anita Anand joins Journalist Charlene White and Ravynn Stringfield to discuss Afrofuturism, why Marvel's fictional country of Wakanda matters and how T’Challa’s smart talking, genius little sister Shuri became Black Panther’s most exciting princess.Producer: Rufaro Faith Mazarura
Editor: Ailsa Rochester
Sound Design: Craig EdmondsonAn Audio Always production for BBC Radio 4
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Merida
Anita Anand is joined by the actor Carrie Hope Fletcher and Brenda Chapman, the animator, screenwriter and director of the Pixar movie Brave. They discuss why Merida was such a monumental animated Princess and what makes the film’s portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship so revolutionary. Producer: Rufaro Faith Mazarura
Editor: Ailsa Rochester
Sound Design: Craig EdmondsonAn Audio Always production for BBC Radio 4
Anita Anand and her guests explore princesses - delving into their favourite fictional, or historical, princess. From She Ra to Mesopatamian high priestess Enheduanna we get into what it means to be a princess.