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Rebecca Cheptegei's killing, Alison Lapper, Ellen Burstyn

What Rebecca Cheptegei's death means for female athletes in East Africa.

The Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died, after being doused with petrol and set on fire. She is the third female athlete to be killed in Kenya in the past few years. To find out more about what's going on, Krupa Padhy is joined by the 主播大秀's Deputy Africa Editor Anne Soy and Joan Chelimo, a fellow athlete of Rebecca's.

Carol Klein is one of our best loved horticulturalists 鈥 most known for presenting shows like Gardener鈥檚 World. As well as gardening and her career on TV, she also trained as an artist and worked as a teacher. Now she鈥檚 written a memoir, Hortobiography, which looks at how her life is all connected through plants. She joins Krupa to tell us more about the book and why our relationship with nature is so important.

Artist and disability activist Alison Lapper is exploring her life in a new 主播大秀 Three documentary, In My Own Words: Alison Lapper. It examines her life from childhood to becoming a mouth artist, as well as looking at how she processed her grief after losing her son, Parys. Krupa speaks to Alison about her art, her son and her life.

Ellen Burstyn has been a star of American stage and screen for 70 years. This week she received the Liberatum Pioneer Award at the Venice Film Festival for her contribution to cinema and the industry, particularly in paving the way for women. She tells Krupa her stories from a lifetime on camera.

The Maori of New Zealand have a new Queen - 27-year-old Ng膩 Wai hono i te p艒. She is the only daughter of the former King, and was chosen to succeed him by the Maori chiefs. To find out what this means for Maori women, we hear from broadcaster and commentator Marni Dunlop.

Presenter: Krupa Padhy
Producer: Lottie Garton

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