Ep 222: Tamsin Greig & Sally Wainwright talk RIOT WOMEN, menopause and joy, at Italian Global Series

Anna is at Italian Global Series, a festival which transforms two Northern Italian cities into the meeting place for the world’s leading television creatives.

First up, Anna is joined by multi-BAFTA winning writer, Sally Wainwright and Olivier-award winning actor, Tamsin Greig to discuss comedy-drama series, RIOT WOMEN. They explain why a TV show about five middle-aged women starting a rock band might just be the perfect way to begin a conversation about the menopause. Sally shares advice to women writers and to the industry’s gatekeepers. Tamsin suggests how today’s young actors might approach the challenge of gaining a foothold in the industry.

Anna then meets Chiara Sbarigia, President of Italy’s Audiovisual Producers Association, which is one of the festival’s organisers. Chiara talks about the festival’s genesis and the venues, history and Italian hospitality which make it so unique. Chiara also shares her experience as a woman working her way up the career ladder in Italy’s audiovisual industry.

A huge thank you to Italian Global Series for partnering on this episode.

To find out more about Italian Global Series visit the festival’s official website at

https://italianglobalseriesfestival.it/en/

You can watch RIOT WOMEN on BBC iPlayer in the UK, and BritBox in North America and across Europe.

Television and Radio Series mentioned in this episode:

STAR TREK: VOYAGER

STAR TREK: PICARD

FALLING

LA FAMIGLIA PANINI