In this episode we get physical and hear how the Greenham and Aldermaston experience gave women confidence in their bodies and voice – subverting stereotypes and challenging societal preconceptions of themselves.

Bridgerton actor Adjoa Andoh reveals how taking part in Embrace the Base as a young woman galvanised her to explore the world of feminist/socialist theatre. Frankie Armstrong, the Godmother of natural singing, describes how communal singing helped bond the Peace Women and how group singing gave them strength on the front line of the battle against nuclear weapons. And Mica May’s time at Greenham helped her push back against societal norms to become the co-founder of Stopcocks, the world's only national company of women plumbers and heating engineers. There’s also some very naughty songs!

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The battle for justice went well beyond the high fences of Greenham Common and Aldermaston. In this episode we hear how the peace women travelled across the globe in the fight to rid the world of nuclear weapons. We hear how former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev paid tribute to them after signing a major peace treaty with the US, how activist Sue Say got a change in the law after being strip-searched in prison and how Greenham women were the Godmothers of today’s non-violent activism - from sit-ins to superglue.

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The Greenham experience was transformative for many of the women who explored their sexuality, combined activism and motherhood - and revelled in the potency and protection of a women-only movement. Hear from Sue Say who set up an artificial insemination project for women, Abbie Silk, the young lesbian student, who's making a study of the pioneering Greenham women and others about how the message of Greenham spread across the generations and nations. 

It’s now more than 40 years since Embrace the Base when 30,000 women joined hands around the perimeter fence of RAF Greenham in Berkshire to protest against the siting of American nuclear weapons on the Common.

On a freezing weekend last December, many of those who’d taken part in that historic protest, reunited at the nearby Aldermaston Women’s Peace Camp for two days of celebration, recalling their epic achievements, discussing new campaigns and having fun! In this episode we hear from just some of those pioneers, including some who started the original camp at Aldermaston and younger women who are fascinated by the Greenham women's campaigning spirit.