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Angelina Jolie will guest edit BBC’s Women’s Hour on World Refugee Day

Angelina Jolie will be a guest editor at an upcoming show of Woman’s Hour on the BBC’s flagship radio station Radio 4.

Published on: Jun 7, 2016, 17:56:54 IST
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Angelina Jolie will be a guest editor at an upcoming show of Woman’s Hour on the BBC’s flagship radio station Radio 4.

Angelina Jolie will edit the BBC show to be aired June 17.
Angelina Jolie will edit the BBC show to be aired June 17.

The special episode will focus on the refugee crisis ahead of World Refugee Day, said The Hollywood Reporter.

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The 41-year-old star will edit the show to be aired June 17.

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Jolie will be joined by Mary Berry, judge on The Great British Bake Off, soccer player Eniola Aluko, poet Jackie Kay and novelist Sunetra Gupta as guest editors during Woman’s Hour’s “takeover week.”

Jolie will also deliver guest lectures and participate in expert workshops after being appointed a Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics (LSE).

The United Nations special envoy for refugees is among four new visiting professors at LSE, the others being William Hague, former foreign secretary, Jane Connors of Amnesty International Geneva, and Madeleine Rees, secretary- general of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.

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