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Manchester Evening News
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Ramazani Mwamba

"I had many points where I felt like I couldn’t carry on": Emily Atack says she broke down filming new catcalling documentary

Comedian Emily Atack says she broke down and needed therapy while filming her new BBC documentary. The Inbetweeners actress said it was like 'revisiting trauma', as she relived her own experiences of sexual harassment.

The 33-year-old described the impact of catcalling as 'damaging' and says it's time it was made a 'public health issue'.

In Emily Atack: Asking For It?, she explores how "something so grotesque, aggressive, malicious and violent” as sexual harassment has become normalised and looks at ways to combat it through education.

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