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Woman's Hour

Sheryl Crow; FGM; Eileen Atkins

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Sheryl Crow sings her latest single, Easy and tells us about cancer, adopting her sons and her latest album. New government measures to tackle FGM - we get reaction from Naana Otoo-Oyortey from Forward. Eileen Atkins on performing Shakespeare's greatest female characters. Actor, Briony Rawle and casting director Lucinda Syson discuss the experience of women in casting. And Barbara Taylor on her book The Last Asylum: A Memoir of Madness in Our Times which recounts the experiences which led to her admission and 21 years of psychoanalysis which, she claims, "saved her life".

Presented by Jenni Murray
Produced by Jane Thurlow. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Sheryl Crow
Interviewed Guest:
Naana Otoo-Oyortey
Interviewed Guest:
Eileen Atkins
Interviewed Guest:
Lucinda Syson
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Rawle
Interviewed Guest:
Barbara Taylor
Producer:
Jane Thurlow

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