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Woman's Hour

A-level grades - what to do next

Duration: 41 minutes

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

Available for over a year

What to do if your children don't get the exam grades they need. George Turnbull, Ofqual's former 'Exams Doctor', and the career advisor Carolyn Taylor join Jenni to discuss practical advice if things don't go to plan come results day.

Should women have to arm themselves with self-defence skills, or should the focus be on the perpetrators of the violence?

We open up our Archive to hear an interview mountaineer Alison Hargreaves gave to the programme a year before she died and talk to one of the youngest British climbers to summit Mount Everest, about her legacy.

We visit a café in Hackney, East London, where older women, mostly grandmothers, do the cooking, take the orders and welcome the customers which is helping to combat social isolation.

And we remember Hollywood icon Lauren Bacall - who died yesterday.

Presented by Jenni Murray
Producer Beverley Purcell. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Mollie Hughes
Interviewed Guest:
Debi Steven
Interviewed Guest:
Milena Popova
Interviewed Guest:
Carolyn Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
George Turnbull

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