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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Gemma Chan, Marguerite Patten

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Gemma Chan on her role as a robot in Channel 4's new series, Humans. We celebrate the life of Marguerite Patten the home economist and one of the earliest celebrity chefs.

Are women who drink to excess more harshly judged than men? Sally Marlow and Lucy Rocca discuss. Eliza Kennedy talks about her new novel, I Take You, which explores monogamy, female sexuality and the realities of happily ever after.

Juliet Lyon of the Prison Reform Trust and Lin Hinnigan from the Youth Justice Board talk about support for vulnerable young women in the care system so they can avoid prison.

Historian, Amanda Vickery on Lat Traviata. Should infertility be discussed as part of Sex and Relationships Education? And we have music from one of the most successful female singer songwriters in the Arabic speaking world - Souad Massi. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Gemma Chan
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Rocca
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Marlow
Interviewed Guest:
Eliza Kennedy
Interviewed Guest:
Juliet Lyon
Interviewed Guest:
Lin Hinnigan
Interviewed Guest:
Natalie Rollock
Interviewed Guest:
Amanda Vickery
Interviewed Guest:
Geeta Nargund
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Lees
Interviewed Guest:
Harriet Minter
Interviewed Guest:
Souad Massi

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