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Woman's Hour: Weekend Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour

22/05/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Weekend Woman's Hour

Can you look good in plaits once you've left primary school?

Jane Garvey talks to Miranda Raison about life after Spooks; the first UK TV advert for pregnancy advice; women who leave their children; and can adults look good with plaits?

Jane Garvey with the week's highlights when we discuss attitudes to women who leave the family home and their children. The first television advertisement for pregnancy advice - is it encouraging women to have abortions? Miranda Raison talks about life after Spooks and playing two very different Ann Boleyns.
Is s it possible to look good in plaits as a grown-up and how do you fit a harp in a taxi?

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