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Woman's Hour: Giselle Allen; Lisa Jardine; Children in parks; Lady Rhondda

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Giselle Allen; Lisa Jardine; Children in parks; Lady Rhondda

08/11/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Giselle Allen; Lisa Jardine; Children in parks; Lady Rhondda

Jenni Murray on the female characters in Peter Grimes and a new biography of Lady Rhondda.

Jenni Murray and guests discuss the female characters in Peter Grimes, a new biography of Welsh suffragette Lady Rhondda, retiring HFEA chair Lisa Jardine, and children in parks.

Soprano Giselle Allen [currently singing the role of Ellen Orford] discusses the female characters in Peter Grimes with director Phyllida Lloyd. Biographical historian Professor Angela V John talks about her new biography of Welsh suffragette Lady Rhondda. Lisa Jardine - the retiring Chair of the HFEA - asks why we don't hear about all the people who fail with IVF. Reporter Geoff Bird takes a look at new research into how children behave in parks.

Presenter: Jenni Murray
Producer: Helen Lee.

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