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20/08/2014

Jo Pavey; Helen McCrory

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Athlete Jo Pavey, vocational training for women, actor Helen McCrory, writer Trix Kipling.

Jo Pavey on running and motherhood, vocational training for young women, Helen McCrory plays Medea, pelvic floor dysfunction in men and Rudyard Kipling's sister Trix.

Athlete Jo Pavey has become the oldest female European Athletics Champion after winning gold in the 10,000 metres - she joins Jenni Murray to talk about victory at the age of 40 and combining running with motherhood. Thursday is GCSE results day in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and youngsters will be thinking about their future career options. So how do we encourage young women to consider the vocational training which could lead to traditionally male-dominated careers like IT and engineering? Helen McCrory talks about her latest role as the ultimate anti-heroine, Medea, in a new National Theatre production. Dr Ruth Jones on pelvic floor dysfunction in men and what can be done about it. The story of Rudyard Kipling's sister, Trix. She was determined to be a writer and published a novel when she was just 22, but family disapproval led to her voice being stifled. Mary Hamer, from the Kipling Society, has been inspired to write a novel based around what is known of Trix's life.

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Producer Louise Adamson.

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