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18/12/2014

June Mottershead; Maddy Prior

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, June Mottershead; Maddy Prior

June Mottershead on Our Zoo. Maddy Prior. What is being done to get more women elected?

June Mottershead, whose story inspired TV series Our Zoo, Maddy Prior on 45 years in folk music, the hard sell of beauty products, and what is being done to get more women elected?

June Mottershead whose father started Chester Zoo - their story inspired the TV series Our Zoo. As we head into the 2015 General Election just under 23% of MPs are women. What are the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats doing to get more women elected? Maddy Prior on a 45 year career in folk music and upcoming tour with reformed Steeleye Span. We discuss the history and future of the sale of commercial beauty products with Hadley Freeman and Gail Parminter.

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