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03/03/2015

Women of the World Festival; Divorce; Poldark

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Women of the World Festival; Divorce; Poldark

Jane Garvey and her guests discuss the women in Yarl's Wood, surviving divorce and more.

Jane Garvey on the women in Yarl's Wood, Jude Kelly and the fifth year of Women of the World Festival, surviving divorce, and the return of costume drama Poldark after 40 years.

Women in Yarl's Wood detention centre, secret filming by Channel 4 News reveals how they are treated. Jude Kelly and the fifth year of the Southbank Centre's Women of the World Festival. Alexandra Fuller and her memoir on surviving divorce. Series writer Debbie Horsfield talks about the remake of the popular 1970s series Poldark. A love triangle, betrayal and conflict are the ingredients for the BBC One costume drama. And should a parent have to return to work when the children are 7 irrespective of the job or how wealthy the non-resident parent is? 

Presenter : Jane Garvey
Producer : Kirsty Starkey.

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