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Afternoon Edition: 07/10/2015

07/10/2015

BBC Radio 5 Live - Afternoon Edition, 07/10/2015

Michael Gove on housing, David Baddiel, Mark Pollark, and Geena Davies.

Michael Gove on housing, David Baddiel on his new children's book and Geena Davies about women in film.

Justice Minister Michael Gove spoke to us about the Prime Minister's housing speech at the Tory Party conference ... Comedian and author David Baddiel discussed his writing, his father's dementia and his new tour. Blind adventurer and athlete Mark Pollark spoke about his paralysis following a fall and a new documentary which has been made about his life story. Hollywood actress Geena Davies who is as well known for her efforts to tackle sexism in the film industry as she is for her on screen performances. In 2007 she founded the Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media - and tomorrow she's set to open a major conference in London on gender equality in the media ... She told us that there needs to be more roles for women within the film industry.

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