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Sally Marlow

Alisa Weilerstein

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Woman's Hour: Actress Billie Piper, Samia Shahid, Women-only addiction clinics

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18/08/2016

Actress Billie Piper, Samia Shahid, Women-only addiction clinics

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Actress Billie Piper, Samia Shahid, Women-only addiction clinics

Billie Piper on her new role in Yerma and Naz Shah MP, seeking justice for Samia Shahid.

Billie Piper on depicting infertility on stage in a modern Yerma, Naz Shah MP seeking justice for Samia Shahid, women-only addiction centres and concert cellist Alisa Weilerstei.

Actress Billie Piper on her critically acclaimed performance in a modern interpretation of Lorca's Yerma, which deals with the challenges of infertility.

Bradford West MP Naz Shah discusses her campaign for justice for Samia Shahid, following the death of her 28 year old constituent in Northern Punjab last month.

Women-only addiction centres. As Amy's Place opens in memory of Amy Winehouse to help women with drug and alcohol addictions, we find out about the benefit of female-only centres. Milly Chowles visits women at the single-sex Nelson Trust, and Jenni talks to Dr Sally Marlow, Public Engagement Fellow in Addictions at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at Kings College London.

World leading concert cellist Alisa Weilerstein joins Jenni as she prepares for this year's Proms, where she will perform Pintscher's Reflections on Narcissus with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Presenter: Jenni Murray
Producer: Emma Wallace.

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