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Incredible Women

Comedy: Spoof

Rebecca and Jeremy Front explore the lives and achievements of some incredible women.

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15 Minute Drama: Incredible Women

Rebecca Front

Jeremy Front

Kevin Fong

Claire Jones

Incredible Women: Series 5: Irina Stonkus

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Incredible Women - Series 8

20/10/2016

Irina Stonkus

Series 5

BBC Radio 4 - Incredible Women, Series 5, Irina Stonkus

Jeremy Front meets the first woman to go to Mars. With special guest Dr Kevin Fong.

Jeremy Front meets astronaut Irina Stonkus and gets exclusive access to the training facility for the first ever Mars settler programme. With special guest expert Dr Kevin Fong.

Rebecca and Jeremy Front bring us 5 new 'incredible women'.

Today Jeremy Front meets Irina Stonkus, soon to be the first woman on Mars. Having gained exclusive access to the Mars base training facility, Jeremy road tests some of the equipment used to train astronauts to reach the peak of their mental and physical ability. He wants to find out what makes Irina so perfect for the Mars mission, as well as whether he, Jeremy, could cut it as an astronaut. 

Jeremy speaks to space expert Dr Kevin Fong to find out what is the best thing about being in space and what sort of qualities you might need to make the journey to Mars. Dr Fong also has to break it, as gently as possible, that as Jeremy has to wear travel bands on a local bus, he may not be made of the 'right stuff' for space exploration.

Starring Rebecca Front, Jeremy Front, Dr Kevin Fong and an inversion chair.
Series created by Rebecca Front and Jeremy Front.
Written by Jeremy Front with additional material by Rebecca Front.
Producer: Claire Jones.

Incredible Women: Series 5

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Rebecca and Jeremy Front explore the lives and achievements of some incredible women

Comic portraits of five extraordinary characters. Rebecca and Jeremy Front explore the lives and achievements of some incredible women

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