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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

Alex Clark

Rory Mullarkey

Jude Owusu

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Melvin Benn

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Front Row: Jessica Jones, Women's Prize for Fiction nominees, The Cherry Orchard, Redressing the gender balance in the music industry

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08/03/2018

Jessica Jones, Women's Prize for Fiction nominees, The Cherry Orchard, Redressing the gender balance in the music industry

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Jessica Jones, Women's Prize for Fiction nominees, The Cherry Orchard, Redressing the gender balance in the music industry

Detective Jessica Jones returns to television screens. Have her superpowers diminished?

Jessica Jones reviewed by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Alex Clark looks at the nominees for the Women's Prize for Fiction, The Cherry Orchard and redressing the gender balance in music.

Reluctant superhero Jessica Jones is back for a second series. She despatched her nemesis at the end of season one but season two finds her looking to find the answers for her special powers. Cultural critic Gavia Baker-Whitelaw reviews.

The longlist for the Women's Prize for Fiction has just been published. On International Women's Day Alex Clark looks at the surprise inclusions and exclusions and discerns the trends.

This week a new production of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard opens at Bristol Old Vic. The play, in which the son of a serf takes over the estate where his father was once a slave, is a new translation from playwright Rory Mullarkey. Kirsty speaks to Rory and actor Jude Owusu about the contemporary resonances in their production.

Marion Leonard, author of Gender In the Music Industry: Rock, Discourse, and Girl Power and festival promoter Melvin Benn, Managing Director of Festival Republic, discuss why men outnumber women in the public eye and behind the scenes of popular music.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Harry Parker.

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