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Radio 4,60 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour

Woman's Hour

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Presented by Jane Garvey. Director Gurinder Chadha on the inflence of Ealing comedies in her most recent film. Businesswoman Jacqueline Gold on the tragic loss of one of her twins who was born with a severe brain abnormality. Should anyone be prosecuted for knowingly risking the passing on of the HIV virus and what would be the legal and social implications. Women who kill their own children. Poet Sally Crabtree brings paper butterflies and poetry in a tin to the studio. Why more than a third of British adults still sleep with a cuddly toy. Kids' clubs on holiday - are they really fun?

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