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Radio 4,26 Apr 2012,45 mins

Children in the theatre Jo Hawes

Woman's Hour

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Jo Hawes has been a children's casting director on productions like Les Miserables, Mary Poppins, and Oliver for nearly 20 years. So what's it really like working with children in the theatre? Should the contraceptive pill be available to all teenagers over the counter at pharmacies without a prescription? We pay tribute to the feminist Shireen Ritchie of Women2Win . Why the police and local government can't agree about how many kids goes missing from care. Plus what's so special about grandma's cooking?

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