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Radio 4,31 Oct 2014,58 mins

Primodos; Ghost Stories; Dementia; Watches

Woman's Hour

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Following a recent debate in Parliament, the government has announced that it is going to release all the information it holds on the drug Primodos - a hormonal pregnancy test which some people believe caused birth defects in the 60s and 70s. The author Joanna Briscoe talks about the essentials of a good ghost story. Judy Merry takes a look at a project which is screening films for people with dementia and their partners. Watch maker and antiquarian horologist Rebecca Struthers talks about women and watches.

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