Beyond Clueless; How Influential Are Our Teenage Film Heroines?

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Coming-of-age movies like Clueless and The Breakfast Club show the transition from childhood to adulthood and what it's like to fit in - or not. But what do we learn from our teenage film heroines? Which female characters have - or will - stand the test of time? At the moment, just over a fifth of MPs are women - but what are the chances women will be better represented after the General Election? Last month we looked at the efforts of the main political parties at Westminster to get more women to stand. Today we turn to those parties hoping to make big gains on May 7th - the Green Party Around 7,000 women in the UK are diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer every year. What impact will the discovery of six new genes associated with the disease have on how it's treated . This week marks the 750th anniversary of the first parliament of elected representatives at Westminster. The role the suffragettes played in getting women the vote is well documented. But they also owe something to the rise of the English tea room. Plus the writer Diana Nneka Atuona on the inspiration behind her award-winning debut play about a child soldier in Liberia's civil war Presented by Jenni Murray Producer Beverley Purcell.