Woman's Hour - 01/07/2008

With Jenni Murray. Including: Author Victoria Hislop joins Jenni to talk about her new novel The Return. How will the Government's proposals work in practice to ensure women achieve equal pay? Jenni talks to Solicitor General Vera Baird, Sarah Campbell from the Fawcett Society and Olle Brynja, Sweden's Equal Opportunities Ombudsman. Hestercombe, near Taunton, is now considered to be the epitome of the English garden. However, it was built at a time when the power of the nobility was declining and many of the great country houses were being sold off. Maggie Ayre visits Hestercombe and meets Andrea Wulf, an expert on the history of British gardens. Including drama: The Way We Live Right Now Anthony Trollope's satirical novel about money, greed and dishonesty, updated by Jonathan Myerson. 12/15. Flex faces the wrath of Jason Crumb. Ghassan Mehmoud ...... Henry Goodman Felix Carbury ...... Dexter Fletcher Anthony Trollope ...... John Rowe Paul Montague ...... Nyasha Hatendi Rt Hon Jeremy Longstaff ...... David Bamber Georgiana Longstaff ...... Lucy Montgomery Ruby Ruggles ...... Sheridan Smith Marie Mehmoud ...... Chipo Chung Roger Lloyd-Montague ...... Ben Crowe Hetta Carbury ...... Emily Wachter Wynford Hurtle ...... Corey Johnson Helen Croll ...... Liz Sutherland Sheikh Izdihar Behrooz ...... Nadim Sawalha Jason Crumb ...... Chris Pavlo Other parts played by Beth Chalmers, Stephen Critchlow, Dan Starkey and Joan Walker. Directed by Jonquil Panting.