Woman's Hour - 01/07/2009

With Jenni Murray. Including: In 25 years of international broadcasting, Christiane Amanpour's reports from high-profile conflict zones have made her one of the industry's best known and highest paid reporters. Just back from reporting on the elections in Iran, she talks about whether there really is a clash of civilisations, the changing nature of journalism and her life at the heart of the international news agenda. With the news that singer Cher's daughter is to have a sex change and live as a man, the programme explores what makes a man, and what makes a woman. And why do many people feel compelled to live as another sex - even to the point of undergoing long and difficult treatment? Take a celebrity journalist who has grown tired of celebrities and yearns for more meaning in her life. Throw in an idealistic, handsome peace campaigner. Add in a dash of unrequited love and a madcap adventure in a war zone in Uganda. And you have the true story - more or less - of Jane Bussmann. She also happens to be a successful comedy writer on programmes like South Park, Brass Eye and Smack the Pony. She talks to Jenni about her extraordinary working life from British comedy writer, to celebrity journalist in LA to war correspondent in Northern Uganda. And the nude photography that celebrates female bodies of all shapes and sizes.