Woman's Hour - 05/01/2009

Presented by Jane Garvey. Jane is joined by a panel of guests to talk about 2009. Eminent foreign correspondent Ann Leslie, the assistant editor of the Financial Times Gillian Tett, space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin and director of Liberty Shami Chakrabati will be discussing politics, the economy, predicting who will do well this year and finding out what new technology we'll be grappling with. The panel are also joined by poet Caroline Bird with a special commission and VV Brown, the 24-year-old modern-day doyenne of doo-wop. Including drama: Writing the Century.