Woman's Hour - 09/10/2008

Presented by Sheila McClennon. Sheila is joined by Elizabeth Gurian, from the Institute of Criminology at Cambridge University, and crime writer Martina Cole to discuss what motivates women to kill. Cassandra Jardine and Alex Knight discuss the pros and cons of sharing one's home with a paying guest. Afghan MP Malalai Joya joins Sheila to discuss the plight of women in Afghanistan. Geoff Bird meets one of the world's best female cage fighters, Rosi Sexton, at the Straight Blast Gym in Manchester. The story behind the secret recipe devised by Sarah Nelson in the 19th century which is still being produced in Grasmere in the Lake District today. Stuart Robinson meets the classically -trained musician Marie Angelique Beulah at her home in Manchester. Including drama: The Color Purple (4/10).