Woman's Hour - 19/02/2009

Presented by Jenni Murray. Jenni talks to actress Lindsay Duncan about playing Margaret Thatcher, acting and politics. Why is it that fewer women write opinion pieces in the press than men? Jenni discusses these issues with Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee and Anne Spackman, Comment Editor at The Times. What do you do when your child is implicated in a murder? Caroline, not her real name, tells her story to Jenni. Tinku Ray has been finding out what the reality of life is like for people living in the slums of Mumbai and speaks to two of 'Slumdog Millionaire's youngest actors, who, like their characters, live in a slum in India's financial capital. Including drama: The Elegance of the Hedgehog.