Woman's Hour - 27/02/2009

Presented by Jenni Murray. In a BBC Radio 4 documentary, Ann Widdecombe explores the world of the spinster in popular culture and asks whether it's time we showed her leading a different sort of life. She joins Jenni to explain why she glories in spinsterhood. Stuart Robinson went to meet amateur detective Gill Whitley who spends hours every day tracking down other people's lost relatives. Are Asian women in theatre today the 'Angry Young Men' of the 1960s? Jenni is joined by Kali Theatre Company's Artistic Director Janet Steel and by actress Meera Syal, who is perhaps the most prominent Asian actress in Britain. New research has concluded that there is no link between fertility drugs and ovarian cancer. Jenni is joined by Dr Usha Menon, Dr Geeta Nargund, and ovarian cancer survivor Noleen Young, to discuss this new research. Woman's Hour remembers actress Wendy Richard, best known for the characters Pauline Fowler, from EastEnders, and the buxom Miss Brahms in the 1970s sitcom Are You Being Served? Including drama: Heartburn.