Woman's Hour - 28/05/2008

Presented by Jenni Murray. Including: Angela Robson reports on Miss Landmine, a controversial pageant in Angola designed to restore self-esteem in women injured in mine explosions. Sex and the City actress Cynthia Nixon talks to Jenni about the new film and the cast's reunion four years after the television series first ended. Judy Merry visits Knowsley in Liverpool to meet Cathy Manley, founder of Jus Kidz, a Saturday club for children with a disability which welcomes their families. Cathy's fourth child was born with cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus. Jenni visits an exhibition of pottery by Clarice Cliff, designer of some of the most recognisable ceramics ever made in Britain. She is joined by collector and curator Will Farmer and Clarice's biographer Lynn Knight. Including drama: Jane and Prudence Barbara Pym's delightful comedy of rural relationships, set in 1950, about two women in pursuit of happiness. 3/10. The life of the village is beginning to be revealed. Jane receives an invitation. Narrator ...... Penelope Wilton Jane ...... Susie Blake Prudence ...... Emma Fielding Miss Doggett ...... Elizabeth Spriggs Miss Morrow ...... Alison Pettitt Fabian ...... Gerard McDermott Nicholas ...... David Thorpe Mr Manifold ...... Kieran Buckeridge Miss Clothier ...... Jenny Lee Miss Trapnell ...... Angela Curran Canon Pritchard ...... Rod Arthur Directed by Chris Wallis.