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23/06/2009

With Kirsty Lang. Shappi Khorsandi discusses her new memoir; Sir Tim Rice reveals his enthusiasm for JW Waterhouse; Jilly Cooper and Fay Weldon on why women on TV come in fours.

In her new memoir, Iranian-born comic Shappi Khorsandi remembers moving from Tehran to London with her father, a politically active writer, in the 1970s. Khorsandi talks about growing up as a stranger, learning to play kiss-chase and to eat fish fingers, and explains how the family was tested when the Islamic Revolution erupted and her father became a wanted man in exile.

Lyricist and art collector Sir Tim Rice reveals his enthusiasm and admiration for Pre-Raphaelite artist JW Waterhouse, the subject of a new exhibition.

Jilly Cooper, Fay Weldon, Emily Bell, Sarah Phelps and Lowri Glain break out the Chardonnay to discuss why women-centred TV drama, from Sex and the City to Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Three's latest, Personal Affairs, always feature four main female characters.

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