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24/01/2011

With Jane Garvey. Bedbugs - are they on the rise in the UK? Film-maker Beeban Kidron talks about the Indian Devadasi. How do twins and multiple births affect their elder siblings?

Jane Garvey presents. Bedbugs in the UK? How to spot them and what to do. Film-maker Beeban Kidron on her latest production about the Devadasi women of India. We hear the Government's latest plans for pensions and how it'll affect women. And what effect do twins and multiple births have on existing children ? Araminta Hall, author of Everything and Nothing, and the eldest in a family with quads; the comedian Jackie Clunes, who is mother of triplets and author of Extreme Motherhood, The Triplet Diaries; and the family therapist, Audrey Sandbank, who is mother of twins and author of Twins and the Family all discuss the issue.

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  • Beeban Kidron:Devadasi

    Beeban Kidron's talks about her latest film about the devadasi Hindus who are married to god in childhood, and at puberty sold for sex. She joins Jane to discuss.

    Duration: 10:01

  • Women and the pensions bill

    Plans to increase the retirement age for women to 65 by 2018 and to 66 by 2020 could leave many women now in their 50s seriously short of pension provision. Ros Altmann DG of Saga Magazine explains.

    Duration: 11:20

  • The elder sibling of quads, triplets and twins

    How do you prepare older children? Araminta Hall, the eldest in a family with quads; the comedian Jackie Clunes, mother of triplets and family therapist, Audrey Sandbank, mother of twins discuss.

    Duration: 09:58

  • Bed Bugs

    New York has had an epidemic of bed bugs and they are warning us that it is crossing the Atlantic. Ariel Leve who experienced an infestation, and David Cain Director of Bed Bugs Ltd discuss.

    Duration: 10:02

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  • Mon 24 Jan 2011 10:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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