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11/04/2011

With Jenni Murray. Including maternity services: are super units the way forward? The German housewife who helped transform the country's power supply and artist Margaret Harrison.

With Jenni Murray. Mothers' and babies' lives are being put in danger by the UK's over-stretched and under-resourced maternity services. So are super units the way forward? Jenni explores the issues. Ursula Sladec has just won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. She tells Jenni how her quest to limit Germany's dependence on nuclear power ended up with her, and her like-minded neighbours, owning the local electricity supply. Back in 1971, the feminist artist Margaret Harrison famously depicted Hugh Hefner as a bunny girl. She joins Jenni to discuss a new retrospective of her work. Also, the growing outdoor sport of Parkour and the pleasures of the European Picture Book Collection.

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  • Maternity Services

    Fourteen NHS trusts have up to double the amount of baby deaths in the unit. Tony Falconer, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Frances Day-Stirk, Royal College of Midwives discuss.

    Duration: 09:11

  • Parkour

    Parkour or freerunning started on the streets of France and is now practised all over the world. Agota Mahop runs Parkour workshops specifically for women Anna Bailey joined her at an outdoor class.

    Duration: 09:08

  • Ursula Sladek

    Ursula Sladek has helped transform energy supply in Germany. She now run Germany’s first cooperatively owned renewable energy company. She joins Jenni to discuss.

    Duration: 10:47

  • Heneage Jewel

    The Heneage or Armada Jewel is a symbol of wealth, status and power. Corinne Julius talks to the V&A Gallery’s consultant curator Beatriz Chadour Sampson about the jewel.

    Duration: 04:23

  • Margaret Harrison

    Margaret Harrison is one of the pioneers of British feminist art in the 1960s and 1970s as well as a prominent activist - disrupting the Miss World contest. She talks about her new exhibition.

    Duration: 08:08

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  • Mon 11 Apr 2011 10:00
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