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31/07/2012

How important is fidelity in a long-term relationship? What is it like being the mother or husband of an Olympic athlete? Presented by Jane Garvey.

Jane discusses the importance of fidelity in a long term relationship. Does an affair always mean the beginning of the end or can couples find a way to move on? What is it like to watch someone close to you compete in the Olympics? Jane talks to the mother and partner of two of the athletes in team GB to hear about the agony and the ecstasy. And following on from last week's discussion about women having plastic surgery on their labia, we ask what is 'normal' when it comes to female genitals?

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Ruth Watts.

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Tue 31 Jul 2012 10:00
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Chapters

  • Watching Families in the Olympics

    Jane speaks to Carol Scott, whose daughter Alex is in the Team GB football team; Gary McCafferty's wife Lynn is captain of the women’s handball team.

    Duration: 08:53

  • Maeve Binchy

    The best-selling novelist Maeve Binchy has died aged 72 following a short illness. Clip of her being interviewed by Jenni Murray in 2009.

    Duration: 05:11

  • How crucial is fidelity in a long-term relationship?

    Jane discusses with Andrew G Marshall, Counsellor & author; & Kaye Wellings, Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

    Duration: 09:59

  • London Wardrobes: Denise Jagger

    Denise Jagger is a partner at City Law Firm and sits boards including the British Olympic Association. Henrietta Harrison went to meet her in her London flat in Tower Bridge.

    Duration: 08:20

  • Female Genitalia: What's normal?

    Follow up from last week's discussion about cosmetic genital surgery. Jane talks to Clare Chambers from Jesus College Cambridge & Kaye Wellings, Prof. of Sexual & Reproductive Health.

    Duration: 08:44

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  • Tue 31 Jul 2012 10:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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