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Sophia Loren on her fairy tale life

Actor Sophia Loren; comics Joanna Scalan and Vicky Pepperdine; international founder of the refuge and shelter movement Erin Pizzy; and a chance for you to own our cooker.

Sophia Loren is an Academy Award-winning film star and Italy's most renowned and honoured
actress. She joins Jenni to recount stories from her colourful career, her 56 year marriage to producer Carlo Ponti and her brief incarceration in an Italian prison.

Why the maternal mortality rate across Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea has the potential to rocket by more than 20 times to one in seven women because of Ebola.

The creators of the BAFTA and RTS award-winning 'Getting On', Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine discuss their new series 'Puppy Love'.

How the Woman's Hour cooker - used by and complained about by some of the biggest names in world cuisine: Delia, Nigella, Jack Monroe, Jamie, Heston to name a few - could be yours if you make the winning bid in this year's Children In Need Auction.

Plus Erin Pizzey and Jenni Smith recall the very first Refuge set up for the victims of domestic violence. Why was it needed then, what has changed now.

Presenter Jenni Murray.
Producer Beverley Purcell.

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Thu 13 Nov 2014 10:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Chapters

  • Sophia Loren

    Sophia talks to Jenni about her memoirs - Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: My Life.

    Duration: 10:02

  • The First Refuge

    Erin Pizzey & Jenni Smith recall the first refuge set up for domestic violence victims.

    Duration: 14:19

  • Children In Need Auction

    A look at the Woman's Hour cooker that will be up for auction for Children In Need.

    Duration: 04:08

  • Pregnancy Care In An Ebola Infected Area

    The risk of maternal mortality is rising in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea with Ebola.

    Duration: 06:41

  • Puppy Love

    The creators of 'Getting On' discuss their new series about dogs.

    Duration: 07:08

Sophia Loren

Sophia's memoirs, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: My Life, describes her difficult and impoverished childhood in war-torn Naples; her rise to global fame; her 56 year marriage to producer Carlo Ponti; and her brief incarceration in an Italian prison.

The First Refuge

As part of a new series we look at The Refuge. In 1971 Erin Pizzey and Anne Ashby founded the first refuge for women escaping domestic violence. Jenny Smith was an early resident.

Puppy Love

The creators of the BAFTA and RTS award-winning β€˜Getting On’, Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine join Jenni to discuss their new series β€˜Puppy Love’.

Ebola and Pregnant Women

Why the maternal mortality rate across Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea has the potential to rocket by more than 20 times to one in seven women because of Ebola.

Children in Need Auction

How the Woman's Hour cooker could be yours if you make the winning bid in this year's Children In Need Auction.

Credits

Presenter Jenni Murray
Producer Beverley Purcell
Interviewed Guest Sophia Loren
Interviewed Guest Erin Pizzey
Interviewed Guest Jenni Smith
Interviewed Guest Joanna Scanlan
Interviewed Guest Vicki Pepperdine

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  • Thu 13 Nov 2014 10:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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