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The Award winning French actress, nicknamed 鈥淟a Binoche鈥� by the French Press, talks to Jane Garvey about her new film,听'A Thousand Times Goodnight' where she plays one of the world鈥檚 top female photographers who has to choose between her job and family. She explains to Jane Garvey why she was interested in this latest role, how her rebellious spirit has shaped her working life and the love-hate relationship between Britain and France.

A Thousand Times Goodnight is on general release from 2nd May.

A midwives special - live from the Liverpool Women's Hospital presented by Jenni Murray.
We'll be unveiling the findings of a Freedom of Information request submitted to NHS Trusts in England which looked at vacancy rates for midwives, and get reaction from the health minister and the Royal College of Midwives. We'll discuss the impact of these figures on staff moral, recruitment and the number of people leaving the profession. We'll talk to midwives about what their job actually involves, what patients now expect from them and the pressures they face delivering a first class service for all women no matter what their needs. Plus what do mum's think about maternity services - what are their priorities? And what might maternity care in the future look like?

Victoria Coren Mitchell has made history by becoming the first two-time winner of one of poker's most prestigious tournaments 鈥� the European Poker Tour, one of the three biggest tournaments in the world. A member of the elite Team PokerStars Pro, Coren Mitchell rose from relative unknown to poker superstar in 2006 when she became the first female winner of the EPT. And now in her second victory, on Sunday night, she beat 555 competitors to win a cash prize of 拢391,932, and a watch worth more than 拢4,000, taking her lifetime winnings to 拢1.43million and putting her in the all-time top ten of female poker players. So what does it take to be a great poker player, and what鈥檚 it like to be a female player at the table? Victoria speaks to Jenni between tournaments to offer her views on the game.

In 2007, after Julie Bailey鈥檚 mother Bella died at Stafford Hospital, appalled at what her mother went through, Julie went on to expose the failings at the hospital and set up Cure The NHS. Her 鈥榳histleblowing鈥� led to a public inquiry by Robert Francis QC which uncovered cases of neglect and abuse at Stafford Hospital. This eventually resulted in new rules and regulations being introduced into the NHS to ensure higher standards of care. But she faced a torrent of personal and online abuse, and last year was forced to sell her business and move away from Stafford. On Woman鈥檚 Hour two weeks ago Julie Bailey was chosen as the second of the ten most significant of Woman鈥檚 Hour Game Changers for her courage and resilience in daring to speak out, and because she has 鈥渃hanged the game for the care of older people鈥�.

Blues musician Ben Harper has teamed with his mum, Ellen Harper, to record a duet album 鈥淐hildhood 主播大秀.鈥� The album addresses different aspects of love, the duality of love and human nature.听 As the title implies, the project traces its roots to Ben Harper鈥檚 childhood: his grandparents in 1958 opened a folk music centre in Claremont, California, which Ellen Harper still runs. Because she was a single mother, Ben Harper used to spend time there after school and on weekends, which both have credited with shaping his own musical path.听 Ben Harper wrote six of the songs on the album, and Ellen wrote the other four. 鈥淐hildhood 主播大秀鈥� is due May 6 on Concord Records. They join Jenni in the studio.

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