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Yarl鈥檚 Wood detention centre houses 400 asylum seekers, mainly women. It has been plagued by claims of sexual assault and inappropriate behaviour by male guards. Now reveal the results of three months of secret filming inside the centre. Natasha Walter, director of Women forjoins Jane to discuss the implications of this footage and the recommendations of an all-party parliamentary report on the use of detention in the UK immigration and asylum systems published today.

Over 30,000 people are expected to attend this year鈥檚 . 聽300 speakers and performers from around the world will appear at the festival to present concerts, performances, comedy, workshops, talks and debates on hundreds of topics relating to equality for women and girls. Events will also be happening in Cambridge. 聽Jane Garvey will be talking to its Artistic Director Jude Kelly about how things have moved on since its launch five years ago.

A recent landmark ruling stopping maintenance payments to the former wife of a millionaire is likely to set a precedent for future divorce cases. Tracey Wright, the ex-wife of a racehorse surgeon was told by an appeal court judge to get a job as she had 鈥渘o right to be supported for life鈥� at his expense. The judge鈥檚 message was clear: divorcees with children over seven should go to work. Jane Garvey is joined by family solicitor Christina Blacklaws聽to discuss whether the ruling is fair, how common spousal dependency is and what impact this case will have on future cases. We also hear from Amy Moodie, who is currently going through a divorce and chose to stop her career as a political researcher in order to support her ex-husband鈥檚 high-flying career and raise their children.聽

A new epic drama begins on our screens next Sunday with a remake of the popular 1970s series Poldark. A love triangle, betrayal and conflict are the ingredients for the 麻豆社 One costume drama, set in the 18th century and based on the novels of author Winston Graham. The story centres on war veteran Ross Poldark who returns to find his home in ruins and his former fianc茅e engaged to his cousin. Series writer Debbie Horsfield joins Jane to talk about why forty years on, another generation of viewers will find themselves hooked by the drama.聽

Alexandra Fuller has a reputation of being a writer of brutal honesty. Born in England in 1969, she moved with her family to a farm in Southern Africa when she was 3, where she stayed until her mid-twenties. Her first book, Don鈥檛 Let鈥檚 Go to the Dogs Tonight, is an unflinching memoir about growing up in a family of white settlers in 1970s Rhodesia and her eccentric, hard-drinking, hard-working parents. Her latest work, 鈥楲eaving Before the Rains Come鈥� is its sequel.聽 She talks to Jane about the breakdown of her 20year marriage and the heartache of living away from the continent she knows as home. 聽聽