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Birgitte Hjort plays ambitious reporter Katrine Fonsmark in , 大象传媒4鈥檚 hit Danish TV series that follows the life of Denmark鈥檚 fictional first female prime minister. She also takes on the role of Virgilia in Coriolanus at the Donmar Warehouse in London this month. So how much is the real life Sorensen like her characters? And what鈥檚 it like being part of such a successful Danish export?

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Described as the most colourful divorce case in British legal history, for seven years Michelle Young has pursued her property developer husband Scot, claiming he has hidden billions of pounds in a complex web of offshore trusts and companies. Michelle joins Jane to talk about what she regards as a fight for equality. Family lawyer and mediator, Julia Thackray, talks about the complications of divorce law, whether an assumption of an equal divide of assets is reasonable and do the laws in this area need updating?

Carrie Bradshaw, in Sex and the City, famously declared that 鈥渘o woman would be caught dead at a hip downtown restaurant wearing a scrunchie鈥� - and yet the likes of Cara Delevigne, Cressida Bonas and Hilary Clinton have all been seen sporting the 1980s favourite recently and they鈥檝e been featured in Vivienne Westwood, Missoni and Louis Vuitton catwalk shows. What鈥檚 the best way to wear a scrunchie and is it really fashionable to tie your hair back like its 1985?

Susan Boyle has revealed aged 52 that she has Asperger Syndrome a form of autism. It鈥檚 estimated that one in five people with autism is over聽60, according to the National Autistic Society. We look at the particular difficulties of identifying the condition in women and whether the services they鈥檙e offered following diagnosis are geared up for meeting their needs.聽

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Lady Justice Hallett was eighth on the Woman's Hour聽Power List. She is one of the country鈥檚 leading appeal court judges and she was the first woman to chair the Bar Council in 1998. She acted as the Coroner at the inquest into the July 7 London bombings in 2005, a role which won her great praise for the dignity and humanity she brought to the proceedings. She joins Jenni to discuss her career and her place on the Power List.

What鈥檚 the best way to after small children if the parents need, or want, to work? The 大象传媒 World Service asked reporter, Madeline Morris to look at different models of childcare around the world. Today she looks at boarding kindergarten schools in China where children weekly board from the age of three and see their parents only at weekends.

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We鈥檙e talking about the politics of organising your family Christmas. How harmonious are the negotiations in your family? Do you love getting everyone together or resent every moment? And what about present buying - who makes the rules on what to buy and how much to spend? Are you happy to go along with the majority or are you fed up with others dictating YOUR Christmas? Ulrika Jonsson, presenter and mother of four, talks to Jane about how to cope with the politics of Christmas.