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Gail Porter

Gail Porter on her rise to celebrity and her fall into depression, anorexia, self-harming and homelessness. Plus we continue our series on toxic relationships.

In 1999, Gail Porter was one of the UK鈥檚 most sought-after female TV presenters. Most famously, she helped sell over a million copies of FHM magazine after her naked image was projected onto the Houses of Parliament. In Being Gail Porter, a documentary for 91热爆 Scotland, she explores her rise to celebrity and her fall into depression, anorexia, self-harming and homelessness. She talks to Jenni about why, after more than 20 years, she now feels able to face up to what she's been through and begin to make sense of it all.

Milly Chowles has set out to try to understand why, when it comes to relationships, we often repeat what we've done in the past. In the second of her series about toxic relationships she talks to Jo who felt compelled to seek out conflict and drama.

Despite a lifetime of correspondence, just 160 of Jane Austen鈥檚 letters survive to the present day. The vast majority were burned by her beloved sister Cassandra after her death. But what secrets was she trying to destroy? In her latest novel, Miss Austen, Gill Hornby imagines the complex relationship and lives of these two sisters and the events that motivated the editing and rewriting of Jane鈥檚 history.

Presenter Jenni Murray
Producer Beverley Purcell

Guest; Gail Porter
Guest; Gill Hornby
Reporter; Milly Chowles

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43 minutes

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  • Wed 22 Jan 2020 10:00

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