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Professor Dame Lesley Regan is the Government\\u2019s first Women\\u2019s Health Ambassador for England. She is one of the main drivers behind the upcoming Women\\u2019s Health Strategy which aims to tackle the gender health gap and improve services for women.

As a former president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists \\u2013 only the second woman to hold that post in its 94-year history \\u2013 she shone a light on historically taboo subjects from period problems and contraception to the menopause.

Lesley was born in London in 1956. When she was seven she told her father that she wanted to be a doctor and although the sciences weren\\u2019t her strongest subjects at school, she won a place at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School in London in 1975.

In 1991 she was appointed a senior lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St Mary\\u2019s Hospital in London and consultant at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The following year she set up the Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic at St Mary\\u2019s which is the largest miscarriage referral service in the world.

In 2020 she was appointed a DBE for services to women\\u2019s healthcare.

DISC ONE: Mr Bojangles \\u2013 Nina Simone \\nDISC TWO: Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp. Composed by Mahler and performed by Berliner Philharmoniker \\nDISC THREE: Agnus Dei. Composed by Bach and performed by Iestyn Davies, (counter-tenor), The English Consort, conducted by Harry Bicket\\nDISC FOUR: I Cried for You - Katie Melua\\nDISC FIVE: Norma: Act I, Scene 1: Casta diva (Norma/Coro) Composed by Vincenzo Bellini and performed by Maria Callas (soprano), The Teatro Alla Scala Orchestra, conducted by Tullio Serafin \\nDISC SIX: The Best \\u2013 Tina Turner \\nDISC SEVEN: Metamorpheme \\u2013 Shakespeare and the Bible\\nDISC EIGHT: Clarinet Concerto In A, K. 622 - II. Adagio. Composed by Mozart and performed by Karl Leister (clarinet) and Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert Von Karajan

BOOK CHOICE: The Works of George Eliot\\nLUXURY ITEM: Marmite on toast\\nCASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: The Best \\u2013 Tina Turner

Presenter Lauren Laverne\\nProducer Paula McGinley