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Woman's Hour

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

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Actor Emily Watson, Comedian Kate McKinnon, Gisèle Pelicot
SEND Best Practice: What is working?
Cush Jumbo, Author Kate Mosse, Sue Gray quits, Women in business
Rivals, J Smith Cameron, Lucy Letby case
Kelly Macdonald, Ovarian cancer vaccine breakthrough, Violence against women in Turkey
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Lesley Manville, Breast cancer drug, Blessing scams, The Kill List, Elkie Brooks
Elkie Brooks, 'Emotional vampires', Breast cancer drug
Midlife marriage and money, Sara Sharif, Blessing scams, Maddalena Vaglio Tanet
Isabelle Huppert, NHS Whistleblower line, The Kill List, author Cecelia Ahern
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Dr Hilary Cass, Meera Syal & Tanika Gupta, SEND teacher training, Sophie Kinsella, Contraception
Lesley Manville, Brain injuries in childbirth, Strictly Come Dancing
Women's magazines, Dawn Sturgess, Female funeral directors
Sharon D Clarke, SEND teacher training, Black nurses in history
The Tuam babies scandal: A Woman's Hour special
Afghanistan, Liane Moriarty, Parental leave, Jeans
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Demi Moore, Sexual assault allegations at Harrods, Pregnancy loss language
Media reporting on rape cases, Women in the Sudan conflict, What's the alternative to dating apps?
Demi Moore, Sexual assault allegations at Harrods, Women in war
Respite care in NI, Pregnancy loss language, Sex workers and banking
Elizabeth Strout, Girls Will Be Girls, Women's safety, Labour women and donations
Weekend Women's Hour: Saoirse Ronan, Tracey Emin, Nikki Doucet on women’s football, Friends 30th anniversary
Dame Tracey Emin, Doreen Soulsby, Dame Maureen Lipman, Young Adult Fiction
Maternity care, Friends 30th anniversary, Breast implant illness
Saoirse Ronan, Nikki Doucet on women’s football, JoJo, Vaccinations
Blues singer Elles Bailey, Author Abi Daré, Infants and domestic abuse
Army racism, Gardens and the Bloomsbury Group, Fantastically Great Women musical
UK riots, Madwomen of the West, South Asian beauty, Yazidi women
Weekend Woman's Hour: Amanda Abbington, VAT on private school fees, Steven van de Velde Olympics controversy, Aigul Akhmetshina
Amanda Abbington, Crime Fiction, Asbestos in Make-up and Sock Wars
Edna O'Brien obit, SEND education, Republicans and women, Aigul Akhmetshina
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Olympics preview, Holocaust documentary, Poet Zara Sehar, Sculptor Dominique White, Comedian Sashi Perera
Mercury Prize Nominees, Paris Olympic Athletes, Adoption
Kamala Harris and female votes, Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell, Poet Zara Sehar
Kamala Harris and 'brat summer', Holocaust documentary, Comedian Sashi Perera
Megan Davis, Cambridge Vice-Chancellor, Kate Lister on banning partners from social events
Biden drops out and backs Harris, Maternal health in Gaza, Female coaches, Sculptor Dominique White
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Nelly Furtado, Woman in Myanmar, Woman’s Hour from Lord’s, Taking children out of school
Vula Malinga, Paedophile Hunters, Survivors of the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus
Nelly Furtado, Toughest towns for girls, Julian Assange accuser
Woman's Hour live from Lord's Cricket Ground
Lisa Jewell, Baby Babble, Bluebella rugby ad, Genre Fiction - Romance/Romantasy
Jonathan Meijer interviewed on fathering over 550 babies by sperm donation; women impressionist artists
Professor Dame Carol Robinson, Leader Interview: The Conservative’s Maria Caulfield for Rishi Sunak, Michelle De Swarte
Leader interviews: Reform UK's Ann Widdecombe for Nigel Farage, Wimbledon
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Cyndi Lauper, Accusations of assault in tennis, Sofie Gråbøl, Helen Heckety, Demetrescence, Corinne Baile
Live from Glastonbury: Cyndi Lauper, Corinne Bailey Rae & DJ Ritu
Adult orphans, Accusations of assault in tennis, Leader interview: John Swinney
Sofie Gråbøl, Christine Jardine, Women and Equalities spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats, Grace Campbell on abortion
Women voting in Northern Ireland, playwright and actor Faith Omole, Sarah Ockwell Smith on ‘demetrescence’
Helen Heckety, Taylor Swift’s UK tour, Football and domestic abuse
Weekend Woman's Hour: Rachel Stevens, Woman's Hour Election Debate, Jill Halfpenny, Interracial Marriage in the US
‘Sextortion diary’, dealing with a terminal diagnosis, Judy Garland impersonator
Elite rower Helen Glover, Leader Interview: Carla Denyer, Les Amazones d'Afrique, Ozempic
Graves of stillborn babies, Chaka Khan, Climate seniors, Right wing women leaders in the EU
Paloma Faith, Leader interview: Rhun Ap Iorwerth, Parents with learning difficulties
Naomi Klein, Thornaby FC, folk singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan, author Lucy Foley
Isabella Tree, Emma Caldwell case, Baroness Delyth Morgan
Plus ones, Swifties, Scotland rape rule, Long-lost siblings
Bat for Lashes, Women and D-Day, Author Saima Mir, Sextortion
India's women voters, Dame Harriet Walter on Clara Schumann, Climate medal winner
Show-women, Women and the general election, Smartphone-free kids
Endurance runner Imo Boddy, love bombing, fake food artist
Solving historic rape cases, British cyclist Lizzy Banks, Margaret Leng Tan
Infected blood scandal, Anita Pallenberg, Feminist theatre
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Royal Navy exclusive, Tamsin Greig, Period Tracker Apps, Formula One, Sleepwalking, Choral music
Lesbian bars, Period Tracker Apps, World champion boxer, Lauren Price MBE
Women in Formula One, Monstrum, Sex education, Bridgerton dresses
Beth Mead, Women and choral music, Eating disorders
Birth trauma, Sleepwalking, Lolita Chakrabarti
Royal Navy Exclusive, Sarah Atherton MP, Tamsin Greig, singer-songwriter Lauren Mayberry
Nikki Haley, Pornography series, Author Liz Jensen
Raye, Women swimming the Channel, Anita Hill, Adaptive fashion
Historic abortion law change in France and Pornography series
Sarah Everard's murder 3 years on, Jess Phillips MP and Baroness Ruth Davidson, singer CMAT
Female history in 101 objects, Big hair, Toilet training and schools, Primodos
Alabama IVF, Porn series, Tattoos
Yvette Cooper on Raneem's Law, Porn review, Andi and Charlotte Osho, Lucia Keskin
Nadine Shah, Vivian Oparah, Baby loss certificates, Amber Heard trolling
Actor Samantha Morton, Mary Beard, Leap year proposals
Kelsey Parker, Ukraine's children, Black girls in education, Aisling Bea
Kelsey Parker, 'Sharenting', Maternity leave
Mistresses, Ultrasound 'bra', Diane Foley, Black girls in education
Ukraine children, Director of Wicked Little Letters Thea Sharrock, The implications of a new AI study on the brain
Tracey Crouch MP, Marina Litvinenko, Author Kiley Reid
Aisling Bea, Profile of Yulia Navalnaya, Carmen Smith, Wellness v stoicism
Lorraine Kelly, Paralympian Lauren Rowles, Chief Constable Sarah Crew
Lorraine Kelly, Actor and boxer Kali Reis, Presenter Gemma Cairney
Rain Newton-Smith, Paralympian Lauren Rowles, Homelessness
Rhianon Bragg, Women of Substance, ultramarathon runner Allie Bailey
Misogyny in the music industry, author Lisa St Aubin de Terán, cervical smears
Fasting and women, Conscription, Cuteness exhibition
Long Covid, Professor Jo Phoenix tribunal victory, Paying children for chores
Lauren Sequeira, Rape misconceptions, Singer Julia Bullock
Long Covid, Holocaust Memorial Day, Princess Superstar
Jodie Comer, Olivia Attwood, Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Cosmetic surgery reviews, Speed dating, Bangladesh elections, Assisted dying & palliative care
Midwife shortages, Dating at 81, Jackie Mag anniversary
Cush Jumbo, Church leader survivors, Exonerated sub-postmistress
Weekend Woman's Hour - Women in the metaverse, Author Vanessa Chan, Women and negotiation
Women and music in 2023, Nicole Jacobs, Women in farming
Dame Joan Ruddock, Katherine Parkinson, Negotiating care with siblings, Author Vanessa Chan
Shakespeare's Women, Izzy Judd, Women in the metaverse
Lavinia Greenlaw, Lindsay Duncan, the Irish mother and baby homes scandal
Women and Negotiations
Weekend Woman's Hour: Dame Siân Phillips, Highflying care-leavers, 'Trouser-less' trend
Dame Siân Phillips, Abuse of vulnerable elderly, Clemency Burton-Hill
Highflying care-leavers, Freebirths, 'Trouser-less' trend
UTI treatment, Being dumped by text, Lighthouse keeper
Women who dig for the truth
The Queen of the Brassicas - the Brussels sprout!
Weekend Woman's Hour - Gracie Spinks’s parents, Gatekeeping your perfume, Child-free women at work
A new drug for hot flushes and night sweats, Combatting loneliness at Christmas
Spiking, The pill, Family dynamics at Christmas
Mary Earps' SPOTY win, Women's Super League founder Kelly Simmons, Pregnancy sickness
Kirsty Wark on leaving Newsnight, Sports Personality of the Year
Gracie Spinks' parents, Child-free women at work, Grandma Wong
Weekend Woman's Hour: Imelda Staunton, Quitting parties, Mica Paris
Kinship care, Shane MacGowan's widow Victoria Mary Clarke, 'Red White and Blue', Lora Logic
Mica Paris, Is Facebook dangerous for kids? Regretting your tattoos
Imelda Staunton on depicting Queen Elizabeth II
The future of embryo research, Ofsted inspections, British Gymnastics' complaints procedure
Cancer during pregnancy, Israel-Gaza, Wedding dresses
Ruth Perry's sister, City Girl in Nature, Caring for a spouse, The politics of Christmas presents
Ruth Perry's sister Julia Waters, America Ferrera, 'Stuffed'
Conductor Marin Alsop, actor Diana Quick and a campaign to protect domestic abuse victims
Julianne Moore, Dame Mary Berry, Prevalence of forced sterilisation
Women's Football, Head of Ofcom, The politics of Christmas presents
Stella Creasy MP, Living with one breast, City Girl in Nature
Weekend Woman's Hour: Emily Blunt, Stammering, Long-distance friendships, Maria Callas' legacy
Director Adura Onashile, Grieving and Christmas Shopping, Maria Callas's Centenary
Emily Blunt, Pathologist-novelist, Baby formula, Short marriages
British Gymnastics and safeguarding, Long-distance friendships, Myha’la, Hunters, Hockey kits
Parenting a child with a stammer, EHRC Chair Baroness Falkner, Ukrainian chess player Kamila Hryshchenko
Dame Harriet Walter, Runner Eilish McColgan, Post-mastectomy bras
Weekend Woman's Hour: Sharon Osbourne, Jodie Whittaker and Outgoing Chief Inspectorate of Ofsted, Amanda Spielman
Sharon Osbourne, Shani Dhanda, Nurses and their mental health
Jodie Whittaker, Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman
Deepfake pornography, Professor Yvonne Doyle – lessons from the pandemic, Pianist Chloe Flower
Carry On women, Unexpected news at baby scans
Angela Rippon, Jamie Bernstein on Maestro, Scorchio! The history of The Weather Girl
Weekend Woman's Hour: Dame Kelly Holmes, justice secretary Alex Chalk, history of eyeliner
Life and work of photographer Tish Murtha, Sitcom Such Brave Girls, Finding your dress shape
Dr Who actor Jemma Redgrave on the show's new 60th anniversary shows and the history of eyeliner
Justice Secretary Alex Chalk on sentencing reforms
Dame Kelly Holmes, Cabinet reshuffle, Debenhams picketers
Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary, Natalie Cassidy, Breast Cancer treatment
Weekend Woman's Hour: Perinatal pelvic health, ‘Grey pound’ fashion, Jilly Cooper, Swearing, Hot flushes
Swearing, The 'grey pound' and fashion, A story of brutal crime, forgiveness and empathy
Swearing, Women in north east India, The 'grey pound' and fashion, A story of brutal crime, forgiveness and empathy
Nour Swirki in Gaza, Baroness Falkender's secrets, Divorce, Alzheimer's, Hot flushes
Jilly Cooper, Rachel Goldberg – mother of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Women & binge drinking, Perinatal pelvic health service.
Caster Semenya, King's Speech, Jude Rogers on Kirsty MacColl
MP rape allegations, Mothers' march, Melissa Caddick
Weekend Woman's Hour: Author Alex O'Brien on what playing poker can teach you, Maternity care & Sprinter Bianca Williams
Cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Women & renting, Catherine Dalton cricketer, Women's peace petition, Maggie Murphy CEO, Lewes FC
Covid Inquiry, Child-free friends, Afghans in Pakistan, Alison Larkin
AI and child sexual abuse, Alex O’Brien, Molly Manning Walker
Failures in maternity care, Spain's Princess Leonor turns 18, Women's Ballon d'Or
Bianca Williams, Sandra Hüller, Living with your parents too long