Woman's Hour Episodes Episode guide
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Harold Shipman inquiry; Girls and truancy
A discussion on how Harold Shipman's crimes remained undetected for so long.
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Sex for disabled women; Women in IT; Head lice
Does the healthcare system let down disabled women in regards to relationships and sex?
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Contact rights after divorce; Crying babies; Author Sarah Hall
What are the political solutions to conflicts over contact rights after divorce?
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Estelle; What is your future face?; Teenage girls and sport
MOBO winner Estelle is interviewed. Plus what will your face look like in the future?
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How women vote; Special courts for domestic violence
Are women's priorities changing and therefore altering how they vote?
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Risk of strokes; The legend of Grace Darling; Indian feet
Why women should take the risk of a stroke more seriously. Plus the role of feet in India.
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Anna Politkovskaya interview; Composer Rebecca Clarke
The Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya talks about her critique of 'Putin's Russia.
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Bjork; The motherhood CV gap
The unique Icelandic musician on her life and career. Plus, the motherhood gap on a CV.
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Nicky Campbell; Work/life balance; Palestinian and Israeli clothes project
Nicky Campbell talks about being adopted and his search for his birth parents.
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Fiona Shaw; Meg Cabot and the Princess Diaries
Fiona Shaw reflects on being an actor and Meg Cabot discusses her successful teen novels.
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Female binge-drinking; Musician Geri Allen: Parental boasting
Does binge-drinking make females more argumentative or are women becoming more violent?
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Phone-in: Step-parents
What's it like taking on other people's children?
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Lynda La Plante; Black British style; Surviving a hijack
Lynda La Plante discusses her career and life as a first time mum in her 50s.
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Shelia Hancock; Stepfathers; Death row letters
Shelia Hancock reflects on her life with husband John Thaw.
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Breast cancer guide; Life as a PM's daughter
Veronica Mulcahy provides a humorous handbook for those with breast cancer.
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Could females become Imams?; Irish dancing
Should Muslim women be allowed to become spiritual leaders?
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How to cope with tweenies; Private lives of medieval England
What's the best way for parents to deal with pre-teen children?
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How to find love mid-life; Mira Calix the insect musician
How do widowed and older women meet new partners? Plus, how to make music with insects.
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Being an Iraqi hostage; Stress during pregnancy
Nahoka Takato talks about her ordeal as the first foreign woman held hostage in Iraq.
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Kirsten Dunst; Female genital mutilation
Kirsten Dunst opens up about her life, being a child actor and her film Wimbledon.
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Hina Khan
Filmmaker Hina Khan talks about her film Jihad: Struggling with Islam
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Sarah and Monty Don; Women on Incapacity Benefit
Sarah and Monty Don reveal how losing all their wealth made them re-evaluate their life.
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Tacita Dean; Political policies for working mothers
How much real influence does government policy have on women's work choices?
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Singer Carleen Anderson; Paralympian women
Carleen Anderson talks about her singing career and sings in the studio.
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Cherie Booth
Cherie Booth reveals some of the pressures of life at Number 10.
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Courses to stop domestic violence; Aileen Mills on poetry
Can courses for violent men reduce abuse? Plus, Aileen Mills on becoming a poet at 90.
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Joan Rivers; Female matchmakers; Imams for female equality
The infamous Joan Rivers talks about her life as a comic. Plus the history of matchmaking.
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Do patient chaperones prevent abuse?; Who cleans your loo?
Will the presence of patient chaperones help prevent abuse during intimate examinations?
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HIV teenagers; Emma Williams on musical stardom; Urban food foraging
How do young people born with HIV cope with the virus? Plus, how to find free urban food.
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Fay Weldon; Children in care; 40 years of BIBA
Is it better for children to be taken into care or should they stay with a family member?