Woman's Hour Episodes Episode guide
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Alex Kingston plays Prospero at the RSC; Captain Preet Chandi; Alcohol, sexual assault & recall; Folic acid; All good friends?
Prospero as a mother not an elderly Duke & father: actor Alex Kingston's current challenge
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Helena Bonham Carter, Power List judges Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Ebony Rainford-Brent, Update on Ian Paterson
The actor on playing Nolly - star of Crossroads and Queen of the Midlands Noele Gordon.
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Emily Atack, Baroness Catherine Ashton, Sophie Duker
Emily Atack on the abusive messages she receives from men and why she's calling for change
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Hilary Grime on her daugher Phoebe, Catherine Lee on Section 28, Tidying up v mess
Hilary Grime's daughter Phoebe, a university student, took her own life in 2021.
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Triathlete and screenwriter Lesley Paterson; Zara Aleena's murder & probation service failings; the Woman's Hour Power List 2023
Screenwriter Lesley Paterson reveals how her sporting career helped to fund her new film
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Holocaust Survivors, Mary Nighy, Dementia and Menopause
Anita speaks to the daughters of two Jewish girls who fled Nazi persecution.
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Launch of the Woman's Hour Power List 2023, Triathlete and screenwriter Lesley Paterson; Chores post Covid
Blue Plaque for the 'founding spirit' of the Notting Hill Carnival, Claudia Jones.
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Bridget Phillipson MP, Catherine Newman, Chanel Contos, Rachel Thompson, Karen Krizanovich, Baroness Altmann
Childcare reform – what needs to change?
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The cost of being single, Zara Aleena's murder & probation service failings, menopause and the workplace
A new study examining disproportionate number of female teachers developing mesothelioma
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The Brit Awards. Targeted adverts online. The ages of motherhood. Welsh Rugby.
Women artists at the Brits. Targeted adverts online. When's the right time to have a baby?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Michelle Williams, Elizabeth McGovern, former New Zealand PM Helen Clark on Jacinda Ardern
Hollywood actor Michelle Williams on her new role in Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans.
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Michelle Williams, Long Covid and 25 years of Goodness Gracious Me
Michelle Williams talks about playing Mitzi, closely based on Steven Spielberg's mother.
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Searching for Rosemary Kennedy, 40 years of Madonna, Wendy Warrington - nurse/midwife, Nicola Brookes, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
The little-known story of Rosemary Kennedy.
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Elizabeth McGovern, Pat Cullen, David Carrick, The Wife of Bath
The Downton Abbey actor on her new stage role as Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Actor Patricia Hodge, Online Safety Bill, Returning to work
Actor Patricia Hodge joins Krupa Padhy.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: saris, speaking to kids on Andrew Tate, breast cancer, donor conceived children, Eleanor Williams case
Why is the sari having a renaissance & the long-term impact of the Eleanor Williams case.
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Female conductors, Talking to children about Andrew Tate, Jenny Beavan, FGM and Pub birth.
The rise of female conductors and how to talk to children about Andrew Tate.
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Natasha Kaplinsky, Misogynist influencers, Professor Joanna Bourke, Dr Rebecca Gomperts
The former ´óÏó´«Ã½ newsreader on her new role as the first female president of the BBFC.
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The Offbeat Sari exhibition, Iran latest, coldwater swimming and is AI pushing the boundaries of art?
The Offbeat Sari exhibition.
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The Letters of Edith Thompson, Women in Westminister, Donor-conceived Children, Lucy Rout on Dragons' Den
Donor-conceived children: listener Hayley shares her remarkable personal story.
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Impact of Eleanor Williams case, miracle baby, women in early animation, teachers' strike
Impact of the Eleanor Williams case on how rape is reported and whether women are believed
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Ecofeminist Vandana Shiva, how to quit well, Shekeila Scarlett
Vandana Shiva on climate change activism.
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Financial planning, Susan Cronin, Friends forever - Christina, Finding my voice - Liz Roberts
We discuss financial new year’s resolutions with two female money experts.
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Ecofeminist Vandana Shiva, how to quit well, Fay Weldon
Renowned activist Vandana Shiva on feminism and climate change.
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The only woman in a group of men, Children conceived by donors, Finding My Voice, Face masks
What is it like to be the only woman in a group of men? Is it isolating? Intimidating?
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Harriet Walker, Elika Ashoori, Dr Henrietta Hughes, Sarah Graham, Neil Leitch, Adam Hawksbee
Abandoning the bra – the new trend of going braless.
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Turning your passion into a business with Deborah Meaden and Lynne Franks
Turning your passion into a business - is it ever a good idea?
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Sally Wainwright, drink spiking, Gurinder Chadha and Debbie Wiseman
The writer and director Sally Wainwright ahead of the 3rd and final series of Happy Valley
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Paulina Porizkova - former supermodel, Vivienne Westwood, Sally Wainwright, Servicewomen & sexual assault, Annus horribilis
In 1988 Paulina Porizkova was one of world's highest-paid models & face of Estee Lauder.