Woman's Hour Episodes Episode guide
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London Fashion Week special
A special edition on fashion, from catwalk to chain store. Presented by Jane Garvey.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Mary Quant
Mary Quant. Plus, trying to diet? Three professionals give advice to listener Sue Lyons.
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17/02/2012
Where are the female lead characters on CBeebies? Louise Rennison. Group B Streptococcus.
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Mary Quant
Style icon Mary Quant, comedy duo Watson and Oliver and writer Jeanette Winterson.
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A Dad is Born
The life-changing arrival of a baby from dad's point of view. Plus novelist Harriet Lane.
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Do we overprotect our children?
Do we overprotect our children? Plus why don't diets work - or do they?
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Alex Polizzi
Is surgery still too dominated by men? and Alex Polizzi on how to run a family business.
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Weekend Woman's Hour
Should stalking be a specific offence in England and Wales?
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Suffragette oral history, Lady Maisery, shared parental rights and the impact of postnatal depression on fathers
Suffragettes, shared parental rights, Lady Maisery and postnatal depression.
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09/02/2012
What impact is the shortage of specialists in male infertility having on women?
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Women in Business
A special programme with the female entrepreneurs we've been following and their mentors.
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07/02/2012
Can a child as young as eight suffer from anorexia nervosa? Plus author Clare Morrall.
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Miss Piggy, Sister Fa, Charles Dickens's Women
Miss Piggy, Charles Dickens, and women in architecture. Presented by Jane Garvey.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Joanna Trollope; Toyah; Virginia Ironside
Joanna Trollope on army wives, Virginia Ironside on being 60 and Toyah on being a punk.
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The silent movie stars killed off by the talkies, the portrayal of single parents, personal transformation through tragedy
Killed by the Talkies; Single Parents; Transformation through Tragedy.
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Woman's Hour and cooking; Angela Carter; young people in custody
Should Woman's Hour do cooking? Diana Henry and Miranda Sawyer discuss. Angela Carter.
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01/02/2012
What's the next big thing in the beauty industry? And why life begins at 60.
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Joanna Trollope
Why's our relationship to food so complicated? And Joanna Trollope on her latest book.
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Child protection; Marine le Pen; could a woman lead the BBC?
Will the next DG of the BBC be female? And child protection: how tough decisions are made.
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Ed Miliband - attractive to women voters?
How could Labour Party strategists sell Ed Miliband to women? And why is IVF so expensive?
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When to tell people you're pregnant, and female soldiers on film
When to tell people you're pregnant and female soldiers on film. Presented by Jenni Murray
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26/01/2012
Friendships from cradle to grave: the chemistry of lasting friendship; what makes it tick?
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25/01/2012
Why the NCT wants to reinvent itself, and is it time we Brits got rid of Miss and Mrs?
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Women and the Leveson Enquiry. Is IVF Overpriced? Alternatives to Prison for Female Offenders. Breast Awareness
Women in the media, overcharging for IVF. Presented by Jenni Murray.
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Sex on the agenda, Martha Reeves, Welfare Reform
Sex on the agenda - should you schedule it in your relationship? Presented by Jane Garvey.
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Weekend Woman's Hour
Freemarket feminism, parenting the French way and pretty in pink for spring fashions.
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Orchids v Roses, Revenge and Julie Jones
Intricate and exquisite - could the orchid ever usurp the rose in the nation's affections?
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19/01/2012
Trouble brewing over the regulation of medical implants for Stress Urinary Incontinence.
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18/01/2012
Does feminism change when it crosses party political lines? And novelist Ahdaf Soueif.
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17/01/2012
The human cost of the crisis in social care; Anna Calvi sings; and how to wear pastels.