Woman's Hour Episodes Episode guide
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29/08/2011
Women in Aviation - a special programme for the Bank Holiday. Presented by Jenni Murray.
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Weekend Woman's Hour
As Anne Hathaway's new film One Day opens, how does a beautiful woman play a plain one?
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South Sudan, GCSEs, Air Hostesses, She Magazine
Women in South Sudan; GCSE results; Air Hostesses; the end of She magazine.
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Miriam O'Reilly, Heather Brooke, Constance Briscoe, Jamelia.
Miriam O'Reilly on ageism in the public eye; Heather Brooke; Constance Briscoe; Jamelia.
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Women in Libya; Tammy Weis; Why We Talk Differently
Can a pretty woman play a plain one? Women in Libya; Tammy Weis; why we talk differently.
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Cook the Perfect Gazpacho; Overweight Babies; Hildegard of Bingen
Cook the Perfect gazpacho; overweight babies; Hildegard of Bingen celebrated at the Proms.
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Esther Rantzen on loneliness, Tracie Bennett on Judy Garland
Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland; Esther Rantzen on being lonely; men in childcare.
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Audrey Tautou, Tara Fitzgerald, Camping or Glamping?
Audrey Tautou; Tara Fitzgerald; to camp or glamp? Effect of rising tuition fees on girls.
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Val McDermid; Online Teacher Abuse; Women and Television
Val McDermid; keeping things in a safe place; and women in early television.
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Tuition fee rises and women, Actress Tara Fitzgerald
Victorians and the symbolism of flowers and actress Tara Fitzgerald on her new stage role.
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Baby bores and advice on A-level options
Baby bores: what to do when your friends go baby mad. Bad advice on A-Levels?
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Camping; Women in Egypt; the End of Antibiotics?
Glamping versus camping; lost gardens of Heligan; Egyptian women campaigners.
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French actor Audrey Tautou, Big Feet, Family Businesses
French actress Audrey Tautou, children with diabetes, family businesses, bigger feet.
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Cook the Perfect...Ice cream, Randy Crawford
Root causes of riots, Randy Crawford, cook the perfect...ice cream, babies and salt.
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Garden Weeds, Blue Plaques and the 9-Year-Old Cook
Loving weeds, threatened miscarriages and blue plaques. Presented by Jenni Murray.
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11/08/2011
Riots: we look at the root causes of the violence and looting on England's streets.
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Randy Crawford, Cook the Perfect... Ice Cream, Forced Marriage
Cook the Perfect... Ice Cream, Randy Crawford, forced marriage update, Ruth Badger.
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The beauty industry; ants; Margaret More; khat
A history of the beauty industry; ants - the ultimate matriarchal society? Margaret More.
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Female unemployment; babies and salt; Becky Sharp; jockey Hayley Turner
Becky Sharp: modern inspiration or despicable social climber? Presented by Jenni Murray.
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Eva Gabrielsson; Yasmeen Khan; Kathryn Tickell
Eva Gabrielsson on her life with Stieg Larsson and other highlights of Woman's Hour.
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Cyber-bullying, Women of the RNLI, Soul Midwives and Boredom
Presented by Jenni Murray. Lifeboat women; boredom; cyber-bullying; midwives for the soul.
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Breast cancer screening; urban bees; fear of poetry
Breast cancer screening; urban beekeeping and fear of poetry. Presented by Jenni Murray.
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Eva Gabrielsson; living wills; women playwrights; 60 at 60
Eva Gabrielson, the partner of Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson, in interview.
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FGM; Kathryn Tickell; Stella Gibbons
Why are conviction rates for FGM so low? Lynne Truss: her favourite Stella Gibbons books.
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01/08/2011
The gardens at Wrest Park; three generations of a corner shop; and women in business.
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Post Millie Dowler: Rape and sexual assault trials failing victims?
Post Millie Dowler - is the adversarial court system fair? Cook the perfect scone.
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Faberge Eggs, Mother and Daughter Olympians, Cook the Perfect Scone
Fabergé eggs; Belgium bans the veil; mother and daughter Olympians; cook the perfect scone
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Stella Rimington; Young Teetotallers; Fighting Fibroids
Stella Rimington, former Director General of MI5; young teetotallers; fibroid treatments.
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27/07/2011
The women building the Olympic Park; how to deal with a terrible boss; Elaine Sciolino.
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China's one-child policy; Aruna Sairam; holiday packing; language in the boardroom
With Jenni Murray. Calls to relax China's one-child policy. Indian singer Aruna Sairam.