Woman's Hour Episodes Episode guide
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Nuclear energy, SEND reform, Anita on Celebrity Race Across the World
What women in the UK really feel about more nuclear energy production.
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Cryptic pregnancy, actor Karen Pittman, writer Nikita Gill, Agnes Wanjiru
We explore the fact that some women don't know they are pregnant until their baby is born.
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Baroness Hale, Trump’s visit, Afro hair care
The first female president of the Supreme Court on trust in the police.
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Patricia Lockwood, SEND rally, Maternity review, Kathrine Switzer
Patricia Lockwood on her latest book, which echoes her own experience with Long Covid.
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Davina McCall, Papua New Guinea, Jung Chang, Fawning, Sophie Ellis Bextor
TV presenter Davina McCall on her stellar career and surviving brain surgery.
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Davina McCall, Highland Games, Essex accents
TV presenter Davina McCall on her stellar career and surviving brain surgery.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Pregnancy drug DES, Novelist Heather Morris
The Murder on the Dancefloor hitmaker has a new album, Perimenopop
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Noel Clarke libel case, Bras after cancer, Comedian Emma Doran
The Guardian journalists behind the Noel Clarke libel case on uncovering the story.
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Jung Chang, Labour deputy leader race, Jaysley Beck's mother.
The Chinese-British author has written a sequel to her global bestseller Wild Swans.
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Angela Rayner fallout, Do we need to take creatine? Papua New Guinea
After Angela Rayner's departure, we look at her legacy & the top women in the Labour Party
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: actor Robin Wright, life after a parent’s suicide, disliking your child's friends
Actor Robin Wright on directing and starring in her latest series, The Girlfriend.
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Menopause and severe depression, Disliking your child's friends, Giorgio Armani
What are the links between menopause and wanting to end your life?
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Afghanistan earthquake, Friendship anxiety, Invasive Species play
How women and girls have been affected by the huge earthquake in Afghanistan.
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American Vogue's new editor, Sandie Peggie tribunal, Sabrina Carpenter's lyrics, Life after a parent's suicide
We profile Dame Anna Wintour's successor, Chloe Malle.
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Femicide Census, Period Pain, Eve Myles, Forced Adoption
Why is the number of women being killed by men remaining consistent and not going down?
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Childcare, Robin Wright on The Girlfriend, Life after a loved one's suicide
We discuss early years childcare in England and the government's 30 funded hours scheme.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Forced adoptions, Author Paula Byrne, Is rugby safe?, Stalking and heart disease, Wool Sourcing
Calls for a state apology for historic forced adoptions.
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Forced adoptions, Belinda Carlisle, Harvest mice release
Calls for a state apology for historic forced adoptions.
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Double jeopardy fight, Fertility rates, SRY tests, Wool sourcing
Ann Ming overturned the double jeopardy rule after her daughter Julie was murdered.
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Child abuse & VAWG, Novelist Miriam Robinson, Taylor Swift's engagement, Private midwives
Child protection organisations' concerns on the govt's strategy on child abuse & VAWG.
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Gender pay gap, 'Spicy' fiction, Is rugby safe? Labubu dolls
Britain’s gender pay gap has been understated for two decades, according to a new report.
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Stalking & heart disease, Cellist Laura van der Heijden, Periods
Dr Audrey Marchland discusses a new Harvard study linking stalking to heart disease.
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Woman's Hour Special: Women's Rugby World Cup
Anita Rani broadcasts live from a women's rugby club.
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Jess Folley, Boudicca's Daughter, Alzheimer's research
Composing music for and starring in Burlesque the Musical in the West End.
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Sister Bliss, Maternity reports, River women, Karis Kelly
One of the few women of her generation to help shape UK dance culture.
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Karen Gillan, Children's exposure to porn, Lexi Chambers
The Doctor Who and Marvel actress on her new apocalyptic movie
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Mounjaro price rise, The Real Housewives of London, Nail bars
Concerns more women will turn to black market weight loss drugs as Mounjaro price rises.
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Weekend Woman’s Hour: Afghanistan, RFU President Deborah Griffin, Pregnancy sickness, Goalkeeper Hannah Hampton
Four years since the Taliban retook Kabul, we look at the lives of Afghan women and girls.
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Women in Afghanistan, Alison Goldfrapp, VJ Day, High St shopping
Four years since the Taliban retook Kabul, we look at the lives of Afghan women and girls.
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Post Office scandal, RFU President Deborah Griffin, Annie & The Caldwells
A victim of the Post Office scandal on her return to her family Post Office.