Woman's Hour

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. Listen to The Woman's Hour Guide to Life on BBC Sounds: https://bbc.in/4nTa7W8

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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.
18 Aug 2025,57 mins
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.
16 Aug 2025,56 mins
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.
15 Aug 2025,55 mins
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.
14 Aug 2025,54 mins
Women and heat, Surrey Police on catcalling stunt, Pregnancy sickness
As a heatwave grips the UK, how are women impacted?
13 Aug 2025,56 mins
Nurses facing abuse in A&E, Sailor Jazz Turner, What is the true value of care?
Head of the RCN reveals nurses are facing "abhorrent" levels of violence in A&E.
12 Aug 2025,57 mins
Goalkeeper Hannah Hampton, Celine Song on Materialists, Women in construction
The England goalkeeper on winning the Euros and the obstacles she's overcome.
11 Aug 2025,57 mins
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Female breadwinners, Married but living apart, Traditional craftswomen
Listener Week is when all the topics, interviews and discussions are chosen by YOU!
09 Aug 2025,56 mins
Listener Week: Living with an incurable diagnosis, Sex therapy, Hybrid working
A listener asks to hear from other mothers with cancer about how they told their children
08 Aug 2025,57 mins
Listener Week: Female breadwinners, Attitudes to stepmothers, Traditional craftswomen
Emotional and social impact when a woman is the main earner in a household.
07 Aug 2025,55 mins
Listener Week: MND and women, Not being a granny, Studying later in life
Listener Diana joins us to discuss her MND diagnosis and how the disease impacts women.
06 Aug 2025,57 mins
Listener Week: Testosterone, Talking to adult children about abuse, Why we dream
Listener Week continues as we bring your stories, ideas and dilemmas to the air.
05 Aug 2025,57 mins
Listener Week: Seatbelts and busts, Recruitment and AI, Married but living apart
Listener Week is when all the topics, interviews and discussions are chosen by YOU!
04 Aug 2025,57 mins
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Lionesses' win & Diane Bronze, Child sex abuse gangs, Michelle Collins, Sara Pascoe, Nicola Benedetti
Lucy Bronze’s mum, Diane on her Euros success.
02 Aug 2025,52 mins
Hattie Williams, Trump's tariffs, Playwright Shaan Sahota
Hattie Williams on how her experience of motherhood inspired her novel Bitter Sweet.
01 Aug 2025,57 mins
Michelle Collins, Women's Golf, Access to work, Girls Like You
EastEnders actor Michelle Collins makes her Edinburgh Fringe debut with a new play.
31 Jul 2025,54 mins
Child sex abuse gangs, Advice overwhelm, Football feminist Karen Dobres
Prof Alexis Jay responds to reports that police abused girls who were victims of grooming.
30 Jul 2025,57 mins
Lynda La Plante, Women's Rugby World Cup, Sara Pascoe
Lynda La Plante discusses her latest novel and lead character CSI Jessica Russell.
29 Jul 2025,57 mins
Lionesses' Euros win, Nicola Benedetti
We get reaction to the Lionesses' historic win over Spain, retaining their European title.
28 Jul 2025,53 mins
Woman's Hour special: Women and gaming
A Woman’s Hour series taking a deep dive into women and gaming.
27 Jul 2025,71 mins
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Baroness Margaret Hodge, Dame Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter, Statues of women
Former MP Margaret Hodge on why she wants women over 70 to be screened for breast cancer.
26 Jul 2025,28 mins
Kathryn Harkup on Agatha Christie, Ofcom, Sexual violence in Haiti, Mistress Dispeller
Kathryn Harkup on the science behind the fiction that inspired Agatha Christie’s plots.
25 Jul 2025,57 mins
Gaza, Dame Imelda Staunton and Bessie Carter, Yasmin Khan, Cyberflashing
BBC's Yolande Knell on the warning from aid organisations about mass starvation in Gaza.
24 Jul 2025,57 mins
Scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Statues of women, Foreign aid cuts, Non-hormonal menopause pill
Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock on why the Space Shuttle programme was a game changer for women.
23 Jul 2025,57 mins
Baroness Margaret Hodge, Racism in women's football, Author Georgina Moore
Former MP Margaret Hodge on why she wants women over 70 to be screened for breast cancer.
22 Jul 2025,56 mins
Water industry review, Actor Harriet Webb, Author Molly Jong-Fast
Two female campaigners react to today's water industry review.
21 Jul 2025,57 mins
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Helena Bonham Carter, Three-person DNA babies, Claire Waxman, Black Girl Gamers, Louise Candlish
Actor Helena Bonham Carter on her new film, Four Letters of Love.
19 Jul 2025,55 mins
Three-person DNA babies, Emer Kenny, Dangers of sexual strangulation
Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people.
18 Jul 2025,57 mins
Louise Candlish, Domestic abuse, Samara Joy, Women and gaming
Bestselling author Louise Candlish on her latest novel, A Neighbour's Guide to Murder.
17 Jul 2025,55 mins
Claire Waxman, Miranda Raison, Women in gaming
What is the impact on victims of the record court delays?
16 Jul 2025,57 mins