Woman's Hour

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

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Maternity services inquiry, Women in architecture, Witches
A new inquiry into failings in maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.
20 Oct 2025,54 mins
Guide to Life: Turning Ageing Into Your Superpower
It’s a gift not a flaw – how to reframe getting older.
19 Oct 2025,35 mins
Weekend Woman's Hour: Tilda Swinton, Dads at work, Karen Carney, Living with Tourette Syndrome, Bobbi Brown
Tilda Swinton on a new exhibition celebrating her work.
18 Oct 2025,56 mins
Tilda Swinton, Homelessness, Gwenda's Garage Musical, Romance Scams
The celebrated performer on the exhibition that celebrates her work.
17 Oct 2025,54 mins
Global surrogacy, Karen Carney, Low-income & SEND, Talc trial
The ethics of surrogacy and its impact pegged to a new report by the UN.
16 Oct 2025,54 mins
Liz Kendall MP, Women & Tourette Syndrome, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Singing to help postnatal depression
Liz Kendall, Secretary for Science, Innovation and Technology on women in tech
15 Oct 2025,54 mins
Bobbi Brown, Domestic abuse & family courts, Black maternal health film
The American make-up entrepreneur on her life and work.
14 Oct 2025,54 mins
Dads and working flexibly, Baroness Margaret Thatcher centenary, Diane Keaton legacy
Is it more difficult for fathers to find flexibility in the workplace?
13 Oct 2025,54 mins
Guide to Life: Challenging Your Money Mindset
How your attitude to money can shape your spending and financial wellbeing.
12 Oct 2025,35 mins
Weekend Woman's Hour: Sally Wainwright, Kellie Bright, AI girlfriends, lessons from the Pelicot trial
Sally Wainwright on Riot Women, her drama about a group of mid-life women's punk rock band
11 Oct 2025,56 mins
Pelicot trial, Lucy Guo, Bebe Jackson, Travel writing
The latest in the Gisèle Pelicot case after a man appealed his conviction for rape.
10 Oct 2025,54 mins
Tanita Tikaram, Sally Wainwright, Nature and kids with SEND
Singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram on fame in the late 1980s, identity and belonging.
09 Oct 2025,50 mins
Kemi Badenoch's leadership, Manon Garcia on Gisele Pelicot, Joy Gregory
As she makes her second speech, how has the Conservative party leader's conference gone?
08 Oct 2025,54 mins
AI 'girlfriends', Japan's PM designate, Hope Reese, Musica Secreta
The rise of AI 'girlfriends' with new websites offering online intimacy.
07 Oct 2025,54 mins
Kellie Bright, Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally, Summer of Sport
Is the SEND system working for children with special educational needs?
06 Oct 2025,54 mins
Guide to Life: Ambition Without Burnout
How to chase your goals while protecting your wellbeing.
05 Oct 2025,35 mins
Weekend Woman's Hour: Melinda French Gates, Rebecca Solnit, 'Carents', Actor Tracey Ullman
The most powerful woman in philanthropy on her fight for women's health.
04 Oct 2025,55 mins
Melinda French Gates, Manchester synagogue attack, Rochdale grooming
The philanthropist on her post-divorce enterprise aiming to put power into women's hands.
03 Oct 2025,58 mins
Met Police, Secrets, Dirty Looks exhibition
How much does a toxic culture still exist within London's Metropolitan Police force?
02 Oct 2025,58 mins
Gloria Allred and Rebecca Solnit on Epstein, New head of MI6 Blaise Metreweli
Two leading US women's rights activists reflect on the Epstein files.
01 Oct 2025,58 mins
Rugby player Meg Jones, ‘Carents’, Actor Andrea Riseborough
Meg Jones on winning the Rugby World Cup.
30 Sep 2025,58 mins
Rugby World Cup, Tracey Ullman, Janet Skinner, Ava Pickett
We celebrate England's Red Roses' win at the Rugby World Cup.
29 Sep 2025,57 mins
Guide to Life: Is Friendship Just Another Task?
How to stay connected with friends when life feels like a never-ending to-do list.
28 Sep 2025,35 mins
Weekend Woman's Hour: Annie Lennox, Motorway anxiety, New play Punch
Singer-songwriter Annie Lennox talks about her long career in music and campaigning.
27 Sep 2025,27 mins
Penny Lancaster, New play Punch, Rugby grounds-women
Special constable, TV personality, photographer, also married to rock legend Rod Stewart.
26 Sep 2025,57 mins
Child benefit cap, Prof Edith Heard, Book banning
We look at the mounting pressure to scrap the two child benefit cap.
25 Sep 2025,57 mins
Post childbirth and sex, Juliet Stevenson, Ruby Tui
Post having a baby - how do you navigate being a mother, partner and sexual being?
24 Sep 2025,57 mins
Annie Lennox, Paracetamol in pregnancy, Liquid BBLs, Phubbing
The singer-songwriter on her long career in music and campaigning.
23 Sep 2025,55 mins
Driving anxiety, Erika Kirk profile, Marie Antoinette style
Why do some women develop anxiety around driving in mid-life, and what can help?
22 Sep 2025,57 mins
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Baroness Hale, Race Across the World, Cryptic pregnancy, Patricia Lockwood, Sudanese women, Susie Dent
The first female president of the Supreme Court.
20 Sep 2025,56 mins