Woman's Hour

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

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Surgeons, Susie Dent, Model diversity, Nepal's Prime Minister
New research highlights leniency towards surgeons involved in sexual misconduct.
19 Sep 2025,57 mins
Nuclear energy, SEND reform, Anita on Celebrity Race Across the World
What women in the UK really feel about more nuclear energy production.
18 Sep 2025,57 mins
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.
17 Sep 2025,56 mins
Baroness Hale, Trump’s visit, Afro hair care
The first female president of the Supreme Court on trust in the police.
16 Sep 2025,57 mins
Patricia Lockwood, SEND rally, Maternity review, Kathrine Switzer
Patricia Lockwood on her latest book, which echoes her own experience with Long Covid.
15 Sep 2025,57 mins
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.
13 Sep 2025,55 mins
Davina McCall, Highland Games, Essex accents
TV presenter Davina McCall on her stellar career and surviving brain surgery.
12 Sep 2025,57 mins
Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Pregnancy drug DES, Novelist Heather Morris
The Murder on the Dancefloor hitmaker has a new album, Perimenopop
11 Sep 2025,56 mins
Noel Clarke libel case, Bras after cancer, Comedian Emma Doran
The Guardian journalists behind the Noel Clarke libel case on uncovering the story.
10 Sep 2025,57 mins
Jung Chang, Labour deputy leader race, Jaysley Beck's mother.
The Chinese-British author has written a sequel to her global bestseller Wild Swans.
09 Sep 2025,57 mins
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
08 Sep 2025,57 mins
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.
06 Sep 2025,56 mins
Menopause and severe depression, Disliking your child's friends, Giorgio Armani
What are the links between menopause and wanting to end your life?
05 Sep 2025,57 mins
Afghanistan earthquake, Friendship anxiety, Invasive Species play
How women and girls have been affected by the huge earthquake in Afghanistan.
04 Sep 2025,57 mins
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.
03 Sep 2025,56 mins
Femicide Census, Period Pain, Eve Myles, Forced Adoption
Why is the number of women being killed by men remaining consistent and not going down?
02 Sep 2025,57 mins
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.
01 Sep 2025,57 mins
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.
30 Aug 2025,56 mins
Forced adoptions, Belinda Carlisle, Harvest mice release
Calls for a state apology for historic forced adoptions.
29 Aug 2025,55 mins
Double jeopardy fight, Fertility rates, SRY tests, Wool sourcing
Ann Ming overturned the double jeopardy rule after her daughter Julie was murdered.
28 Aug 2025,56 mins
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.
27 Aug 2025,56 mins
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.
26 Aug 2025,57 mins
Stalking & heart disease, Cellist Laura van der Heijden, Periods
Dr Audrey Marchland discusses a new Harvard study linking stalking to heart disease.
25 Aug 2025,54 mins
Woman's Hour Special: Women's Rugby World Cup
Anita Rani broadcasts live from a women's rugby club.
22 Aug 2025,56 mins
Jess Folley, Boudicca's Daughter, Alzheimer's research
Composing music for and starring in Burlesque the Musical in the West End.
21 Aug 2025,53 mins
Sister Bliss, Maternity reports, River women, Karis Kelly
One of the few women of her generation to help shape UK dance culture.
20 Aug 2025,55 mins
Karen Gillan, Children's exposure to porn, Lexi Chambers
The Doctor Who and Marvel actress on her new apocalyptic movie
19 Aug 2025,57 mins
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