Dame Darcey Bussell; Single Fatherhood; Rape Review with Max Hill QC

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

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: The award-winning composer Shirley J Thompson, Domestic Violence Prevention & Managing our data

Shirley J Thompson, Domestic Violence Prevention & Foxglove and our data

• 56 mins

Chief Inspector of Schools Amanda Spielman, Divya Chadha Manek, Dr Jen Gunter, Hira Ali & Gary Ford.

Ofsted head Amanda Spielman talks to Emma Barnett about sexual abuse in schools.

• 58 mins

Female wildlife rangers; Miscarriage cards; Life after prison in Iran; Boric acid; Nude photos online

Female wildlife rangers; Miscarriage cards; Prison in Iran; Boric acid; Nude photos online

• 58 mins

DIY dancing at home; Transgender athletes; Ugandan women; Eco novels

Dancing at home; Transgender athletes; Ugandan Women; Eco novels

• 58 mins

Britney Spears, Jackie Collins. Young Engineers

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

• 58 mins

Bank Note designer Debbie Marriott, Protecting the title "nurse", Author Kate Moore & "Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner"

Debbie Marriott, Protecting the title 'nurse' and Seven Methods of Killing Kylie Jenner.

• 58 mins

Female wildlife rangers; Chief Inspector of Ofsted; Lady Boss: Jackie Collins story; Transgender athletes

The work of female rangers protecting wildlife from poachers.

• 57 mins

Anne Robinson; Millennial relationships; WWII female resistance fighters; Breastfeeding in public.

Anne Robinson; Millennial relationships; Female resistance fighters; Breastfeeding.

• 57 mins

Exercise aggression; Purity culture; The Plumage Act; Smacking

Exercise aggression, Purity culture, The Plumage Act, Smacking your child.

• 57 mins

Stella Creasy, Libby Scott and her mum Kym on Autism, Sexual Harassment

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

• 57 mins

Mary Portas & Suzannah Clarke; Summer childcare; Eilidh Doyle; Mackenzy Beard; Prof Dame Caroline Dean

Can women save the High Street economy?

• 56 mins

Rachel Weisz; Euro 2020; Kanya d’Almeida; Abortion in Northern Ireland; Emily Rapp Black

Rachel Weisz, Euro 2020, Kanya d’Almeida, Abortion in Northern Ireland, Emily Rapp Black.

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour - Libby Scott and mum Kym on Autism, the future of the High Street & Anne Robinson

Libby Scott and her mum Kym on autism, the future of the High Street and Anne Robinson.

• 56 mins

Claudia Winkleman, Yvette Cooper, Heidi Carter, Lillie Harris

Yvette Cooper on tabling an amendment to the Police Courts Crime and Sentencing Bill.

• 56 mins

Female truckers; Dealing with disappointment; Caitlin Moran; Maternity failings

Female truckers; dealing with disappointment; Caitlin Moran; maternity failings.

• 57 mins

Lady Lavinia Nourse; Early labour; Chile’s constitution

Lady Lavinia Nourse, Early labour, Chile’s constitution.

• 57 mins

The Euros, Money, Atomic Kitten

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

• 56 mins

Gina Yashere; Afghanistan; WAGs; Helen Epega

Gina Yashere, Afghanistan, WAGs, Helen Epega

• 57 mins

Lady Lavinia Nourse; Caitlin Moran; Female truckers; Comedian Gina Yashere; Football and Atomic Kitten

An exclusive interview with Lady Lavinia Nourse who was cleared of child sex abuse

• 56 mins

Baroness Cumberlege, Euro 2020 men's football final, Equality in opera

Are the recommendations of the Cumberlege review being acted on fast enough?

• 56 mins

150 years of female GPs. Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Lucy D’Orsi. Anne Sebba on US spy Ethel Rosenberg.

150 years of female GPs. Lucy D’Orsi, Chief Constable of the British Transport Police.

• 58 mins

Deborah James; Colin Pitchfork Parole and Falling in love with an object

Deborah James on living with cancer and the hidden life of Maria Callas

• 57 mins

Going braless; Em Sheldon and trolling; Continued shielding; Anne Theroux

The pros and cons of not wearing a bra.

• 57 mins

Bronwen Lewis, Football Racists Ban and 'The Three Hijabis', Pregnancy & the Covid Vaccine, The Joy of Skating

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

• 58 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: The Three Hijabis, 150 years of Female GPs & going braless

The Three Hijabis, 150 Years of Female GPs & going braless.

• 56 mins

Maria Callas, Loulou Storey & Lucy Adlington on casual workwear, International Aid legal challenge & slavery reparations

Maria Callas, slavery reparations, workwear trends, international aid legal challenge.

• 57 mins

Typewriters; Canadian residential schools; Isy Suttie; Stealthing

Typewriters; Canadian residential schools; Isy Suttie; Stealthing

• 57 mins

Amy Winehouse remembered; Women's cricket; Botox and fillers; Violence against women strategy

Ten years on from her death, Amy Winehouse's closest friends and family tell her story.

• 57 mins

Off the Rails Film, Bella Mackie, Long Covid, #MeToo around the world

Jules Williamson on directing her first film in her fifties and a new study on Long Covid.

• 57 mins

Kate Shortman & Izzy Thorpe, Dame Katherine Grainger, Nicola Adams, Anna Kessel, Frankie Miren, Laura Middleton-Hughes.

Women at the Tokyo Olympics and a new book by Frankie Miren's about life as a sex worker

• 57 mins

Amy Winehouse remembered; Canadian residential schools; Women at the Tokyo Olympics; Typewriters; Casual workwear

Ten years on from her death, Amy Winehouse's mum and close friend reflect on her life.

• 55 mins

Support for black and minoritised women facing domestic violence; South Asian women in sport; Midwives under pressure

Black & minoritised women & domestic violence; South Asian women & sport; Midwives; Home.

• 56 mins

27/07/2021

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

• 57 mins

Singer-Songwriter Josie Proto, Child protection changes, Women and COP26, UTIs

Josie Proto, UTIs, rewriting the rules of child protection, COP26

• 55 mins

Jeanette Winterson, Colourism, Paralympian Stef Reid

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

• 56 mins

London Hughes; Motherhood when you have an inherited condition; Helen Thorn; Stalking; Sunisa Lee

Comic London Hughes on having to move to the US to make it.

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Women and Artificial Intelligence, Paralympian Stef Reid & Comedian London Hughes

Women and AI, Stef Reid & comedian London Hughes

• 55 mins

Saxophonist Nubya Garcia, Rainbow babies, Insomnia, Vaccine passports

Advice on what to do when you're suffering from insomnia.

• 57 mins

Emily Campbell, Hospital Wards, Introverts & Extroverts

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

• 57 mins

Bobbi Brown, Lucy St Louis, Andrew Billen, Mary Anne Sieghart, Catherine Morgan, Julie Flynn

Bobbi Brown, Andrew Billen, Mary Anne Sieghart, Catherine Morgan and Julie Flynn.

• 56 mins

Bette Davis, Vaccines, Andrew Cuomo, Disability and Dating

Bette Davis, vaccines, Andrew Cuomo, and disability and dating.

• 58 mins

Emma-Jean Thackray, Dr Pamela Warner, Charlotte Edwards and Niki Adams, Judith Heumann

Emma-Jean Thackray, Dr Pamela Warner, Charlotte Edwards & Niki Adams and Judith Heumann.

• 58 mins

Olympics -girls and urban sports; Disability & dating; Bobbi Brown; Emma-Jean Thackray; Women talking about men; Lucy St Louis

Will 13 year old skateboarder Sky Brown inspire a new generation of girls into sport?

• 55 mins

Belarus, Domestic Violence and Terrorism, Instagram pictures, Anna Whitehouse

Belarus; Domestic Violence and Terrorism; Instagram pictures; Anna Whitehouse

• 57 mins

Unregistered births, Results Day, Dating and mental health, Work and menopause

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

• 57 mins

Kamala Harris, US Vice President; WFH; Georgia Pritchett.

US VP Kamala Harris; Working from home; Camping; Georgia Pritchett; Women & investing.

• 57 mins

Baby Bonding, ASMR, Afghanistan, Eimear McBride, BMX Freestyle

Baby Bonding, ASMR, Afghanistan, Eimear McBride, BMX Freestyle

• 57 mins

Singer-songwriter Joy Crookes, Maternity discrimination, Data-driven parenting, Hot Girl Summer

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

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour - Mental health and dating, Charlotte Worthington BMX gold & comedy writer Georgia Pritchett

Mental health and online dating, Charlotte Worthington & writer Georgia Pritchett

• 56 mins

Clothes sizing, Afghan women, What's driving men who define themselves as incels?

Clothes sizing, Afghan women, and what's driving men who define themselves as incels?

• 57 mins

Dental health and menopause, Lisa Nandy, Police disclosures, Joy of stationery

Dental health and menopause, Lisa Nandy, police disclosures and the joy of stationery

• 58 mins

Priti Patel on Afghan crisis, Aisha Jawando as Tina Turner

Priti Patel on the Afghan crisis, and Aisha Jawando as Tina Turner

• 55 mins

Afghanistan, Adoption, Lesley Manville

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

• 57 mins

Divorce, Ruby Wax, the FIRE movement, Strings duo Balladeste

Divorce, Ruby Wax, the FIRE movement and strings duo Balladeste.

• 57 mins

Lesley Manville, Afghanistan, Menopause and dental health, Conceived by rape, Ruby Wax, Pens

Actor Lesley Manville on her TV drama and mission to change the way we see older women.

• 57 mins

Listener Week: Women and trades, Afghanistan, Stealthing, Dumping a friend

Listener Week: Women and trades, Afghanistan, Stealthing, Dumping a friend

• 57 mins

Attic memories; Afghanistan; Food and climate; ME and Covid; Neanderthals

Memories in the attic; Afghan safe houses; Food and climate; ME and Covid; Neanderthals

• 57 mins

Listener Week: Sahraa Karimi escape from Kabul, Extinction Rebellion, Doughnut Economics, Early SEN diagnosis, Circo Rum Ba Ba

Listener Week: Climate anxiety, protesting and economic sustainability with Kate Raworth.

• 57 mins

Parental Alienation, Afghan Judges, Being Average, Women Vets, Lady Evelyn Cobbold

Parental alienation, Afghan judges, being average, women vets, Lady Evelyn Cobbold

• 57 mins

Sislin Fay Allen, The situation for women in Afghanistan, Miss, Ms, Mx or Mrs?, Women & Pensions, Women & Munitions

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

• 57 mins

Listener Week: Afghanistan, Women and trades, Being Average, Clearing out the attic, Titles

A celebration of being average.

• 57 mins

Afghanistan, Paralympics, Mary Poppins

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

• 54 mins

Cookery pioneer Claudia Roden, getting a SEN diagnosis, the impact of vaccine hesitancy among care workers

Cookery pioneer Claudia Roden. SEN diagnosis limbo. Vaccine hesitancy among care workers.

• 57 mins

Greenham Common, Afghan Refugee Resettlement, Sarah Rainsford, Rebecca Welch

Greenham Common, Afghan Refugee Resettlement, Sarah Rainsford, Rebecca Welch.

• 57 mins

Fran Lebowitz, Parent Blame, Heiresses

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

• 57 mins

Roe v. Wade, Girlboss and women of colour, Conscious sex work, Greenham Common banners

Roe v. Wade, Girlboss and women of colour, Conscious sex work, Greenham Common banners.

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Greenham Common, 'Girlboss' & the magic of Mirrors

Greenham Common March, 'Girlboss' & Mirrors

• 55 mins

Val McDermid on Miss Marple; Sarah Harding's death; Sam Quek; Japanese 'Womeneconomics'

The literary return of a much loved Agatha Christie creation - Miss Marple.

• 57 mins

Michaela Coel, Lockdown in paradise, Female HGV drivers, Tribunal win

Michaela Coel on her first book. Lockdown in paradise. Female HGV drivers.

• 57 mins

Jennifer Hudson on Aretha Franklin; Julie Bindel; Social Care; and Soviet Women in WWII.

Julie Bindel, Social Care, Jennifer Hudson on Aretha Franklin and Soviet Women in WWII.

• 57 mins

Coughing; Rafia Zakaria; Rosie Jones; Population and climate; Cressida Dick

Is coughing a learnt behaviour that post-Covid, we can unlearn?

• 57 mins

Comedian Sophie Willan, Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert, Emma Raducanu, the Unofficial Bridgerton the Musical Afghanistan update

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

• 55 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Michaela Coel, Rafia Zakaria & Japanese ‘Womeneconomics’

Michaela Coel, Rafia Zakaria Against White Feminism & Japanese ‘Womeneconomics’.

• 56 mins

Jennifer Saunders, Fashion editor Justine Picardie on the real "Miss Dior"

Jennifer Saunders, Fashion editor Justine Picardie on the real "Miss Dior".

• 58 mins

Women rowers in Venice; Former Afghan women's minister; Julia Peyton-Jones; Non-disclosure agreements

Women and men are now getting equal prize money at Venice's famous rowing race.

• 58 mins

Amy Hart, Covid Limbo, Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP

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

• 57 mins

Dame Elizabeth Anionwu; Alison Goldsworthy; Linda Edwards; Ministerial reshuffle

The woman who revolutionised the treatment of sickle cell disease.

• 58 mins

Pretty Privilege, Baby Deaths Report, Thea Gilmore, Victory for rubbish stink woman

Pretty Privilege - what is it and should it be used? Baby deaths report, and Thea Gilmore.

• 57 mins

Dame Elizabeth Anionwu; Jennifer Saunders; Former Afghan women's minister; Pretty privilege; Choosing to be child free

Dame Elizabeth Anionwu; Jennifer Saunders; Former Afghan women's minister.

• 56 mins

Julia Bradbury and breast cancer, Profile of Chancellor Angela Merkel, Charlie Webster on sexual abuse and safeguarding laws

Chancellor Angel Merkel's legacy after 20 years at the heart of European & global politics

• 56 mins

Music from Martha Wainwright, Australian campaigner Grace Tame. Dame Kate Bingham former chair of the Vaccine Task Force.

Martha Wainwright on her new album, Australian campaigner Grace Tame, Dame Kate Bingham.

• 54 mins

Channel swimmer Chloë McCardel; Prison Ombudsman Sue McAllister; author Laura Dockrill; Afghan girls' education

The Australian swimmer planning to swim the English Channel for record-breaking 44th time.

• 56 mins

Sabina Nessa, Fertility Warnings, Flexible Working

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

• 57 mins

Daytimers - South Asian ravers from the '80s, Sabina Nessa, School absence & mental health, Folic acid & Afghan refugees

Daytimers, Sabina Nessa, school absence & mental health, folic acid, Afghan refugees.

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: Daytimers - South Asian ravers of the 80s, Julia Bradbury and Gaming & Sexism

Daytimers - South Asian ravers of the 80s, Julia Bradbury and Gaming & Sexism.

• 53 mins

Lashana Lynch, Labour Conference & women, Being married to an anti-vaxxer, Universal credit uplift

Lashana Lynch on making history as the first Black female 007.

• 58 mins

Former CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi; The R Kelly verdict; Barrister Robin Moira White; FIFA 2022 game soundtrack

Former CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi. Barrister Robin Moira White. FIFA 2022 game soundtrack

• 57 mins

'Typical Girls' - a new play by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, set in a women's prison; Coming out at 44; Student counselling.

Morgan Lloyd Malcolm; Alison McGovern MP; STIs; Coming out at 44; Student counselling.

• 57 mins

Sarah Everard; Zoë Billingham, Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary; Pepsi & Shirlie; The ethics and laws around surrogacy

Reaction to details of Sarah Everard's final hours.

• 58 mins

Intergenerational friendships; Victims' Commissioner Vera Baird; Nikita Gill and Gnarly; Liz Fraser

The joy of friendships with an age gap.

• 57 mins

Sarah Everard; Intergenerational friendships, 007 Lashana Lynch; 'Late life lesbians'. Married to an anti-vaxxer

Reaction to the details of Sarah Everard's murder.

• 57 mins

Institutional Misogyny, Bullying in Parliament, Women Magicians

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

• 57 mins

Anita Hill on her book Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence.

Anita Hill. Why talking to people we don't know can be good for us. Musician Fatma Said.

• 57 mins

Mina Smallman, Pauline Campbell, FASD

Mina Smallman, whose 2 daughters were murdered last year, talks about a mother's grief.

• 57 mins

Woman's Hour turns 75 today

For our 75th, a specially commissioned poll looking at women and equality in the UK today

• 57 mins

Musician & singer, Abi Sampa; Celibacy; Chinaza Onyechi; Femicide

Abi Sampa describes herself as a "weird warbling electric Veena player".

• 57 mins

Weekend Woman's Hour: 75th Birthday, Mina Smallman, Celibacy, Professor Anita Hill

This week we mark 75 years of Woman's Hour on air.

• 54 mins

As we mark our 75th anniversary, how do you feel about equality in 2021? Your chance to have your say

How do you feel about equality in 2021? Your chance to have your say.

• 57 mins