Woman's Hour

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

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Frances Ryan, Grooming gangs, Dressing up for work
The award-winning journalist who is disabled on her new book Who Wants Normal?
30 Apr 2025,57 mins
London Grammar’s Hannah Reid, Women and Trump, Domestic violence
London Grammar's Hannah Reid on navigating motherhood in the music industry and lots more.
29 Apr 2025,57 mins
Paula Radcliffe, Belarusian political activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, High sugar baby food pouches, Virginia Giuffre
Paula Radcliffe on supporting her daughter through cancer and securing the Six Star Medal.
28 Apr 2025,57 mins
Louise Thompson, For Women Scotland, Decluttering, Musician Emma-Jean Thackray, Exclusion zones
The Made in Chelsea star on how birth trauma has affected her.
26 Apr 2025,54 mins
Menopause, Six Nations, Musician Emma-Jean Thackray
Mariella Frostrup on new findings about menopause and women leaving work.
25 Apr 2025,52 mins
Ofcom Child Safety Codes, TikTok vicar, Exclusion zones
UK regulator Ofcom has released its Children's Safety Codes to protect young online users.
24 Apr 2025,57 mins
Eni Aluko, For Women Scotland, An Army of Women documentary, Bad Friends.
Susan Smith of For Women Scotland, with her reflections on the UK Supreme Court’s ruling.
23 Apr 2025,57 mins
Louise Thompson and birth trauma, Pope Francis and women, Estranged grandparents
The Made in Chelsea star on how her birth trauma has affected her.
22 Apr 2025,57 mins
Decluttering: A Woman's Hour special
A deep dive into the psychology of stuff and the impact clutter can have on our lives.
21 Apr 2025,57 mins
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Baroness Theresa May, Edna O’Brien documentary, Girl choristers
Baroness Theresa May joins Nuala to discuss modern slavery with survivor Nasreen Sheikh.
19 Apr 2025,26 mins
Meloni meets Trump, Eczema, Girl choristers, Singledom
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni says 'We hope to make the West great again' in Trump meeting.
18 Apr 2025,57 mins
Supreme Court Judgement, Roblox, Novelist Stephanie Yeboah, Singer/songwriter Georgia Crandon.
Joshua Rozenburg on the Supreme Court's judgement on the legal definition of a woman.
17 Apr 2025,53 mins
Supreme Court definition of a woman, Disabled children and social care support, Parental infidelity
The UK Supreme Court rules the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex.
16 Apr 2025,57 mins
Baroness Theresa May, Roxy Longworth, Women's Rugby
Baroness Theresa May joins Nuala to discuss modern slavery with survivor Nasreen Sheikh.
15 Apr 2025,57 mins
Extremism in schools, Julie Bindel, The Great Gatsby
Why - according to the NASUWT- has far right extremism and racism in schools increased?
14 Apr 2025,56 mins
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Doctor Who's Varada Sethu, The first UK womb transplant, Grief and music, Cardiac surgeon Dr Indu Deglurka
Doctor Who’s new companion time travels to the Woman’s Hour studio.
12 Apr 2025,56 mins
Breast cancer drug approved, Women and contraception, Grief and music
‘Gamechanging’ breast cancer pill to be offered on NHS in England and Wales.
11 Apr 2025,56 mins
Doctor Who's Varada Sethu, 'Child influencers', Aid worker Sally Becker
Doctor Who's new companion time travels to the Woman's Hour studio.
10 Apr 2025,57 mins
Kate Nash, Sarah Brown, Cardiac surgeon Dr Indu Deglurkar
Singer/songwriter Kate Nash who's currently on tour with her album, 9 Sad Symphonies.
09 Apr 2025,56 mins
The first UK womb transplant, Hair Braiding Chemicals, Jess Kidd
What will be in the impact of the first womb transplant in the UK?
08 Apr 2025,57 mins
Friendships, Nursery safety, Sudan
Can friendships between three people work?
07 Apr 2025,57 mins
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Education Sec Bridget Phillipson, Author Marni Appleton, Women and prison
The Secretary of State on new early years places and SEND provision.
05 Apr 2025,55 mins
What is it like to be a woman in prison?
Woman's Hour takes an in-depth look at the experience of women in prison.
04 Apr 2025,57 mins
Zhenhao Zou case, Sally Phillips, Neonatal Leave
Twenty three more women have now made rape allegations against the Chinese PhD student
03 Apr 2025,57 mins
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, Anorexia legal case, Feminist yodelling
The Secretary of State on new early years places and SEND provision.
02 Apr 2025,57 mins
Caitríona Balfe, Child maintenance, Medieval medicine, Kids and happiness
Irish actor Caitríona Balfe joins us to discuss her new film, The Amateur.
01 Apr 2025,57 mins
Women and Eid, School Refusal Report, Author Marni Appleton
As Muslims mark the end of Ramadan, we hear about the role women have on this day.
31 Mar 2025,57 mins
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Stacey Dooley, Authors Yuan Yang and Sanam Mahloudji, Adolescence, Gossip, AI, Boxing & domestic violence
Stacey Dooley on her new documentary Growing up Gypsy.
29 Mar 2025,56 mins
Stacey Dooley, Lily Gladstone, Ask for Angela, Motherhood
Why is being a young English Romany Gypsy woman growing up in the UK a balancing act?
28 Mar 2025,57 mins
Woman's Hour special: AI and women's health
Exploring the risks and rewards of using AI to improve women's health.
27 Mar 2025,57 mins