Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. The Woman's Hour Guide to Life collection is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/guidetolife
Episodes to download
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Peggy Seeger, Exam Stress, Candice Carty-Williams
Sat 7 May 2022
Author Candice Carty-Williams on the complex nature of families.
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Artificial wombs, exam stress, and celebrating the role of grandmothers
Fri 6 May 2022
Artificial wombs, how parents can help their children deal with exams, music from Toshi.
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Adele Roberts, Homes for Ukraine - Judith and Oksana, Sylvia Young, Ruth Dodsworth
Thu 5 May 2022
The award-winning Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts on her bowel cancer journey
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04/05/2022
Wed 4 May 2022
Anne Robinson, Testosterone and menopause, No- fault evictions, cut flowers, thread lifts.
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Candice Carty-Williams, Russian Feminist Protestors, Roe v Wade
Tue 3 May 2022
The author Candice Carty-Williams on her new novel, People Person.
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Women and Folk Music
Mon 2 May 2022
Emma interviews Peggy Seeger and learns about female collectors and folk performers today.
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TV presenter Julia Bradbury, Dame Margaret Beckett, Aunties, Porn in Parliament, BMX champion Bethany Shriever, Jude Rogers
Sat 30 Apr 2022
The TV presenter Julia Bradbury on life after her breast cancer diagnosis.
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Maya Sondhi, Aunties, Consulate Failings
Fri 29 Apr 2022
Maya Sondhi was in Silent Witness & Line of Duty. Now she's written her own police series.
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Julia Bradbury, Porn in Parliament, Female Life of Pi
Thu 28 Apr 2022
Julia Bradbury joins Emma to discuss her documentary Breast Cancer and Me.
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Bethany Shriever, Sian Ruddick, Katherine Gordon, Debbie Cook, Meg Mason, Ruth Evans, Tamanna Rahman
Wed 27 Apr 2022
Olympic and World BMX Champion Bethany Shriever.
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Dame Margaret Beckett MP. Author Susan Cain. And helping women get a job.
Tue 26 Apr 2022
Dame Margaret Beckett MP. Author Susan Cain. And helping women get a job.
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Ladies of Letters with Tessa Peake-Jones and Gwyneth Strong; Caroline Nokes MP on Angela Rayner
Mon 25 Apr 2022
The female stars of Only Fools and Horses team up again for Ladies of Letters.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Francis Fricker, baby loss, female con artists, the metaverse and online safety bill, women and boxing
Sat 23 Apr 2022
Rhian from Wet Leg, the indie rock band whose debut album shot to number 1 last week.
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Wet Leg's Rhian, HRT shortage, Women and boxing
Fri 22 Apr 2022
Rhian Teasdale from the band Wet Leg.
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Bonnie Langford celebrates 50 years of performing, Frances Fricker, Divorce - a male perspective, Lipoedema treatment
Thu 21 Apr 2022
Celebrating a career spanning 50 years - Bonnie Langford.
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Catherine Allen, Carol Vorderman, Jo Moseley, Mark D’Arcy, Sophia Smith Galer, Mary Portas
Wed 20 Apr 2022
Women and stand up paddleboarding.
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Fiona Hill, Baby loss, Why do we lie?
Tue 19 Apr 2022
Foreign policy advisor to three US presidents, Fiona Hill, on the war in Ukraine.
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The Female Con Artist
Mon 18 Apr 2022
From Inventing Anna to The Dropout, why are female con artists enjoying a cultural moment?
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Anya Taylor-Joy, Arlene Phillips and Oti Mabuse, Lone Female Ukrainian Refugees
Sat 16 Apr 2022
The Queen's Gambit actor Anya Taylor-Joy on her new film and female friendships.
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Diane Morgan, Clinic Investigation, Divorce
Fri 15 Apr 2022
Philomena Cunk, Mandy and Liz in Motherland; some of the parts played by Diane Morgan.
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Meera Syal in 'Roar', Women prisoners facing racism report, 'Goblin mode', Single women Ukrainian refugees, Esme Young
Thu 14 Apr 2022
'Roar'- a new series of 'darkly comic fables'- includes Meera Syal as Anu,
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Dame Barbara Woodward; Maggie Oliver on police apology to grooming victims
Wed 13 Apr 2022
The woman who is the UK's permanent representative to the UN talks about Ukraine.
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Actor Anya Taylor-Joy, Rosie Duffield MP, Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, Celia Paul and Gwen John
Tue 12 Apr 2022
Actor Anya Taylor-Joy discusses her latest film, The Northman.
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The Cher Show with Oti Mabuse and Arlene Phillips, Kylie Moore-Gilbert
Mon 11 Apr 2022
The director and choreographer of a new musical about the pop icon Cher.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Ellie Simmonds, No-fault divorce, Educating Afghan girls and SMS education
Sat 9 Apr 2022
No-fault divorce: The biggest reform of divorce law for 50 years.
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Saffron Hocking, French presidential elections, Midwives, Afghan girls and SMS education, Author Jendella Benson
Fri 8 Apr 2022
Netflix’s Top Boy star who plays Lauryn, Saffron Hocking.
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Grace Lavery, Maternity Services Nottinghamshire, Life After Divorce
Thu 7 Apr 2022
Emma speaks to transgender scholar Grace Lavery and investigates a new maternity scandal.
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Woman's Hour Phone-In: No-Fault Divorce
Wed 6 Apr 2022
No-fault divorce becomes law today - what impact will that have on you?
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Rape in war, Single-sex spaces, No-fault divorce
Tue 5 Apr 2022
Rape as an instrument of war in Ukraine.
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Ellie Simmonds: British Paralympian swimmer, Gynaecology waiting lists, Threads, Ukranian Dancers, Meriel Beale,
Mon 4 Apr 2022
Paralympic five time gold medallist Ellie Simmonds.
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