Woman's Hour Episodes Episode guide
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05/03/2012
Raising money for Sport Relief. Presented by Jane Garvey.
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Kathy Lette; How to make the perfect cup of tea
How to make a perfect cup of tea, and Kathy Lette on having a son with Asperger's Syndrome
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The teapot - a British tradition under threat? Kathleen Ferrier, IVF Breakthrough and the Russian presidential election
Can we stop the tradition of making a pot of tea from going up the spout?
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Rachel Cusk and Lynn McCafferty
Olympic hopeful Lynn McCafferty, and music to 'move the soul and stir the spirit'.
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29/02/2012
Orla Guerin; Going without to feed your children; Kathy Lette. Presented by Jenni Murray.
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28/02/2012
Prue Leith, preparing for failure, and the anatomy of disgust. Presented by Jane Garvey.
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Childcare Costs, Funny Women, Active Ageing
Presented by Jane Garvey. Including a look at the rising costs of childcare.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: London Fashion Week
London Fashion Week; music from Joan Baez and Speech Debelle; the truth about exercise.
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Women and cotton; Voluntary patients in psychiatric care; Protecting children from parental abuse on the touchline
Women and cotton; psychiatric care; parental bad behaviour on the touchline.
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Fascinating Mummies at the National Museum of Scotland
The science behind the Fascinating Mummies exhibition. And where are the Alpha Males?
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The Truth About Exercise
Can three minutes of vigorous exercise a week keep you healthy? Plus rapper Speech Debelle
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Joan Baez
Veteran musician Joan Baez on her latest tour and debut novelist Eowyn Ivey.
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London Fashion Week special
A special edition on fashion, from catwalk to chain store. Presented by Jane Garvey.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Mary Quant
Mary Quant. Plus, trying to diet? Three professionals give advice to listener Sue Lyons.
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17/02/2012
Where are the female lead characters on CBeebies? Louise Rennison. Group B Streptococcus.
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Mary Quant
Style icon Mary Quant, comedy duo Watson and Oliver and writer Jeanette Winterson.
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A Dad is Born
The life-changing arrival of a baby from dad's point of view. Plus novelist Harriet Lane.
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Do we overprotect our children?
Do we overprotect our children? Plus why don't diets work - or do they?
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Alex Polizzi
Is surgery still too dominated by men? and Alex Polizzi on how to run a family business.
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Weekend Woman's Hour
Should stalking be a specific offence in England and Wales?
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Suffragette oral history, Lady Maisery, shared parental rights and the impact of postnatal depression on fathers
Suffragettes, shared parental rights, Lady Maisery and postnatal depression.
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09/02/2012
What impact is the shortage of specialists in male infertility having on women?
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Women in Business
A special programme with the female entrepreneurs we've been following and their mentors.
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07/02/2012
Can a child as young as eight suffer from anorexia nervosa? Plus author Clare Morrall.
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Miss Piggy, Sister Fa, Charles Dickens's Women
Miss Piggy, Charles Dickens, and women in architecture. Presented by Jane Garvey.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Joanna Trollope; Toyah; Virginia Ironside
Joanna Trollope on army wives, Virginia Ironside on being 60 and Toyah on being a punk.
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The silent movie stars killed off by the talkies, the portrayal of single parents, personal transformation through tragedy
Killed by the Talkies; Single Parents; Transformation through Tragedy.
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Woman's Hour and cooking; Angela Carter; young people in custody
Should Woman's Hour do cooking? Diana Henry and Miranda Sawyer discuss. Angela Carter.
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01/02/2012
What's the next big thing in the beauty industry? And why life begins at 60.
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Joanna Trollope
Why's our relationship to food so complicated? And Joanna Trollope on her latest book.