Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
Episodes to download
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Katie Price talks about her son, Harvey
Thu 21 Jan 2021
Katie Price & Harvey; Family Courts & Marital Rape Review; Christine McAnea, Unison
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Clemency Burton-Hill, V&A African fashion exhibition, Liverpool Mayor Wendy Simon, Presidential Inauguration.
Wed 20 Jan 2021
Clemency Burton-Hill's first interview after suffering a brain haemorrhage last year.
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Ballerinas & Babies, Working From 蜜芽传媒 Safely, Delayed Smear Tests
Tue 19 Jan 2021
Ballerinas having babies, working from home and domestic violence, delayed smear tests.
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Lana Clarkson, Cosmetic Fillers, Confessions of a Duchess, Debut novel Girl A
Mon 18 Jan 2021
Lana Clarkson, and the prevalence of bodged fillers and what can be done about it.
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Weekend Woman's Hour - Healthcare workers on the frontline, Debbie McGee and Naomi Paxton, virginity testing
Sat 16 Jan 2021
Healthcare workers on the frontline, Debbie McGee and Naomi Paxton, virginity testing.
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Wonder Woman at 80; Virginity tests; Bridgerton; Choked Up
Fri 15 Jan 2021
As a new Wonder Woman film is released, we look at the ultimate female superhero's story.
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Adult crushes, Identifying migrants lost at sea, Kishwer Falkner and the EHRC
Thu 14 Jan 2021
Have you ever had an adult crush?
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Debbie McGee and Dr Naomi Paxton, author Angie Thomas, Nurse Sarah Link who lived in a caravan for 9 months to protect her mum
Wed 13 Jan 2021
Emma Barnett talks to Debbie McGee and Dr Naomi Paxton, author Angie Thomas & Sarah Link
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Young women and vaccines; Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi; Lisa Montgomery, Death Row, Sex and the City
Tue 12 Jan 2021
The programme that offers a female perspective on the world
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Bullied by my kids; Alexandra Heminsley; Healthcare workers on the frontline
Mon 11 Jan 2021
Where can parents living with violent children turn for help?
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Weekend Woman's Hour - Holly Humberstone, #metoo & Imelda Staunton as the Queen
Sat 9 Jan 2021
Holly Humberstone, one year on from #metoo, Imelda Staunton as the Queen.
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Singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone. Lockdown family pressures. BPAS not for profit IVF Clinic.
Fri 8 Jan 2021
Singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone. Lockdown family pressures. BPAS new IVF Clinic.
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Carol Ann Duffy, Women and US riots, Tree Activist Maria Gallastegui and Scottish Judicial Review on Definition of Woman
Thu 7 Jan 2021
The poet Carol Ann Duffy and the activist who tried to save The Happy Man tree.
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#MeToo - the victories, the criticisms and the unintended consequences
Wed 6 Jan 2021
#Me Too - the victories, the criticisms and the unintended consequences.
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The Closure of Schools, Ghosted by Mum, Naked Walkers
Tue 5 Jan 2021
The handling and impact of the closure of schools.
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Emma Barnett presents Woman's Hour with Imelda Staunton, Mel C, Jeremy Hunt and Richard Ratcliffe
Mon 4 Jan 2021
Emma Barnett with Imelda Staunton, Mel C, Jeremy Hunt and Richard Ratcliffe
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A farewell to Jane Garvey, Women on the moon, Ageing well
Sat 2 Jan 2021
As Jane Garvey leaves Woman's Hour after 13 years, we remember her funniest moments.
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Women and the Archers: how farming has changed, female scriptwriters, the role of gossip and future characters.
New Year's Day 2021
Woman鈥檚 Hour celebrates the 70th anniversary of The Archers.
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Looking back on a momentous year & Jane Garvey's last programme
Thu 31 Dec 2020
Jane speaks to listeners about birth, Long Covid, relationships and death during 2020.
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Women and Space: Nasa's Holly Ridings, the psychology of space travel, Rocket Women and the cultural significance of space
Mon 28 Dec 2020
Nasa's chief flight director Holly Ridings tells Jane about flying women to the moon.
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Oti Mabuse's second Strictly win; Virtual child protection conferences; Liz Berry's poetry
Boxing Day 2020
The Strictly reigning champion on how she got Bill Bailey to victory.
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Christmas Day on Joy
Christmas Day 2020
Christmas Day with Jane Garvey and guests talking about Joy.
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Tracy-Ann Oberman plays Katherine Hepburn on NYE on R4
Christmas Eve 2020
Actor/writer Tracy-Ann Oberman, Stella Creasy MP, food writer Kate Young, Hollie McNish.
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Oti Mabuse, Domestic Abuse and Kinship Care, Quarry Bank Cotton Mill, Samantha Evans, Fire fighter.
Wed 23 Dec 2020
The programme that offers a female perspective on the world
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Being diagnosed with ASD at 27; Parlour songs; Child protection conferences
Tue 22 Dec 2020
One woman's experience of being diagnosed as autistic aged 27.
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Black Narcissus - Amanda Coe, Cerys Matthews & Liz Berry, Xmas coping strategies, Power List Carolyn Cobbold,
Mon 21 Dec 2020
Black Narcissus - the story of a group of Anglo-Catholic nuns.
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Sharon D Clarke, Food and class prejudice, Gender stereotypes
Sat 19 Dec 2020
Sharon D Clarke on her role in Peter Pan, and a study into gender stereotypes.
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Sharon D Clarke; Gender bias in school books; Outliving your mum - Claire's Story
Fri 18 Dec 2020
The Olivier award-winning actor on a new role as narrator of a star-studded online panto.
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Franny Armstrong and climate comedy, Violence against women and girls, Women with learning disabilities and employment
Thu 17 Dec 2020
Climate comedy with environmental filmmaker Franny Armstrong.
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