Woman's Hour Episodes Episode guide
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Katie Melua; Breast Cancer Signs; The Scandalous Duchess
Katie Melua discusses life after a big breakthrough. Plus the real scandalous duchess.
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Madeleine Mitchell; Royal Weddings; Oxfam in Darfur
Madeleine Mitchell on celebrating the fiddle. Plus memories from past royal weddings.
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Katharine Whitehorn; Family-Friendly Policies
Katharine Whitehorn discusses her long journalistic career and 'having it all'.
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Caroline Quentin; Sandi Russell; New British Slavery
Caroline Quentin on her acting career. Plus the vulnerability of failed asylum seekers.
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Teaching Kids About Money; Female Action Heroes
Should you step in and bail your kids out if they get into financial trouble?
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Melanie; Mice Phobia; Author Claire Lorrimer
Woodstock singer Melanie on singing with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Joan Baez.
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Babette Cole; Tango; Ramadan
Babette Cole discusses her feminist children's books and kissing frogs. Plus how to tango.
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Edna O'Brien; Mastering Accents
Irish writer Edna O'Brien on the novels that gave her a reputation as a scandalous woman.
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Helen Mirren; Mitford Sisters Remembered
Helen Mirren on becoming the 'queen of British cinema' in her 60s.
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People Behind Artworks; Spitfire Women; Being A 'Good' Girl
Should the artistic work of someone who has committed a crime always be condemned?
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Rachel Allen; Churchill's Secretary; Schizophrenia; Gambling
Churchill's Secretary on what the war years were for her. Plus Rachel Allen on cooking.
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Oona King; How Women Respond To Porn; Golden Age of Couture
Oona King talks about the influences which shaped her passion for politics.
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Deborah Harry; Childhood Eczema; Designer Luella Bartley
Deborah Harry on still rocking at 60. Plus what is causing the rise in childhood eczema.
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Gail Porter; Photographer Jane Bown; Oxfam Online
TV presenter Gail Porter on alopecia, self-harm and bipolar disorder.
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Dee Caffari; Virginity; Restraining Children in Custody
Is virginity the last taboo? Plus Dee Caffari on sailing solo around the world.
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Juliette Binoche; Offsping Abuse; Agatha Christie
Juliette Binoche on how creative independence has shaped her working and personal life.
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Platonic Partners; Julia Pascal; Zimbabwe's Tragedy
How possible is it to have a meaningful, intimate relationship without sex?
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Leslie Ash; Women's rights
Leslie Ash on her life saving surgery and her role in Men Behaving Badly.
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Dr Tanya Byron; Personal cleanliness; Roller derby
Dr Tanya Byron on parental confidence. And are we too hung up on personal cleanliness?
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Sex Strikes; Anti-Social Behaviour; The Front Garden
Exploring the use of female sex strikes within dramas. Plus the joys of a front garden.
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Clarissa Dickson Wright; Egg Freezing; Russian Free Speech
Celebrity chef Clarissa Dickson Wright on the incredible highs and lows of her life.
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Jamie Oliver; Singer Marlena Shaw; Female rivalry
Jamie Oliver talks about home cooking, being a celebrity chef, and prepares a dish live.
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Carol Thatcher on the QE2; Teenage Sleep; I Miss Communism
Carol Thatcher on the history of the QE2. And what type of sleep are teenagers getting?
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; Lady Penelope
New research on polycystic ovary syndrome discussed. Plus Lady Penelope's memoirs.
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Corinne Maier; Mandasue Heller
French author Corinne Maier on her book No Kids: 40 Good Reasons Not to Have Children.
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Valerie Martin; Placing junior doctors
Including American writer Valerie Martin on her novel Trespass.
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Novelist Ann Patchett; Baby scans
Novelist Ann Patchett on her novel Run. And do we really need baby scans?
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Pattie Boyd; Career advice for women
Sixties icon Pattie Boyd on her extraordinary life and career as a photographer.
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Dementia care; Writer Amy Bloom
Can the care home system cope with the rise in demand? Plus Amy Bloom on her novel Away.
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Lucy Mangan; Female bankruptcies
Columnist Lucy Mangan reflects on growing up in the seventies and eighties.
