Woman's Hour Episodes Episode guide
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Julie Sassoon; Being Widowed; Blair's Legacy for Women
Do men and women react differently to losing a partner? Plus, Jazz composer Julie Sassoon.
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Siblings in Prison; Failed Asylum Seekers; Designer Dogs
What is the psychological and behavioural impact of having a sibling in jail?
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Miscarriages; Sovereign Ladies
What are the treatments available for recurrent miscarriage sufferers?
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Premature Babies; Nostalgia Foods; Dorothea Beale
How are decisions made about the viability of premature babies? Plus what is comfort food?
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Barbara Broccoli; The Glass Ceiling; Gershwins' Women
Producer Barbara Broccoli on James Bond, Daniel Craig and making films for her father.
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Faecal Incontinence; Clare Grogan; Helen Clark; Christine Hamilton
How to cope with faecal incontinence. Plus, New Zealand's PM Helen Clark on politics.
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Public Attitudes to IVF; Centenarian Journalist Rose Hacker
What are the public attitudes to couples trying to have a child with IVF?
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Arlene Phillips; 100 Years of Alzheimers
Arlene Phillips on being "The Queen of Mean". Plus, Alzheimers one Hundred years on.
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British Vogue at 90; Judy Lewis; Melatonin
The history and influence of the fashion bible British Vogue.
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Ugandan AIDS Activist; Familial Homicide
Beatrice Were on her role as an AIDS activist and her own relationship with the virus.
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Sharon Gless; Contraception in Crisis; Living with Mother
Sharon Gless on her acting career and her stalker. Plus, is contraception in a crisis?
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Imogen Stubbs; Sexual Abuse of the Elderly
Imogen Stubbs on her career and her role as the Duchess of Malfi.
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Katherine Jenkins; Dirty Bits for Girls
Katherine Jenkins talks about her singing career and performs in the studio.
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Soprano Catherine Bott; Abortion Limits; Treating Burns
Soprano Catherine Bott on Convivencia - a period of peaceful religious co-existence.
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Carla Lane; Reading to Children; Genda Agenda
Carla Lane talks about her successful career as a television writer.
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Men's Health Anxieties; A Father's Letters to his Dead Daughter
Are men in danger of being besieged by needless health anxieties?
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Female Circumcision; Women Smokers
Comfort Momoh on why she dedicated her career to reversing female genital mutilation.
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Rosamund Pike; Anonymity in Sexual Assault Cases
Rosamund Pike on her career, autopsies and stripping off in front of an audience.
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Martha Lane Fox; Double Jeopardy; Baby CafǸ
Martha Lane Fox on creating lastminute.com and life after the dotcom bubble.
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Billie Piper; Primogeniture; Pensions Reforms
Billie Piper on love and her acting career. Plus, do new pension reforms repeat mistakes?
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Sofia Coppola; Adoption Breakdown; Kew Palace
Sofia Coppola on Marie Antoinette. Plus, why do some adoptions fail?
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The Golden Hour; Sharon Olds; Pig Keeping
Why is the hour after birth so important? Plus, Sharon Olds on her poetry.
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Breast Cancer Screening; IVF Doses;Tonya Pinkins
Are all abnormalities found during breast cancer screenings actually cancerous?
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Eve Best; Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Eve Best on her career and playing such emotionally charged female lead roles.
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Elish Angiolini as Lord Advocate; Dorothy Parker
Elish Angiolini on her hopes for her new job as the first female Lord Advocate.
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Dita Von Teese; Men who Self Harm
Burlesque beauty Dita Von Teese on how stripping can empower women.
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Kerry Katona; She-Mails & He-Mails; Child Protection
Kerry Katona on her difficult early life and her complex relationship with her mother.
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Bonnie Tyler; Feminising Political Parties
The Queen of 80s rock Bonnie Tyler shares her memories of three decades in the limelight.
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Maggie O'Farrell; Renaissance Domestics; Bullying
Author Maggie O'Farrell on her career. Plus, do men and women bully in different ways?
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Anna Politkovskaya; Eliane Elias; Children Leaving Care
A tribute to the murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya.