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Woman's Hour Episodes

  1. Women's boxing; Breast feeding

    Are women boxers striking a blow for equality? Plus, social division of breast feeding.

  2. Food writer Nigel Slater; Pre-natal screening

    Nigel Slater on mapping out the food year. Plus, examining pre-natal screening.

  3. Finding childcare; Anti-Nazi icon Sophie Scholl

    Examining Speed childcare, a new technique to find childcare. Plus, Sophie Scholl's life.

  4. Children and divorce; Actor Gillian Anderson

    How far should children be involved in divorce cases? Gillian Anderson on Bleak House.

  5. Children leaving care; Soviet soldiers

    Exploring how best to support children leaving care. Plus, the secrets of Soviet soldiers.

  6. Bernard Ingham's Yorksire greats; Women and strokes

    Bernard Ingham on why so few of his Yorkshire Greats are women. Plus, treating strokes.

  7. Fathers and childcare; Beatrix Potter

    Are we undervaluing the presence of fathers in childcare? Plus, Beatrix Potter's life.

  8. Helen of Troy

    Woman's Hour tries to uncover the real Helen of Troy with Bettany Hughes and Edith Hall.

  9. Poet Maya Angelou; School coursework

    Poet Maya Angelou on memories and recipes. Plus, when is helping with coursework cheating?

  10. Group childcare; Mrs Beeton

    Discussing the pros and cons of group childcare. Plus, the private life of Mrs Beeton.

  11. Women in business; Romantic fiction

    Do women starting businesses borrow too cautiously? Plus, older women's romantic fiction.

  12. Children on reality TV; Sixties star Marsha Hunt

    The ethics of children's involvement in reality TV. Plus, Marsha Hunt on breast cancer.

  13. Jamie Oliver; Photographer Diane Arbus

    Jamie Oliver on school dinners and Italy. Plus, the life, work and legacy of Diane Arbus.

  14. Runaway children; Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson

    Examining why so few runaway children are reported to the police. Plus, Fanny Stevenson.

  15. Food writer Madhur Jaffrey; Women's rights

    Madhur Jaffrey on early memories of food in India. Plus, women's rights and democracy.

  16. Anne Singleton on the Mojahedin; Male empty nest syndrome

    Anne Singleton on her involvement with the Iranian Mojahedin. Plus, male empty nesters.

  17. Phone-in: Mothers at home

    Are very young children best brought up by their mothers? Listeners offer their views.

  18. Domestic violence and business; Actor Lynda Carter

    Examining how business is challenging domestic violence. Plus, playing Wonder Woman.

  19. Vanessa Redgrave

    Vanessa Redgrave talks to Jenni Murray about her life and her latest film, The Fever

  20. Sex in post-war Britain; Emotion in politics

    Revealing Britain's first sex survey, Little Kinsey. Plus, is emotion needed in politics?

  21. Women and Drinking; Divorce

    Examining the risk women take when drinking heavily. Plus, women recovering from divorce.

  22. Child mental health; Actor Tamsin Greig

    Examining intervention into families to treat childhood depression. Plus, Tamsin Grieg.

  23. John Simpson; Adult acne

    蜜芽传媒 World Affairs Editor John Simpson on his childhood. Plus, acne in adulthood.

  24. Surviving the Khmer Rouge; Diabetes in women

    Theary Seng on her book Daughter of the Killing Fields. Plus, under diagnosis of diabetes.

  25. False Memory; We Need to Talk About Kevin

    Could planting false memories do people good? Plus, Jenni Murray's Orange prize choice.

  26. Mixed wards; Human rights journalist Marieles Monzon

    Are mixed hospital wards failing women and men? Plus, world human rights journalism award.

  27. Young asylum seekers; Growing up in the jungle

    How should young asylum seekers be treated? Plus, Sabine Kuegler on her jungle childhood.

  28. Teaching seduction; Sue MacGregor on Ann Patchett

    Can the art of seduction be taught? Plus, Sue MacGregor on Ann Patchett's Bel Canto.

  29. Helen Mirren; Male infertility

    Helen Mirren on playing Queen Elizabeth II. Plus, how serious is male infertility?

  30. Having Children after forty; Polly Toynbee on novelist Linda Grant

    Are women who have children over 40 taking too great a risk? Plus, Polly Toynbee.

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