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Woman's Hour Episodes

  1. Runaway children; Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson

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

  2. Food writer Madhur Jaffrey; Women's rights

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

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

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

  4. Phone-in: Mothers at home

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

  5. Domestic violence and business; Actor Lynda Carter

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

  6. Vanessa Redgrave

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

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

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

  8. Women and Drinking; Divorce

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

  9. Child mental health; Actor Tamsin Greig

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

  10. John Simpson; Adult acne

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

  11. Surviving the Khmer Rouge; Diabetes in women

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

  12. False Memory; We Need to Talk About Kevin

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

  13. Mixed wards; Human rights journalist Marieles Monzon

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

  14. Young asylum seekers; Growing up in the jungle

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

  15. Teaching seduction; Sue MacGregor on Ann Patchett

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

  16. Helen Mirren; Male infertility

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

  17. 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.

  18. Abortions; The biblical story of Esther

    Are the women and medical staff involved in abortions being properly protected?

  19. Anorexia; Making friends

    To what extent is it possible to recover from anorexia? Plus, gender and making friends.

  20. Kate Adie; Forced marriages

    Kate Adie on adoption and coping without family history. Plus, stopping forced marriages.

  21. Orange Prize co-founder Kate Mosse; China's one child policy

    Kate Mosse on Helen Dunmore's A Spell of Winter. Plus, the impact of the one child policy.

  22. Author Zadie Smith; Angela Merkel

    Zadie Smith on her book On Beauty. Plus, Angela Merkel's potential impact on Germany.

  23. Infant mortality; The Bronte family

    Why are infant mortality rates still so high? Plus, director Polly Teale on the Brontes.

  24. Conman Robert Hendy Freegard's victim; Attachments to clothes

    Sarah Smith on being tricked by a bogus spy. Plus, emotional attachments to clothes.

  25. Artist Alison Lapper; Truancy

    Artist Alison Lapper on living with Phocomelia and being sculpted for Trafalgar Square.

  26. Mozart's women; Converting to Islam

    Reassessing Mozart's relationships with the women in his life. Plus, converting to Islam.

  27. Phone-in: Life transitions

    What are the implications of leaving home? Listeners offer their experiences and advice.

  28. Pay equality and gender; Julie Summers on The Colonel of Tamarkan

    What impact has the Cleveland Dinner Ladies case had on pay equality? Plus, Julie Summers.

  29. Life transitions; Designer Clarice Cliff

    Do transitions such as moving home get easier to handle with age? Plus, Clarice Cliff.

  30. Novelist Rachel Cusk; Iranian women

    Booker nominated Rachel Cusk on novel In the Fold. Plus, the Iranian women's movement.

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