Stefanie Martini on her new role playing a young Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect 1973.

Listener Sue tells us what it's been like for her to become her husband's carer and the sadness of no longer feeling desire for the person she has shared her life with.

The BBC Drama The Replacement features a pregnant woman worried that her maternity cover is trying to steal not just her job but her life. But how common is anxiety over maternity leave? The BBC television newsreader Kate Silverton and the clinical psychologist Dr Jessamy Hibberd discuss.

We Cook the Perfect... tortillas with toasted black beans and jalapeno hummus with Thomasina Miers , the queen of Mexican cuisine.

Caroline Paige, the first openly transgender officer in the British Armed Forces talks about her life.

As we approach International Women's Day and 'A Day Without Women' on the 8th March we discuss the history and impact of women's strikes in the UK and globally with Maria Bjarnadottir, Hannah Reed and Selma James.

This week we launched the Woman's Hour Parenting Podcast. We talk to the vlogger Jonathan Saccone Joly and Anna Whitehouse also known as MotherPukka and hear from listeners about their parenting concerns.

Presented by Jenni Murray
Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed
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