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Woman's Hour

Sleeplessness and new mothers, Margaret Drabble on Janet Frame, Are high street prices sexist?

Duration: 54 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Margaret Drabble celebrates the New Zealand author Janet Frame. How serious is sleeplessness after birth? And why do pink razors always cost more? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Marie Miller
Interviewed Guest:
Daisy Buchanan
Interviewed Guest:
Mia Scotland
Interviewed Guest:
Jim Horne
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Drabble

Woman's Hour

Pearl Mackie, Signe Johansen

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Pearl Mackie plays Lulu in Pinter's The Birthday Party, Signe Johansen and cooking for one, 'Sex for rent' - new research from Shelter, and the importance of female friendships. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Pearl Mackie
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Signe Johansen
Interviewed Guest:
Dolly Alderton
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Leaver

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Pearl Mackie, Kids and gambling, and the Menopause in literature

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Pearl Mackie on being a Doctor Who sidekick and her new role in Pinter's The Birthday Party, protecting young children from gambling, and the menopause in literature. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Pearl Mackie
Interviewed Guest:
Barbara Dickson
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Heather Wardle
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Rosie Ferguson
Interviewed Guest:
Sacha Corcoran
Interviewed Guest:
Ayse Inal
Interviewed Guest:
Emmy Abrahamson
Interviewed Guest:
Zoe Folbigg

Woman's Hour

Child custody hearings, Box set watching

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Following The Archers storyline, the programme discusses child arrangement hearings that involve domestic violence. And three listeners reveal how they found a dream job after 50. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Producer:
Jane Thurlow
Interviewed Guest:
Elspeth Thompson
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Frank Gardner
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Brown
Interviewed Guest:
Stuart Heritage
Interviewed Guest:
Jenny Colgan

Woman's Hour

New Year new job; A comedian's guide to small talk

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. Are the family courts failing vulnerable women? Plus a comedian's guide to New Year parties. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Zarghuna Kargar
Interviewed Guest:
Helena Earnshaw
Interviewed Guest:
Bethan Darwin
Interviewed Guest:
Elspeth Thomson
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Stephens
Interviewed Guest:
Pippa Evans

Woman's Hour

Poet Jean 'Binta' Breeze, Angela Rippon, Shirley Manson

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Woman's Hour highlights. Poet Jean 'Binta' Breeze on her new collection, Angela Rippon on celebrating 50 years in broadcasting, and how to cook the perfect chapli beef kebab. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Jean 'Binta' Breeze
Interviewed Guest:
Angela Rippon
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Joanna Connors
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Manson
Interviewed Guest:
Sumayya Usmani

Woman's Hour

Children's teeth, Shirley Manson.

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

We respond to questions about looking after children's teeth from babyhood to teenage years. Shirley Manson suggests a woman who has inspired her for our first link of The Chain. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Claire Stevens
Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Manson
Interviewed Guest:
Joanna Connors
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate

Woman's Hour

Prison governor, Women's cricket, Craft, Polly Neate, Cook the perfect

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

The challenges of being a woman governor in a men's prison; Cook the Perfect smoked aubergine salad; craft prize finalist - ceramicist Neil Brownsword. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Pia Sinha
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Dina Mousawi
Interviewed Guest:
Itab Azzam
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Neil Brownsword
Presenter:
Jenni Murray

Woman's Hour

Holidays with other families and celebrating a female Doctor Who

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Is going on holiday with another family ever a good idea? The first female Doctor Who and how to cope with the boring bits of married life. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Joanne Harris
Interviewed Guest:
Kezia Newson
Interviewed Guest:
Sylvia Brownrigg
Interviewed Guest:
Dina Mousawi
Interviewed Guest:
Itab Azzam
Interviewed Guest:
Ada Calhoun

Woman's Hour

Lizzie Armitstead, Sex robots, Hidden illness, DV in fiction

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Lizzie Armitstead on drug tests and sexism in cycling; domestic violence on telly; 'Please offer me a seat' badge; are sex robots a dangerous distraction from human intimacy? Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Lizzie Armitstead
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Karen Krizanovich
Interviewed Guest:
Kathleen Richardson
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Devlin
Presenter:
Jenni Murray

Woman's Hour

Should Oldham Sign Ched Evans?

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Presented by Jenni Murray. Should Oldham Athletic sign Ched Evans? Women artists at the Tate Galleries in 2015. Plus what is it like to be an HIV-positive teenager? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Vine
Interviewed Guest:
Hadley Freeman
Interviewed Guest:
Nicky Morgan
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Diana Nneka Atuona

Woman's Hour

Andi Osho, Sofie Hagen and the Scummy Mummies help us celebrate 2016

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Andi Osho, Sofie Hagen and the Scummy Mummies help us celebrate 2016; The Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness; Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Janet Ellis on motherhood. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Interviewed Guest:
Janet Ellis
Interviewed Guest:
Nimco Ali
Interviewed Guest:
Andi Osho
Interviewed Guest:
Sofie Hagen
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Thorn
Interviewed Guest:
Ellie Gibson
Interviewed Guest:
Seema Kennedy
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Reeves
Interviewed Guest:
Elspeth Thomson
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Pippa Evans
Presenter:
Jane Garvey

Woman's Hour

Women in TV and Film 2017

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Success of women in TV and film in 2017; rising numbers of homeless women and children; women of colour in mainstream media;. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Raeside
Interviewed Guest:
Susannah White
Interviewed Guest:
Jess Phillips
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Kuba Shand-Baptiste
Interviewed Guest:
Madeline Wilson-Ojo

Woman's Hour

Mpho Tutu; Women and the Liberal Democrats; Louisa Young

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

The Reverend Mpho Tutu explains how a tragic event in her own life led her to write a book on forgiveness with her father Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Plus, women and the Lib Dems. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Mpho Tutu
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Brooks
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Young
Interviewed Guest:
Julie Andrews

Woman's Hour

Liv Little, Women in science and health, Could men have a role to play in refuges?

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Liv Little, the woman behind Gal Dem, a magazine collective run by women of colour. Our Power List 2016. Plus should domestic violence organisations be solely run by women? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Woodcraft
Interviewed Guest:
Liv Little
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Murphy
Interviewed Guest:
Sunetra Gupta

Woman's Hour

Alexandra Schulman, UN Women, Felicity Kendal

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Alexandra Shulman on her 24 years as editor of Vogue; Wonder Woman as UN gender equality ambassador; Felicity Kendal; should domestic violence charities be solely run by women? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Alexandra Shulman
Interviewed Guest:
Felicity Kendal
Interviewed Guest:
Anne-Marie Goetz
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Bryant
Interviewed Guest:
Sunetra Gupta
Interviewed Guest:
Susan Bewley
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Murphy
Interviewed Guest:
Seema Aziz
Interviewed Guest:
Catrina McHugh
Interviewed Guest:
Cheryl Byron

Woman's Hour

Kimberley Taylor; History of heartthrobs

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Kimberley Taylor, British woman in Syria; Carol Dyhouse on heartthrobs; Women's Aid's Polly Neate on funding for refuges; women and breakdancing; stopping smoking in pregnancy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Dilar Dirlik
Interviewed Guest:
Carol Dyhouse
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Ruth Bell
Interviewed Guest:
Jac Phillimore

Woman's Hour

Women and the Law

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders; how the criminal justice system deals with domestic and sexual violence; the impact of changing civil legal aid. With Jane Garvey. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Saunders
Interviewed Guest:
Bridget Phillipson
Interviewed Guest:
Christina Blacklaws
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Neate
Interviewed Guest:
Tom McNally
Producer:
Anne Peacock