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Woman's Hour

Late Night Woman's Hour - A Brief History of Me Time

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Lauren Laverne and guests discuss leisure time. Who invented it? Who gets it? Who wants it? And why is 'me time' just for women? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Lauren Laverne
Interviewed Guest:
Katharine Whitehorn
Interviewed Guest:
Madeleine Bunting
Interviewed Guest:
Mags MacKean
Interviewed Guest:
Amanda Owen
Producer:
Luke Mulhall

Woman's Hour

Mother Teresa; US campus sexual assaults

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The canonisation of Mother Teresa as a saint; sexual assaults on US campuses; women in country music; the legacy and alternate reality of Ada Lovelace. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Producer:
Emma Wallace
Interviewed Guest:
Madeleine Bunting
Interviewed Guest:
Gemma Simmonds
Interviewed Guest:
Beverly Keel
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Ward Thomas
Interviewed Guest:
Lizzy Ward Thomas
Interviewed Guest:
Jill Filipovic
Interviewed Guest:
Sydney Padua
Interviewed Guest:
Hannah Fry

Woman's Hour

The Canonisation of Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. The canonisation of Mother Teresa of Calcutta as a saint - we discuss who she was and what kind of role model she represents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Madeleine Bunting
Interviewed Guest:
Gemma Simmonds
Interviewed Guest:
Janie Schaffer
Interviewed Guest:
Claire Heuchan
Interviewed Guest:
Natalie Jeffers
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Richardson-Walsh
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Richardson-Walsh
Interviewed Guest:
Daisy Buchanan
Interviewed Guest:
undefined Girl On The Net
Interviewed Guest:
Atiha Sen Gupta
Interviewed Guest:
Beverly Keel
Interviewed Guest:
Lizzy Ward Thomas
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Ward Thomas

Woman's Hour

Festive nails, Eleanor Bron, Beautiful heroines

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

What are the latest trends for this season's nails? Actor Eleanor Bron talks about her new play. Plus how does emotional labour affect our health and well-being?i. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Sharmadean Reid
Interviewed Guest:
Eleanor Bron
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Humphreys
Interviewed Guest:
Madeleine Bunting
Interviewed Guest:
Candida Yates
Interviewed Guest:
Claire Harman
Interviewed Guest:
Maggie O Farrell
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Bray

Start the Week

Island Mentality

Duration: 43 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Cultural discussion show. Amol Rajan explores the British Isles with Nicholas Crane, Madeleine Bunting, David Olusoga and Imtiaz Dharker. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Amol Rajan
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Crane
Interviewed Guest:
Madeleine Bunting
Interviewed Guest:
David Olusoga
Interviewed Guest:
Imtiaz Dharker
Producer:
Katy Hickman

Book of the Week

Love of Country

Episode 1: Jura

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Feeling the pull of the north west, a journalist makes a series of journeys to the Hebrides beginning with Jura, famous refuge of George Orwell. Read by Doon Mackichan. Show more

Book of the Week

Love of Country

Episode 2: Iona

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Journalist Madeleine Bunting visits Iona and uncovers the apparently remote island's well-connected past at the intersection of several busy sea routes. Read by Doon Mackichan. Show more

Book of the Week

Love of Country

Episode 3: Rum

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The author reaches Rum and is struck by the island's turbulent history of rental, ownership and clearance. Abridged by Anna Magnusson Read by Doon Mackichan. Show more

Book of the Week

Love of Country

Episode 4: Lewis

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Madeleine Bunting travels to Lewis and Harris and learns how the Gaelic language is enmeshed with landscape. Abridged by Anna Magnusson Read by Doon Mackichan. Show more

Book of the Week

Love of Country

Episode 5: St Kilda

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Nearing the end of her series of journeys, Madeleine Bunting reaches the archipelago of St Kilda. Abridged by Anna Magnusson Read by Doon Mackichan. Show more

Woman's Hour

Ruby Wax on how to manage your mind; the neuroscience of stress, anxiety and depression

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Jenni Murray presents the programme offering a female perspective on the world, featuring the neuroscience of anxiety, Ruby Wax on ways to manage our minds, and workplace stress. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Dusana Dorjee
Interviewed Guest:
Ruby Wax
Interviewed Guest:
Madeleine Bunting
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Almuth McDowall
Interviewed Guest:
Rina Dutta

Woman's Hour

Late Night Woman's Hour: Thoughts, the Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Duration: 57 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Exploring our unthinkable thoughts, our sexual fantasies and our inner lives. With Jane Garvey. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Joanna Kavenna
Interviewed Guest:
Madeleine Bunting
Interviewed Guest:
Annabel Pitcher
Interviewed Guest:
Brett Kahr