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Woman's Hour

Underwear: What do we wear and who is it for?

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

At a time when what women wear and where they wear it is the subject of fierce political debate, we discuss women's most intimate clothing choice - their underwear. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Rowan Pelling
Interviewed Guest:
Bridget Minamore
Interviewed Guest:
Susanna Cordner
Interviewed Guest:
Ade Hassan
Interviewed Guest:
Stacey Duguid
Interviewed Guest:
Janie Schaffer
Interviewed Guest:
Jenny Eclair

Woman's Hour

Kim Cattrall, Jess Phillips tribute to Jo Cox MP, Beekeeping

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Presented by Jane Garvey. Kim Cattrall discusses a second series of Sensitive Skin, Mary Berry on beekeeping, and how should the news media cover FGM? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Jess Phillips
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Cattrall
Interviewed Guest:
Leyla Hussein
Interviewed Guest:
Mary Berry
Interviewed Guest:
Caz Graham

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

Camila Batmanghelidjh

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of Kids Company, talks to Jenni Murray about shutting down the children's charity. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Camila Batmanghelidjh

Woman's Hour

Takeover Week: Nimko Ali

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The outspoken anti-FGM and women's rights activist Nimko Ali is the second of five remarkable women taking over this week. Jane Garvey presents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Nimko Ali
Interviewed Guest:
Azza Soliman

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Mary Decker and Zola Budd, Shappi Khorsandi, Lera Auerbach

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Mary Decker and Zola Budd remember their ill-fated 1984 Olympic race. Plus Shappi Khorsandi on her debut novel and Beatrix Potter 150 years after her birth. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Mary Decker
Interviewed Guest:
Zola Budd
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Gristwood
Interviewed Guest:
Shaparak Khorsandi
Interviewed Guest:
Alexandra Sofroniew
Interviewed Guest:
Yvonne Traynor
Interviewed Guest:
Rebecca Twinley
Interviewed Guest:
Lera Auerbach
Interviewed Guest:
Martha Collison

Woman's Hour

Grayson Perry on the descent of man

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Grayson Perry discusses his book The Descent of Man, asking what would happen if we rethought conventional ideas of manhood. What might be in it for men? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Grayson Perry
Interviewed Guest:
Keegan Hirst
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Lott
Interviewed Guest:
Neil Bartlett
Interviewed Guest:
Testament

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

Make-up for women of colour, Inheritance, A history of military knitting

Duration: 54 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Are there too few make-up choices for women of colour? Plus dealing with inheritance, knitting for the military across three centuries and the success of female violinists. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Meek
Interviewed Guest:
Florence Adepoju
Interviewed Guest:
Kuba Shand-Baptiste
Interviewed Guest:
Joyce Meader
Interviewed Guest:
Tasmin Little
Interviewed Guest:
Mathilde Milwidsky

Front Row

Steven Soderbergh returns to film-making with Logan Lucky

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Director Steven Soderbergh on his heist movie Logan Lucky, the challenge of adapting the Cormoran Strike novels, plus a new poetic form - the 'golden shovel'. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Steven Soderbergh
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Kahn
Interviewed Guest:
Indigo Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Gwendolyn Brooks
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Richards

Front Row

Sir Peter Hall remembered

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Theatre, film and opera director Sir Peter Hall is remembered by friends and colleagues who reflect on his contribution to the arts. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Maria Ewing
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Hytner
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Eyre
Interviewed Guest:
Trevor Nunn
Interviewed Guest:
David Edgar
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Billington

Front Row

Benny Andersson, Sophie Wu, National Poetry Day

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Benny Andersson plays from his new album and Sophie Wu talks about her new play Ramona Tells Jim. Plus a review of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian on the stage. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Benny Andersson
Interviewed Guest:
Sophie Wu
Interviewed Guest:
Sam Marlowe
Interviewed Guest:
William Sieghart
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang

Front Row

Noel Gallagher, Poets in Zimbabwe, Surrealism in Egypt

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Noel Gallagher discusses his new album. Plus Zimbabwean poet Togara Muzanenhamo, a review of Surrealism in Egypt at Tate Liverpool, and is new musical Tiger Bay the next Les Mis? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stig Abel
Interviewed Guest:
Noel Gallagher
Interviewed Guest:
Togara Muzanenhamo
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Somers Cocks
Interviewed Guest:
Jude Rogers

Front Row

Benjamin Clementine performs live

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Benjamin Clementine plays from his second album I Tell a Fly. We assess Oscar Wilde for modern times. And celebrity photographer David LaChapelle talks about nudity and glitter. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stig Abell
Interviewed Guest:
Benjamin Clementine
Interviewed Guest:
Dominic Dromgoole
Interviewed Guest:
Franny Moyle
Interviewed Guest:
David LaChapelle

Front Row

Christmas TV, Theatre from the Calais Jungle, Protecting live music.

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Staying in or going out? Festive TV reviewed and how live music venues could be protected. Plus theatre from the Calais Jungle camp and the rise of the vinyl hipster. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Caroline Frost
Interviewed Guest:
John Spellar
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Whitaker
Interviewed Guest:
Joe Murphy
Interviewed Guest:
Joe Robertson
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Wardle

Woman's Hour

Takeover week: Zawe Ashton

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Actor, writer, producer and director Zawe Ashton guest edits. Fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic on the influence of her background in architecture. Ayanna Witter-Johnson performs. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Philippa Perry
Interviewed Guest:
Roksanda Ilincic
Interviewed Guest:
Emma McQuiston
Interviewed Guest:
Afua Hirsch

Woman's Hour

Men on their manhood

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The Supreme Court abortion ruling explained, Tracy Brabin on life as the MP for Batley and Spen, and men discuss their masculinity and their manhood. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Dreaper
Interviewed Guest:
Tracy Brabin
Reporter:
Milly Chowles

Woman's Hour

Men and relationships, Amnesty International sex work debate, Penelope Mortimer

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Suzi Godson hears about young men's attitudes to commitment, jockey Hayley Turner discusses women in horse racing, and Amnesty International's review of the sex trade is explored. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Emma Barnett
Interviewed Guest:
Suzi Godson
Interviewed Guest:
Hayley Turner
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Cooke

Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Woman's Hour 2015 Power List - Influencers

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The Woman's Hour 2015 Power List: Influencers. Plus being a music agent and comedian Bridget Christie on 'A Book for Her (and for him, if he can read)'. Jane Garvey presents. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Vine
Interviewed Guest:
Helena Kennedy
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Barnett
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Shepherdson
Interviewed Guest:
Gemma Cairney
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Banks
Interviewed Guest:
Bridget Christie
Interviewed Guest:
Michelle Ping

Woman's Hour

Iris Murdoch, Coil contraceptive, Parenting girls

Duration: 58 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Iris Murdoch's life, writing and philosophy. Plus parenting girls, relationships after retirement and the coil contraceptive - just how much does it hurt? With Emma Barnett. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Emma Barnett
Interviewed Guest:
James Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Susie Hayman
Interviewed Guest:
Anne Rowe
Interviewed Guest:
Bidisha
Interviewed Guest:
Suzi Godson
Interviewed Guest:
David Ainger
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Armitage
Interviewed Guest:
Sam Hutt