Woman's Hour

BBC Radio 4

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. The Woman's Hour Guide to Life collection is here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/guidetolife

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Yesterday · 58 min
Salary history, Yoga and Olympics, Executions in Iran, Designer Kate Faulkner, Lara Croft legacy
Proposals to ban employers from asking about salary history during recruitment.
Tuesday · 56 min
Melania Trump's diplomacy, Philippa Gregory’s The Royal Witch, Back to Black at 20, Iron deficiency
What influence can a first lady have on world affairs?
Tuesday · 56 min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Katherine Ryan, EHRC Chair, Shingles vaccine and dementia
Comedian Katherine Ryan on the pluses and minuses of being a first-born daughter.
Monday · 55 min
Delia Smith, NEETS, Harpist Rachel Newton
Delia Smith discusses her new book Us: Nine Ingredients to Change Our World.
Friday · 54 min
Katherine Ryan, Public Speaking, Anna Byrne
The comedian talks about being an outspoken firstborn daughter.
October 22 · 57 min
E L James's new novel, Maternity workplace protections, Catherine Bohart
The Fifty Shades of Grey author talks about her new novel, Land of Ghosts.
October 21 · 57 min
Antisemitism in schools, Lolly Adefope, Shingles and dementia, Femtick
A look of at the government review into antisemitism in schools and colleges in England.
October 20 · 56 min
SEND petition, Helen Fielding, Women's Rugby, Child photographers, Teen Summit
Parents of children with SEND call for exemption from school absence fines.
October 19 · 57 min
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Chair EHRC, Dame Harriet Walter, Grey divorce, PMDD
Dame Harriet Walter as Brutus in an all-female Julius Caesar touring secondary schools.
October 17 · 57 min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Navi Pillay, Women in tech, Caroline Hirons
The first BBC interview with the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
October 16 · 55 min
RIBA Stirling Prize winner, NHS guidance on single-sex spaces, Caroline Hirons
Mary Duggan, designer of the Lion Green Road estate, on her architecture prize win.
October 15 · 57 min
Grok deepfake images, Educating Afghan girls, Runner Esmée Gummer
Women take their own legal action after a lack of enforcement over 2025 Grok image abuse.
October 14 · 57 min
Women in Tech, Climate change and gender, Bed bugs, Endometriosis and work.
In the programme's 80th year: Women in tech - what is it like working in the sector now?
October 13 · 57 min
Auto-immune conditions, Author Laleh Khadivi, Women in football
Women are more likely to be told autoimmune conditions 'psychological’, says a new study.
October 12 · 57 min
Navi Pillay Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Medical misinformation, Nigella eating
In her first interview to be broadcast, Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay.
October 10 · 57 min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Consent, 80 years of Woman's Hour, The Lost Children of Tuam
Consent - why do so many women feel unable to say no in a sexual encounter?
October 9 · 57 min
Mental health in women and girls, AI assistants, Extreme heat and pregnancy, Traitors fashion
The author of a review of mental health provision on how women and girls are affected.
October 8 · 57 min
Consent, Top Fuel drag racing, Grey hair
Consent - why do so many women feel unable to say no in a sexual encounter?
October 7 · 57 min
Woman's Hour celebrates 80 years from the Glasgow Women's Library
Nuala McGovern is joined by guests and launches the theme of our 80th birthday year.
October 6 · 57 min
French student protests; Elizabeth Day and Sarah Solemani on TV drama The Party; could some adoptions be avoided?
French student protests, Elizabeth Day and could some adoptions be avoided?

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