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Woman's Hour Episodes

  1. Breast Cancer and Work; Forced Marriage Refuge; Latin Love Lessons

    Is it better to work through the treatment for breast cancer?

  2. Losing Custody of Your Children; Maternal Health; Natalie Clein

    Exploring the shame associated with losing custody of your children.

  3. Janie Dee; Taste; Homoerotic Rugby; Becoming a Grandma

    Janie Dee on her theatrical career. Plus Kate Colquhoun on the British taste and cooking.

  4. Mastectomies; Soprano Marianne Vidal; Suffragette Alice Hawkins

    How hard is it for couples to cope with the stress of breast cancer surgery?

  5. Jacqui Smith MP; Elizabeth Kenny; Breast Cancer Choices

    Jacqui Smith, MP on becoming Britain's first female Home Secretary.

  6. Women Bloggers; Breast Cancer Diagnosis; History of Rape

    How do women cope with the shock of being diagnosed with breast cancer?

  7. Nick Hornby; Cerys Matthews; Grace Weir

    Nick Hornby on the role of teenage fathers. Plus Cerys Matthews on fame and being Welsh.

  8. China's Stolen Children; Mars and Venus Myth; Henrietta Barnett

    How has China's one-child policy has created a boom in kidnapped children?

  9. Breast Cancer Types; Dutch and Depression; Noel Coward's Women

    Do Dutch women suffer depression? And exploring the female roles created by Noel Coward.

  10. Katie Melua; Breast Cancer Signs; The Scandalous Duchess

    Katie Melua discusses life after a big breakthrough. Plus the real scandalous duchess.

  11. Madeleine Mitchell; Royal Weddings; Oxfam in Darfur

    Madeleine Mitchell on celebrating the fiddle. Plus memories from past royal weddings.

  12. Katharine Whitehorn; Family-Friendly Policies

    Katharine Whitehorn discusses her long journalistic career and 'having it all'.

  13. Caroline Quentin; Sandi Russell; New British Slavery

    Caroline Quentin on her acting career. Plus the vulnerability of failed asylum seekers.

  14. Teaching Kids About Money; Female Action Heroes

    Should you step in and bail your kids out if they get into financial trouble?

  15. Melanie; Mice Phobia; Author Claire Lorrimer

    Woodstock singer Melanie on singing with Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Joan Baez.

  16. Babette Cole; Tango; Ramadan

    Babette Cole discusses her feminist children's books and kissing frogs. Plus how to tango.

  17. Edna O'Brien; Mastering Accents

    Irish writer Edna O'Brien on the novels that gave her a reputation as a scandalous woman.

  18. Helen Mirren; Mitford Sisters Remembered

    Helen Mirren on becoming the 'queen of British cinema' in her 60s.

  19. People Behind Artworks; Spitfire Women; Being A 'Good' Girl

    Should the artistic work of someone who has committed a crime always be condemned?

  20. Rachel Allen; Churchill's Secretary; Schizophrenia; Gambling

    Churchill's Secretary on what the war years were for her. Plus Rachel Allen on cooking.

  21. Oona King; How Women Respond To Porn; Golden Age of Couture

    Oona King talks about the influences which shaped her passion for politics.

  22. Deborah Harry; Childhood Eczema; Designer Luella Bartley

    Deborah Harry on still rocking at 60. Plus what is causing the rise in childhood eczema.

  23. Gail Porter; Photographer Jane Bown; Oxfam Online

    TV presenter Gail Porter on alopecia, self-harm and bipolar disorder.

  24. Dee Caffari; Virginity; Restraining Children in Custody

    Is virginity the last taboo? Plus Dee Caffari on sailing solo around the world.

  25. Juliette Binoche; Offsping Abuse; Agatha Christie

    Juliette Binoche on how creative independence has shaped her working and personal life.

  26. Platonic Partners; Julia Pascal; Zimbabwe's Tragedy

    How possible is it to have a meaningful, intimate relationship without sex?

  27. Leslie Ash; Women's rights

    Leslie Ash on her life saving surgery and her role in Men Behaving Badly.

  28. Dr Tanya Byron; Personal cleanliness; Roller derby

    Dr Tanya Byron on parental confidence. And are we too hung up on personal cleanliness?

  29. Sex Strikes; Anti-Social Behaviour; The Front Garden

    Exploring the use of female sex strikes within dramas. Plus the joys of a front garden.

  30. Clarissa Dickson Wright; Egg Freezing; Russian Free Speech

    Celebrity chef Clarissa Dickson Wright on the incredible highs and lows of her life.

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