Woman's Hour Episodes Episode guide
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Flashpackers; Niki Shisler on alcohol addiction; Ellen Kent
Do the risks of travelling alone in your middle ages need to be highlighted more?
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Jeremy Irons; Vulval health
Jeremy Irons discuss the emotional bond between male friends.
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Trevor Eve; China's Long March; Vivaldi's women
Actor Trevor Eve discusses his life, career and fertility.
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Anita Roddick; Stella Duffy; Married to a dictator
Anita Roddick talks about her life and selling The Body Shop after 30 years.
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Paper clues; Forced marriages; Childhood innocence
How paper salvaged from crime scenes can helps solve cases.
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Shusha Guppy; Elizabeth Gaskell; Prostitute daughter
Shusha Guppy reflects on her life and her first visit to her native Iran in 30 years.
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Tracey Emin; Emotions at work; Rights for unmarried couples
Tracy Emin reflects on the inequality between male and female artists.
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Mildred Bruce; Khmer Rouge; Striptease
Aviator Caroline Gough Cooper reflects on the legacy of daredevil Mildred Bruce.
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Jill Saward; Lifecycle of a relationship
Jill Saward reflects on her life 20 years after the Ealing Vicarage rape case.
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Freezing eggs; Singer Gemma Hayes; Jacobean characters
What are the rights of women going through IVF? Plus, Gemma Hayes on writers block.
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Teenage sperm banks; Emily BrontǮ's lovers
Why isn't sperm banking offered to young male cancer patients as routine treatment?
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Cicely Mayhew; Transvestite makeovers; US abortions
Cicely Mayhew describes her time as an overseas British Diplomat just after WW2.
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Nancy Sinatra; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; Child abuse
Nancy Sinatra looks back over her musical career and life.
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Margaret Atwood; Endometriosis; Returning to the UK
Margaret Atwood discusses her life and career as a celebrated author.
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Margaret Forster; Professor Donna Dickenson
Author Margret Forster describes her interest in the artist Gwen John.
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Finding peace after the Rwandan genocide; James Joyce's Molly Bloom
Lesley Bilinda reflects on finding peace after the Rwandan genocide.
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Miscarriages; Emily Watson; Noor Inayat Khan - The Spy Princess
How do miscarriages affect a relationship? Plus, actor Emily Watson on her career.
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Gene technology and childbirth; Naomi Alderman
Should we embrace the power of genetically choosing children or shun its implications?
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Sex technique; Women and Work Commission; Helen Dunmore
Baroness Margaret Prosser and Tessa Jowell discuss the Women and Work Commission.
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Innocent woman on death row; Greenwich Time Lady
Sunny Jacobs discusses spending 16 years on death row before being exonerated.
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Bisexual women; LS Lowry; Jacquetta Hawkes
Are more women bisexual than men? Plus, a discussion on LS Lowry's view of women.
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Life after a homicide; Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt
What happens to a family in the aftermath of homicide?
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Pepys progress; Crooners; Violence among young women
Barb Jungr discusses the enduring appeal of crooners. Plus, the increase of violent women.
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Suzi Quatro; Harper Lee; Rape in war
Suzi Quatro sings in the studio and talks about being a rock 'n' roll grandma.
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Judy Collins; Victims of stalking; Jodhi May
Judy Collins talks about her long and successful singing career.
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Parents of gay children; Autistic women;
Are attitudes changing towards having gay children? Plus, living with autism.
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Imposter syndrome; Fashion editor Carmel Snow
Do you feel like you are bluffing your way through life? Maybe you have imposter syndrome.
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Gender memory; Singer Reem Kelani; Transracial adoption
Do men and women remember different things? Plus an interview with singer Reem Kelani.
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Dame Diana Rigg; Care home seperation; Girl models
Dame Diana Rigg talks about her life and The Avengers.
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Lilian Baylis legacy; Kathryn Harrison
Author Kathryn Harrison discusses the emotion envy. Plus, the art legacy of Lilian Baylis.