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Woman's Hour Episodes

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    Migrant boat deaths in Italy, Gambling addiction and crime, 60 swims at 60, Getting married at 16

    At least 33 women and 12 children have died after their migrant boat sank off Italy.

  2. British Ambassador to Ukraine Dame Melinda Simmons, Kirsty Sedgman, Black women and cancer, Eleanor McEvoy and Averil Mansfield

    Dame Melinda Simmons, British Ambassador to Ukraine, one year on from the invasion.

  3. Dame Melinda Simmons, British Ambassador to Ukraine, Fully female clergy, Twin sisters on pregnancy & miscarriage; Quilting

    Twins Chloe and Lydia Hamilton share their story of coping with pregnancy and miscarriage.

  4. The UK’s first woman vascular surgeon, South African choreographer Dada Masilo, Benefits of older siblings.

    UK’s first woman vascular surgeon. Choreographer Dada Masilo. Benefits of older siblings.

  5. Black women and cancer, Eleanor McEvoy, Shamima Begum ruling, Yazidi women, A Victorian dress diary

    Why are Black women more likely to get late cancer diagnoses?

  6. Nicola Bulley, tearing during childbirth, black women swim, tweakments gone mad?

    Why do women tear in childbirth?

  7. Dr Kirsty Sedgman, Esther Webber, Jenny Symmons, Elaine Dunkley, Nadine Benjamin

    Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

  8. Weekend Woman’s Hour: Aimee Lou Wood, Wayne Couzens and Indecent Assault, Nne Nne Iwuji-Eme on African Queens, Nell Mescal

    Aimee Lou Wood talks about her roles in Cabaret and Netflix’s Sex Education.

  9. Sukhdev Reel on her son Ricky, Aimee Lou Wood, Anita Bhagwandas, Sober dating

    A mother who has spent 25 years trying to find out what happened to her son.

  10. Nicola Sturgeon resignation; Sharon Rose plays Sylvia Pankhurst; The power of sport; Femicide in Europe

    After a decade as First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced she's stepping down.

  11. Wayne Couzens and Indecent Assault, African Queens, Sleepovers, Male Pill and Nikki Haley

    Nuala talks to Nne Nne Iwuji-Eme about her series telling stories of African queens.

  12. Nell Mescal, Professor Hazel Smith, Jean MacKenzie, Fern Brady, Claer Barratt, Stella Creasy MP, Lauren Moss

    Nell Mescal sings live from the Woman's Hour studio.

  13. Love-Bombed a new BBC Sounds Podcast. Can writing a memoir ruin your life? Who are you at work? Knife Crime

    Love-Bombed a new BBC Podcast. Can Writing a Memoir Ruin your life? Who are you at work ?

  14. Weekend Woman's Hour: Danielle Deadwyler on Oscars snub, disabled parenting, audio porn, ex-Lioness Jill Scott, and Salma Hayek

    Danielle Deadwyler on the film Till, and why only one black woman has ever won an Oscar.

  15. Jill Scott - European Champion; Disabled parents; Salma Hayek Pinault

    European Champion and Queen of the Jungle - Jill Scott.

  16. Audio porn, Earthquake impact on women, Author Ayòbámi Adébáyo, A listener on leaving the Church of England

    A new type of adult audio content that is said to be gaining popularity among women.

  17. Jessie Buckley, Jennie Agg, Nazir Afzal, Zoe Billingham, Martine Oborne, Anne Atkins

    Irish actor Jessie Buckley in Women Talking.

  18. David Carrick sentencing, Shamima Begum story, Danielle Deadwyler, Carmel McMahon

    What has Shamima Begum been doing since she left the UK in 2015?

  19. Janhavee Moole, Julia Golding, Holly Bourne, Sam Quek, Rachel Williams, Ella Whelan, Abbie Cheeseman

    Uplifting fiction for young adults? Why do so many books contain dark themes?

  20. Weekend Woman’s Hour: Helena Bonham Carter on Nolly, Sophie Duker, Happy Valley and kinship care, Emily Atack

    Helena Bonham Carter on playing "the Queen of the midlands", in Russell T Davies' Nolly.

  21. Happy Valley & kinship care; Conditions at Eastwood Park women's prison, Declining birthrates in China & Japan, Beyonce

    A new report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons on conditions at Eastwood Park women’s prison.

  22. Alex Kingston plays Prospero at the RSC; Captain Preet Chandi; Alcohol, sexual assault & recall; Folic acid; All good friends?

    Prospero as a mother not an elderly Duke & father: actor Alex Kingston's current challenge

  23. Helena Bonham Carter, Power List judges Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Ebony Rainford-Brent, Update on Ian Paterson

    The actor on playing Nolly - star of Crossroads and Queen of the Midlands Noele Gordon.

  24. Emily Atack, Baroness Catherine Ashton, Sophie Duker

    Emily Atack on the abusive messages she receives from men and why she's calling for change

  25. Hilary Grime on her daugher Phoebe, Catherine Lee on Section 28, Tidying up v mess

    Hilary Grime's daughter Phoebe, a university student, took her own life in 2021.

  26. Triathlete and screenwriter Lesley Paterson; Zara Aleena's murder & probation service failings; the Woman's Hour Power List 2023

    Screenwriter Lesley Paterson reveals how her sporting career helped to fund her new film

  27. Holocaust Survivors, Mary Nighy, Dementia and Menopause

    Anita speaks to the daughters of two Jewish girls who fled Nazi persecution.

  28. Launch of the Woman's Hour Power List 2023, Triathlete and screenwriter Lesley Paterson; Chores post Covid

    Blue Plaque for the 'founding spirit' of the Notting Hill Carnival, Claudia Jones.

  29. Bridget Phillipson MP, Catherine Newman, Chanel Contos, Rachel Thompson, Karen Krizanovich, Baroness Altmann

    Childcare reform – what needs to change?

  30. The cost of being single, Zara Aleena's murder & probation service failings, menopause and the workplace

    A new study examining disproportionate number of female teachers developing mesothelioma

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