Woman's Hour

By BBC Radio 4

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. Listen to our new series of conversations, The Woman's Hour Guide to Life, on BBC Sounds - your toolkit for the juggle, struggle and everything in between: www.bbc.co.uk/guidetolife

Episodes (44)

Violence against women in NI, Singer Rita Wilson, Fashion getting skinnier?

Women in Iran, Miscarriage cradle, Zoom bombing

Artemis II, Meg Jones, 'Battlefield techniques abuse'

Childhood epilepsy, Pre-loved fashion, Mary Magdalene music

Women and their relationships with light

Children and happiness, Miscarriage leave, Extramarital pairings

Arrest of stalked woman, Endometriosis, Ageism at work, Egg donation

Forced adoption, Queen Elizabeth II's outfits exhibition, Indigo Reign

Riki Lindhome, Dutch appeal, Student loans, Author Lucy Apps

Weekend Woman's Hour: Stalking, Children and happiness, Indigo Reign

Hungary election, Women managing male footballers, Being a girl in 2026

Southport inquiry, Young-onset dementia, Actor Tessa Peake-Jones

Wes Streeting MP, Novelist Elizabeth Arnott, Comedian Susie McCabe

Jessie Ware, School readiness, Katriona O'Sullivan, Autism support

Game BAFTAs, Baroness Kishwar Falkner, Football Fans

Weekend Woman's Hour: Jessie Ware, Women managaing male footballers, Comedian Susie McCabe

Public Toilets, Cheerleading, Women and Conscription

1h 50m4/20/2026

Jo Whiley on Couch to 5k, Coercive control and suicide, Queen's legacy

Naomi Parry, Breast reconstruction delays, Passport Bros

Melanie C, Toddler 'skinfluencers', Bryony Gordon

Sophie Raworth, Maternity deaths, Sarah Finch, Stalking

Weekend Woman's Hour: Melanie C, Breast reconstruction delays, Sarah Finch

Gaming industry, Unregistered children's care, Sheer fashion, Women's health

Royal state visit to US and Epstein survivors, Abortion law, Plastic waste art

Maureen Lipman, Memoirs, Black maternal health, Women in security, Afghan women's football

Philippa Perry, Antisemitism, Undiagnosed children, Simone Pennant

Primary school suspensions, Chess, Female birdsong

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Maureen Lipman, Women in security, Female birdsong

How to have difficult conversations

Baby sleep influencers. Christine Dawood, Selena Kay & Cerys Hogg, David Attenborough

06/05/2026

AI fitness instructors, Rosalia, Brazilian jiu jitsu

Prof Clare McGlynn, Running around Britain, Chronic pain

Weekend Woman's Hour: Amandaland writer Holly Walsh, Impacts of extreme porn, Difficult conversations

Will a woman lead the UN? Play 1536, Bra fitting

Tracey Neville, Deep fakes and schools, Pensions

VAWG Minister resignations, Parental domestic homicide, Author Eleanor Anstruther

Loan sharks, Social media addiction, Canwen Xu

Menopause and ADHD, Flatpack World Champion, Women and Crime

Harshita Brella, England Rugby, Olivia Chaney, Lauren Elkin

Married at First Sight allegations, Falling pupil numbers, Fibromyalgia and breast implants, Ladies loos on stage

Dawn French, Assault in Scottish schools, BBC's Two Weeks in August

New single-sex spaces guidance, Natalie Cassidy, Southport attack survivors

Weekend Woman's Hour: Loan Sharks, Menopause and ADHD, Bra fitting

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