BBC Woman's Hour: Daily Podcasts

Woman's Hour: Daily Podcasts

Woman's Hour brings you the big celebrity names and leading women in the news, with subjects ranging widely from politics to health, law, education, arts, parenting, relationships, work, fiction, food and fashion. Presented by Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey. Find out more at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour
Daily English United Kingdom News · Society & Culture
27 Episodes
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Lebanon latest, Fell running, Breast cancer poetry

The current conflict in Lebanon has forced thousands of women and children in refugee camps to once again leave their homes for their own safety. Kylie Pentelow is joined by the BBC’s Senior International Correspondent Orla Guerin to get the latest on the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, and speaks…
4 Oct 6AM 59 min

SEND transport, Lucy Worsley, Children of the Cult, T20

Mums who give up work or cut their hours because they have a child with special educational needs and disabilities say problems with school transport is one of the reasons. An opinion poll from Opinium commissioned by Woman's Hour for a programme on SEND last month revealed 12% of mothers…
3 Oct 5AM 57 min

Women and Prison, Acid Attacks, Women piano composers, Dr Beth Shapiro

In her speech at Labour conference the Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood said: "for women, prison isn’t working." To discuss her latest announcement, as well as the launch of the Women's Justice Board, Nuala is joined by the former Chief Inspector of Prisons, Dame Anne Owers, and Lily…
2 Oct 6AM 54 min

01/10/2024

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
1 Oct 6AM 59 min

The Tuam babies scandal: A Woman's Hour special

For this special edition of Woman's Hour, Nuala McGovern travels to Tuam, County Galway in Ireland to visit the site of a former mother and baby home which came to the world’s attention in 2014. It was revealed that up to 796 babies and young children who died in the…
30 Sep 6AM 57 min

Afghanistan, Liane Moriarty, Parental leave, Jeans

The Taliban in Afghanistan are to be taken to the International Court of Justice for gender discrimination by Canada, Australia, Germany and the Netherlands. This is the first time that the ICJ has been used by one country to take another to court over women's rights. Krupa Padhy is joined…
29 Sep 5AM 59 min

Demi Moore, sexual assault allegations at Harrods, women in war

Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor Demi Moore is a name recognised by many, from her standout role as Molly Jensen in the film Ghost, to Lieutenant Commander Joanne Galloway in A Few Good Men. But it’s her role as Elisabeth Sparkle in new movie, The Substance, which has got a…
25 Sep 6AM 1 hour

24/09/2024

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
24 Sep 6AM 59 min

Dame Tracey Emin, Doreen Soulsby, Dame Maureen Lipman, Young Adult Fiction

Dame Tracey Emin, one of the most famous artists and leading figures of the Young British Artists movement of the 1990s. Hers is a uniquely provocative, confessional style which confronts issues such as trauma of abortion, rape, alcoholism and sexual history. In recent years Tracey has focussed on painting and…
20 Sep 6AM 59 min

Maternity care, Friends 30th anniversary, Breast implant illness

Maternity failings at scandal-hit hospitals are becoming more widespread, according to the Care Quality Commission. In a review of 131 maternity units across the NHS in England, 48% have been rated as requiring improvement or inadequate. Anita Rani gets the latest from BBC health correspondent Nick Triggle, and speaks to…
19 Sep 6AM 56 min

Saoirse Ronan, Nikki Doucet on women’s football, JoJo, Vaccinations

Four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan broke into Hollywood at 13 years old with her performance as Briony Tallis in Atonement. She has also appeared as Jo March in Little Women, as the lead actress in Brooklyn and won a Golden Globe for her performance in Lady Bird. She joins Clare…
18 Sep 6AM 58 min

Carrie Hope Fletcher, Sandi Toksvig, Breast cancer Generations Study

Carrie Hope Fletcher is an author, singer, West End star – and now a new mum. She’s about to start a brand new tour around the UK, called Love Letters, which will feature musical theatre favourites and love letters from the audience. She joins Clare McDonnell to talk about the…
16 Sep 6AM 54 min

Weekend Woman's Hour: Tracy-Ann Oberman, the SEND system, Sarah Owen MP

Tracy-Ann Oberman has reprised her role as Eastenders’ Chrissie Watts. She talks to Nuala about stepping back into this character after almost two decades, and her recent adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. In it, Tracy-Ann plays a female version of the Jewish character, Shylock, and sets the action…
14 Sep 11AM 58 min
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