Programme Index

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 19^th Jun 2014, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 19^th Jun 2014, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Is childcare becoming a key issue for the next general election? Plus Brazilian food and drink, filmmaker Kim Longinotto, and Vanora Bennett on the history of the White Russians. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:: Luciana Bianchi
Interviewed Guest:: Vanora Bennett
Interviewed Guest:: Kim Longinotto
Interviewed Guest:: Lucy Powell
Interviewed Guest:: Isabel Hardman
Interviewed Guest:: Thom Chesser
Interviewed Guest:: Lucy Beresford
Producer:: Emma Wallace

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Woman's Hour

Birdy; Charlotte Walker; Bipolar Blogger

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 27^th Nov 2013, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 27^th Nov 2013, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Singer-songwriter Birdy performs, Charlotte Walker talks about her blog on living with bipolar disorder, and the impact of legal aid cuts on divorcing couples. With Jenni Murray. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:: Charlotte Walker
Interviewed Guest:: Birdy undefined
Interviewed Guest:: Wendy Macdowall
Interviewed Guest:: Liz Edwards
Interviewed Guest:: Matt Bryant
Interviewed Guest:: Anthony Douglas
Interviewed Guest:: Amal Elsana Alh'jooj
Producer:: Emma Wallace

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Woman's Hour

Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 24^th Jul 2013, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 24^th Jul 2013, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Trolling and women at public events; Chile's child rape victim and abortion; Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley; topless image of French figurehead Marianne image; how to talk baby. Show more

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Presenter:: Jenni Murray
Producer:: Emma Wallace

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Woman's Hour

Caitlin Moran, Why men need feminism, Yasmin Kadi

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 10^th Mar 2016, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 10^th Mar 2016, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Caitlin Moran on getting political in her Moranifesto; feminist Michael Kimmel on why feminism is good for men; Sierra Leonean singer Yasmin Kadi; and the life of a young carer. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jenni Murray
Producer:: Emma Wallace
Interviewed Guest:: Caitlin Moran
Interviewed Guest:: Michael Kimmel
Interviewed Guest:: Yasmin Kadi
Interviewed Guest:: undefined Shantavia

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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Being powerful; Sigrid Rausing; Baby names

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 6^th Jul 2013, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 6^th Jul 2013, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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How to be a powerful woman. Sigrid Rausing. Brene Brown on vulnerability. Later motherhood. Old-fashioned baby names. Florence Knight cooks the perfect warm summer salad. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:: Ruby McGregor-Smith
Interviewed Guest:: Kate Garraway
Interviewed Guest:: Charles Kingswood
Interviewed Guest:: Claudia Spahr
Interviewed Guest:: Sigrid Rausing
Interviewed Guest:: Catherine Donovan
Interviewed Guest:: Jane Keeper
Interviewed Guest:: Brene Brown
Interviewed Guest:: Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:: Florence Knight
Producer:: Emma Wallace

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Woman's Hour

Bryony Kimmings; Yvette Cooper; What Women Want

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 20^th Jul 2013, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Bryony Kimmings on her Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper MP. Female sexual desire. The women organising music festivals. Laura Mvula. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Editor:: Jane Thurlow
Producer:: Emma Wallace

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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Women in Music Special

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 12^th Oct 2013, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 12^th Oct 2013, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Lauren Laverne fronts a special edition to mark the 6Music Peel Lecture by Charlotte Church on sexism, sexualisation and the representation of women in music. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Lauren Laverne
Interviewed Guest:: Charlotte Church
Interviewed Guest:: Amanda Palmer
Interviewed Guest:: Jacqueline Springer
Interviewed Guest:: Eve Barlow
Interviewed Guest:: Annie Mac
Interviewed Guest:: Kathleen Hanna
Interviewed Guest:: Lauren Mayberry
Interviewed Guest:: Annie Nightingale
Interviewed Guest:: Adrienne Aitken
Interviewed Guest:: Amber Davis
Performer:: Agnes Obel
Producer:: Emma Wallace

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Woman's Hour

Kanya King; Life after the tsunami; Cervical cancer tests and screening; Bank notes

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 11^th Jun 2013, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 11^th Jun 2013, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Kanya King, founder of the MOBO Awards; Sonali Deraniyagala's memoir of life after the tsunami that killed her parents, husband and children; cervical cancer screening and tests. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:: Kanya King
Interviewed Guest:: Sonali Deraniyagala
Producer:: Emma Wallace
Producer:: Shoku Amirani

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Woman's Hour

Prostitution websites, the NHS at 70 - funding cuts to women's services

Duration: 41 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 4^th Jul 2018, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 4^th Jul 2018, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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A look at the consequences of online sex work and the need for legislation. Plus the programme discusses how NHS funding cuts have impacted on women's health services. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:: Sarah Champion
Interviewed Guest:: Lesley Regan
Interviewed Guest:: Anne Connolly
Interviewed Guest:: Claire Heal
Producer:: Emma Wallace

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Woman's Hour

Listener Week, Positive menopause experiences, Down's Syndrome

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 1^st Dec 2015, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 1^st Dec 2015, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Positive menopause experiences, how a Woman's Hour Down's Syndrome discussion changed a listener's life, artists listening at work and balancing motherhood and career. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Producer:: Emma Wallace
Interviewed Guest:: Sara Porter
Interviewed Guest:: Jennifer Ballamy
Interviewed Guest:: Judith Wardel
Interviewed Guest:: Amelia Rowcroft
Interviewed Guest:: Virginia Prifti
Interviewed Guest:: Charles Cowling
Interviewer:: Felicity Finch

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Woman's Hour

Mother Teresa; US campus sexual assaults

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 1^st Sep 2016, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 1^st Sep 2016, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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The canonisation of Mother Teresa as a saint; sexual assaults on US campuses; women in country music; the legacy and alternate reality of Ada Lovelace. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jenni Murray
Producer:: Emma Wallace
Interviewed Guest:: Madeleine Bunting
Interviewed Guest:: Gemma Simmonds
Interviewed Guest:: Beverly Keel
Interviewed Guest:: Catherine Ward Thomas
Interviewed Guest:: Lizzy Ward Thomas
Interviewed Guest:: Jill Filipovic
Interviewed Guest:: Sydney Padua
Interviewed Guest:: Hannah Fry

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Woman's Hour

Suffragette screenwriter Abi Morgan, Hollywood actress Geena Davis

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 7^th Oct 2015, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 7^th Oct 2015, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Suffragette screenwriter Abi Morgan and the fight for women's votes, Hollywood actress Geena Davis on Thelma and Louise and inequality on screen, and the Conservatives and women. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:: Abi Morgan
Interviewed Guest:: Krista Cowman
Interviewed Guest:: Geena Davis
Interviewed Guest:: Isabel Hardman
Interviewed Guest:: Rosie Campbell
Interviewed Guest:: Hillary Margolis
Interviewed Guest:: Sam Smethers
Producer:: Emma Wallace

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Woman's Hour

Women in Retail

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 7^th May 2018, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 7^th May 2018, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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What does the state of the high street and the growth of online mean for women - as consumers, as employees and as entrepreneurs? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:: Mary Portas
Interviewed Guest:: Catherine Shuttleworth
Interviewed Guest:: Carol Kane
Interviewed Guest:: Angela Spindler
Interviewed Guest:: Kim Winser
Interviewed Guest:: Simmone Haywood
Interviewed Guest:: Kate Hardcastle
Reporter:: Siobhann Tighe
Producer:: Emma Wallace

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Woman's Hour

Civil partnerships for heterosexual couples, plus women and prison reform

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 28^th Jun 2018, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 28^th Jun 2018, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. Campaigning for heterosexual civil partnerships, plus prison reform for vulnerable women. Show more

Contributors

Producer:: Jenni Murray
Producer:: Emma Wallace
Interviewed Guest:: Rebecca Steinfeld
Interviewed Guest:: Kajal Odedra
Interviewed Guest:: Jean Corston
Interviewed Guest:: Roslyn Henry
Interviewed Guest:: Susannah Walker
Interviewed Guest:: Sue Elliott-Nicholls
Interviewed Guest:: Richard Shorter

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Woman's Hour

Shakira Martin, and embryo 'adoption' in the US

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Tue 2^nd May 2017, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Tue 2^nd May 2017, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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New NUS president Shakira Martin, the US couples donating and 'adopting' embryos, coaching women's sport and Sarah Schmidt on her debut novel about Lizzie Borden. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jane Garvey
Producer:: Emma Wallace
Interviewed Guest:: Shakira Martin
Interviewed Guest:: Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza
Interviewed Guest:: Lucy Frith
Interviewed Guest:: Danny Kerry
Interviewed Guest:: Chelsea Warr
Interviewed Guest:: Sarah Schmidt

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Woman's Hour

Groping, Egypt's Lost Queens, Anna Karenina

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 3^rd Sep 2014, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 3^rd Sep 2014, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Jenni Murray presents the female perspective, discussing groping in public places, Egypt's lost queens and a new translation of Anna Karenina. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:: Laura Bates
Interviewed Guest:: Rosamund Urwin
Interviewed Guest:: Carole Easton
Interviewed Guest:: Rosamund Bartlett
Interviewed Guest:: Joann Fletcher
Producer:: Emma Wallace

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Woman's Hour

Woman's Hour Takeover

Episode 4: Doreen Lawrence

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 1^st May 2014, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 1^st May 2014, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Doreen Lawrence guest edits and talks about the people who have inspired her, including Obama and Mandela. Raising the work aspirations of BME boys. Beverley Knight sings. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:: Doreen Lawrence
Presenter:: Jenni Murray
Producer:: Emma Wallace
Interviewed Guest:: Yacoub Khalaf
Interviewed Guest:: Bridgette York
Interviewed Guest:: Matthew Hancock
Interviewed Guest:: Lee Elliot
Interviewed Guest:: Beverley Knight

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Woman's Hour: Woman's Hour Takeover

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Woman's Hour

Championing women's football

Duration: 41 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 27^th Jan 2016, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Wed 27^th Jan 2016, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Jenni Murray talks to the FA's new head of women's football, Baroness Sue Campbell. Plus chronic fatigue in teenage girls, children and swearing, and women in Homer's Iliad. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Jenni Murray
Producer:: Emma Wallace
Interviewed Guest:: Sue Campbell
Interviewed Guest:: Esther Crawley
Interviewed Guest:: Laverne Antrobus
Interviewed Guest:: Hazel Davis
Interviewed Guest:: Emily Hauser

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