Woman's Hour Episodes Episode guide
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Phone-in: Life transitions
What are the implications of leaving home? Listeners offer their experiences and advice.
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Pay equality and gender; Julie Summers on The Colonel of Tamarkan
What impact has the Cleveland Dinner Ladies case had on pay equality? Plus, Julie Summers.
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Life transitions; Designer Clarice Cliff
Do transitions such as moving home get easier to handle with age? Plus, Clarice Cliff.
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Novelist Rachel Cusk; Iranian women
Booker nominated Rachel Cusk on novel In the Fold. Plus, the Iranian women's movement.
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Women pilots; Composer Debbie Wiseman
Whay do so few women train as pilots? Plus, Debbie Wiseman on composing for action films.
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; Friendships after children
Examining Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Plus, keeping up with friends after children.
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Breast cancer drug Herceptin; Business loans
Campaigning for breast cancer drug Herceptin. Plus, women paying more for business loans.
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Parents with learning disabilities; Susan Nathan on Israel
The difficulties of parenting with learning disabilities. Plus, the other side of Isreal.
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The internet and violence against women; Female football commentators
Should sites showing violence against women be blocked? Plus, female football commentary.
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Curate and librettist Alice Goodman; Praising children
Alice Goodman, librettist of opera The Death of Klinghoffer on becoming a curate.
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Mo Mowlam tribute; Fostering in crisis
A tribute to politician Mo Mowlam. Plus, the fostering crisis and boarding schools.
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Helping young travellers stay safe; Hearing and gender
Marjorie Marks-Stuttle and Richard Stuttle on making travel safer for young people.
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Northern Ireland's 'disappeared'; Children's book museum Seven Stories
The search for Lisa Dorrian, victim of paramilitary murder in Ulster. Plus, Seven Stories.
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Child custody and the Hague Convention; Actor Gina McKee
The Hague Convention and international custody battles. Plus, actor Gina McKee.
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Women settlers in Gaza; Men without women
Young female settlers fighting withdrawral from Gaza. Plus, how men cope without women.
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Immigration detention centres; Young children and effective language development
The problems at immigration detention centres. Plus, young children and communication.
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Photographer Kate Bellis; Centenarian author Bertha Wood
Kate Bellis on photographing Northumberland. Plus, Bertha Wood on being published at 100.
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Countess Mountbatten; The sexual politics of housework
Countess Mountbatten on The Child Bereavement Trust. Plus, sexual politics of housework.
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After Caesarean section; Jane Austen's home
Having another baby after Caesarean birth. Plus, a look inside Jane Austen's home.
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Adults with dyslexia; Michael Howard on male breast cancer
Dealing with dyslexia as an adult. Plus, Michael Howard on his father's breast cancer.
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Teenage Girls; The perfect partner
What are the real issues facing teenage girls? Plus, the idea of the perfect partner.
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Helen Fielding on Bridget Jones; Breast cancer
Helen Fielding on reviving Bridget Jones. Plus, Baroness Delyth Morgan on breast cancer.
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Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I; Preschool care
The appeal of the feud between Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I. Plus, preschool problems.
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Children and medical consent; Actor Diana Quick
Discussing children's right to give or withhold medical consent. Plus, actor Diana Quick.
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Women in Iraq; Women and pain
Examining what Iraq's constitution will mean for women. Plus, how women feel pain.
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Teaching children to fail; Comic Jo Caulfield
How can children learn to deal with failure? Plus, Jo Caulfield on her career in comedy.
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Poet Anne Stevenson; Attitudes to pornography
Poet Anne Stevenson gives a rare interview. Plus, director Anna Span on attitudes to porn.
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Phone-in: Marriage
Does marriage matter? Listeners phone-in with their opinions and experiences.
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Conductor Marin Alsop; Female juvenile offenders
Conductor Marin Alsop on the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Plus, female young offenders.
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The erosion of marriage; Gifford's Circus
Is the institution of marriage being eroded? Plus, Nell Gifford on running her circus.
