Podcast Episodes
Back to Search7/7 attacks, Writer Bolu Babalola, SEND
It’s been 20 years since the 7/7 attacks in London, which claimed the lives of 52 civilians and injured almost 800. Krupa Padhy talks to Gill Hicks, who was on the Piccadilly line Tube that morning a…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Fiona Shaw, Gurinder Chadha, Women Footballers, Fashion Disrupter Amy Powney
Award-winning actor Fiona Shaw is best known for her roles in Killing Eve, Bad Sisters, Fleabag, True Detective: Night Country and even as Aunt Petunia in Harry Potter, among many other things. She’s…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
UEFA's VP Laura McAllister, playwright Beth Steel, film director Gurinder Chadha
Laura McAllister is the Vice-President of UEFA. During her own football career Laura was the captain of Wales' women's team, gaining 24 caps for her country. Wales have qualified for this year's Euro…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Crying, Fashion disruptor Amy Powney, NHS 10-Year Plan, Novelist Esther Freud
The image of the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, crying in Parliament yesterday was picked up by various media. After PMQs, Ms Reeves' spokesperson said she had been dealing with a "personal matter" and S…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Rachel Brosnahan, Jenny Evans, Annie MacManus on football
Lots of boys have grown up wanting to be Superman but perhaps you grew up wanting to be award-winning journalist Lois Lane? Actor Rachel Brosnahan is known for her Emmy-winning portrayal of Midge Mai…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Fiona Shaw, Prositution Law, Director Rebecca Frecknall
Award-winning actor Fiona Shaw has starred in Killing Eve, Bad Sisters, Fleabag, True Detective: Night Country, Echo Valley and even as Aunt Petunia in Harry Potter, among many other things. She’s wo…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Paternity Leave, Wimbledon, Sudan civil war, Women footballers
Introduced in 2003, statutory paternity leave, allows most new fathers and second parents in the UK to take up to two weeks off work. As a result, according to a new report from the Institute for Pol…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Weekend Woman’s Hour: SEND, Christiane Amanpour, Self Esteem, Return of the bullet bra
The Department for Education has just released the latest figures that show another rise in the number of Education, Health and Care Plans, or EHCPs, in England. These are the legal documents that ou…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Live from Glastonbury with Self Esteem and Jamz Supernova
Woman's Hour is live from Worthy Farm. Anita is joined by BBC 6 Music's Jamz Supernova, who talks through the women she's most excited to see perform this year and discuss the meteroic rise of Doechi…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
SEND, Kate Burton, Yehudis Fletcher
The Department for Education has just released the latest figures that show another rise in the number of Education, Health and Care Plans, or EHCPs, in England. These are the legal documents that ou…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago