Podcast Episodes

Breast implant rare cancer risk, Gemma Arterton, Nonna’s cookbook

We hear about the thousands of women suing the breast implant manufacturer Allergan over alleged links with a rare cancer. We have an exclusive inter…

1 year, 11 months ago

Ruth Perry's sister on Ofsted review, Paralympian medallists, Director Susanne Bier

Head teacher Ruth Perry took her own life in January last year whilst waiting for the publication of an Ofsted report she knew would grade her school…

1 year, 11 months ago

Ofsted, Carrie Coon and Elizabeth Olsen, 'Mum friends'

One or two-word Ofsted inspection grades for England's schools are being scrapped immediately. Early next year, school improvement teams will be set …

1 year, 11 months ago

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Kaos with Janet McTeer, Sisters Lina and Laviai Nielsen, India protests, Post Office Scandal

A new Netflix series, Kaos is a modern, darkly comic retelling of Greek mythology that will perhaps have you seeing the gender politics of ancient Gr…

1 year, 11 months ago

Nicki Chapman, Los Bitchos, Post Office Scandal

Nicki Chapman is well-known for presenting shows like Escape to the Country and Wanted Down Under and also a regular presenter on BBC Radio 2. She st…

2 years ago

Kaos with Janet McTeer, India protests, author Clare Chambers

Protests have been happening across India after a 31-year-old junior doctor was raped and murdered in a hospital in Kolkata earlier this month. Her …

2 years ago

Bel Powley and Susan Wokoma, Genre fiction: Spy novels and thrillers, Jenny Ryan

The Real Thing is a play within a play currently on stage at the Old Vic in London. It encourages the audience to question why we fall in love, what …

2 years ago

Paralympics preview, Master of King's Music Errollyn Wallen, Shifters

The Paris Paralympic Games begin tomorrow. Nuala is joined by Paralympian turned broadcaster Rachael Latham to talk us through the women we should be…

2 years ago

Sisters: A Woman’s Hour special

Whether you have a sister or not, it’s a relationship that has long fascinated us. In this special edition of Woman’s Hour, Nuala McGovern explores w…

2 years ago

Weekend Woman's Hour Listener Week: Van Life, Risky sports, Widows Fire, Pets as therapy, Tummies

Listener Week is when all the topics, interviews and discussions are chosen by YOU!

We hear from listener Siobhan Daniels. She wrote to us on Instagra…

2 years ago