Woman's Hour: Daily Podcasts

Director Adura Onashile, Grieving and Christmas Shopping, Maria Callas's Centenary

In Adura Onashile’s debut film, Girl, mother Grace and daughter Ama have recently arrived in Glasgow and have created a beautiful cocoon for themselves in a council block apartment. But Grace carries deep trauma from her past, and she finds it exceptionally difficult to watch her daughter go out into…

1 Dec 9AM 57 min

30/11/2023

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

30 Nov 7AM 59 min

British Gymnastics and safeguarding, Long-distance friendships, Myha’la, Hunters, Hockey kits

Last year's landmark Whyte Review into gymnastics detailed "systemic “issues of physical and emotional abuse between 2008 and 2020. Today British Gymnastics has for the first time has introduced safeguarding policies relating to weighing, hydration and academic education, which they say are designed to better protect the welfare of gymnasts,…

29 Nov 7AM 59 min

Parenting a child with a stammer, EHRC Chair Baroness Falkner, Ukrainian chess player Kamila Hryshchenko

Research by the charity Stamma shows that 8% of children will start stuttering at some point. Our listener Geri, a mother who’s son has a stammer, got in touch with Woman’s Hour and asked us to discuss the topic. Kirsten Howells from Stamma, Tiktokker Jessie Yendle and Geri join Claire…

28 Nov 8AM 1 hour

Dame Harriet Walter, Runner Eilish McColgan, Post-mastectomy bras

Award-winning actor Dame Harriet Walter is back on stage at the National Theatre in Federico Lorca’s newly-adapted The House of Bernada Alba. After a break of seven years playing assorted television roles including ‘difficult’ mothers in Succession and Ted Lasso, she’s back treading the boards and once again playing a…

27 Nov 7AM 59 min

Weekend Woman's Hour: Sharon Osbourne, Jodie Whittaker and Outgoing Chief Inspectorate of Ofsted, Amanda Spielman

For more than two decades, Sharon Osbourne has been a regular feature on our screens. She came to prominence while appearing with her husband Ozzy on The Osbournes - a reality television show on MTV, which followed the family's daily life. She later became a talent show judge on television…

25 Nov 11AM 57 min

Sharon Osbourne, Shani Dhanda, Nurses and their mental health

For more than two decades, Sharon Osbourne has been a regular feature on our screens. She came to prominence while appearing with her husband Ozzy on The Osbournes - a reality television show on MTV, which followed the family's daily life. She later became a talent show judge on television…

24 Nov 7AM 59 min

Jodie Whittaker, Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman

Actor Jodie Whittaker joins Woman’s Hour to talk about her role in a new Australian six part drama called One Night. Shot in New South Wales the story unfolds around three women from a coastal community whose reunion after many years apart is intensified by the publishing of a novel…

23 Nov 7AM 58 min

Deepfake pornography, Professor Yvonne Doyle – lessons from the pandemic, Pianist Chloe Flower

The Covid-19 inquiry continues with key scientists sharing their insights into the pandemic response. Someone who has already given their testimony is Professor Yvonne Doyle. Professor Doyle was the former Medical Director and Director of Health Protection for the now defunct Public Health England. She speaks to Emma about the…

22 Nov 6AM 55 min

Carry On films, Sonographer training

Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques and Joan Sims were some of the iconic women who starred in the Carry On films from the late 1950s onwards. From Carry on Camping to Carry on Doctor, the humour relied largely on innuendo, double entendre and slapstick comedy, with the women viewed as objects…

21 Nov 7AM 57 min

Angela Rippon, Jamie Bernstein on Maestro, Scorchio! The history of The Weather Girl

After being the latest celebrity contestant to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing at Blackpool’s Tower Ballroom, Angela Rippon tells Emma Barnett about forming a lifelong friendship with her 28-year-old dance partner Kai Waddington. At 79, she was the oldest competitor in the series and has wowed the judges and…

20 Nov 9AM 57 min

Weekend Woman's Hour: Dame Kelly Holmes, justice secretary Alex Chalk, history of eyeliner

Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes spoke publicly about her sexuality for the first time last year. Her new memoir, Unique, details how serving in the military in the late 1980s - when it was illegal to be gay in the military – was a major factor in contributing to her…

18 Nov 11AM 58 min

Life and work of photographer Tish Murtha, Sitcom Such Brave Girls, Finding your dress shape

Brave Girls is a new sitcom following a dysfunctional family made up of sisters Josie and Billie and their mum Deb. It’s a fictional show exploring trauma but it's a comedy in every sense of the word. Ahead of its release on BBC Three and iPlayer next Wednesday, Anita Rani…

17 Nov 7AM 57 min

The contraceptive pill, Dr Who actor Jemma Redgrave, The history of eyeliner

It’s Doctor Who’s 60th year and to celebrate, there will be three anniversary specials coming to your screens starting next week. Jemma Redgrave will be returning as Kate Stewart - Chief Scientific Officer at UNIT - the military organisation set up to investigate alien threats to earth. Jemma speaks to…

16 Nov 7AM 57 min

Justice, endometriosis, and Minnie the Minx

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk on plans for sentencing reform and what that will mean for women. An endometriosis charity has faced criticism for appointing a trans woman as CEO. Emma Barnett speaks to Steph Roberts, the CEO of Endometriosis South Coast, and Jodie Hughes, chair of the trustees who made…

15 Nov 6AM 57 min

Dame Kelly Holmes, India Supreme Court advocate Karuna Nundy, Debenhams picketers

Olympic Champion Dame Kelly Holmes spoke publicly about her sexuality for the first time in June last year. Her new memoir, Unique, details how serving in the military in the late eighties - when it was illegal to be gay in the military – was a major factor in contributing…

14 Nov 6AM 58 min

13/11/2023

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

13 Nov 7AM 58 min

Weekend Woman's Hour: Perinatal pelvic health, ‘Grey pound’ fashion, Jilly Cooper, Swearing, Hot flushes

The Government has announced £11 million in funding for the NHS in England to roll out a dedicated perinatal pelvic health service across all trusts. The aim of these new perinatal pelvic health services will be to help educate and assess women during pregnancy and after a traumatic birth –…

11 Nov 12PM 57 min

10/11/2023

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

10 Nov 6AM 57 min

09/11/2023

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.

9 Nov 6AM 58 min