#MeToo - the victories, the criticisms and the unintended consequences
The #MeToo movement exploded across social media and into the public consciousness in late 2017. In case you missed it, Me Too aimed to show the scale of harassment and sexual violence in society and ...
6 Jan 202142min
The Closure of Schools, Ghosted by Mum, Naked Walkers
We're in another lockdown. Schools are shut like last time. Only children of key workers and those who are vulnerable can go in. Listeners have already been in touch expressing their concerns. We wan...
5 Jan 202142min
Emma Barnett presents Woman's Hour with Imelda Staunton, Mel C, Jeremy Hunt and Richard Ratcliffe
Emma Barnett presents her first edition of Woman's Hour with music from Mel C, Imelda Staunton on her new role in The Crown and the latest on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from her husband Richard and th...
4 Jan 202140min
A farewell to Jane Garvey, Women on the moon, Ageing well
Holly Ridings is the first woman to be Nasa's chief flight director and is in charge of the Artemis programme - named after Apollo's twin sister - which will land the first woman and next man on the M...
2 Jan 202155min
Women and the Archers: how farming has changed, female scriptwriters, the role of gossip and future characters.
Woman's Hour celebrates the 70th anniversary of The Archers, looking at the female characters and storylines that have shaped the programme, presented by Felicity Finch (Ruth Archer). How have the rol...
1 Jan 202156min
Looking back on a momentous year & Jane Garvey's last programme
We look back at the end of a momentous year. Jane revisits listeners we spoke to during 2020, Sarah whose father died from Covid in April, Lizzie who gave birth alone to baby Bibi in May, Gillian who’...
31 Des 202041min
What's in a name?
What do our first names really say about us? More than you might think, according to Dr Jane Pilcher, Associate Professor at the University of Leicester. She claims that our names often reveal importa...
31 Des 202042min
Getting old
More and more of us are living longer but we don’t talk enough about what it means to be old, according to Consultant Geriatrician Dr Lucy Pollock. The author of ‘The Book about Getting Older’ tells u...
30 Des 202048min
