Sandi Toksvig, Breast cancer study, Carrie Hope Fletcher
Writer, comic, theatrical impresario, TV host and weekend chainsaw wielder Sandi Toksvig joins Clare McDonnell to talk about Friends of Dorothy, her first adult novel in 12 years. When Stevie and Ambe...
16 Sep 202454min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Tracy-Ann Oberman, the SEND system, Sarah Owen MP
Tracy-Ann Oberman has reprised her role as Eastenders’ Chrissie Watts. She talks to Nuala about stepping back into this character after almost two decades, and her recent adaptation of Shakespeare’s T...
14 Sep 202456min
Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, Adoption breakdown, Visual artist Bharti Kher, Fawzia Mirza
The Chief Executive of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre has stepped down. It follows an independent review which found the centre failed to protect women-only spaces. It was commissioned by Rape Crisis Sc...
13 Sep 202456min
New chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee, Tracy Chevalier, France rape trial
The newly elected Chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee, Labour MP Sarah Owen, joins Anita Rani on the programme to discuss the remit of her new role and what she hopes to achieve. Tracy ...
12 Sep 202457min
Carol Vorderman, Film director Ellen Kuras, SEND provision for black and Asian minority ethnic families.
Beware the post-menopausal women who doesn’t give a damn, says 63-year-old TV presenter Carol Vorderman. Carol, a self-described ‘old bird with an iphone’ joins Nuala McGovern to discuss her new book...
11 Sep 202456min
Is the SEND system working for children with special educational needs and disabilities?
In a live edition from the BBC Radio Theatre in London, Woman's Hour examines how children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, or SEND, as it is called in England, are supported in school...
10 Sep 202456min
Andrew Tate investigation, Prisoners early release scheme, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Paralympics wrap up
Social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan are facing charges in Romania of human trafficking and organised crime. If found guilty, they could be jailed for more than 10 years. They s...
9 Sep 202457min
Weekend Woman's Hour: Breast implant rare cancer risk, Ellen Burstyn, Paralympian medallists
We hear about the thousands of women suing the breast implant manufacturer Allergan over alleged links with a rare cancer. We have an exclusive interview with a woman who has received a payout from th...
7 Sep 202456min
