Rebecca Cheptegei's killing, Alison Lapper, Ellen Burstyn
The Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died, after being doused with petrol and set on fire. She is the third female athlete to be killed in Kenya in the past few years. To find out more abo...
6 Sep 202457min
Eluned Morgan, Female right-wing US campaigners, The history of understanding women's bodies
Eluned Morgan is the first woman in history to be first minister of Wales. She was appointed earlier this summer after her predecessor, Vaughan Gething, resigned. What does her appointment mean for wo...
5 Sep 202457min
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 interview with a woman who has received a payout from th...
4 Sep 202458min
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 as "inadequate". Ruth’s sister, Professor Julia Wa...
3 Sep 202457min
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 up in every area, and the Government says it will c...
2 Sep 202457min
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 Greece in a new light. Stage and film actor Janet McT...
31 Aug 202453min
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 started out as a record plugger in the music industry...
30 Aug 202452min
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 death prompted marches and strikes nationwide over ...
29 Aug 202457min
