The Windrush generation, Jess Gillam, Waiving your right to anonymity
Windrush campaigner, Paulette Wilson’s brave decision to speak to Amelia Gentleman about the immigration issues she was facing with the Home Office was crucial in exposing the Windrush scandal. In her...
25 Sep 202046min
Alison Steadman, Mary McAleese, The Woman's Hour Power List 2020, Chutney.
The award-winning actor Alison Steadman joins Jenni to discuss her latest projects. ’23 Walks’ is a film telling a love story in later life, and ‘Life’ is a new BBC1 drama set in Manchester, and follo...
24 Sep 202045min
Women's football; Black women running for office in the US; Sue Miller's novel Monogamy
Why are the world’s best female footballers signing for English clubs? In the past few weeks some of the world’s best female footballers have signed for clubs in the Women’s Super League, highlightin...
23 Sep 202044min
The Woman's Hour Power List 2020, US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, Known Donation
Today we launch the Woman’s Hour Power List 2020 - Our Planet. We will be looking for 30 women based in the UK who are making a significant positive contribution to the environment or the sustainabili...
22 Sep 202048min
Shobna Gulati. British Touring Car driver Jade Edwards. Playground politics. Sarah Brown.
When actor Shobna Gulati’s mum was diagnosed with dementia in 2017, she was already spending the majority of her time caring for her. Their sometimes difficult relationship was tested to the limit, b...
21 Sep 202051min
Weekend Woman's Hour - The Feminisation of alcohol marketing, Nudity & Sculptor Bridget McCrum
How does the feminisation of alcohol work? We hear from Carol Emslie a Professor of substance use and misuse at the School of Health and Life Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University, Kate Baily a p...
19 Sep 202056min
Domestic Violence on EastEnders, Nudity, Wool
The domestic abuse story in EastEnders comes to a tragic end tonight. Chantelle is killed by her husband, Gray. We speak to the Head of Continuing Drama at BBC Studios, Kate Oates, and Sarah Davidge f...
18 Sep 202046min
Jacqueline Wilson, Women and Journalism, Pensions Campaign and Alcohol Marketing
Children’s author Jacqueline Wilson joins tells us about her new book Love Frankie about a teenager falling in love for the first time. Frankie lives with her two sisters and her recently divorced mum...
17 Sep 202045min
