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Woman's Hour

Woman's Hour

BBC Radio 4 · BBC

2,120 episodesEN

Show overview

Woman's Hour has been publishing since 2019, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 2,120 episodes. That works out to over 1900 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 54 min and 57 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 200 episodes already out so far this year. Published by BBC.

Episodes
2,120
Running
2019–2026 · 7y
Median length
57 min
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.Listen to our new series of conversations, The Woman's Hour Guide to Life, on BBC Sounds - your toolkit for the juggle, struggle and everything in between: www.bbc.co.uk/guidetolife

Author Louise Doughty, Scottish women offenders, Boxer Chantelle Cameron

Aug 24, 202657 min

GCSE resits, Hotel safety, Baby milk, Alisha Palmowski

Aug 21, 202657 min

Amelia Dimoldenberg, Vaping, Bigamy, Angel Blue

Aug 20, 202654 min

France's mass drugging case, Olympian Jade Jones, Air pollution research

Aug 19, 202657 min

Sex offenders and ID change, IVF Investigation, A History of Bandanas

Aug 18, 202657 min

Quadruple gold medallist Amy Hunt, Charlotte Church, Child maintenance, Comedian Lucy Porter

Aug 17, 202656 min

Weekend Woman's Hour: Women in Afghanistan, Composer Gabriela Ortiz, Tourette Syndrome

Aug 15, 202656 min

Girls in Afghanistan, Female entrepreneurs and life editing, Women’s cricket

Aug 14, 202657 min

Simon Levy verdict; the partition of India in fiction; mudlarking

Aug 13, 202657 min

Eclipse, China's fake brides, Female climbers, Dr Amanda Cole & Tourette syndrome

Aug 12, 202657 min

Composer Gabriela Ortiz, North Devon Maternity suspension, Children reading

Aug 11, 202655 min

Tamzin Outhwaite, 'Luteal Uglies', Kelly Latimer in space, Surrogacy laws in Europe

Aug 10, 202657 min

Weekend Woman’s Hour: Listener week - Elderly caring, women in boat building, dialects, functional skills in schools

Aug 8, 202656 min

Listener Week: Aftermath of domestic abuse, women's dialects, losing parents in your 30s, knickers

Aug 7, 202657 min

Listener Week: Functional Skills in Schools, How to Make a Podcast, Blushing, Being single

Aug 6, 202657 min

Listener Week: Lipoedema, Third Culture Kids, Sprinting, and the noises men make

Aug 5, 202657 min

Listener Week: Elderly care, Women boat builders, Midlife Jobs, Influencer Viv the Carer

Aug 4, 202658 min

Listener Week: Marriage & friends, Library cuts, NICU babies, Intergenerational friendships

Aug 3, 202656 min

Weekend Woman's Hour: Midwives, prenups, Egyptian warrior princesses

Aug 2, 202628 min

Autism & cervical screening, FIFA, The Kiss, The play Cleansed, Chess

Jul 31, 202657 min
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