Woman's Hour

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• The Lost Children of Tuam, Ashley James on incontinence, Kemistry

  October 5, 2026 · 57 min

  Monica Dolan is starring in a new film, The Lost Children of Tuam, co-produced by Liam Neeson. In it, she plays the extraordinary amateur historian, Catherine Corless, whose relentless pursuit of the truth helped to bring the story of…

• Weekend Woman's Hour: School uniforms in porn, The Farmer's Wife, 'Empty nesters'

  October 3, 2026 · 57 min

  A group of school children have set up a petition calling on the government to ban the use of school uniforms in porn. They say they want to abolish the sexualisation of children through the inappropriate use of school uniform. Kylie…

• Protests in Delhi, Retatrutide, The Farmer's Wife, Baby Loss

  October 2, 2026 · 58 min

  Multiple protests have been taking place in Delhi over the past week. Hundreds of women have come together in India's capital to protest against a series of sexual assaults - most recently the alleged gang-rape of a 17-year-old near Delhi…

• Cornell University rape investigation, Tributes to Esther Rantzen, Sunbeds

  October 1, 2026 · 57 min

  New York state prosecutors say they will reopen a criminal inquiry into the alleged rape of a woman at Cornell University in 2024. The woman, referred to in court documents as Jane Doe, alleges in her lawsuit that seven men from Cornell's…

• The Women's Art Collection at 40; school uniforms in porn; the history of widowhood

  September 30, 2026 · 57 min

  The Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced an end to the triple lock for the state pension from 2030, and it’s thought that women could be most affected by the proposed changes. Kylie Pentalow is joined by consumer finance expert Sarah…

• 'Empty nesters', Electronic tagging, Actor Lara Ricote

  September 29, 2026 · 58 min

  Many parents will have just experienced the departure of their children from the family home as they head for university, turning once-bustling households into so-called 'empty nests'. It can leave those left behind feeling unsettled and…

• Accessing medical records, South Africa killings, Working post retirement

  September 28, 2026 · 57 min

  Ten NHS staff have been removed from duty or suspended after accessing the medical records of three-year-old Noah Woods, without authorisation. A major search for Noah was carried out in the village of Brantham, Suffolk, after the child…

• Weekend Woman's Hour: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Domestic abuse survivor Lucy Godley and mum Sharon, Skye from Morcheeba

  September 26, 2026 · 27 min

  Hollywood star Catherine Zeta-Jones joined Nuala McGovern to talk about her new action thriller series, Kill Jackie and taking on one of her most formidable roles yet, not least because she's finally on screen speaking in a Welsh accent…