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Radio 4 programme & podcast. Women’s voices & women’s lives. 10am Mon-Fri, 4pm Sat 📻 & on @bbcsounds 🎧 Presented by @itsanitarani and @bbcnuala
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‘It’s relevant, inspiring, a party of sorts, educational, topical... it never stands still’
Woman’s Hour is 80! 🙌
Since our very first episode in 1946, Woman’s Hour has reflected, challenged and championed the lives of women across Britain.
And as we celebrate this very exciting milestone today, we have some familiar faces here, who are fans of the programme, to share why, even 80 years on, it’s still so important.
And the celebrations are only beginning!
You can listen to our special 80th anniversary programme today - live from Glasgow Women’s Library - from 10am 🎧
We’ll be celebrating the rich history of our programme in front of a live audience. You won’t want to miss it.
And, as always, we’d love to hear from you - what does Woman’s Hour mean to you?
✍️ Why is it relevant to your life? 💭
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#bbcwomanshour #women #WHat80
06 Oct 2026
Do you want to hear the first ever words spoken on Woman’s Hour? 🎙️
On 7 October 1946, Woman’s Hour was broadcast by the BBC for the very first time.
The original audio recording was lost years ago, but a copy of the first script still survives in the BBC Written Archives in Reading.
As we count down to our 80th birthday on 7 October 2026, we asked Nuala McGovern @bbcnuala to bring those opening words back to life.
Listen to how it all began... 🎧
And join us on Wednesday 7 October from 10am on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds for a special 80th anniversary edition of Woman’s Hour, celebrating eight decades of conversation, the women who have shaped the programme, and the listeners who have been part of the story 🎉
💚 What should the next 80 years of Woman’s Hour sound like?
#WomansHour #WH80 #bbcwomanshour
05 Oct 2026
Some things look very different to 1946. Others might feel surprisingly familiar 👀
Here are a few snapshots from the Woman’s Hour archive as we approach our 80th birthday on 7 October! 🎂🎉📷
And don’t miss our very special anniversary programme on Wednesday 7 October at 10am on BBC R4 or BBC Sounds ✅🎧
How long have you been listening to Woman’s Hour, and do you have a favourite Woman’s Hour memory? We’d love to hear it💚
#wh80 #womanshour #bbcwomanshour
Top image: One of Woman’s Hour’s many previous presenters - Marjorie Anderson was the voice of Woman’s Hour between 1958 and 1972.
Bottom image: Anita Rani and Nuala McGovern – the current presenters of Woman’s Hour. Nuala presents Mondays-Wednesdays, Anita presents Thursdays-Saturdays.
Top image: The control cubicle in the Woman’s Hour studio, 1963.
Bottom image: The control cubicle in the Woman’s Hour studio, 2026.
Top image: BBC commentator T. Holland Bennett interviewing guests Deborah Kerr (film star), Elsie May Crump (housewife from Chorlton-cum-Hardy), and Margaret Bondfield (the first female cabinet minister). The three women formed a special listening panel to comment on the first Woman’s Hour programme, 1946.
Bottom image: Former Nobel Peace Prize recipient Malala Yousafzai joined Anita Rani on Woman’s Hour on 31 October 2025 to discuss her memoir, Finding My Way, and her campaigning for the rights of women and girls.
Top image: Secretaries in the office of a BBC Woman’s Hour producer in 1959 sorting through the large number of entries for a listener contest.
Bottom image: The Woman’s Hour production team 2026.
Top image: Pop-singer Helen Shapiro talks to presenter Jean Metcalfe in the series “The Clothes I’m wearing” - Woman’s Hour, 1962.
Bottom image: Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the centre of France’s largest rape trial, speaks to Nuala McGovern on Woman’s Hour in June 2026, following the publication of her memoir, A Hymn to Life.
How long have you been listening to Woman’s Hour, and do you have a favourite Woman’s Hour memory? We’d love to hear it 💚
29 Sep 2026
‘All of us have that voice inside. You should trust that voice and let it speak’💫
After growing up with a stutter, Lessons in Chemistry author Bonnie Garmus told @itsanitarani how she learnt to use her voice again, and how important it is to speak up.
@bonnie_garmus_author was on the programme to chat about her new book, Peck & Peck.
The theme for our 80th anniversary year is ‘Use Your Voice’ – and we want to hear from you. How do you feel about using your voice and speaking up?
We’d love to hear from you in the comments!
Listen to the full interview on @bbcsounds – it’s the Woman’s Hour episode from 30 October 🎧
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06 Nov 2026
How often do you put the needs of others before your own?🤔
That was a question we asked in the poll that Woman’s Hour commissioned to mark our 80th birthday last month 🎈
And one finding really stood out - over 90% of the 2,000 women surveyed reported putting others’ needs before their own at least sometimes, including nearly two thirds who say they do this often or always.
It’s not necessarily a bad thing to put others before yourself – but on today’s programme we considered the cost on an individual level. And to ask where that instinct comes from.
@itsanitarani discussed this with psychologist and author Dr Emma Hepburn @thepsychologymum writer, producer and activist @novareidofficial and Shani Orgad, who is Professor of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
In this clip, Dr Emma Hepburn explains some of the reasons why many women feel that they have to put others before themselves.
You can listen to the full discussion on @bbcsounds - it’s the Woman’s Hour episode from 5 November 🎧
Do you find that you put the needs of others before your own? What do you think is behind that?💭
05 Nov 2026
‘Becoming a mum reopened my grief... I felt really isolated’ 💔
Entering motherhood without the support of your own mum can bring a unique kind of grief.
Whether that’s due to bereavement, estrangement or illness, new research from the charity Motherless Mothers shows that one in three new mothers become a mum without the support of their own.
@officialclaremcdonnell was joined on Woman’s Hour by @kennedyframpton, who has two daughters and lost her own mother when she was 22, and Adina Belloli, psychotherapist and co-founder of @themotherlessmothersuk . Her mum died when she was six months old.
They told Clare about the impact this has had on them and why they want to raise awareness of this kind of loss.
You can listen to the full discussion on @bbcsounds - it’s the Woman’s Hour episode from 2 November 🎧
And if you’ve been affected by any of the topics discussed, you can find help and support on BBC’s Action Line website.
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#bbcwomanshour #grief #motherlessmothers #women @kennedyframpton
04 Nov 2026
‘There is no such thing as a perfect parent’
Ever told a small lie to your child to get them to do what you are asking? 👀
Clinical psychologist @drjaderedfern shares how your next white lie could be a good learning opportunity for you and your child.
She joins @katiethistleton and @guvnab on the latest episode of the CBeebies Parenting Download podcast, all about fibs, deception and how we can teach our children about lying, alongside The Traitors S4 winner @rachel.dufffy.
What’s the biggest white lie you’ve caught yourself telling your child? 👀💭 We’d love to hear more in the comments ✍️
#cbeebiesparentingdownload #parenting #whitelies
04 Nov 2026
‘I decided to take ownership of turning 60 by getting a tattoo’
Bestselling American author @jodipicoult joined @officialclaremcdonnell on Woman’s Hour on Tuesday and showed off her 60th birthday tattoo 💫
She told Clare why she got the pilcrow symbol (used to mark the start of a paragraph) inked onto her wrist, and how turning 60 made her feel.
Jodi is the author of titles such as My Sister’s Keeper, Small Great Things and Nineteen Minutes - and she’s sold more than 60 million copies worldwide. Her latest novel - her 30th!- is called Hollow Bones 📖
You can listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds - it’s the Woman’s Hour episode from 3 November 🎧
What’s the best way you’ve ever celebrated a milestone birthday?🎈
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03 Nov 2026
🎉 500,000 followers 🎉
Thank you from @itsanitarani, @bbcnuala and the WH team for helping us reach this milestone!
Woman’s Hour is for YOU. And our social media is a space for community, to share stories, learn from one another and connect.
Our programme covers lots of different topics and we LOVE seeing so many of you getting involved in these conversations and sharing when stories really resonate.
Share this page with anyone you think might enjoy it, and remember, if you have a story or a personal experience that you’d like to tell us about, you can send us a DM. We always like hearing from you 🥳
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03 Nov 2026
‘I just couldn’t believe it... It was an incredibly dark day’
The BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg joined @officialclaremcdonnell on Woman’s Hour today and spoke about what she’s called the worst day of her career – when she found out that MP Jo Cox had been murdered in 2016.
Laura reported on the story for BBC News – but received the news of Cox’s death while trying to travel back to London from Sheffield. She described the deep shock it caused for her personally, and across Westminster.
It’s a memory she’s written about in her new book, Pay Attention, which delves into her own experience over two decades of reporting on politicians up close – with insights into women in political life and her own safety as a political journalist.
@bbclaurak has spent the last two decades covering British politics. She was the BBC’s first female political editor between 2015 and 2022 and now presents the flagship political interview programme Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.
Listen back to the full interview on @bbcsounds - it’s the Woman’s Hour episode from 2 November 🎧
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#bbcwomanshour #jocox #laurakuenssberg #politics #women
02 Nov 2026
‘The world wouldn’t be so tragic right now if women were more in charge’ 👀
Lessons in Chemistry author Bonnie Garmus joined @itsanitarani in the Woman’s Hour studio on Friday and explained how she thinks women are still held back in society.
@bonnie_garmus_author became a global publishing phenomenon when her debut novel Lessons in Chemistry was published, at the age of 64, and it’s since sold around nine million copies and been turned into an Emmy-winning TV series.
Speaking on Woman’s Hour, Bonnie shared why she wanted to write the book, which is set in the 1950s and 60s but inspired by her own experience of sexism in the workplace, and how it feels knowing how much the story has gripped women across the globe.
Bonnie was on the programme to discuss her new book, Peck & Peck 📚
You can listen to the full interview on @bbcsounds – it’s the Woman’s Hour episode from 30 October 🎧
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#bbcwomanshour #bonniegarmus #lessonsinchemistry #women
31 Oct 2026
‘If your body is telling you, ‘Hey, I feel like a bit of this’, I would probably just go for it’
From pickles to cups of ice and cheeseburgers – what’s behind those peculiar pregnancy cravings many of us are so familiar with? 🤔
In the latest episode of the CBeebies Parenting Download podcast, @childrensdietician Lucy Upton and Michelin-trained chef and author Poppy O’Toole @poppy_cooks discussed all things food.
Whether you want support on eating during pregnancy, introducing babies to solid food, or you just want to know what causes pregnancy cravings – listen to the full episode on @bbcsounds now 🎧
Did you experience any interesting or unusual pregnancy cravings? Share them in the comments! ✍️
#cbeebiesparentingdownload #pregnancy #cravings #food @katiethistleton @guvnab
30 Oct 2026
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