Bette Midler; Women offenders; Losing contact with grandchildren

The Divine Bette Midler talks to Jane Garvey, plus new proposals to help women offenders.

• 58 mins

Backstage before a performance

We join folk musician Kate Rusby backstage as she prepares for her Christmas tour.

• 54 mins

June Mottershead; Maddy Prior

June Mottershead on Our Zoo. Maddy Prior. What is being done to get more women elected?

• 58 mins

Domestic Abuse, American Nuns, Special Guardianship

Including domestic abuse law, special guardianship and a report into US Catholic Nuns.

• 58 mins

Bette Midler, Women MPs, Anna Krien

Bette Midler, women MPs, families with transgender children, Maddy Prior on Steeleye Span.

• 58 mins

Monica Grady on Space Exploration; Cerys Matthews; Inequality in the Workplace

Monica Grady, professor of Planetary Sciences, on an important year for space exploration.

• 58 mins

Margaret Rope's Stained Glass; Betsy Tobin

Stained glass artist Margaret Rope, domestic abuse and young people, novelist Betsy Tobin.

• 58 mins

First women in the family to go to university

Jane Garvey meets two women who are the first in their families to go to university.

• 54 mins

Kirsty Young, Adil Ray and the Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin

Christmas special with Kirsty Young, Adil Ray and the Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin.

• 45 mins

Kirsty Young, Adil Ray and the Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin

Christmas special with Kirsty Young, Adil Ray and the Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin.

• 30 mins

Young men's attitudes to women; Plus-size exercise kit; Ellen White and the female charismatics

Young men's attitudes to women, plus-size exercise, and women who have founded religions.

• 45 mins

Woman's Hour Powerlist 2014 - Game Changers

Baroness Doreen Lawrence, Caitlin Moran, Francesca Martinez other WH Game Changers.

• 58 mins

Party Small Talk, Women and Slapstick, 2015 Fashion, Winning a Lotto Syndicate

How do you survive party chit-chat? Fashion trends for 2015, and women in slapstick.

• 45 mins

Judith Weir; Testament of Youth; #gamergate

Jane Garvey with Judith Weir, the first woman to be Master of the Queen's Music.

• 45 mins

British Queens; Millennium Development Goals; The General Election; Women's Sport

British queens, Angelina Jolie, millennium development goals, and women in the election.

• 54 mins

Friendship

Baroness Shirley Williams, Dawn O'Porter and Jane Plume join us to talk about friendship.

• 58 mins

Jane Hawking; Surrogacy; Same Clothes Every Day; Safe Houses for Over-45s

Jane Hawking, surrogacy, wearing the same clothes every day, safe houses for over-45s.

• 58 mins

Jane Hawking, Women's sport, Friendship pruning, Judith Weir

Jane Hawking and summer fashion. Presented by Jane Garvey.

• 58 mins

Can Choosing to Live with Less Make You Happier?

Dr Teresa Belton on her book Happier People, Healthier Planet.

• 58 mins

Equal Pay. Haydn Gwynne. Leading Women in Medicine.

Equal Pay Transparency Bill. Haydn Gwynne. Four leading women in medicine. Rachel Parsons.

• 58 mins

Dancer Michaela DePrince, Women's Magazines, New Screening Tests for Babies

Dancer Michaela DePrince, women's magazines and new screening tests for babies.

• 54 mins

Should Oldham Sign Ched Evans?

Should Oldham Athletic sign Ched Evans? What is it like to be an HIV-positive teenager?

• 58 mins

Goal of the Year, Cost of Childcare, Remarrying

Jenni Murray talks to Fifa goal of the year contender Stephanie Roche.

• 58 mins

Michaela DePrince; Gender Pay Gap

Michaela DePrince. The gender pay gap. Will women's magazines survive the digital age?

• 58 mins

This Girl Can, Nail Biting and Laura Doggett

A campaign to get women playing sport, nail biting, and is Denmark a happy place to live?

• 58 mins

Freedom of Expression and the Ban on the Burqa in France; Debbie Wiseman and the Score for Wolf Hall

Jane Garvey explores freedom of expression and the ban on the burqa in France.

• 58 mins

The Saudi women held for driving; Gender and careers after university

Jenni Murray presents an update on the Saudi women being held for driving.

• 54 mins

Reese Witherspoon and Cheryl Strayed

Jenni Murray presents. Reese Witherspoon and novelist Cheryl Strayed discuss Wild.

• 58 mins

Woman in Broadcasting, Illegal Sperm Donors, Anti-Semitism in the UK

Jenni Murray presents stories on illegal sperm donation and a study into older lesbians.

• 58 mins

Reese Witherspoon on her new film Wild

Reese Witherspoon talks about her new film Wild.

• 58 mins