Highlights from the archive since 1946 - unexpected and delightful moments that are newly restored to the Woman’s Hour archive.
A classic interview from the Woman's Hour archive with author Erica Jong.
An Old-fashioned Girl: Eartha Kitt on her stage persona and relationships.
A celebration of Marguerite Patten; one of the earliest TV 'celebrity chefs’.
Sonali Deraniyagala on rebuilding her life after losing her family in the 2004 Tsunami.
Singer-songwriter Carly Simon on breast cancer, chemotherapy and her inner warrior woman.
Baroness Lee of Asheridge was a pioneering politician.
Dame Stella Rimington talks about her transition from spy to Director General of MI5.
Margaret Atwood explains why she wrote her dystopian classic 'The Handmaid's Tale'.
Vivienne Westwood on her influential fashion career and dealing with criticism.
Nancy Astor on being the first woman to take a seat in the House of Commons.
Marilyn French on her novel The Women’s Room and the power of female friendship.
Kim Phuc on the photo and napalm attack that made her the face of the Vietnam War.
Jung Chang discusses how her book, Wild Swans, has changed her life.
Champion tennis player, Billie Jean King talks about her fight for equality in tennis.
Doreen Lawrence talks about finally convicting two of murderers of her son Stephen.
Irene Khan explains why she thinks poverty should be classified as a human rights crisis.
Xinran on the untold stories of Chinese women forced to give up their daughters.
Beth Chatto special on her pioneering ecological approach to gardening.
Tanni Grey-Thompson talks about being a disabled parent.
Margaret Clifford talks about what it's like to work the night-shift on a bakery counter.
The Body Shop founder, Anita Roddick reveals how she’s an anti-capitalist protestor.
Betty Boothroyd on becoming the first Labour woman Deputy Speaker.
The miners’ wives talk about their experiences of the 1984-85 strikes.
Helen Bamber on the impact of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture.
