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Episodes from Woman's Hour broadcast in 2011

December
  1. Jane Garvey celebrates remarkable women from 2011, including Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi.
  2. Presented by Jenni Murray. Tackling truancy and Whistle Down the Wind at 50.
  3. The year of the protestor; Elizabeth of York; Christie Watson; new year resolutions.
  4. The life of a shepherdess; jurors and distressing evidence; children's table manners.
  5. Jane Garvey presents the guests and subjects inspiring the most Twitter comment in 2011.
  6. Celebrating women in music. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  7. Rebecca Ferguson, North Korea update, Sports Personality Award: where are all the women?
  8. What's the appeal of living and working in the North and South Poles?
  9. Marriage and family stability, switched-off female voters, and celebrity fashion.
  10. Celebrating, informing and entertaining women. Presented by Jenni Murray.
  11. Sophie Dahl cooks the perfect bread and butter pudding; foster care; angels; play dates.
  12. Jane Garvey presents a phone-in about the first night with a new baby.
  13. Yotam Ottolenghi cooks the perfect baba ganoush. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  14. The case for free child care; How not to nag; The agony and ecstasy of the school play.
  15. Do sex offenders use the same language as lad's mags? Yotam Ottolenghi, Rana Jawad.
  16. What can parents do to help young people into work? Strictly Come Dancing dresses.
  17. Jenni Murray asks is exam reform needed; religious venues and civil partnership; bullying.
  18. The enduring appeal of The Snow Queen. Presented by Jenni Murray.
  19. Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  20. Francesca Annis takes on her first musical role for more than 40 years.
  21. French ban on prostitution? Music from Lotte Mullen, Sensible seasonal drinking?
  22. Angela Merkel the Iron Lady of Europe? HPV vaccine update. Feminism and the Media.
  23. Sue Lawley; women reporting Egypt; grandparents and childcare; Christmas windows.
  24. Christmas cooking phone-in with Mary Berry. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  25. Christmas knitwear, Haiti camps, Music from Larkin Poe, Siblings - the longest bond.
  26. Job sharing at senior level - can it work? Parenting and honesty about past indiscretions.
November
  1. Is today's industrial action 'a woman's strike', Christmas jumper fashion - scandi knits!
  2. Sibling relationships; Mary Barbour, Glasgow's WWI rights protester. With Jane Garvey.
  3. Ruby Wax, childcare costs, Anne Brontë, and rape in Haiti. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  4. Christian Louboutin; normalisation of lapdancing; the history of Madame Tussauds.
  5. Can restorative justice in schools help expel bad behaviour from the classroom?
  6. Christian Louboutin; History of Madame Tussauds; Child tax credit reform.
  7. Post Berlusconi: what now for women? Dame Felicity Lott, pregnancy and birth options.
  8. Giorgio Locatelli cooks the perfect pasta; defining female beauty. With Jane Garvey.
  9. Andrea Riseborough, silence in the classroom, women bishops. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  10. Diane Keaton, Sinead Cusack, Anita Dobson, Vancouver's Missing Women: Prostitute killer.
  11. Presented by Jenni Murray. Paternity fraud, Thanksgiving and girl choristers.
  12. The US band The Dum Dum Girls play live, does resolve weaken with age? Sinead Cusack.
  13. Imogen Stubbs on her latest theatre role - in Salt, Root and Roe. Presented by Jane Garvey
  14. Diane Keaton; fathers and maternity care; Alison Teale performs live; HPV vaccine & boys.
  15. Anita Dobson on her energy and enthusiasm for Strictly Come Dancing. With Jane Garvey.
  16. Jilly Cooper on marital happiness; Cook the Perfect Christmas Cake; Sue Tollefsen.
  17. Sue Tollefsen, who gave birth to her first child at 57, on late motherhood and IVF.
  18. Sarah Raven on wild flowers; giving patients a terminal diagnosis; Scottish Tory leader.
  19. Equality in the police. The history of unwearable shoes. Cook the perfect Christmas cake.
  20. The life and legacy of novelist Nancy Mitford. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  21. Cougar women; music from Anoushka Shankar; cook the perfect soda bread; female protesters.
  22. The changing role of the bedroom. Presented by Jenni Murray.
  23. Cook the Perfect Soda Bread with Dan Lepard; Women in protest movements; Arabian Nights.
  24. Joan Bakewell's new novel; are cougars liberated? IVF egg harvesting warning; saying no.
  25. Freedom Riders; women priests and Catholicism; post-adoption depression; Anoushka Shankar.
October
  1. Orchids - the history of this exotic house plant. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  2. Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  3. A new art exhibition explores the symbolism of lace.
  4. Stephanie Beacham; older women unware of their risk of breast cancer; Cristina Kirchner.
  5. Joely Richardson; can dyslexia be an advantage; improving child protection; and Eva Braun.
  6. The Queens we might have had - Matilda; Anna Chancellor; young adults with autism.
  7. Will Young performs and talks about his musical career. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  8. Cagney and Lacey star Sharon Gless, Cook the Perfect Pumpkin Soup with Heston Blumenthal.
  9. Presented by Sheila McClennon. Singer songwriter Sophie Barker live in studio.
  10. Actress Sharon Gless; parental rights in difficult economic times; the appeal of bridge?
  11. Tattoos - love 'em or loathe 'em? The judgement of mothers, Women and Pensions and MBAs.
  12. Clothes and grieving; stand-up Angie Le Mar; pianist Di Xiao; Kingwa Kamencu.
  13. Guests include Heston Blumenthal and Diana Athill. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  14. Cliff Richard, Katherine Jenkins, Adoption parties, Mixed race relationships phone in.
  15. Katherine Jenkins; Adoption parties, Obesity link to rise in osteoarthritis in women.
  16. A phone-in on mixed marriages. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  17. Cook the perfect coq au vin; treatment after miscarriage; Georgette Heyer; zero waste.
  18. Cliff Richard; postnatal depression; work-life balance running your own business.
  19. Cook the Perfect... Fish Pie. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  20. Presented by Sheila McClennon. Horrible Histories' Terry Deary on his mobile phone novel.
  21. The actress Olivia Colman on her new film Tyrannosaur, Deborah Bull, HIV Rates in women.
  22. Actress Kirsten Dunst on her new film; singer Janet Baker; Tories and female voters.
  23. Jane Garvey talks to George Alagiah; Liz Sidwell, Schools Commissioner; Lauren Child.
  24. How to Cook the Perfect..Fish Pie and why it's the ultimate comfort food. With Jane Garvey
  25. Highlights from the Woman's Hour week with Jane Garvey. Cook the Perfect choux pastry.
September
  1. Cook the perfect choux pastry; supporting victims' families; garden sharing; polygamy.
  2. Is there a need for new stalking laws? Author Stef Penney talks about her new book.
  3. Closure of the cold case archive; gastric bands in the under 25s; women and parking.
  4. Jane Garvey asks if fashion is bad for children; Kanya King; sexual attitudes in France.
  5. Harriet Harman on keeping a woman at the top of the Labour Party. Presented by Jane Garvey
  6. Cook the Perfect Quiche Lorraine, new sickle cell research, Patricia Routledge, Janis Ian.
  7. Children and Organ Donation; the Law on Cohabitation; Lullabies; Iron Age Women.
  8. Harris Tweed, sickle cell and maternal health, Allison Pearson on having it all.
  9. Male facial hair: love it or loathe it?; women in business - hiring and firing; Janis Ian.
  10. Jane Garvey presents. Cook the Perfect quiche; Patricia Routledge; fashion trends.
  11. How easy is it for women to make their way in motorsports racing? Jane Garvey presents.
  12. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Joan Collins, Theresa May, Urinary Incontinence, Jo Brand.
  13. Presented by Jenni Murray. Public Displays of Affection.
  14. Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall; urinary incontinence; poet Lavinia Greenlaw.
  15. Home Secretary Theresa May; zero waste household challenge; tomboys - pride or problem?
  16. Jo Brand; the first 3 years of a child's development; Cook the Perfect chicken noodle soup
  17. Joan Collins talks to Jane Garvey about masculinity, marriage and modern parenthood.
  18. PJ Harvey, Somali hostage couple Rachel and Paul Chandler, Cook the Perfect...Tarte Tatin.
  19. With Jenni Murray: Blake Morrison; thyroid cancer; penalising parents for truancy.
  20. Kids and food allergies, 9/11 survivor Vanessa Lawrence, women's fiction: outdated niche?
  21. Urban foraging, free schools, music from Ayanna Witter-Johnson, cuts to school buses.
  22. PJ Harvey; Ruth and Paul Chandler on being captured by Somali pirates; Ulrika Jonsson.
  23. Cook the Perfect...Tarte Tatin - how to make this classic dish. Presented by Jenni Murray.
  24. Eliza Manningham Buller, Sue Johnston, cuts to budgets for gifted and talented children.
  25. Presented by Jenni Murray. Celebrating 75 years of the children's classic 'Ballet Shoes'.
  26. Suzi Quatro on refusing to retire; Eliza Manningham-Buller; Byronic heroes; Sue Johnston.
August
  1. Jane Garvey presents a phone-in about the challenges facing stay-at-home dads.
  2. Discussing swimming with killer whales, women in Somalia and stay-at-home dads.
  3. Women in Aviation - a special programme for the Bank Holiday. Presented by Jenni Murray.
  4. As Anne Hathaway's new film One Day opens, how does a beautiful woman play a plain one?
  5. Women in South Sudan; GCSE results; Air Hostesses; the end of She magazine.
  6. Miriam O'Reilly on ageism in the public eye; Heather Brooke; Constance Briscoe; Jamelia.
  7. Can a pretty woman play a plain one? Women in Libya; Tammy Weis; why we talk differently.
  8. Cook the Perfect gazpacho; overweight babies; Hildegard of Bingen celebrated at the Proms.
  9. Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland; Esther Rantzen on being lonely; men in childcare.
  10. Audrey Tautou; Tara Fitzgerald; to camp or glamp? Effect of rising tuition fees on girls.
  11. Val McDermid; keeping things in a safe place; and women in early television.
  12. Victorians and the symbolism of flowers and actress Tara Fitzgerald on her new stage role.
  13. Baby bores: what to do when your friends go baby mad. Bad advice on A-Levels?
  14. Glamping versus camping; lost gardens of Heligan; Egyptian women campaigners.
  15. French actress Audrey Tautou, children with diabetes, family businesses, bigger feet.
  16. Root causes of riots, Randy Crawford, cook the perfect...ice cream, babies and salt.
  17. Loving weeds, threatened miscarriages and blue plaques. Presented by Jenni Murray.
  18. Riots: we look at the root causes of the violence and looting on England's streets.
  19. Cook the Perfect... Ice Cream, Randy Crawford, forced marriage update, Ruth Badger.
  20. A history of the beauty industry; ants - the ultimate matriarchal society? Margaret More.
  21. Becky Sharp: modern inspiration or despicable social climber? Presented by Jenni Murray.
  22. Eva Gabrielsson on her life with Stieg Larsson and other highlights of Woman's Hour.
  23. Presented by Jenni Murray. Lifeboat women; boredom; cyber-bullying; midwives for the soul.
  24. Breast cancer screening; urban beekeeping and fear of poetry. Presented by Jenni Murray.
  25. Eva Gabrielson, the partner of Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson, in interview.
  26. Why are conviction rates for FGM so low? Lynne Truss: her favourite Stella Gibbons books.
  27. The gardens at Wrest Park; three generations of a corner shop; and women in business.
July
  1. Post Millie Dowler - is the adversarial court system fair? Cook the perfect scone.
  2. Fabergé eggs; Belgium bans the veil; mother and daughter Olympians; cook the perfect scone
  3. Stella Rimington, former Director General of MI5; young teetotallers; fibroid treatments.
  4. The women building the Olympic Park; how to deal with a terrible boss; Elaine Sciolino.
  5. With Jenni Murray. Calls to relax China's one-child policy. Indian singer Aruna Sairam.
  6. Are women inconvenienced by a lack of public toilets? Presented by Jenni Murray.
  7. Taking other people's kids on holiday; a woman to head the Met Police? Women and Twitter.
  8. Presented by Jenni Murray. Sea shanties, social climbing and early birth control pioneers.
  9. A woman at the top of the Met? Long summer holidays - loss of learning? Author Amanda Coe.
  10. Taking other people's kids on holiday, cook the perfect... frosted carrot cake, Twitter.
  11. Treating varicose veins; director Katie Mitchell, protection from online porn.
  12. The writer of The Hour joins Jenni Murray to discuss her new TV drama.
  13. Frida Kahlo - her art and marriage; sleep deprivation with a new baby; and Christine Rice.
  14. Breast cancer gene, women's football, lending and borrowing money from friends and family.
  15. Mezzo soprano Christine Rice; summer pudding recipe; emotional teenage boys.
  16. Slut Walks - the male perspective; The Sun agony aunt Deidre Sanders.
  17. Presented by Jane Garvey. Surfing at 40 plus and family-friendly Parliament.
  18. Jane Garvey visits an exhibition of artists Frida Kahlo and husband Diego Rivera.
  19. Arianna Huffington; a 'right to know' for domestic violence victims; presents for teacher.
  20. Presented by Jenni Murray. The future for Egyptian women; embroidered graffiti.
  21. With Jenni Murray. Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi; how will Free schools select pupils?
  22. Tanya Byron on children and lying; Mylene Klass; the Kate Middleton effect on fashion.
  23. What today's report on how we fund social care in England might mean for women.
  24. Sexual grooming of children; the stigma of being ginger? Pancreatic cancer; snoring hell.
  25. Pocket money; pancreatic cancer; Alyth McCormack and Triona Marshall; crying babies.
June
  1. Is bickering healthy in a relationship? Child sex grooming, New Domestic Violence Orders.
  2. Is there still prejudice against red-heads? Trudie Styler; bullying within families.
  3. Jane Garvey talks about US presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann; singer Avery Sunshine.
  4. Playing to win: why competition in school sports can be good for children.
  5. Nancy Dell'Olio, Caitlin Moran, Emmy the Great, women and prison sentencing policy changes
  6. Presented by Jenni Murray. The making and marketing of perfume.
  7. Nancy Dell'Olio on turning 50, male circumcision, pensions update - the effect on women.
  8. Caitlin Moran, Birthing Buddy scheme, Women in Prison: Changes to sentencing? Washing.
  9. Presented by Jane Garvey. Are mixed football teams good for girls?
  10. Presented by Jane Garvey. Is crying in the office really a sign of weakness?
  11. Presented by Jane Garvey. Highlights from Woman's Hour. Including: Catherine Deneuve.
  12. Diagnosis of ADHD; families and emigration; artist Judy Chicago; flexible working.
  13. With Jenni Murray. Iconic French actress Catherine Deneuve on playing a trophy wife.
  14. Presented by Jenni Murray. Should twins be in the same class at school?
  15. Jane Garvey talks to Geraldine James on her new stage role.
  16. Presented by Jane Garvey. Dame Daphne Sheldrick on her work with baby elephants.
  17. Presented by Jane Garvey. Highlights from the week including music from Cerys Matthews.
  18. Presented by Jenni Murray. Alex Salmond talks about booze and bigotry in Scotland.
  19. Presented by Jenni Murray. Italian Vogue on 'Real Beauties' - is Size Zero over?
  20. Presented by Jenni Murray. Pamela Stephenson-Connolly on how our sex lives define us.
  21. Presented by Jane Garvey. Sarah Shourd on her 14 months in an Iranian jail.
  22. Presented by Jane Garvey. Illustrator and writer Shirley Hughes on 30 years of Alfie.
  23. Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  24. Should surrogacy laws be changed?; ultra running; Joyce Ridings; office politics.
  25. Presented by Jenni Murray. Slutwalk protest - can women always wear what they want?
  26. Presented by Jane Garvey. UK under attack from Tineola Bisselliella - the clothes moth!
May
  1. Celebrating, informing and entertaining women. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  2. Presented by Jane Garvey. Hairdressing: is it a good career choice?
  3. Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  4. Language barriers; the resurgence of the veil and Japanese gardens.
  5. Presented by Jenni Murray. Andrea Corr on her solo career.
  6. Presented by Jenni Murray. Why is science fiction still a male genre?
  7. The sexualisation of young girls - can government change attitudes? With Jane Garvey.
  8. Presented by Jane Garvey. Rory Bremner on how he discovered he had ADHD.
  9. Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Presented by Jane Garvey.
  10. Presented by Jenni Murray. Having a sweet tooth; madeleine biscuits; horses on towpaths.
  11. Presented by Jenni Murray. The artist Tracey Emin on the latest exhibition of her work.
  12. Presented by Jenni Murray. Jeffrey Archer on his latest novel, Only Time Will Tell.
  13. Presented by Jane Garvey. The future of work and the tyranny of gardening.
  14. Presented by Jane Garvey. Is justice influenced by the gender of our judiciary?
  15. Highlights from the Woman's Hour week presented by Jane Garvey.
  16. Presented by Jenni Murray. Super-injunctions and women; secret supper clubs.
  17. Jenni Murray talks to Kate McCann about the search for her daughter, and Rumer sings live.
  18. Presented by Jenni Murray. Town versus country: where's the best place to live?
  19. Jane Garvey presents. Restorative justice; Mad Men's designer; author Sofi Oksanen.
  20. Presented by Jane Garvey. Going West: women pioneers of 1840s America.
  21. Highlights from the Woman's Hour week presented by Jane Garvey: The Power of the Handbag.
  22. Politicians and the paternity bounce; Liverpool women; young drivers; Siobhan Parkinson.
  23. Presented by Jenni Murray. The handbag: a symbol of female power and style?
  24. Presented by Jane Garvey. The role of women in the uprising in Syria.
  25. Presented by Jane Garvey. The tyranny of children's parties.
  26. Presented by Jenni Murray. American fraternity culture; Nordic food; and The First Time.
April
  1. Presented by Jane Garvey. The experience of millions of women during the Second World War.
  2. Presented Jane Garvey. World War II and women; having an unpopular child.
  3. Presented by Jenni Murray. Virginia Woolf's home - now preserved by the National Trust.
  4. Presented by Jenni Murray. Andrew Morton's new book on the royal couple Kate and William.
  5. Presented by Jane Garvey. Taking kids out of school to go on holiday - is it ever okay?
  6. Presented by Jane Garvey. The troubled life of legendary singer Edith Piaf.
  7. Fathers and the CSA; Martha's memories; childbirth anaesthesia; the politics of tea-making
  8. Presented by Jenni Murray. Including Lycra - the fibre that emancipated women?
  9. Presented by Jenni Murray. Victorian lady travellers.
  10. Presented by Jane Garvey. Continuing in our series Cook the Perfect... Brownies.
  11. With Jane Garvey. The secret letters that shed new light on the life of singer Edith Piaf.
  12. Highlights from the Woman's Hour week. Presented by Jenni Murray.
  13. Jenni Murray presents. A Muslim Miss Universe GB? Women on Fleet Street; new play 5 @ 50.
  14. With Jenni Murray. Including Cat Deeley on So You Think You Can Dance.
  15. With Jenni Murray. Including the actress and singer Michelle Gayle.
  16. With Jenni Murray. Including Celia Imrie on her autobiography The Happy Hoofer.
  17. Jenni Murray presents. Including maternity services - are super units the way forward?
  18. Jane Garvey presents highlights from the Woman's Hour week.
  19. Sofie Grabol; elections in Saudi Arabia; women and cycling; testosterone deficiency in men
  20. Jane Garvey presents. The working women in Germany who are tagged as Raven Mothers.
  21. Presented by Jane Garvey. Featuring singer Mary Byrne from The X-Factor.
  22. Presented by Jane Garvey. Including what's going on in the middle-aged brain.
  23. Presented by Jane Garvey. How to cook the perfect simnel cake, with Mary Berry.
  24. Jane Garvey presents. Women in business standing out from the crowd.
  25. Presented by Jenni Murray. Matching accessories; Michelle Mone; the Duchess of Windsor.
March
  1. Jenni Murray presents. Women in business - how to stand out from the competition.
  2. Jenni Murray presents. The special relationship between mothers and sons.
  3. With Jane Garvey. Does primary school class size make a difference to a child's chances?
  4. With Jane Garvey. Including the implications of the new French law banning face veils.
  5. Jane Garvey presents. Anne-Marie Duff on going from Shameless to posh in a new stage role.
  6. With Jenni Murray. Leonora Rustamova; house swap holidays; pop crushes; poet Eavan Boland.
  7. Presented by Jenni Murray. Including Anne-Marie Duff on her new play, Cause Celebre.
  8. With Jenni Murray. Including DH Lawrence's depiction of women.
  9. Presented by Jane Garvey. What future careers are there for girls in science and IT?
  10. Presented by Jane Garvey. Is the kitchen now the most important room in the house?
  11. Jane Garvey presents. Love letters: to be treasured or thrown away?
  12. Presented by Jenni Murray. Celebrating, informing and entertaining women.
  13. Jenni Murray presents. Love letters: to be treasured or reluctantly thrown into the bin?
  14. Presented by Jenni Murray. Shirley Williams on Coalition plans for NHS reform.
  15. With Jane Garvey. Including legendary American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater.
  16. Presented by Jane Garvey. The 70th anniversary of polyester.
  17. With Jane Garvey. Sienna Miller on her life and new stage role.
  18. Jenni Murray presents from London's Women of the World festival. Kate Nash sings live.
  19. With Jenni Murray. Including actor Olivia Williams on her new West End play.
  20. With Jenni Murray. Foot and Mouth revisited; networking; horror films; the Storey sisters.
  21. With Jane Garvey. Including Sienna Miller on her new play 'Flare Path'.
  22. With Jane Garvey. An exhibition of Barbara Everard's work at the RHS London Orchid Show.
  23. Jane Garvey presents: Sarah Brown, women QCs and Jacqui Smith on pornography.
  24. Jenni Murray presents. Maxine Peake; women at the Bar; Keeping Friends.
  25. Jenni Murray talks to Sarah Brown about life 'Behind the Black Door'.
  26. Jenni Murray is joined by former MP and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.
  27. Presented by Jane Garvey. Including businesswoman Daniella Genas and her mentor Gita Patel
February
  1. Jane Garvey asks how do we stop the next generation of women from hating their bodies?
  2. Jenni Murray on plans to issue new guidelines for prosecutors in rape cases.
  3. Jenni Murray presents. Epidurals, early astronomer Caroline Herschel and June Tabor sings.
  4. With Jenni Murray. Getting more women onto boards - what chances have been missed?
  5. Jenni Murray is joined by Spooks and Outcast star Hermione Norris.
  6. New guidelines for judges to ensure women are not withdrawing claims of rape under duress.
  7. Presented by Jenni Murray. Including Women and Westerns - from homemakers to gunslingers.
  8. Presented by Jane Garvey. 60s legend Marianne Faithfull on high heels and that voice.
  9. Jenni Murray presents: Pets on the bed - wrong or right? Plus, the modern bridesmaid.
  10. Presented by Jenni Murray. The inspiration of prohibition-era fashion.
  11. Jenni Murray presents: Singer Marianne Faithfull on life and her new music.
  12. Why the women of Italy want the Prime Minister to step down.
  13. Jane Garvey presents. Anna Nicole Smith the Opera - a modern day morality tale for women?
  14. Presented by Jane Garvey. Launch of our Women in Business series.
  15. Presented by Jenni Murray: The alarming use of drugs to treat problem children.
  16. Jenni Murray presents a phone-in programme about Women in Business.
  17. Jenni Murray presents. The launch of Women in Business 2011.
  18. Jane Garvey presents. Women and their fascinating relationship with shoes.
  19. Jane Garvey presents. Author Daisy Waugh on silent screen idol Rudolph Valentino.
  20. Jane Garvey presents: Celebrating, informing and entertaining women.
  21. Presented by Jenni Murray. Bread and Butter Pudding; Sex Diaries.
  22. Presented by Jenni Murray. Allison Pearson on writing, Hollywood and depression.
  23. Presented by Jenni Murray. Fenella Fielding - her life and latest role as Nancy Mitford.
  24. Presented by Jane Garvey. Political unrest in the Middle East: the implications for women.
January
  1. Presented by Jane Garvey. Ken Hom on some of his favourite recipes.
  2. Presented by Jane Garvey. From the Big Apple to Britain: the bite of the bedbug.
  3. With Jenni Murray. What time should children be tucked up in bed?
  4. With Jenni Murray. Including women playing male Shakespearean roles.
  5. With Jenni Murray. The sexism row in football.
  6. Presented by Jane Garvey. How will family finances change as new benefits are introduced?
  7. With Jane Garvey. Bedbugs - are they on the rise in the UK?
  8. Presented by Jane Garvey. The tyranny of clothes sizes - why do they vary so much?
  9. Presented by Jenni Murray. Street dancing, book of the week and Gorbachev's granddaughter.
  10. Presented by Jenni Murray. Including why do British clothing sizes vary so much?
  11. Presented by Jenni Murray. Including actor Ruth Jones on her portrayal of Hattie Jacques.
  12. Presented by Jane Garvey. Including singer Barbara Dickson on her new album and tour.
  13. Presented by Jane Garvey. Including singer Wanda Jackson, the 'First Lady of Rockabilly'.
  14. With Jane Garvey. Including Carmen's enduring appeal and how often should you wash sheets?
  15. Presented by Jenni Murray. Including the enduring role of Carmen.
  16. With Jenni Murray. Including the Alcott family's obsession with a naturalistic cult.
  17. Presented by Jenni Murray. Including Marine Le Pen's role in French politics.
  18. With Jenni Murray. Including Dale Templar on the new BBC One series The Human Planet.
  19. Presented by Jane Garvey. How often should you change your bedsheets?
  20. Presented by Jane Garvey. The Victorians and their fascination with murder.
  21. With Sheila McClennon - Typing v Handwriting and how to keep up your resolve to exercise.
  22. Presented by Jenni Murray. Listeners phone-in with their experiences of dieting.
  23. Jenni Murray presents: Dieting Special.
  24. Presented by Jane Garvey. Including the Victorians' fascination with murder.
  25. Jane Garvey presents. Gardener's World's Carol Klein on 'Life in a Cottage Garden'.
  26. Jane Garvey celebrates inspirational women who appeared on the programme in 2010.

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