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  1. 09/02/2012

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    What impact is the shortage of specialists in male infertility having on women?

  2. Women in Business

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    A special programme with the female entrepreneurs we've been following and their mentors.

  3. 07/02/2012

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    Can a child as young as eight suffer from anorexia nervosa? Plus author Clare Morrall.

  4. Miss Piggy, Sister Fa, Charles Dickens's Women

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    Miss Piggy, Charles Dickens, and women in architecture. Presented by Jane Garvey.

  5. Weekend Woman's Hour: Joanna Trollope; Toyah; Virginia Ironside

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    Joanna Trollope on army wives, Virginia Ironside on being 60 and Toyah on being a punk.

  6. The silent movie stars killed off by the talkies, the portrayal of single parents, personal transformation through tragedy

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    Killed by the Talkies; Single Parents; Transformation through Tragedy.

  7. Woman's Hour and cooking; Angela Carter; young people in custody

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    Should Woman's Hour do cooking? Diana Henry and Miranda Sawyer discuss. Angela Carter.

  8. 01/02/2012

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    What's the next big thing in the beauty industry? And why life begins at 60.

  9. Joanna Trollope

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    Why's our relationship to food so complicated? And Joanna Trollope on her latest book.

  10. Child protection; Marine le Pen; could a woman lead the BBC?

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    Will the next DG of the BBC be female? And child protection: how tough decisions are made.

  11. Ed Miliband - attractive to women voters?

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    How could Labour Party strategists sell Ed Miliband to women? And why is IVF so expensive?

  12. When to tell people you're pregnant, and female soldiers on film

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    When to tell people you're pregnant and female soldiers on film. Presented by Jenni Murray

  13. 26/01/2012

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    Friendships from cradle to grave: the chemistry of lasting friendship; what makes it tick?

  14. 25/01/2012

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    Why the NCT wants to reinvent itself, and is it time we Brits got rid of Miss and Mrs?

  15. Women and the Leveson Enquiry. Is IVF Overpriced? Alternatives to Prison for Female Offenders. Breast Awareness

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    Women in the media, overcharging for IVF. Presented by Jenni Murray.

  16. Sex on the agenda, Martha Reeves, Welfare Reform

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    Sex on the agenda - should you schedule it in your relationship? Presented by Jane Garvey.

  17. Weekend Woman's Hour

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    Available since Sat, 28 Jan 2012.

    Freemarket feminism, parenting the French way and pretty in pink for spring fashions.

  18. Orchids v Roses, Revenge and Julie Jones

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    Available since Fri, 27 Jan 2012.

    Intricate and exquisite - could the orchid ever usurp the rose in the nation's affections?

  19. 19/01/2012

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    Trouble brewing over the regulation of medical implants for Stress Urinary Incontinence.

  20. 18/01/2012

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    Does feminism change when it crosses party political lines? And novelist Ahdaf Soueif.

  21. 17/01/2012

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    The human cost of the crisis in social care; Anna Calvi sings; and how to wear pastels.

  22. Academy Schools, Muslim marriage, Hermione Lee

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    Parents on academy schools and Hermione Lee on Edith Wharton. Presented by Jane Garvey.

  23. Weekend Woman's Hour

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    Available since Sat, 21 Jan 2012.

    Should music videos have an age rating and is it natural to favour one child over another?

  24. Margaret Thatcher and the North, Finance and missing persons and Shirley Woodman

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    Margaret Thatcher and the North of England, plus the morality of the implant scandal.

  25. 12/01/2012

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    Faulty breast implants - who should foot the bill for their removal and replacement?

  26. 11/01/2012

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    Carey Mulligan on her latest film Shame, and how to cook the perfect steak.

  27. Women and alcohol; making a successful business from a market stall

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    Available since Tue, 17 Jan 2012.

    Hidden domestic violence among older people. Launching a business with a market stall.

  28. Parental Favouritism, Work-life Balance, Women in Business

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    Available since Mon, 16 Jan 2012.

    Sibling rivalry and parental preference. Presented by Jane Garvey.

  29. Meryl Streep, cosmetic fillers and grammar schools

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    Meryl Streep, costmetic fillers, grammar schools - highlights of the Woman's Hour week.

  30. Misogyny in football, Making the first move and Alice Wheeldon

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    Meryl Streep on how playing Margaret Thatcher helped change her view of the former PM.

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