BBC Woman's Hour
@BBCWomansHour
Topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire 📻 @BBCRadio4 10am Mon-Fri, 4pm Sat or anytime on @bbcsounds 🎧 Presented by @itsanitarani and @bbcnuala
That’s a wrap! 👀 Our new Woman’s Hour presenter line-up has well and truly started 📻 Here are a few new photos of @bbcnuala & @itsanitarani to mark the milestone 🙌 Listen to Nuala on @bbcradio4 & @bbcsounds from Monday - Wednesday & Anita from Thursday - Saturday ⬇️
'We know early diagnosis through mammograms saves lives, so why stop at 70?' Labour peer Baroness @MargaretHodge was 80 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She's now calling for routine mammograms to be extended to women over 70.
'No one believed I was in labour' Black women in the UK face disproportionately high risks during pregnancy, childbirth & the postnatal period, according to a report by the community interest company Five X More. Five X More’s co-founder @TinukeAwe joined @bbcnuala ⬇️
Black women in the UK continue to face disproportionately high risks during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period, according to a report by the community interest company Five X More. @bbcnuala talks to Five X More’s co-founder, Tinuke, to discuss ⬇️

Coming up: Actor Harriet Webb, known for her role in Channel 4’s Bafta-winning series Big Boys, joins @bbcnuala in the studio! She’s returning to our screens with series two of Sky Original’s Mr Bigstuff, starring alongside Danny Dyer & the show’s creator Ryan Sampson 📺 ⬇️

Ever wondered what our Woman’s Hour presenters get up to?🎙️ Here’s a day in the life video of @itsanitarani as she gets ready to present the programme 💄💃🎙️ ⬇️
Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to overcome mitochondrial disease - a devastating hereditary medical condition. @itsanitarani talks to Kat Kitto, mother of a family affected by this, & Louise Hyslop, consultant embryologist ⬇️

As hit ITV crime drama, Karen Pirie returns for a second series show runner @MissEmerKenny joins @itsanitarani in the studio 📺 She’ll talk about writing & acting in the show, this time with the added juggle of a newborn 👩🍼⬇️

‘I love those neighbourhood WhatsApp groups’ 📲 Author @louise_candlish spoke to @itsanitarani about her new book, A Neighbour's Guide to Murder, & shared her thoughts on her own neighbourhood & the group chats 💬 Other messaging platforms are also available.
The Government has announced it will spend £53 million on a new programme to tackle domestic violence. Over the next four years the scheme will work with perpetrators in England & Wales to try to fix the causes of their abusing. Listen to @itsanitarani discuss from 10am ⬇️

Grammy award-winning jazz singer @SamaraJoy99, often described as ‘a legend in the making’, joins @itsanitarani in the studio! ✨ She tours internationally with her own band, headlines major festivals & now she’s making her debut at the BBC Proms 🎤 Listen from 10am ⬇️

Helena Bonham Carter: ‘It’s utterly terrifying’ 🎭🫢 Ahead of her new film Four Letters of Love, she tells @bbcnuala how she still feels pressure and fear ahead of a performance, and how the only solution is good preparation ⬇️
Actor Miranda Raison joins @bbcnuala to talk about her role of the Victorian actress, Ellen Terry in David Hare’s Grace Pervades at the Theatre Royal Bath 🎭 It tells the story of her relationship with Henry Irving, played by Ralph Fiennes, as icons of the Victorian stage 💫⬇️

‘I didn’t know there were other black female gamers like me’ 🎮 ❓What impact can gaming have on women’s lives? 👾🕹️ In our new series about women and gaming, Iesha, Adaobi and Deanne from @blackgirlgamers shared why gaming and finding community is so important to them ⬇️
Writer Holly Jackson @Hojay92Official has sold over 10 million young adult books & has now written her first crime thriller for adults, Not Quite Dead Yet📚 She joins @bbcnuala to discuss her new novel & writing the screenplay for series two of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder ✍️

❓ What impact can gaming have on women's lives? 🎮 In the second part of our new series diving deeper into the world of women and gaming, @bbcnuala headed out to meet some of the Black Girl Gamers members - Iesha, Adaobi & Deanne - to hear why gaming is so important to them ⬇️

‘I’m extremely proud that I played a small role in this very, very important story’ The full excavation of a mass grave of babies & young children at Tuam in Ireland is now underway. Journalist @AlisonMaryORE who broke the news to the world 10 years ago, joined @bbcnuala ⬇️
‘It made me feel delicious’ Helena Bonham Carter tells @BBCWomansHour why learning an Irish accent for Four Letters of Love was both joyful and terrifying. ☘️ Listen to the full interview on @bbcsounds - it's the Woman's Hour episode from 14 July ⬇️
Coming up: England’s top goal scorer Ellen White @ellsbells89 joins @bbcnuala along with the Vice-President of UEFA @LauraMcAllister to discuss the @Lionesses 6-1 win over Wales in the women’s Euros ⬇️
