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A woman as head of the Met Police? Too important for school run?

A woman at the top of the Met? Long summer holidays - loss of learning? Author Amanda Coe.

• 45 mins

Sea Shanties, Social Climbing and Birth Control

Presented by Jenni Murray. Sea shanties, social climbing and early birth control pioneers.

• 45 mins

Cook the Perfect... Carrot Cake, Varicose Vein Treatments

Taking other people's kids on holiday; a woman to head the Met Police? Women and Twitter.

• 60 mins

Rape Trials, Nawal El Saadawi, Women and Public Toilets

Are women inconvenienced by a lack of public toilets? Presented by Jenni Murray.

• 45 mins

China's one-child policy; Aruna Sairam; holiday packing; language in the boardroom

With Jenni Murray. Calls to relax China's one-child policy. Indian singer Aruna Sairam.

• 45 mins

27/07/2011

The women building the Olympic Park; how to deal with a terrible boss; Elaine Sciolino.

• 45 mins

Stella Rimington; Young Teetotallers; Fighting Fibroids

Stella Rimington, former Director General of MI5; young teetotallers; fibroid treatments.

• 45 mins

Faberge Eggs, Mother and Daughter Olympians, Cook the Perfect Scone

Faberg茅 eggs; Belgium bans the veil; mother and daughter Olympians; cook the perfect scone

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Post Millie Dowler: Rape and sexual assault trials failing victims?

Post Millie Dowler - is the adversarial court system fair? Cook the perfect scone.

• 60 mins

01/08/2011

The gardens at Wrest Park; three generations of a corner shop; and women in business.

• 45 mins

FGM; Kathryn Tickell; Stella Gibbons

Why are conviction rates for FGM so low? Lynne Truss: her favourite Stella Gibbons books.

• 45 mins

Eva Gabrielsson; living wills; women playwrights; 60 at 60

Eva Gabrielson, the partner of Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson, in interview.

• 45 mins

Breast cancer screening; urban bees; fear of poetry

Breast cancer screening; urban beekeeping and fear of poetry. Presented by Jenni Murray.

• 45 mins

Cyber-bullying, Women of the RNLI, Soul Midwives and Boredom

Presented by Jenni Murray. Lifeboat women; boredom; cyber-bullying; midwives for the soul.

• 45 mins

Eva Gabrielsson; Yasmeen Khan; Kathryn Tickell

Eva Gabrielsson on her life with Stieg Larsson and other highlights of Woman's Hour.

• 60 mins

Female unemployment; babies and salt; Becky Sharp; jockey Hayley Turner

Becky Sharp: modern inspiration or despicable social climber? Presented by Jenni Murray.

• 45 mins

The beauty industry; ants; Margaret More; khat

A history of the beauty industry; ants - the ultimate matriarchal society? Margaret More.

• 45 mins

Randy Crawford, Cook the Perfect... Ice Cream, Forced Marriage

Cook the Perfect... Ice Cream, Randy Crawford, forced marriage update, Ruth Badger.

• 45 mins

11/08/2011

Riots: we look at the root causes of the violence and looting on England's streets.

• 45 mins

Garden Weeds, Blue Plaques and the 9-Year-Old Cook

Loving weeds, threatened miscarriages and blue plaques. Presented by Jenni Murray.

• 45 mins

Cook the Perfect...Ice cream, Randy Crawford

Root causes of riots, Randy Crawford, cook the perfect...ice cream, babies and salt.

• 60 mins

French actor Audrey Tautou, Big Feet, Family Businesses

French actress Audrey Tautou, children with diabetes, family businesses, bigger feet.

• 45 mins

Camping; Women in Egypt; the End of Antibiotics?

Glamping versus camping; lost gardens of Heligan; Egyptian women campaigners.

• 45 mins

Baby bores and advice on A-level options

Baby bores: what to do when your friends go baby mad. Bad advice on A-Levels?

• 45 mins

Tuition fee rises and women, Actress Tara Fitzgerald

Victorians and the symbolism of flowers and actress Tara Fitzgerald on her new stage role.

• 45 mins

Val McDermid; Online Teacher Abuse; Women and Television

Val McDermid; keeping things in a safe place; and women in early television.

• 45 mins

Audrey Tautou, Tara Fitzgerald, Camping or Glamping?

Audrey Tautou; Tara Fitzgerald; to camp or glamp? Effect of rising tuition fees on girls.

• 60 mins

Esther Rantzen on loneliness, Tracie Bennett on Judy Garland

Tracie Bennett as Judy Garland; Esther Rantzen on being lonely; men in childcare.

• 45 mins

Cook the Perfect Gazpacho; Overweight Babies; Hildegard of Bingen

Cook the Perfect gazpacho; overweight babies; Hildegard of Bingen celebrated at the Proms.

• 45 mins

Women in Libya; Tammy Weis; Why We Talk Differently

Can a pretty woman play a plain one? Women in Libya; Tammy Weis; why we talk differently.

• 45 mins