Carol Klein is a gardener, broadcaster and longtime contributor to BBC Gardeners’ World. She is a six time Chelsea Flower Show gold medal winner, a certified RHS Horticultural Hero and was awarded the RHS Victoria Medal of Honour. Born in 1945 in Lancashire, Carol was the eldest of three children and her love of gardening was evident when she used …

Sir Gregory Doran is the former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He spent a total of thirty five years with the RSC directing fifty productions in the UK and abroad. He’s been called “one of the great Shakespeareans of his age” and has won multiple awards for his work. Born in 1958, Greg was brought up near Preston and played a n…

Norma Percy is a documentary film-maker. She has been making programmes for over three decades and her productions have featured a range of political leaders from Tony Blair and Bill Clinton to Mikhail Gorbachev and Slobodan Milošević. Her film-making method, which she developed alongside her colleague Brian Lapping, tells the stories of our times …

Lord Alf Dubs is a Labour peer and former MP. He came to the UK from Prague in 1939 on one of the Kindertransport trains organised by Sir Nicholas Winton which rescued mostly Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Alf was born in Prague in 1932. His father was from a Jewish background and was brought up in what was then Northern Bohemia…

Professor Lucy Easthope is an adviser on disaster recovery and planning. She’s an expert in planning for and reacting to major incidents: natural disaster, terrorist attacks, pandemics and fires, and is the visiting Professor of Mass Fatalities and Pandemics at the University of Bath. Born in Merseyside in 1978, Lucy cites the impact of watching th…

Hey besties! We are back with another WILD ep of IAGT! This week, we had the gorgeous Bambino Becky as our 2nd ever guest and she did not hold back! We find out all about Ebony and Becky dating the same guy, their crazy past together, and hear from you guys about more of your wild wanker stories! Safe to say this ep is FULL of surprises...the gift …

Romesh Ranganathan is a comedian and BAFTA-winning broadcaster who has been a fixture on British television screens for the past decade. In addition to his TV shows and stand-up tours he presents the Weakest Link on BBC One, Radio Two’s Saturday morning show and another weekly Radio Two programme in which he shares his passion for hip hop music. Ro…

Abdulrazak Gurnah is emeritus Professor of Post-Colonial Literatures at the University of Kent and the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Literature. Born in Zanzibar in 1948, the second of six children, Abdulrazak grew up in the dying days of the island’s status as a British protectorate before independence was declared in 1963. The revolution which follo…

Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu is Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at University College London and President of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. She has devoted her career to harnessing the potential of nanoparticles – which are less than a thousandth of the width of a human hair - to take medicines to hard-to-reach areas of the bod…

Hey besties! Buckle up because this week is chaotic 🤪. Ebony might be meeting THE Tom & Danny from McFly...yes, actual McFly. Our 13-year-old selves are screaming! Meanwhile, Lucie’s off living her best 5-star life in Chicago (and Ebony is very tempted to crash it). You also sent us some seriously iconic ‘Rate the Wanker’ stories, from lads who van…

Actor Danny Dyer became a household name when he joined the cast of EastEnders as Mick Carter, landlord of the Queen Victoria pub. He recently stole the show from some stiff competition playing Freddie Jones in the television adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel Rivals which won him a Royal Television Society Award for Best Supporting Actor. Danny wa…

Hey besties! This week we’re shimmying our way into confidence, sass, and full-blown main character energy with our first ever guest, the fabulous Miss Dee Dee Cerise 💋! She’s a burlesque babe, queen of the alter ego, and your new hype woman. We chat female empowerment, stepping into your sexy side, and why everyone needs an inner diva with a fabul…

Hey bestiessss, this one’s an absolute mess (in the best way). We kick things off with a chaotic game of 'Soundiculous' where we make the weirdest noises imaginable and try to guess WTF the other is doing - spoiler: we’re not good at it. Then, we dive into a wild AITA from a listener whose mother-in-law wants her to change her wedding date to fit h…

Lindsey Hilsum is a multi-award-winning journalist who has been a foreign correspondent for the past four decades. She has been Channel 4’s international editor for the past 22 years and has reported on every continent except Antarctica. After studying French and Spanish at University, she worked as an aid worker in Mexico and Kenya before becoming…

Donna Ockenden is a former clinical midwife who led the Ockenden Review which revealed, at the time, the biggest maternity scandal in NHS history. Published in 2022, the review highlighted serious failings in maternity care at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust which contributed to the deaths of more than 200 babies and nine mothers. Don…

Hey besties! In this week's ep, we play a classic game of We Listen and We Don’t Judge, but some of these confessions had us clutching our pearls 👀. From chaotic boy drama (like giving the wrong guy a blow job), to office quickies (yep, someone shagged their colleague AT WORK), and even accidentally giving your new lover your boyfriend’s number 😱, …

Professor Carl Jones is a conservation biologist who is best known for saving the Mauritius kestrel from extinction. He is the scientific director of Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, chief scientist at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and an honorary professor in ecology and conservation biology at the University of East Anglia. He was born in Car…

Cyndi Lauper is a multi-award winning singer and songwriter. She has sold more than fifty million records, won an Emmy for acting and her musical Kinky Boots earned her a Tony and an Oliver award. Born in 1953, Cyndi grew up in a blue collar neighbourhood in New York. Her mother loved music and art and took her children to free exhibitions in New Y…

Hey bestiessss! 💅✨ We’re back with another chaotic episode, and this one is a wild ride! We’re playing 'Which Wanker', where we spill scandalous stories about our exes and try to guess who’s who 👀. Then, we dive into some truly horrific hair removal fails (spoiler: pain was felt), plus your fuck-ups of the fortnight that had us SCREAMING. Ebony spi…

William Boyd is the author of eighteen novels, five short story collections and numerous screenplays. His first published novel, A Good Man in Africa, was inspired by his childhood in West Africa. He is well known for writing ‘whole life’ novels including Any Human Heart which he adapted as a BAFTA-winning television series. He was born in Accra in…

Sir Jony Ive is a designer who is best known for his pioneering work at Apple alongside his friend and colleague, the late Steve Jobs. Jony’s creative vision is behind some of the company’s seminal products which have transformed the way we live today including phones, music players and watches. He was born in Chingford in east London and loved dra…

Wilhelmina – Mina – Smallman is an activist who campaigns for the safety of women and girls and police reform. She is a former teacher and priest who was the first woman of colour to be an archdeacon in the Church of England. In 2020 her daughters Bibaa and Nicole were murdered as they celebrated Bibaa’s 46th birthday in Fryent Country Park. It lat…

Hey besties! In this episode, we’re sharing our most recent f*ck-ups...Lucie’s henna disaster and Ebony’s new Mum friend fail 🫣. We also scream at some of the lies you’ve told and had to keep up for way too long, like pretending to speak another language, faking finishing uni, and baking cakes that weren’t technically baked by you 🎂. Join for the c…

Stephen Mangan is an award winning actor who is also a presenter and writer. His prolific career includes comedic roles in TV hits Green Wing; Episodes and Adrian Mole. He also plays the much loved Nathan in BBC drama The Split and has appeared in many award winning theatre productions in the UK and on Broadway. Born in London to Irish immigrant pa…

Nemone Lethbridge is a barrister who was called to the bar in 1956. One of very few female barristers working at the time, she encountered misogyny and was one of the trailblazers for women working in the legal profession who followed behind her.At her first Chambers, she wasn’t allowed to share a toilet with her male colleagues and had to use the …

Hi besties, we’re back—with a brand-new studio and a whole new batch of NEXT-LEVEL ICKS! 🤢 From unexpected bathroom horror stories to cold, wet lips (ew) and the ultimate crime...baby voices - this episode is pure chaos. Oh, and Ebony blessed us with not one, but TWO major f*ck ups. Let us know what you think of the new setup, and get ready to laug…

Nick Cave is a singer and writer who, with his band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, has released emotionally intense and provocative music since the mid-Eighties. He is also a novelist, composer and has written film scripts and soundtracks along with his writing partner and Bad Seed Warren Ellis. Nick grew up in Wangaratta, Australia the third of four…

Harriet Wistrich is one of the country’s most prominent human rights lawyers. In 2016 she founded the Centre for Women’s Justice and over the course of her career, she has won landmark victories in very difficult legal cases. She has helped women imprisoned after killing their abusers regain their freedom. She’s also represented women seeking justi…

Besties, we’re back with another chaotic episode! 🎉 This time, we’re playing ‘Most Likely To’—answeringyour juicy questions! 👀 We spill all the tea on Ebony’s past ‘crimes’ (oops 😳), Lucie’s wedding planning madness, and whether snooping through your boyfriend’s phone is ever okay… plus so much more! 🔥 Oh, and BIG NEWS—our brand-new phone cases are…

Laurie Anderson is an artist and performer who came to fame in the UK with her 1981 hit O Superman. Her work spans music, film and multimedia projects which interrogate our relationship with technology and tell stories about the world we live in. She was born in Chicago in 1947, the second-oldest of eight children, and started learning the violin w…

Mark-Anthony Turnage is a composer of contemporary classical music. Once called “Britain’s hippest composer”, he has been in a rock band, got drunk with Francis Bacon, and tackled anything from drug abuse to football in his works.Mark was born in June 1960 in the Thames estuary town of Corringham in Essex. His musical talent was nurtured by his par…

GUYS, WELCOME BACK! The first ep of 2025 and we are sooo excited to be back with our besties. We are so sorry about the tech difficulties we had with our audio in this ep. We promise to be better next time! Listen in to hear all about our dramatic NYE, Ebony's new lips, Lucie's nude pics and so much more. We have missed you so much! xxxx…

Marianela Núñez is a Principal dancer of the Royal Ballet and Opera. Born in Argentina in 1982, Marianela knew she wanted to be a ballet dancer from the age of five and joined the Teatro Colón Ballet School in Buenos Aires when she was eight. She dedicated herself to becoming a professional ballerina and had the full support of her parents despite …

Gareth Southgate OBE is the most successful England men’s football manger in the modern game. He holds the record as the man who has represented England in more games than anyone else, with 102 games as men's senior team manager, 57 caps as a player and 37 as men's under-21 head coach, leading to a total of 196 games in which he has been involved a…

Cher has been a global star for over six decades. Her career has spanned music, television and film and throughout that time her outfits have made flamboyant fashion statements. She was born Cherilyn Sarkisian in El Centro, California and had a peripatetic childhood. Her mother married six times and with each new husband the family moved house. In …

Former cricketer Ebony Rainford-Brent is the first Black woman to play for England and she was part of the team which won the Women’s Cricket World Cup in 2009. Today she is a broadcaster and cricket commentator for Channel 4, Sky Sports and the BBC’s Test Match Special. Ebony was born in south London and as a child it was football that caught her …

Mark Steel is a writer, comedian and radio presenter. His performing career began as a poet in the alternative comedy scene in the early eighties at the Comedy Store. A regular presenter on Radio 4, he began his award winning series, Mark Steel’s in Town in 2009. Alongside his performing career, he’s been a regular newspaper columnist writing for t…

Lauren Laverne talks to Ian Wright in an episode first broadcast in 2020. Ian Wright is a former professional footballer and now a football pundit on TV and radio. He began his career at Crystal Palace before moving to Arsenal where he became their highest goal scorer of all time, a record only surpassed eight years later by Thierry Henry. Born to …

Hi besties!! SORRY FOR THE DELAY - Lucie's fault 🤣 we are back for potentially our LAST EP of the year!! and also our last ep in Ebony's studio before she moves! We talk all things festive breakups, discuss one of your hilarious dilemmas, what we've got going on at the moment in life, and THREE FUOTFs! We hope you love xxx…

Hi bestieessss, welcome back to another ep! Sorry it's a day late...Lucie forgot to upload - classic! In this ep we dive deep into one of Ebony's old Hinge memories, discuss our hilarious first crushes and have a general catch up chit chat! We hope you enjoyyy xxxBy Lucie & Ebony

Hello besties and welcome to our COME BACK EPISODE! We did try virtual eps but it just wasn't the vibe, so we're back and (hopefully) better than ever with a new ep for you all :) as all girly best friends do, we play the classic game of snog, marry, avoid, and you'll be surprised to hear some juicy goss and questionable choices...we are so happy t…

Besties, what on EARTH, EBONY HAS A BOYFRIEND!! The updates we all need! We also chat through Lucie going on stag do, some of your hen do disasters and of course our f*ck ups of the fortnight! We hope you love xxxBy Lucie & Ebony

Steven Knight CBE is a screenwriter, producer, and director for film and television. He is best known for creating the TV series Peaky Blinders but he has also turned his hand to feature films, novels, comedy and even gameshows. He co-created the global TV quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire. His first film, Dirty Pretty Things, was nominated f…

Mark Knopfler OBE is one of the UK’s most successful rock musicians and composers. He co-founded the band Dire Straits and their album Brothers in Arms is one of the bestselling albums of all time with 30 million copies sold. Alongside the many successes of Dire Straits, Mark has also composed hit songs for other artists like Private Dancer for Tin…

Hey besties! Episode 19 here we go! This week Lucie is hungover again (shock) and we discuss all things friendship breakups; why they happen, how they feel and how to cope with them. Of course, we also have our f*ck-ups of the fortnight! Think forgotten bedroom toys and drunken airport stress! We hope you love :) xxx…

Sarah Raven is one of Britain’s best known gardeners. Since her debut book, The Cutting Garden in 1996 she has written for national newspapers and magazines and shared her gardening knowledge as a broadcaster. Sarah’s love for gardening started with her family. Her father John was a Classics scholar at Cambridge and a keen amateur botanist and her …

The writer David Nicholls is best known for his 2009 novel One Day which has sold 6 million copies, been made into a film and a Netflix series which reached the top 10 in 89 countries. He’s written six novels and his work as a screenwriter has won him a BAFTA and an Emmy nomination. He was born in 1966 and studied Drama and English Literature at Br…

Errollyn Wallen is one of the world’s most performed living composers. Her work, which includes 22 operas, orchestral, chamber and vocal works, was played at the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in 2012 and at Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden and Diamond Jubilees. She was the first black woman to have a piece featured in the BBC Proms and the fi…

Hey angels, welcome back to another week of the pod! Today we talk about how Ebony might be the problem...., school secrets, our first jobs and UPDATES ON JOE AND THE JUICE!!! We hope you love :) thanks for listening! xxxBy Lucie & Ebony

Rob Delaney is a comedian, writer and actor who is best known for the television series Catastrophe, which he co-wrote and co-starred in alongside Sharon Horgan. He has also appeared in Hollywood blockbusters including Deadpool and Mission Impossible. Rob was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Marblehead on the north shore. He studied for…