Podcasts by Blank Podcast with Giles Paley-Phillips

225. Fiona Murden on Mentoring from 2023-09-25T23:00

Fiona Murden is a psychologist and author, her books include Mirror Thinking and Defining You. She is also CEO of Oka Life, and innovative new app that matches people to mentors through behavioural...

224.Jon Terry from 2023-09-18T23:00

Jon Terry is an actor and producer, his company Rabbit in Headlights create theatre productions to enrich businesses and those in education. We discussed discovering a love of acting, taking a le...

223. Mita Mistry from 2023-09-04T23:00

Mita Mistry is a Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapist&Coach, Acupuncturist and author. We talked about Mita's journey into helping people, the rudiments of acupuncture, the challenges of trying t...

222. Lou Sanders from 2023-08-28T23:01

Lou Sanders is an English stand-up comedian, writer and actress. We talk about being grateful, writing processes, not being hard on yourself and Lou's new book 'What's That Lady Doing?: False Start...

221. Dr Poppy Gibson from 2023-08-23T13:30

Dr Poppy Gibson is a Senior Lecturer whose key interests involve children's psychological development and mental health and wellbeing. We talk about the UK education system, the positive aspects o...

220. Georgia Tennant from 2023-08-14T23:00

Georgia Tennant is an English actress and producer. She played Detective Inspector Samantha Nixon's daughter Abigail in The Bill, Jenny in the Doctor Who episode "The Doctor's Daughter" and Lady Vi...

219. Bibi Lucille from 2023-08-07T23:00

Bibi Lucille is an actress, comedian and writer. Her latest show 'Meat Cute' is currently on at the Edinburgh Fringe. Tickets are available here: bit.ly/3QilFEC We talked about getting into acting ...

218. Anu Vaidyanathan from 2023-07-31T23:00

Anu Vaidyanathan is a filmmaker, comedian and engineer whose memoir Anywhere But Home was long-listed for the Mumbai Film Festival's word-to-screen market in 2016. Her show 'Blimp' is part of Edinb...

217. Giles and Jim chat movies and 90s music from 2023-07-19T09:52

A special episode where Giles and Jim - just them - sit down for a chat. Among this episode topics were movies, DeNiro vs Pacino, 90s music and more. Get more from the BLANK Podcast at patreon.com/...

216. Richie Driss from 2023-07-10T23:01

Richie Driss is a TV presenter best known for being on Blue Peter for four years season 2019 to 2023. He has also presented for JOE.co.uk and written and hosted the BT Sport documentary The Special...

215. Annabelle Knight from 2023-07-03T23:01

Annabelle Knight is a sex and relationship expert and novelist who has appeared on many TV programmes such as This Morning, Loose Women and Big Brother's Bit on the Side and is currently the Flirt ...

214. Malcolm Kamulete from 2023-06-28T17:00

Malcolm Kamulete is an actor and musician, known for Ill Manors (2012) Top Boy (2011) and most recently BBC One's Champion. Giles and Jim talked to Malcolm about his love of football, following you...

213. Louise Boyce (AKA Mama Still Got It) from 2023-06-19T23:01

Louise Boyce is a fashion model, content creator, podcaster and mother of three, known by her hilarious online sketches about motherhood, which have earned her hundreds of thousands of followers an...

212. Jon Culshaw from 2023-06-12T23:01

Jon Culshaw is an English actor, comedian and impressionist. He is best known for his work on the radio comedy Dead Ringers, Spitting Image and Doctor Who. We talked to Jon about the art of impers...

211. Kat Ronson from 2023-05-29T23:02

Kat Ronson is a British actress, comedian, podcaster and creative. Featured on Missguided, Wonderland Magazine and known for her standup specials and hilarious social media content. She also create...

210. Amy Hoggart from 2023-05-23T00:00

Amy Hoggart is a British-American stand-up comedian and actress, best known for starring in Almost Royal, a faux-reality show on BBC America, and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, an American politic...

209. Mehreen Baig from 2023-05-15T23:00

Mehreen Baig is a former teacher and British television presenter. She has presented several documentaries on topics relating to Britain's Asian and Muslim communities. Her show Glow Up Your Grades...

208: Louise Minchin from 2023-05-09T23:00

Louise Minchin is a TV presenter, journalist, author and athlete. She presented the UK’s most successful morning television programme BBC Breakfast for two decades and at 45 was inspired to take up...

207: Dr Rupy Aujla from 2023-05-02T13:30

Dr Rupy Aujla is a trusted NHS GP and food expert behind the bestselling Doctor’s Kitchen – a collection of over 100 recipes that put flavour and nutrition first. Dr Rupy is an International Health...

206: Molly McKew from 2023-04-24T23:01

Molly McKew is a writer and expert in information warfare specializing in U.S.-Russia relations. She served as an adviser to then-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili from 2009 to 2013.  We s...

205: Elizabeth McCafferty from 2023-04-17T23:01

Elizabeth Mcafferty is an actress and journalist, she has starred in Hitman's Bodyguard (2017), The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) and Dumbo (2019) and her work has been published in VICE, T...

204: Lucy Beaumont from 2023-04-03T23:01

Lucy Ann Beaumont is a British actress, writer, and stand-up comedian. Well known for her comedy series Meet the Richardsons, and Hullraisers. Lucy's 2014 debut show at the Edinburgh Festival, 'We ...

203: Pauline Cox from 2023-03-28T00:00

Pauline Cox is a nutritionist who co-founded Sow&Arrow in 2018 with a mission of creating easy-to-access information on health and wellbeing as well as a place to get convenient healthy food on the...

202: Zoiey Smale from 2023-03-21T00:01

Zoiey Smale is an internationally acclaimed inclusion activist, her 20-year career in sport has seen her move from Athlete to Inclusion consultant, where she now works with amateur and professional...

Gary Lineker (Classic Blank Ep 7) from 2023-03-14T00:01

Due to scheduling issues we are unable to bring you a new episode this week so instead we have delved into the archives to bring you a Classic Blank episode with Gary Lineker. Gary is in the new ...

201: Kimberly Hart-Simpson from 2023-03-07T01:00

Kimberly Hart-Simpson is an actor best know for appearing in Hollyoaks and Coronation Street. She spoke to Giles and Jim about auditions, growing closer to her mum, Naked Attraction, making up new...

200: 200th Episode Special! Our favourite clips from 2023-02-25T07:05

Happy 200th podcast to us! To celebrate reaching this massive milestone we picked some clips from our favourite episodes and chatted about some of the stories behind them. Thanks so much to everyon...

199: Tom Chapman from 2023-02-15T00:01

Tom Chapman is an award winning barber, author, public speaker, global barber director and international educator. We talk to Tom about his love of WWE, his journey into hairdressing via being a m...

198: John Simpson from 2023-02-07T00:01

John Simpson CBE is an English foreign correspondent and world affairs editor of BBC News. He has spent all his working life with the BBC, and has reported from more than 120 countries, including t...

197: Andrew Gower from 2023-01-31T00:01

Andrew Gower is an actor and musician. Best known for his role as "Bonnie Prince" Charles Edward Stuart in "Outlander" and for playing Nick Cutler, the vampire solicitor in season 4 of "Being Human...

196: Martin O'Neill from 2023-01-24T00:01

Martin O'Neill OBE is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. His distinguished playing career included winning two European cups with Nottingha...

195: Bonnie Langford from 2023-01-17T00:01

Bonnie Langford is an icon of British stage and screen. She came to prominence as a child star in the 1970s, when she had a notable role in the TV series Just William and went on to play companion ...

194: Martin Owen from 2023-01-10T00:01

Martin Owen is a British Film director and Producer. Martin's film directing credits include The Loneliest Boy in the World, Twist, Killers Anonymous and Exec producer on Save the Cinema. We talk...

193: Richard Makin AKA School Night Vegan from 2022-12-20T01:00

Richard Makin, AKA School Night Vegan, is a vegan food expert, author and influencer. We talked to Richard about his vegan journey, food trucks, San Francisco, Finders Keepers, Regina Blitz, and ...

192: Kimberley Burrows from 2022-12-13T00:01

Kimberley Burrows is a blind, abstract expressionist artist. Using painting as a form of therapy, Kimberley’s eclectic prints capture emotions, moods and movement through vibrant colours and brushs...

191: Chanel Cresswell from 2022-12-06T00:01

Sponsored by Babbel. Language learning that works. Go to babbel.com/podcast22, and use promo code BLANK for an extra three months free. Chanel Cresswell is an English actress, best known for play...

190: Larsen Thompson from 2022-11-29T01:00

This episode is sponsored by Aquila. Visit Aquila.co.uk/blankpod for 20 % off Aquila childrens' magazines. Larsen Thompson is an actor, model, dancer and musician. She has appeared in music video...

189: Giles and Jim Answer your Questions from 2022-11-22T00:01

This week Giles and Jim have a conversation about life and dealing with difficult moments in creativity, they also answer some listeners questions about all things Blank. Massive thanks to our Pat...

188: Natalie Dew from 2022-11-15T00:01

Sponsored by Typology. Go to uk.typology.com/blank and you’ll receive a free lip&cheek balm worth £16 when you make a purchase. Natalie is an actor and musical theatre star, well known for her rol...

187: George Webster from 2022-11-08T00:01

Sponsored by 50 Coffee Breaks. Visit www.amazon.co.uk/50coffeebreaks to learn more about 50 Coffee Breaks and pick the language that’s right for you. George Webster is an actor, writer and directo...

186: Amrita Archaria from 2022-11-01T00:01

Amrita Acharia is a Norwegian actress of Nepalese–Ukrainian origins. She is best known for her roles as Irri in the HBO series Game of Thrones, Aabis in The Serpent Queen and as Dr. Ruby Walker in ...

185: Rob Rinder from 2022-10-24T23:01

Rob Rinder MBE, also know as Judge Rinder is a British criminal barrister, writer and broadcaster. Well known for his ITV show Judge Rinder, Rob is also the author of several books and has made sev...

184: Bronagh Waugh from 2022-10-18T00:08

Sponsored by Typology. Go to uk.typology.com/blank and you’ll receive a free lip&cheek balm worth £16 when you make a purchase. Bronagh Waugh is an actress from Northern Ireland. She played Cheryl...

183: Andrew Bustamante from 2022-10-10T23:01

Andrew Bustamante is a former CIA covert intelligence officer, US Air Force combat veteran, Fortune 10 corporate advisor, author and podcaster.  We talk to Andrew about his time in the CIA, what i...

182: Paul Chowdhry from 2022-10-03T23:02

Paul Chowdhry, is an English comedian and actor. He has been a guest panelist on 8 out of 10 Cats, Comedy World Cup, and Sorry, I Didn't Know and has appeared on Live at the Apollo twice. He was th...

181: Lawrence Prestidge from 2022-09-26T23:01

Lawrence Prestidge is an author, podcaster and actor. Lawrence is the writer and star of Amazon Prime's British comedy series Keep Calm and Carry On, as well as the host of The Shapes of Stories po...

180: Emma Forrest from 2022-09-12T23:01

Emma Forrest is a film director, screenwriter and novelist from London who moved to LA to write screenplays for Hollywood movies.  She has written four Novels; Namedropper (1998), Thin Skin (2002)...

179: Omar Baroud from 2022-09-05T23:01

Omar Baroud is an actor and musical theatre star. Best known for his portrayal as Jackson in Disney Plus' Wedding Season and his roles in Baptiste and The Innocents. For more information on Weddin...

We Wrote a BOOK! from 2022-08-29T23:01

A special episode to the announcement to let you guys know that we have written a book! It's called Blank: Why it's Fine to Falter and Fail, And How To Pick Yourself Up Again and it's OUT NOW!!! We...

178: Best of Blank Vol.4 from 2022-08-22T23:01

It's the Summer break, so we thought we'd put together a little selection of clips from some of our favourite episodes from last year to keep you going till we return next week with some amazing ne...

177: Ollie Phillips from 2022-08-16T04:00

Ollie Phillips is a former World 7s Player of the Year and England captain, who also played rugby union at the highest domestic level in England and France. Ollie was forced into retirement at 29 t...

176: Kemah Bob from 2022-08-08T23:01

Kemah Bob is a comedian, actress, producer, and writer. Originally from Houston, Tx Kemah moved to the UK to study for a Masters degree before becoming a stand-up comedian. As well as her stand-up ...

175: Amanda Clapham from 2022-08-02T08:31

Amanda Clapham is a British actress and writer, known for her roles in Channel 4's Hollyoaks, and most recently in the award-nominated short film, Voices. We talked to Amanda about her journey int...

174: Hal Robson-Kanu from 2022-07-25T23:01

Thomas "Hal" Robson-Kanu is a former professional footballer who played for Reading and West Brom as well as 46 times for Wales, scoring one of their best-ever goals at Euro 2016. Hal talks to Gil...

173: Cally Beaton from 2022-07-19T08:07:05

Cally Beaton is a stand-up comedian, writer, and orator. Cally was a TV executive before turning to stand-up comedy. She has made many TV appearances including QI, The Apprentice: You're Fired and ...

172: Selina Giles from 2022-07-11T23:01

Selina Giles is an actress and writer, known for the roles in films such as V for Vendetta, Until Death, and The Netflix Series The Greenhouse Academy. We talk to Selina about method acting, her l...

171: Jermaine Pennant from 2022-07-04T23:01

Jermaine Pennant is a former professional footballer who became Arsenal's youngest ever player when he moved from Notts County in 1999 for £2m, a world record for a trainee at the time. He went on ...

170: Elizabeth Morris from 2022-06-27T23:01

Elizabeth Morris is a British actor and screen-writer and actress, known for writing and starring in 2019 film Killers Anonymous alongside Gary Oldman and Jessica Alba. She has also had two other f...

169: Katerina Robinson from 2022-06-21T07:16:11

Katerina Robinson is an actress and comedian. Having studied acting at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, Katerina appeared in the show LADS in 2021 and is currently touring her show 'The Whorin...

168: Arthur Smith from 2022-06-13T23:01

Arthur Smith is a legend of the UK alternative comedy circuit. Arthur spoke to Giles and Jim about his dad Syd, the birth of alternative comedy in the 19080s, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and th...

167: Rosie Day from 2022-06-06T23:01

Rosie Day is an actress, author and playwright. having been acting since the age of 4, Rosie has appeared in Good Omens, Outlander, Prime Suspect 1973, and she starred alongside Sarah Jessica Parke...

166: Patrick Foster from 2022-05-30T23:01

Patrick Foster is a former professional cricketer who was one of the rising stars of the scene in the late 2000s and played for Northamptonshire and Durham UCCE. After having his cricket contract e...

John Sweeney (Classic Blank Ep 66) from 2022-05-23T23:01

We are releasing some of our classic older episodes for the next few weeks. This episode was originally released in June 2020. John Sweeney is a British investigative journalist and author. During...

David Harbour (Classic Blank Ep 35) from 2022-05-16T23:01

We are releasing some of our classic older episodes for the next few weeks. This episode was originally released in September 2019. David Harbour is an American actor from New York who has perform...

Wim Hof (Classic Blank Ep 76) from 2022-05-09T23:01

We are releasing some of our classic older episodes for the next few weeks. This episode was originally released in November 2018. Dubbed 'The Iceman', Wim Hof is a Dutch extreme athlete noted for...

Roisin Conaty (Classic Blank Ep 2) from 2022-05-02T23:01

We are releasing some of our classic older episodes for the next few weeks. This episode was originally released in November 2018. Roisin Conaty is a brilliant and multi-talented comedian and actr...

165: Chrissie Wunna from 2022-04-25T23:01

This episode is supported by Surfshark. Get Surfshark VPN at Surfshark.deals/blank Chrissie Wunna is an actress, model and reality TV star. Well known for her roles in B-Movies like DInosaur Hotel...

164: BLANK Introduces: The Joe Marler Show from 2022-04-25T05:00

Something different from us this week, let us introduce to you a favourite podcast of ours; The Joe Marler Show. England rugby international Joe Marler wants to know about your job. This is not an...

163: Dr Sian Williams from 2022-04-18T23:01

This episode is supported by Surfshark. Get Surfshark VPN at Surfshark.deals/blank Sian Williams is a journalist, current affairs presenter, author, and psychologist. Sian is most well-known for h...

162: Tom Speight from 2022-04-11T23:01

This episode is supported by Surfshark. Get Surfshark VPN at Surfshark.deals/blank Tom Speight is a singer/songwriter with a string of EPs and a full-length album under his belt, gaining strong ra...

161: Lisa Ann from 2022-04-04T23:01

Lisa Ann is one of the world's most famous former pornographic film actresses, she is an author, radio personality, and podcaster. She has also worked as a director and talent agent. She parodied f...

160: Justin Moorhouse from 2022-03-28T23:01

Justin Moorhouse is a standup comedian, radio DJ and actor. He has been a mainstay of the UK standup circuit for the past 20 years and has appeared on Mock The Week and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Ro...

159: Vix Leyton from 2022-03-22T00:01

Vix Leyton is a stand-up comedian and podcaster. her Edinburgh Fringe show was a sell-out and she acts as the TimeLord’s assistant on Rich Wilson’s Tuned Up Time Machine, a weekly music show on Isl...

158: Zoe Lyons from 2022-03-15T00:01

Zoe Lyons is a one of the UK's most recognised and successful stand-up comedians. She has been performing since 2003 and has taken multiple shows to the Edinburgh Fringe, appeared in many TV shows ...

157: Les Dennis from 2022-03-08T00:01

Les Dennis is an an icon of British show business, having made his name as a comedian, television presenter and actor. He has been a mainstay on television light entertainment for more than 50 year...

156: Phil Wang from 2022-03-01T00:01

Phil Wang is a comedian, actor, and writer. His Netflix special 'Philly Philly Wang Wang' explores race, romance, politics, and his mixed British-Malaysian heritage. He recently released his first ...

155: Nova Reid from 2022-02-22T00:01

Nova Reid is an anti-racism activist, TED Speaker, author and podcast host. She spoke to Giles and Jim and growing up in Hertfordshire, creating Nu Bride and what drives her in her work as an ant...

154: Leonie Benesch from 2022-02-15T00:01

Leonie Benesch is a German actress who has played roles in major productions including Babylon Berlin, The Crown and Around the World in 80 Days. We talked to Leonie about her journey into acting ...

153: Florence Hall from 2022-02-08T00:01

Florence Hall is a actor who stars in AcornTV's “Queens of Mystery” and the massive Netflix series “The Princess Switch" alongside Vanessa Hudgens and Sam Palladio. She graduated from the Drama Cen...

152: Tim Downie from 2022-02-01T00:01

Tim Downie is an actor and writer. Well known for his roles in Toast of London, Outlander, Upstart Crow, and Good Omens. Tim has also starred in many films including Paddington, War Machine, and Th...

151: Rich Wilson from 2022-01-25T00:17