Comedian Russell Kane is on the cusp of 50, and here to spill the beans on all he’s learned about staying youthful. He tells Gabby what it was like trying to break into comedy - an industry that’s famously a young person’s game - in his thirties, and the ways he used his already keen interest in biohacking to appear younger than he was. Russell speaks about his refusal to believe that aging is predestined, and what he does to slow down the process on a mitochondrial level. They also speak about ...
Jun 24, 2025•49 min•Season 8Ep. 64
Entrepreneur and star of Dragon’s Den, Sara Davies MBE tells Gabby how she started her hugely successful crafting business from her university bedroom, simply by identifying an envelope related problem and finding a solution. After putting her all into her work for many years, she talks about how her business ambitions have changed now she’s in her forties, and why she’s zoning in on what’s really important to her. Sara also talks about being a home girl and deciding to stay in the North East; g...
Jun 17, 2025•45 min•Season 8Ep. 63
Comedian, writer, and actor, Jessica Knappett, talks to Gabby about how making people laugh by accident at a school cello recital was her first foray into comedy, and they swap stories from performing at the Edinburgh Fringe in their student days. Jessica is also very honest about some of the darker realities she has had to confront over the course of her career in comedy. She also chats about living in Los Angeles and her decision to move back to West Yorkshire, as well as accepting the realiti...
Jun 10, 2025•51 min•Season 8Ep. 62
Dr Sally Harris is a qualified medical doctor with over 30 years experience, whose interest in people and the way that stress affects their health has taken her on a very interesting journey. These days she works in the private sector combining general practice with health screening, and has also been the advising doctor to the League Managers Association - the professional body that represents all football managers in the English leagues - for the last 9 years. Through her work, Sally has learn...
Jun 03, 2025•53 min•Season 8Ep. 61
Warning: This episode contains some strong language. Nutritionist and author of The 30g Plan , Emma Bardwell, joins Gabby to talk about a different way of building your meals that may help you feel healthier and happier in midlife. Emma has come up with new recipes to try and help you get 30g of protein per meal, 30g of fibre per day, and to eat 30 different plants per week, and in this episode, she explains why these portions are important for optimal health. Emma also talks about protein stack...
May 27, 2025•33 min•Season 8Ep. 60
This week, broadcaster and now author Naga Munchetty, joins Gabby to talk about her journey to the midpoint. As Naga explains in this episode, it wasn’t until midlife that she was diagnosed with adenomyosis and realised that, despite what she had been told her entire adult life, her periods had always been far from normal. It motivated her to understand more about what is going on in women’s health and why women’s reproductive issues are not better diagnosed or understood. She has put all of thi...
May 20, 2025•44 min•Season 8Ep. 59
Fashion designer Amanda Wakeley OBE talks to Gabby about how her grandmothers were her early style icons; how taking ownership of her career in midlife has been incredibly liberating and exciting; and what it was like dressing Princess Diana. Amanda also talks about pivoting her business and losing her brother at the same time, and how grief really is something you have to work hard at. She also shares some of her expert style advice for those of us at the midpoint in life, and which high street...
May 13, 2025•44 min•Season 8Ep. 58
Clinical Psychologist, Dr Tara Porter, has worked with children and adolescents for over 25 years, including as the lead of a NHS CAMHS Psychology Team. She has seen first hand the increase in children being referred to these services, and has written a new book based on what she believes are some of the root causes of the problems that children - and parents - are struggling with today. Tara does not profess to have all the answers, or to be the perfect parent herself; far from it, the focus of...
May 06, 2025•48 min•Season 8Ep. 57
Son of Queen Camilla, Tom Parker Bowles, joins Gabby this week to talk about his career as a food writer, turning 50, and why he considers long lunches to be one of life’s greatest pleasures. Tom shares some of his earliest food memories of his mother’s home cooking, why the dining table has always been so important to him and his family, and why he believes food is endlessly fascinating and has always been political. They also discuss what it was like for him growing up within a family in the g...
Apr 30, 2025•52 min•Season 8Ep. 56
It’s not everyday that the Managing Director of one of the biggest media platforms drops by the studio, but today, Gabby is joined by Alison Lomax - MD of Youtube UK and Ireland. Alison explains how she came to be doing a job that didn’t even exist when she was graduating from university, and how she took a massive chance by working in digital advertising - a chance that has really paid off! She also speaks about what it was like climbing the ladder in a male dominated industry and how it took h...
Apr 22, 2025•46 min•Season 8Ep. 55
This week Fitness Coach and Founder of Caroline’s Circuits , Caroline Idiens, shares what she’s learned about strength training in midlife. Caroline’s passion for movement and fitness is infectious, but as you’ll hear throughout this episode, as a busy working middle-aged mum she is also mindful of keeping workouts achievable; the key thing for Caroline is consistency, not complicated equipment, fancy gyms, or long sessions. Gabby and Caroline chat about tailoring workouts in midlife so that the...
Apr 15, 2025•51 min•Season 8Ep. 54
Musician turned priest, and now author and broadcaster, the Reverend Richard Coles, joins Gabby to talk about his fabulous and varied journey to the midpoint! Richard speaks about his early years in London as a self-described gay runaway, and working with Jimmy Sommerville; how he went from 80’s pop to the pulpit; and dealing with the death of his husband in midlife before finding love again. Richard is really enjoying his sixties, and speaks about his return to piano lessons and the importance ...
Apr 08, 2025•44 min•Season 8Ep. 53
Holly Tucker MBE sits down with Gabby this week to share her fascinating journey to the midpoint in life, and how she’s using her mortality as a motivating force to ensure the next chapter is a healthy and purposeful one. The trailblazing entrepreneur and founder of Holly & Co has dedicated the last twenty years to championing small businesses, and especially, turning people’s attention to the power of the female pound! We find out why her nickname is Holly Hurricane; what exactly a “marigol...
Apr 01, 2025•50 min•Season 8Ep. 52
In this episode of The Mid.Point, Gabby sits down with the multi-talented Rick Edwards, renowned BBC Radio 5Live presenter. Rick shares what it’s like hosting live radio, the challenges, the joys, and offering a behind-the-scenes look at the world of broadcasting. With a perfect blend of humour and sincerity, he also opens up about his life as a father and the challenges and joys of balancing a demanding career with family life. Beyond radio and parenting, Rick shares his deep love for science, ...
Mar 26, 2025•55 min•Season 8Ep. 51
In this deeply emotional and inspiring episode, Gabby chats to former British Number 1 tennis player Annabel Croft. At 15, Annabel became the youngest Briton to play in Wimbledon’s main draw for nearly 100 years! And after retiring from tennis at 21, she turned her attention to TV and has been working as a presenter and pundit ever since. In this episode Annabel opens up about the loss of her husband Mel who died of colon cancer in 2023 and the grief she's experienced. She and her husband, Mel, ...
Mar 19, 2025•55 min•Season 8Ep. 50
In this special episode brought to you in partnership with Lingo by Abbott, Gabby sits down with certified food lover, TV host and chef, Matt Tebbutt. We hear how Matt’s fun-loving and sometimes chaotic lifestyle is evolving in midlife, which brings with it a number of changes - not least to his health. From living in and running an award-winning restaurant with his wife, to kicking off the weekend for millions of us on TV every Saturday; Matt’s zest for life is something to admire. With the hel...
Mar 14, 2025•47 min
Paralympic medallist turned broadcaster, Ade Adepitan MBE , chats to Gabby about his journey to the midpoint and why family life came a little bit later for him. Ade shares how sport completely changed his life - giving him a new found freedom as a young disabled person - and describes the single-mindedness required to be an athlete and compete at the highest levels in wheelchair basketball. He talks openly about becoming estranged from his parents, living alone from the age of 17, but how time ...
Mar 12, 2025•52 min•Season 8Ep. 49
Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8th March, Gabby has brought a very special group of women together to talk about the road to parity; what progress has been made, and what still needs to happen to secure gender equality. All four of these women have achieved sporting greatness, and redefined what it means to be a female in sport; Karen Carney OBE played football well over 100 times for England, hurdler Sally Gunnell OBE once held the Commonwealth, European, World, and Olympic titles concur...
Mar 05, 2025•54 min•Season 8Ep. 48
Sir Chris Hoy is a British sporting icon who has battled his way to the top of the Olympic podium multiple times, but little did he know that the toughest battle was awaiting him in midlife. At the age of 47, Chris was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer. In this episode, Chris opens up about the shock and emotion of the first few weeks and months, and how he tried to use all the tools he’d learned from his time as a professional athlete to get through the treatment that was keeping him aliv...
Feb 26, 2025•53 min•Season 8Ep. 47
Wellness expert Adrienne Adhami is on a mission to help make decision making easier in a world of endless choice - the premise of her latest book Decisions That Matter . Adrienne talks Gabby through her six rules for decision making, as well as some of the potential stumbling blocks when it comes to being decisive in the modern world. They discuss how confidence can impact decision making; why it's important to assess the urgency of a decision; and how good decisions may not always feel good in ...
Feb 19, 2025•46 min•Season 8Ep. 46
If you’re missing The Traitors , we’ve got just the thing for you… Gabby’s guest this week is S3 finalist, Frankie Rowan-Plowden. We get the lowdown on why Frankie decided to apply for the show, how she kept it a secret from her four sons, and the (surprising) key to her fashion choices within the castle! Frankie also shares how she survived to the end of the show, what she has learned about gut health since her recent ADHD diagnosis, and why midlife was the perfect time to embark on something d...
Feb 12, 2025•44 min•Season 8Ep. 45
Jennie Gow is a journalist and broadcaster who has been covering motorsport for over a decade, and is an expert on all things Formula 1. But fast cars are not the main focus of today’s episode; she joins Gabby to talk about an experience away from the track that she never envisaged happening to her at the midpoint. At the age of 45, Jennie suffered a stroke, and has been learning how to walk and talk again over the last two years. Jennie describes what it was like for her; why getting angry help...
Feb 05, 2025•41 min•Season 8Ep. 44
Double Olympic champion, Dame Kelly Holmes, joins Gabby to talk about why she is truly living her best life at the midpoint. Kelly explains how she became consumed by fear of being outed and lived like a recluse after her huge success in Athens, but the death of her mum coupled with the pandemic in 2020, brought her to her lowest point and she reluctantly sought psychological help which changed the trajectory of her life. Now she is living more authentically than ever, and learning how she used ...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 8Ep. 43
Psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos has been looking into the cognitive impact of self-perception for many years, and so in this episode, we put your questions on body image directly to her, and discuss some of the challenges that are unique to midlife when it comes to accepting how we look. Gabby and Linda talk about how confidence can impact so many things, and why it’s important we manage the way we speak to ourselves - the only thing we can truly control! They also discuss the impact that soc...
Jan 22, 2025•46 min•Season 8Ep. 42
Nicki Chapman joins Gabby this week to share what it was like promoting the biggest bands in the world of pop, and working at the top of the music industry for twenty years. She’s candid about her strengths and weaknesses, and how it's easy to work hard at a job you love. Nicki also shares what it was like facing her own mortality at the midpoint, when she was diagnosed with a life threatening brain tumour. She talks about her ‘Cry For 30 Seconds’ rule; feeling grateful; and not being afraid to ...
Jan 15, 2025•55 min•Season 8Ep. 41
Warning: This episode contains some strong language. Comedian Suzi Ruffell joins Gabby to talk about growing up and realising she was gay without any positive point of reference, and why now - on the cusp of midlife - she’s more determined than ever to celebrate the joy of being gay and having a family of her own. They also talk about the Kate Winslet effect; why it’s only when you really try for something and risk failure that you create something you’re really proud of; and why Suzi’s dad is m...
Jan 08, 2025•44 min•Season 8Ep. 40
We’re putting our best foot forward and kicking off 2025 with Dr Rangan Chatterjee! Dr Chatterjee has been a practicing medical doctor for over twenty years, but he turned his attention to writing and podcasting because he wanted to help more people be the architects of their own health. Rangan is ringing in the new year with the release of his latest book Make Change That Lasts , and this is what today’s conversation is all about; how to make meaningful, long-term health and lifestyle changes. ...
Jan 01, 2025•50 min•Season 8Ep. 39
Warning: This episode contains Christmas spoilers! And is not suitable for young ears. In this festive special, you get three members of the Logan family instead of one! Gabby is joined by Lois and Kenny to relive some of their most memorable (and embarrassing) Christmas moments, and share their favourite Yuletide traditions. You’ll be left wondering whether a white wine Fanta spritz is worth a try? How old is too old for Kids’ Mass on Christmas Eve? And is there anything more pointless than dec...
Dec 25, 2024•32 min•Season 8Ep. 38
It’s the week before Christmas, and whilst there are still 101 jobs to be done, step away from the to-do list and take some time out for a giggle with Gabby and Claudia! Strictly and Traitors host Claudia Winkleman spills the beans on her family traditions, what she loves most about this time of year, and why personalised gifts are always a winner. They also chat about how Claudia’s career has gone from strength to strength since she turned 50, how getting a dog has changed her, and why we shoul...
Dec 18, 2024•47 min•Season 8Ep. 37
Rosemary Ferguson was one of the most recognisable models of the 90’s, and on the cusp of 50, she still graces the pages of fashion magazines - but this is not the reason she is on The Mid•Point! Rose has turned a lifelong interest in health and nutrition into a career, and now works as a nutritionist and functional medicine practitioner and has just founded The R Health Club . In this episode, we learn more about Rose’s journey and her family’s interest in wellness before it was known as wellne...
Dec 11, 2024•59 min•Season 8Ep. 36
