Nick and Angela welcome a TV and radio broadcaster to DISH HQ. Sara Cox is a proud northern lass from Bolton and began her career as a model in her teens. With the chops for more, Sara auditioned for The Girlie Show on Channel 4 and didn’t take no for an answer. From there, work on the wireless beckoned and she became the host of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show in the year 2000. Among other shows, Sara presented The Great Pottery Throw Down, which inspired her to write her debut novel Thrown. Sara pr...
Oct 25, 2023•32 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Nick and Angela welcome a BAFTA-nominated actor, writer and comedian to DISH HQ. Rose Matafeo was born in Auckland and began doing stand-up at 15. She moved to the UK in 2015 and three years later her debut show Horndog won the Best Comedy show award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Having conquered the stage, Rose turned her attention to TV writing and, while on a long-haul flight, created the super successful Starstruck with her best friend Alice Snedden. You can watch all three series now on...
Oct 18, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Nick and Angela welcome two chefs to DISH HQ Richard Corrigan is an Irish chef and restaurateur who has had an illustrious career in food. Over the years he has gained Michelin stars and cooked for the Queen and Barack Obama. He runs four restaurants in London - Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill, Corrigan’s Mayfair and Daffodil Mulligan - and has recently opened The Portrait Restaurant atop the National Portrait Gallery. Richard has won Great British Menu three times and is a regular judge on the...
Oct 11, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Nick and Angela welcome a comedian and podcaster to DISH HQ. Joanne McNally has been touring her record-breaking stand up show The Prosecco Express for the last two years and is about to embark on the US leg of the tour. It’s clear her star is on the rise as Variety has recently named her one of their Top 10 comedians to watch in 2023. When she’s not on stage, Joanne co-hosts her super successful podcast My Therapist Ghosted Me with Vogue Williams which is coming to a venue near you soon. As a t...
Oct 04, 2023•32 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Nick and Angela welcome the new hosts of Big Brother to DISH HQ AJ Odudu and Will Best are HUGE Big Brother fans and both have previous when it comes to the original reality TV show. AJ presented Big Brother's Bit on the Side, alongside Emma Willis and Rylan Clark in 2013, with Will appearing as a regular panellist over the years. AJ co-hosted a one-off revival of The Big Breakfast alongside Mo Gilligan in 2021 and more recently appeared on this year’s Eurovision. Alongside his presenting duties...
Sep 27, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Nick and Angela welcome Michael and Hilary Whitehall to DISH HQ. Before making his name as Jack Whitehall’s TV travel companion, Michael Whitehall had an illustrious career as a theatrical agent and producer. His clients included Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Colin Firth and Michael Fassbender. He and Hilary met while she was in search of new representation, while he, she says, was looking for a wife. Jack and Michael have made five series of Travels With My Father for Netflix and co-authored Ho...
Sep 20, 2023•38 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Season 4 kicks off as Nick and Angela welcome Gordon Ramsay to DISH HQ. Gordon Ramsay OBE is arguably the most famous chef in the world. His global restaurant empire has been awarded 17 Michelin stars; he has hosted some of the biggest shows on UK and US TV, including Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares; and he has a string of bestselling books. The internet loves Gordon Ramsay and over 60 million people follow him on social media. His new book, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay: A Story of Excellence ...
Sep 13, 2023•45 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Nick and Angela welcome an author and podcaster to DISH HQ for the final episode of series 3. Candice Brathwaite is a critically acclaimed writer, journalist and TV presenter. A self-confessed fashion and beauty addict, Candice often appears on ITV's Lorraine and has designed a bestselling handbag collection with the sustainable accessories label, Been. Her first book, I Am Not Your Baby Mother, made it onto the Sunday Times Bestsellers List in 2020, and her first foray into fiction, a young adu...
Aug 02, 2023•46 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Nick and Angela welcome their first siblings to DISH HQ. Stephen Mangan is an actor, writer and presenter known for his roles in Green Wing with Olivia Colman, I’m Alan Partridge and The Split opposite Nicola Walker. He currently presents Portrait Artist of the Year with Joan Bakewell. Anita Mangan is an illustrator who has designed over 70 cookbooks including Kelis' My Life on a Plate, Gizzi Erskine’s Seasons Greetings and Fearne Cotton’s Cook Happy Cook Healthy. The brother and sister have jus...
Jul 26, 2023•38 min•Season 3Ep. 17
Nick and Angela welcome radio royalty to DISH HQ. Clara Amfo is an award-winning broadcaster, podcaster and television presenter best known for her work on BBC Radio 1, where she now presents Future Sounds. Clara has interviewed some of the biggest names in music including Jay-Z, Kendrick Lemar, Sir Elton John, and Billie Eilish who personally requested Clara for her LA Special. On her podcast This City she chats with guests like Louis Theroux, Little Simz and Edward Enninful who share their sto...
Jul 19, 2023•39 min•Season 3Ep. 16
Nick and Angela welcome a bestselling author and journalist to DISH HQ. Caitlin Moran grew up in Wolverhampton in a family of eight kids and spent most of her time reading books at the local library instead of attending school. Unsurprisingly, Caitlin had written her first novel by the time she was 13. She moved to London at 16 and began writing for Melody Maker where she met her husband, Pete Paphides. Caitlin has written several bestselling books, including How to be a Woman and How to Build a...
Jul 12, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 15
Nick and Angela welcome their first Grammy-nominated guest to DISH HQ. Writer, actor and composer Tim Minchin was born in the UK and raised in Perth, Western Australia. He gained notoriety when he won the Perrier Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2005 and his (unplanned) career in comedy took off. These days, Tim MInchin is busy collecting accolades for his theatre shows, winning a Tony and an Olivier for Matilda: The Musical. He also picked up a Tony award for Groundhog Da...
Jul 05, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 14
Nick and Angela are overjoyed to welcome their biggest fan to DISH HQ. In 1983 a young lad from Warrington began his professional career on Piccadilly Radio in Manchester. Forty years on and Chris Evans is a legend of TV and Radio broadcasting, with the Big Breakfast, the Radio 1 Breakfast Show and TFI Friday garnering cult status. Chris has also found time to pen some books on his incredible life and his passion, running, which he took up age 47. He now presents the Virgin Radio Breakfast show,...
Jun 28, 2023•41 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Nick and Angela welcome their friends Andi and Miquita Oliver to DISH HQ. Andi Oliver is a chef, broadcaster, author and restaurateur. She is best known as the presenter of Great British Menu, having previously also been a judge. Andi has just released her first cookbook The Pepperpot Diaries: Stories From My Caribbean Table. It's a biographical journey of food and family and is available now. Miquita Oliver is a television presenter and radio personality, best known for hosting T4 in the early ...
Jun 21, 2023•37 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Chris and Rosie Ramsey, a tomahawk steak and a Cabernet Sauvignon Nick and Angela are joined by podcast mega stars Chris and Rosie Ramsey. Chris and Rosie have presented the award-winning podcast Shagged. Married. Annoyed for the last four years, amassing a huge following. The pair met when they were teenagers, attending the same college. They got married in 2014 and have two sons, Robin and Rafe. Before podcasting, Rosie presented a radio show on Capital North East while Chris was in comedy ful...
Jun 14, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Nick and Angela are joined by broadcasting icon Ruby Wax. Ruby Wax is an actress, comedian, writer, television personality and mental health campaigner. Her life in show business began at the Royal Shakespeare Company and from there the lures of TV beckoned. Ruby presented shows like The Full Wax and Ruby Wax Meets in the nineties and noughties, interviewing Donald Trump, OJ Simpson, Goldie Hawn and Pamela Anderson in her inimitable style. A little known Ruby fact is that she was also script edi...
Jun 07, 2023•34 min•Season 3Ep. 10
This week Nick and Angela welcome Charlotte Church to Dish HQ. Charlotte Church released her debut album Voice of an Angel in 1998 - she was twelve. Since then, she has become one of the most recognisable names in music, selling more than ten million albums worldwide. Charlotte has performed for Queen Elizabeth, the Pope and at George Bush’s inauguration. She fronted The Charlotte Church Show for three seasons and won Best Female Newcomer award at the British Comedy Awards in 2006. These days, l...
May 31, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 9
This week Nick and Angela welcome Nish Kumar to Dish HQ. Nish is a critically acclaimed comic who has won rave reviews and prestigious award nominations for his stand-up. Away from the comedy circuit, he is a regular on TV shows like 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Live at the Apollo and Taskmaster, and can often be heard presenting The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4. This year, you may have caught him on the hilarious Sky TV series Hold the Front Page, alongside Josh Widdicombe, or heard his brand-n...
May 24, 2023•37 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Nick and Angela welcome comedian Aisling Bea to Dish HQ. Aisling is an award-winning comedian, actor and writer. She created, wrote and starred in the comedy series This Way Up on Channel 4 with Sharon Horgan. Aisling also starred in the Netflix show Living with Myself alongside Paul Rudd in 2019 and 2020, winning a BAFTA for Breakthrough Talent. Angela prepares a tasty niçoise salad with Jersey Royals and tuna steak. The meal is paired with a Chapel Down Bacchus and Nick serves a whiskey, ginge...
May 17, 2023•37 min•Season 3Ep. 7
It’s Eurovision week and Nick and Angela are joined by superfan Scott Mills. Scott fulfilled a childhood dream when he joined BBC Radio 1 in 1998 – and he's now the network's longest serving daytime presenter. He has won many awards for his work, including an ARIA for Best Music Entertainment Show in 2021. Scott made the move to BBC Radio 2 last year, taking over from Steve Wright in the afternoon. He has had memorable stints on Gogglebox with Sam Ryder, and on Strictly Come Dancing, where he wa...
May 10, 2023•39 min•Season 3Ep. 6
It’s Coronation week and Nick and Angela are joined by food royalty, Dame Prue Leith. Prue Leith, DBE is an o ctogenarian with no intention of slowing down. Her illustrious career in food includes restaurants, cookery schools, writing and TV. She has published eight novels, a memoir , and fourteen cookbooks. Her latest, Bliss on Toast, was published in 2022. Best known as a judge on the Great British Bake Off, last year she also presented a gardening programme , Prue’s Great Garden Plot , with h...
May 03, 2023•38 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Nick and Angela are joined by hilarious husband and wife duo, Rick Edwards and Emer Kenny. Rick Edwards graduated with a Natural Science degree from Cambridge University but soon changed tack in favour of a job in TV. Rick presented T4 with Nick for four years and then hosted Tool Academy on E4. He can now be found waking up the nation on the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show with Rachel Burden. Emer Kenny began her working life as an actor with a flair for screenwriting. In 2011, she was selected...
Apr 26, 2023•32 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Nick and Angela are joined by Aussie comedian and BBQ King, Adam Hills, MBE. Adam Hills began performing comedy at 19, toured ten solo shows internationally and presented several TV shows in Australia before he made the move to the UK. In 2012, he was asked to front The Last Leg with Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe, a show created to run alongside the London Paralympics coverage on Channel 4. The programme was such a hit with viewers that it quickly became a permanent fixture. Adam is a real fo...
Apr 19, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Angela and Nick are joined by national treasure, Alex Jones. Alex Jones’ route to The One Show couch was far from linear. She began her career by getting fired, twice, but returned to work unphased, prompting the production company to suggest a screen test. Alex aced that and having found her niche, was soon presenting a dating show in Magaluf. Alex joined The One Show in 2010 and appeared on Strictly the following year. She has interviewed stars like Kate Winslet, the Rock and astronaut Buzz Al...
Apr 10, 2023•39 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Dish is back! Season three kicks off with US comedian, writer and author, Rob Delaney. Twitter launched Rob Delaney’s career in comedy and in 2012 he was named Funniest Person on Twitter by Comedy Central. In 2014, Rob and his wife Leah moved their family from Santa Monica to North London so he could co-write and co-star in Catastrophe with Sharon Horgan. The show ran for four series and the pair won a BAFTA for best comedy writer in 2016. Sadly, not long after, Rob’s son Henry was diagnosed wit...
Apr 05, 2023•31 min•Season 3Ep. 1
In the final episode of season two, it’s a family affair at DISH HQ with Spencer, Vogue and baby Otto. Angela and Nick host two stars that risked life and limb on reality tv. Now married, these two entrepreneurs have three kids and several podcasts between them: Spencer & Vogue, My Therapist Ghosted Me and 6 Degrees with Jamie and Spencer. Vogue also has her own fake tan range, Bare by Vogue while Spencer has his own low ABV spirits company, CleanCo, available at Waitrose. Angela cooks some ...
Feb 01, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Nick and Angela welcome British-Malaysian comic Phil Wang. While studying Engineering at Cambridge, Phil got a sniff of stand-up comedy and was hooked. In 2010 and 2011, he was voted funniest student in the UK and the MBA his mother had always dreamed of, was no longer on the table. Phil has mastered all mediums, with Netflix specials and comedy panel shows like Taskmaster and Have I Got News For You under his belt. He has written a book, Sidesplitter: How to Be from Two Worlds at Once and has a...
Jan 25, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Nick and Angela welcome young British chef and Potato Queen, Poppy O’Toole. Michelin-trained internet sensation Poppy Cooks went viral last year and rose to culinary fame when she began posting easy-to-follow recipes on TikTok, including the infamous 15 hour potato. Poppy creates easy-to-follow tutorials which have amassed 300 million views on her channels since April 2020, when she lost her job due to the pandemic. Her debut cookbook Poppy Cooks: The Food You Need, breaks down her fine-dining r...
Jan 18, 2023•27 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Nick and Angela welcome presenter and proud Northerner, Vernon Kay. Grimmy and Vernon first met when they presented T4 together back in their TV heydays, and later found themselves on back-to-back, on Saturday mornings on BBC Radio 1 - very challenging time slots for their active social lives. Vernon Kay is best known for iconic TV shows including All Star Family Fortunes, Just the Two of Us and Splash. In 2020 he appeared on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, and recently has been covering ...
Jan 11, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Nick and Angela welcome DJ, broadcaster, author and one of Nick’s superstar friends, Annie MacManus. Annie is a force in the music industry. For seventeen years, she was a pillar of BBC Radio, dedicating each show to championing the best in new music on programmes like Radio 1's Future Sounds, Dance Party and, of course, her Sunday evening show with Grimmy - simply called Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac. She runs the festival Lost & Found in Malta, and in early 2022, Annie launched her Before Mi...
Jan 04, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 14
