Introducing Something In Media: a new show that tells the story of successful people in the general world of media, and what it takes to make it to the very top. We plan to show you that there are many ways to become successful in the media, whatever your background, wherever you’re from. Series 1 is out now, and features the likes of Michelle Ackerely (The One Show, Crime Watch, etc). James Longman (The Late Late Show with James Cordon), Jess Rudkin (BBC Bristol), Jamie Morton from My Dad Wrote...
Apr 11, 2023•5 min
James and Oliver Phelps (aka Fred and George Weasley) talk to a star-studded selection of friends, colleagues and personal heroes who stepped into the limelight at a young age, and find out what “normal” means to them. As identical twins who grew up on the Harry Potter film set as Fred and George Weasley, you could never say that the pair had a “normal” start to life. But recently, they’ve been thinking: what does “normal” mean anyway? Ready your ears for behind-the-scenes Potter revelations; ou...
Feb 01, 2021•1 min•Ep. 1
How far would you go for your favourite wingwoman? Do you or your friends have a funny story to tell? Submit your stories via our voicemail (++44 20 3920 7697 - please type the ++) or email your voice note to [email protected] and it could feature at the end of every new episode. Go to swipeleftswipeleft.com for more information Swipe Left Swipe Left is produced by Claire Crofton and Gavin Wong Executive producer is Alice Homewood for Stabl Graphics: Archie Crofton Theme music: George Tayl...
Jul 26, 2020•11 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Who decides what’s criminal behaviour? Usually it’s the judicial system. But are there laws in the game of love? Do you or your friends have a funny story to tell? Submit your stories via our voicemail (++44 20 3920 7697 - please type the ++) or email your voice note to [email protected] and it could feature at the end of every new episode. Go to swipeleftswipeleft.com for more information Swipe Left Swipe Left is produced by Claire Crofton and Gavin Wong Executive producer is Alice Homewo...
Jul 19, 2020•13 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Question: when is it OK to take a first-date to a fetish-themed party? Answer: probably never. In this episode we deal with more wardrobe-based disasters. Many thanks to RAW for sharing their stories for this episode. Do you or your friends have a funny story to tell? Submit your stories via our voicemail (++44 20 3920 7697 - please type the ++) or email your voice note to [email protected] and it could feature at the end of every new episode. Go to swipeleftswipeleft.com for more informat...
Jul 12, 2020•18 min•Season 2Ep. 11
This is less 'The Chronicles of Narnia' and more the chronicles of catastrophe. Hold onto your hats (and knickers)! Do you or your friends have a funny story to tell? Submit your stories via our voicemail (++44 20 3920 7697 - please type the ++) or email your voice note to [email protected] and it could feature at the end of every new episode. Go to swipeleftswipeleft.com for more information Swipe Left Swipe Left is produced by Claire Crofton and Gavin Wong Executive producer is Alice Hom...
Jul 05, 2020•14 min•Season 2Ep. 10
When life comes at you fast, it's good to wear Spandex. We all have that one friend and this is a story about that person. Do you or your friends have a funny story to tell? Submit your stories via our voicemail (++44 20 3920 7697 - please type the ++) or email your voice note to [email protected] and it could feature at the end of every new episode. Go to swipeleftswipeleft.com for more information Swipe Left Swipe Left is produced by Claire Crofton and Gavin Wong Executive producer is Al...
Jun 28, 2020•15 min•Season 2Ep. 9
We discover the dangers of a free bar and a language barrier chaser on the other side of the world. Do you or your friends have a funny story to tell? Submit your stories via our voicemail (++44 20 3920 7697 - please type the ++) or email your voice note to [email protected] and it could feature at the end of every new episode. Go to swipeleftswipeleft.com for more information Swipe Left Swipe Left is produced by Claire Crofton and Gavin Wong Executive producer is Alice Homewood for Stabl ...
Jun 21, 2020•14 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Put on your armbands and doggy paddle to the deep end of awkwardness as, in this episode, we hear two water-based stories plus an extra tale from a listener. Do you or your friends have a funny story to tell? Submit your stories via our voicemail (++44 20 3920 7697 - please type the ++) or email your voice note to [email protected] and it could feature at the end of every new episode. Go to swipeleftswipeleft.com for more information Swipe Left Swipe Left is produced by Claire Crofton and ...
Jun 14, 2020•14 min•Season 2Ep. 7
We find out what happens when a film director longs for that homely feeling. Do you or your friends have a funny story to tell? Submit your stories via our voicemail (++44 20 3920 7697 - please type the ++) or email your voice note to [email protected] and it could feature at the end of every new episode. Go to swipeleftswipeleft.com for more information Swipe Left Swipe Left is produced by Claire Crofton and Gavin Wong Executive producer is Alice Homewood for Stabl Graphics: Archie Crofto...
Jun 07, 2020•11 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Work conferences are awkward affairs at the best of times but in this story, Archie takes it up a notch. Do you or your friends have a funny story to tell? Submit your stories via our voicemail (++44 20 3920 7697 - please type the ++) or email your voice note to [email protected] and it could feature at the end of every new episode. Go to swipeleftswipeleft.com for more information Swipe Left Swipe Left is produced by Claire Crofton and Gavin Wong Executive producer is Alice Homewood for S...
May 31, 2020•13 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Alice found herself on the other side of the world looking for a man with interesting taste, but this wasn't what she had in mind. Do you or your friends have a funny story to tell? Submit your stories via our voicemail (++44 20 3920 7697 - please type the ++) or email your voice note to [email protected] and it could feature at the end of every new episode. Go to swipeleftswipeleft.com for more information Swipe Left Swipe Left is produced by Claire Crofton and Gavin Wong Executive produc...
May 24, 2020•10 min•Season 2Ep. 4
He thought he was being kind, but this cat lover didn't realise he was opening a can of worms, not Whiskas! Do you or your friends have a funny story to tell? Submit your stories via our voicemail (+44 20 3920 7697) or email your voice note to [email protected] and it could feature at the end of every new episode. Go to swipeleftswipeleft.com for more information Swipe Left Swipe Left is produced by Claire Crofton and Gavin Wong Executive producer is Alice Homewood for Stabl Graphics: Arch...
May 17, 2020•16 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Annie lands her perfect job in a cheese shop. Her new colleague seems as smooth as the perfect Brie, until he makes a faux pas riper than a Stinking Bishop. Do you or your friends have a funny story to tell? We want your stories for the next series! Submit your stories via our voicemail (+44 20 3920 7697) or email your voice note to [email protected] and it could feature at the end of every new episode. swipeleftswipeleft.com for more information Swipe Left Swipe Left is produced by Claire...
May 10, 2020•12 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Swipe Left Swipe Left producers Claire Crofton and Gavin Wong were travelling through New Zealand when the world went into Coronavirus lockdown. So, from an isolated cabin at the foot of Mount Taranaki, they got to work. Their mission? To bring a bit of laughter to counter the quarantine blues, with a second season of Swipe Left Swipe Left. The philosophy remains: “an embarrassment shared, is an embarrassment halved,” but the stories in season two go beyond the world of dating to explore the emb...
May 02, 2020•2 min•Season 2Ep. 1
We’re back, busy working away on season 2, which will be dropping later this year. But in the meantime, we thought we'd give you a taster of what's to come with a mini Valentine’s Day special. Do you or your friends have any tales of dating disasters or hilarious heartache? We want your stories for the next series! Submit your stories via our voicemail (+44 20 3920 7697) or email your voice note to [email protected] and it could feature at the end of a new episode in season 2. swipeleftswi...
Feb 13, 2020•6 min
You've spent the evening together, you're hanging out. Everything seems fine, until something snaps inside. And everything changes.For more stories of unexpected relationship adventures and dating failures visit www.swipeleftswipeleft.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 24, 2018•14 min•Season 1Ep. 15
It turns out things weren't that different in the 80's either. We travel back to the quiet residential streets of Maida Vale, in West London, with our friend John.For more stories of unexpected relationship adventures and dating failures visit www.swipeleftswipeleft.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 17, 2018•12 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Outtakes from the Under Pressure episode. Completely unrelated to relationships and dating, but still adventurous.For more stories of unexpected relationship adventures and dating failures visit www.swipeleftswipeleft.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 12, 2018•4 min•Season 1Ep. 13
The two sided story of adolescent romance, and drinking too much vodka. So much vodka.For more stories of unexpected relationship adventures and dating failures visit www.swipeleftswipeleft.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 10, 2018•12 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Being gay in the 90’s was all very different. Or was it? We hear from John in this episode about sexual experimentation and leather trousers.For more stories of unexpected relationship adventures and dating failures visit www.swipeleftswipeleft.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apr 03, 2018•18 min•Season 1Ep. 11
You're new to a city. You make some new friends. One of your new friends could be more than a friend?For more stories of unexpected relationship adventures and dating failures visit www.swipeleftswipeleft.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 27, 2018•13 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Navigating the pitfalls of inner city dating with our author friend Marcello.For Marcello’s writing visit https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marcello-Love-City-ebook/dp/B01N1990AFFor more stories of unexpected relationship adventures and dating failures visit www.swipeleftswipeleft.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 20, 2018•16 min•Season 1Ep. 9
First dates can feel awfully serious. But this first ever date takes a seriously grave turn.For more stories of unexpected relationship adventures and dating failures visit www.swipeleftswipeleft.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 13, 2018•19 min•Season 1Ep. 8
You meet in a pub after a demonstration, you exchange phone numbers, and soon enough you're playing mind games via txt. You're playing by the rules of modern love, but as for the other?For more stories of unexpected relationship adventures and dating failures visit www.swipeleftswipeleft.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mar 06, 2018•16 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Ever wanted to hear the other side of the story after a horrible date? This week, we hear from "Ella" - Archie's love interest from episode 3.Do listen to the Trilogy of Ella before listening to this!For more stories of unexpected relationship adventures and dating failures visit www.swipeleftswipeleft.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 27, 2018•15 min•Season 1Ep. 6
The aftermath of the It's All Nordic episode.Have a listen to episode 5 before you go any further!For more stories of unexpected relationship adventures and dating failures visit www.swipeleftswipeleft.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 24, 2018•3 min•Season 1Ep. 5
A medical trial fund's our protagonist's adventure through Central America. Though all is not as it seems.For more stories of unexpected relationship adventures and dating failures visit www.swipeleftswipeleft.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 20, 2018•16 min•Season 1Ep. 4
On a European adventure to recoup after a divorce, "Jen" travels with her eyes and mind open and finds more than she’d expected.For more stories of unexpected relationship adventures and dating failures visit www.swipeleftswipeleft.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 13, 2018•17 min•Season 1Ep. 3
All good things come in threes - as is the case with Archie in his pursuit of Ella.For more stories of unexpected relationship adventures and dating failures visit www.swipeleftswipeleft.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Feb 06, 2018•19 min•Season 1Ep. 2
