Walking The Dog with Emily Dean

Emily takes Ray out for a stroll in Regents Park with legendary writing duo Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. They talk about how they introduced Emily's parents! And what brought the boys together to create their amazing biography of work including The Likely Lads, Auf Wiedersehen Pet and Porridge. They discuss the art of collaboration and how they approached their new memoir More Than Likely.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Emily takes Ray out for a stroll with broadcaster and journalist Emma Barnett to Regents Park. They talk about Emma's family parrots growing up, what it feels like to grill Theresa May and the difficult issues she faced trying to get pregnant. She also reveals why she's so keen for women to talk more openly about periods, something she discusses in her book, Period, It's About Bloody Time.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week on Walking the Dog Emily checks in with recent guest Diane Morgan to meet her new Blue Cross toy poodle, Bobby. On a walk around Russell Square with Bobby and Raymond, Diane talks about how she’s finding being a dog owner and why she's totally fallen for her new four legged pal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week Emily goes for a walk with actor, comedian and writer Diane Morgan and two pugs belonging to Emily’s friends. Diane talks about her childhood dogs in Bolton, her job in a chip shop and her rise via Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe into one of the country’s best loved actors.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week Emily takes award winning playwright and screenwriter Jack Thorne for a stroll with her dog Raymond. They talk about being shy, how it felt to be a state school kid at Cambridge and his huge body of writing - from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to The Virtues. Jack also tells Emily about meeting his wife and naming his son after his favourite film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Emily goes for a walk with TV presenter Konnie Huq in her local Ealing park - they chat about the Bangladesh culture her parents grew up in, her early start in television aged just 16, her years as Blue Peter’s longest serving female presenter and meeting her husband Charlie Brooker. Konnie also tells Emily all about writing her first children’s book, Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World out on August 8th.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week on walking the dog Emily goes for a stroll with comic, writer and co- host of the Older and Wider podcast Jenny Eclair. Jenny is currently considering becoming a dog owner so Emily brought along her dog Raymond and Bruce a French Bulldog who was rescued from a puppy farm by the dogs trust. They talk about Jenny’s childhood growing up in an army family, becoming a female comic when it was a male dominated world and dealing with eye gunk in dogs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week Emily heads to Northampton for a walk with the Communards star who became an Anglican priest, Reverend Richard Coles. They take out one of his five dachshunds, Daisy, and he tells Emily about coming out as a gay man to his mother, his wild days as an 80’s pop star, and his decision to give it all up and enter the priesthood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week Emily takes her dog Raymond out for a walk with former Labour leader Ed Miliband - they talk about growing up in a family of academics, being mistaken for Nick Clegg on the tube and what it felt like to lose the 2015 General Election. They also chat about his podcast with Geoff Lloyd, Reasons to be Cheerful.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week Emily and Raymond, her Shih Tzu, go out for a walk in Reading with ex Blue Peter and Sky Sports presenter Simon Thomas who tragically lost his wife to Gemma in 2017, prompting a wave of public support. Simon chats about how he's coped with grief, and attempted to rebuild his life and about the process of writing about it in his book Love, Interrupted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week Emily goes out for a walk with broadcaster, journalist and Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis and her beautiful whippet Moody. They talk about Emily’s childhood in Sheffield, the question she wishes she’d asked Bill Clinton, and proposing to her husband on millennium eve. She also chats about her new book Airhead, which goes behind the scenes of some of her most pivotal career moments.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Emily goes for a stroll with celebrated actor Lesley Sharp and her beautiful border terrier Mrs Miggins. They talk about Lesley’s early life and how it felt to be adopted, the dogs she’s had throughout her life, juggling motherhood with theatre work and her starring role in a new Royal Court play by Jack Thorne, The End of History.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week Emily goes out for a stroll with Absolute Radio Breakfast show host Dave Berry in London's Regents Park. They talk about his childhood in Lewisham, his early years as a shop assistant and model, breaking into radio and the very rom-com-hero way in which he met his wife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Emily takes a stroll with British writer and television presenter Adrian Chiles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Emily takes her Shih Tzu Raymond to visit Loose Women presenter Andrea Mclean. They talk about her childhood which took her around the world, becoming a well loved TV face, learning from relationships and finally meeting the one, as well as coping when a beloved pet dies. Andrea also tells Emily about the importance of women talking openly about the menopause, which she writes about in her book Confessions of a Menopausal Woman - soon in live form on her autumn 2019 tour, for more info go to <a href="http://thisgirlisonfire.co.uk/">thisgirlisonfire.co.uk</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Emily goes out for a stroll with radio presenter Nihal Arthanayake and meets his beautiful Staffie, Luna. Nihal talks to Emily about growing up in Essex with Sri Lankan parents, meeting his wife and knowing she was ‘the one’, handling tricky interview subjects on his BBC Radio 5 Live show and encouraging his daughter to play the drums. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week on Walking The Dog Emily goes out for a stroll with comic and author of the acclaimed best selling book This Is Going To Hurt, Adam Kay. Emily brings along Archie a golden lurcher from the Dog’s Trust for her chat with Adam in West London. They talk about Adam’s childhood growing up in a medical family, the moment when he realised a surgeon’s life wasn’t for him, and why he’s so passionate about the NHS. This is Going to Hurt is available now in paperback and if you want to see Adam on tour this year go to <a href="http://adamkay.co.uk/">Adamkay.co.uk</a> for more info.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Emily goes out for a stroll with comic Al Murray and brings along her Shih-Tzu Raymond. Al tells Emily about his childhood labradors, his family and his famous literary ancestor. He discusses his days at boarding school, his hatred of confrontation and his start in comedy.  They also chat about his famous alter ego the Pub Landlord and forthcoming tour, Landlord Of Hope and Glory (for tickets go to <a href="http://thepublandlord.com/">thepublandlord.com</a>). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week Emily goes out for a stroll with legendary comic Ricky Gervais. Ricky brings along beautiful German Shepherd Anti who plays his dog in Afterlife, Ricky’s brand new Netflix series. He talks about his childhood pets, his mum’s brilliantly dark sense of humour and explains why he thinks dogs really are the best. Afterlife is available now to stream on Netflix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

 This week in a very special edition of Walking the Dog, Emily Dean is interviewed by Katherine Ryan, in front of a live audience with their two dogs Meg Ryan and Raymond. They chat about Emily's new memoir Everybody Died So I Got A Dog, and Katherine asks her about her eccentric childhood, how she dealt with loss and the miniature Chewbacca lookalike who turned out to be her saviour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Emily takes her dog Raymond out for a walk in East London’s Victoria Park with comic and Last Leg star Josh Widdicombe. They talk about how fatherhood is a lot less stressful than he imagined, his hatred of confrontation, why he wishes he could bottle some of Rob Beckett’s enthusiasm and his new TV show with James Acaster, Hypothetical.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week Emily takes a stroll in the New Forest with legendary film critic Mark Kermode and his Labrador Martha. Mark talks to Emily about the band he started at school with David Baddiel, his love of Richard Curtis movies, why his faith is important to him and his podcast Kermode on film.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

This week Emily goes out with comic, writer, actress and host of the hugely successful Griefcast podcast - Cariad Lloyd. They go for a stroll in London’s Waterlow Park with Willow, a fabulous poodle. Cariad talks about her love of poodles, losing her dad as a teenager, sharing a flat with Sara Pascoe and the brilliant Griefcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Emily goes for a stroll with Matt Forde, along with Boost the Staffi and Gem the lurcher - two dogs that found a home with with Josie, the Dog’s Trust resident vet. Emily chats to Matt about his early years in Nottingham, his glass half full approach to life and she also persuades him to give us a burst of his legendary Donald Trump and Tony Blair impressions.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Emily goes out for a walk with Greg Davies and introduces him to the fabulous Bruno - a Rottweiler/ German Shepherd cross from The Dog’s Trust. They chat about inheriting the funny gene from his dad, his childhood pet Rex, and the epiphany in a flotation tank which changed his life.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.