The Shapes of Stories: Recent Episodes
Lawrence Prestidge
Stories come in all shapes and sizes, whether it be from our favourite books, our life experiences or from the day to day challenges we face.
Every episode, Lawrence Prestidge will talk to storytellers from a variety of creative industries to find out the stories they have to tell and how those stories shape their lives.
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Jackie Weaver is the engagingly improbable internet star who found herself on a fast track to fame when a Zoom meeting of the Handforth parish council meeting, which she was overseeing, went viral. Her calm banishment of troublesome and shouty men, along with her humour, has won many admirers.
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Annie Price, was left with severe facial burns after narrowly escaping from a caravan fire as a baby.
After the fire Annie was taken into care and social workers said they believed it was her mum who started the fire.
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Lucy Benjamin is an English actress. Best known for her role in the BBC soap EastEnders as Lisa Fowler
Following her initial departure from the soap, she competed in The X Factor: Battle of the Stars (2006) which she won, as well as competing in I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2009). She made guest returns to EastEnders in 2010 and 2017, while also appearing in series such as Casualty and Doctors. From 2019 to 2020, she reprised her role as Lisa on EastEnders on a regular basis.
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Jack Ryder is an English actor, best known for playing Jamie Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders from 1998 to 2002. He has subsequently established himself as a film and theatre director. And has also become a children’s author.
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Kerry Jane Ellis is an English actress and singer who is best known for her work in musical theatre and subsequent crossover into music. Born and raised in Suffolk, Ellis began performing at an early age before training at Laine Theatre Arts from the age of 16. She has performed in the worlds most popular musicals- as well as regularly performing with Music Legend Brian May.
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As we head into our Summer Break. Lawrence reflects on some of the highlights from the last three seasons of 'The Shapes of Stories' Podcast. Featuring Gary Lineker, Becky Adlington, Eddie Izzard, Nicky Campbell, Rob Rinder and many more!
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Trigger Warning! Content might include graphic references to topics such as sexual abuse. After the disturbing documentary of 'Leaving Neverland' - Lawrence is joined by Aphrodite Jones who covered the Michael Jackson trial in 2005 and wrote the successful 'Conspiracy' book in reference to Michael Jackson.
Aphrodite Jones is an American author, reporter, and television producer. Jones is an executive producer and the host of the television series True Crime with Aphrodite Jones.
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Andy Cole is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. His professional career lasted from 1988 to 2008, and is mostly remembered for his time with Manchester United, who paid a British record transfer fee to sign him from Newcastle United. Cole spent six years with Manchester United and won eight major trophies, including the Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in 1999.
As well as for Manchester United and Newcastle United, Cole also played in the top division of English football for Arsenal, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Manchester City, Portsmouthand Sunderland, as well as in The Football League for Bristol City, Birmingham City, Burnley and Nottingham Forest. He is the one of the Premier League's highest ever goal scorers with 187 goals.
Cole has the distinction of being one of the few players in England to have swept all possible honours in the English game, including the PFA Young Player of the Year award, as well as the coveted UEFA Champions League title. Cole was also capped 15 times for the England national team between 1995 and 2001
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Ronald O'Sullivan OBE is an English professional snooker player from Chigwell, Essex. As a six-time world champion, a record seven-time Masters champion, and a record seven-time UK champion, he is the most successful player in the history of snooker's Triple Crown Series, with 20 titles
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Tim Haines is a screenwriter, producer and director who is best known for his work on the BBC popular science shows Walking with Dinosaurs, Walking with Beasts, and Walking with Monsters. He is co-creator and executive producer of the ITV sci-fi drama Primeval, and founder of the production company Impossible Pictures.
Tim Haines graduated from Bangor University in 1981 with a BSc in Applied Zoology, before beginning a career as a journalist, eventually working for the BBC, and becoming a producer. In 2002, Bangor University awarded him an Honorary Fellowship.[1]
He is also an author, and has written and co-written many books relating to the television series.
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Kayleigh-Paige Rees is an actress best known for her role as Julia Beaufort in ITV's Primetime period drama 'Sanditon'.
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Nicky Campbell- OBE talks to Lawrence about his new book 'One of the Family: Why A Dog Called Maxwell Changed My Life' -
Nicky is a radio and television presenter and journalist.
He has presented the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast programme since 2003, BBC One's Sunday morning show The Big Questions since 2007, and Long Lost Family on ITV since 2011. He presented the game show Wheel of Fortune from 1988 until 1996, and the consumer affairs programme Watchdog from 2001 to 2009.
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With over two million books sold to date, Adam Croft is one of the most successful independently published authors in the world, and one of the biggest selling authors of the past few years, having sold books in over 138 different countries.
To date, Adam has achieved seven Amazon storewide number 1 bestsellers, in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia.
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Sian Harries is a comedy writer and performer, who has written for both television and radio. She co-wrote both Greg Davies's Man Down for Channel 4 and 2018 sitcom, The Tourist Trap, starring Sally Phillips, for the BBC.
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John Thomson is an English comedian and actor. Best known for his roles in The Fast Show, Men Behaving Badly, Cold Feet, 24 Hour Party People, The Brothers Grimsby and Coronation Street. John talks openly about his battles with addiction, how he's been over the pandemic and reflects on his comedy and acting career.
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Matt Di Angelo is a British actor, best known for his role as Dean Wicks in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He also starred as Sean Kennedy in the BBC drama series Hustle. Matt competed as a contestant in Strictly Come Dancing where he was partnered with professional dancer Flavia.
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Paul Foot is one of Britain’s most popular comedians. He has conducted many successful stand up tours and appeared on some of the biggest panel shows in the UK. He has been dubbed a ‘comedy genius’ and has influenced the likes of Russell Brand with his comedy.
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Isabella Pappas is an Olivier Award nominated Actress based in London, Italy and Florida. In early 2021 Isabella took on a lead role in six-part ITV drama series FINDING ALICE as 'Charlotte', also starring Keeley Hawes and Joanna Lumley.
Isabella made her stage debut at the age of 11 playing the role of Iris in THE NETHER at the Royal Court Theatre and its West End transfer to the Duke of York's Theatre. This role earned her a well deserved nomination for 'Best Supporting Actress' at the 2015 Laurence Olivier Awards. '...special mention must go to Isabella Pappas, she gave one of the most impressive performances that I have seen on stage this year.' said The Huffington Post.
Most recently on stage, Isabella played the role of Cassidy in Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins play APPROPRIATE at The Donmar Warehouse, London. This earned her a WhatsOnStage Award for 'Best Supporting Actress' for her performance.
For the small screen, Isabella played Sadie in the Netflix and ITV drama PARANOID, also starring Indira Varma and for Channel 4 HOME as Gemma.
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Sinitta is an American-born British singer, songwriter, television personality, dancer, actress and record producer. She initially found commercial success in the mid-1980s with the single "So Macho" and had several other hits during the decade.
Sinitta talks about her having Covid, her career, adopting her children, her faith, The X factor and her relationship with Simon Cowell.
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Rob Rinder is a British criminal barrister and television personality. In 2014, while still a practising barrister, he began hosting the reality courtroom series 'Judge Rinder'. In 2019, he also began hosting the Channel 4 series The Rob Rinder Verdict.
Rob has appeared on shows such a Strictly Come Dancing, Michael McIntyre's Big Show amongst other popular television shows.
Rob talks to Lawrence about his career, the Judge Rinder show, his battle with Covid and exploring his Grandfather's holocaust history.
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Emma Kenny is a respected psychologist and psychotherapist with a well-established media profile that involves her being the resident psychologist for ITVs This Morning.
Emma talks to Lawrence about Covid, Mental Health and some of Britain’s biggest crime stories.
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Fiona Murden is a leadership psychologist and author of several books, including, Mirror Thinking and Defining You, that looks at the process of psychological profiling and fulfilling your potential.
Lawrence talks to Fiona about ‘mirror thinking’, mental health and how ‘role models’ impact our lives.
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Joanna Forest is an award winning No.1 best selling classical crossover soprano. With an amazing story to tell. She opens up about her battle with cancer at such a young age, being involved in a charity song in memory of police officer Matt Ratana, growing up in a performing arts background and paying tribute to Captain Tom.
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Ann Widdecombe is a British Politician, author and television personality. She talks to Lawrence about a Covid, Brexit, Trump as well as many other topics- including her time on strictly
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Sonia Sodha is a British columnist working for The Guardian and The Observer. She was formerly a senior adviser to Ed Miliband when he was Leader of the Opposition.
Lawrence talks to her about the stories she’s been involved in over the years, Covid and Brexit.
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Ricky Knight is an English professional wrestler, trainer, promoter and owner of World Association of Wrestling. His Families story was portrayed in the movie 'Fighting with my Family' which centres around former WWE Diva's Champion Paige and her journey to the WWE.
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Kellie Shirley is an English actress who has appeared in Film, Television and theatre. She is best known for her appearances on Eastenders (Carly Wicks) and her current role as 'Kirsty De La Croix' in the Sky One Comedy series 'In The Long Run' created by Idris Elba.
Kellie and Lawrence talk about her career, future plans and the current pandemic.
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Angela Kilanyi shares her emotional story. Angela's husband died of cancer in 2019 – he was in a great deal of pain and suffering and had planned to go to a clinic called Life Circle, similar to Dignitas, for an assisted death in order to avoid a traumatic, drawn out end, but he deteriorated too quickly and was unable to go. Angela's experience highlights several of the issues with the current law.
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Taj Atwal talks to Lawrence all about her career in acting and plans for the future.
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Jo Joyner is a British actress who is best known for her role as Tanya Branning in BBCs ‘EastEnders’ she has had a long acting career and shares her story with Lawrence
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Becky Bagnall has worked in publishing for over 25 years and is now a successful literacy agent. She speaks to Lawrence about her career, the publishing industry, what she looks for in clients and much more.
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Miranda Raison is an English actress and has appeared in some of the countries biggest television shows and theatres. She joins Lawrence to talk about her career, drama school and her battles.
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Comedian Eddie Izzard talks to Lawrence whilst running for the cause ‘Make Humanity Great Again’.
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Andrew Keates is one of London’s successful theatre directors. Andrew talks to Lawrence about theatre, his experiences of coming out as gay and finding out how he was HIV positive and the stigma he’s faced.
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Lawrence is joined by former Emmerdale star, actress, presenter and writer Natalie Anderson.
They discuss Natalie’s career, mental health and Natalie’s new projects post Emmerdale. She also discusses if she plans to return to the soap.
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Lawrence is joined by Alastair Campbell where they discuss Covid, Brexit, Mental Health and much more.
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Footballing legend and Match of the Day host Gary Lineker joins Lawrence for the first episode of 2021. They reflect on his career, talk COVID and football.
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Lawrence and his guests reflect on the year 2020
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Richard Cadell chats to Lawrence about his career, the history of Sooty and Sweep, puppetry and some exciting new projects!
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Angela Griffin joins Lawrence on the podcast. They talk about her career in television and theatre as well as COVID, reality television and politics.
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Lawrence chats with writer Warren Dudley who has written The Bromley Boys, Cage and The. Cutting Room. Warren shares his journey into writing.
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Episode 12 features ‘The Dark Destroyer’ Shaun Wallace.
Shaun is known as one of The Chasers on the popular quiz show ‘The Chase’. He chats with Lawrence about the show, the world of quizzing, Brexit, football and some of his specialist subjects.
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8 time Paralympics medalist Ellie Simmonds joins Lawrence for a fascinating chat.
They talk about about the Paralympics, her training, her writing- as well as a little chat about ‘The Crown’ and her experiences meeting The Royal Family.
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Lawrence gets to talk to two of his favourite children’s author from the past and present- Jane Hissey and Steven Butler.
They talk about their writing journeys, the highs and lows.
Steven Butler is the author of the popular ‘Nothing to see here hotel’ book series.
Jane Hissey is the author and illustrator of the classic ‘Old Bear’ Stories.
They share their thoughts on the publishing industry and share advice.
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Lawrence chats to the inspiring Holly Matthews - Holly has such an inspiring story to tell. Starting out on screen in the likes of Byker Grove and Waterloo Road, she has since become a popular self development coach. She opens up about her husbands death, her work, the challenges she has faced and how she chooses to deal with them.
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The inspiring Hope Virgo shares her battles with her mental health and eating disorder.
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Giles Paley-Phillips is an award winning author, podcaster and producer. Giles shares with Lawrence his journey into writing, his music career, his childhood, how he stays positive as well as the inspiration surrounding his new book, which is certainly his most personal one.
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Footballing Legend Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock! Lawrence and Razor talk football, mental health amongst many funny stories, including one about Nelson Mandela!
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Episode 5 features the inspiring Jess Impiazzi who opens up about her battles from reality tv, mental health, alcohol and relationships. She shares how she overcame her difficulties- and how she is now a brand new author with her book ‘Silver Linings’
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Children’s Book Royalty, Philip Ardagh joins Lawrence to discuss his route into writing, his creative process and even about his work with Sir Paul McCartney.
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Lawrence chats with Olympic Gold Medalist, the wonderful Becky Adlington. Becky talks about her career, her time in 'I'M A CELEB' and discusses the online abuse she has been victim of.
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Lorin LaFave opens up about the death of her son Breck.
Breck was groomed, sexually assaulted and murdered by someone he thought was his friend from the online gaming world. Lorin shares her story with us.
This episode features content that some listeners may find upsetting.
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Few men knew Roald Dahl better than Donald Sturrock. Donald talks to Lawrence about Roald’s writing and his personal traumas.
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