Ever felt the pressure to be perfect, especially as an entrepreneur? Ali Webb, founder of Drybar, joins us to give an unfiltered look at her journey from stay-at-home mom to beauty mogul. In this episode, she reveals the personal sacrifices, financial struggles, and emotional rollercoaster she faced while building her $255 million empire. If you're…

Mock cream. Lord Woolton Pie. For 14 years the government put draconian restrictions on how much Britons could eat. Each meal had to be carefully planned and every scrap of food eked out to avoid waste. But at the end of it, Britons were healthier than ever before. Was it the best of times or the worst of times? Turned out it could be both — depend…

Ever felt the entrepreneurial itch but were afraid to take the leap? In this episode of Unscripted with Amy Somerville, Brittany Driscoll, the visionary behind the revolutionary massage concept Squeeze, shares her journey from Drybar executive to successful entrepreneur. Learn how she identified a gap in the wellness market, harnessed technology, a…

Some say it was the greatest ever feat of European engineering. A few even think that we wouldn’t have joined the European Economic Community without it. Others complained it ate up ten times as much as its original budget, and no-one else wanted it. Why did we decide to build Concorde? Why did we almost abandon it? And how did it become both an ob…

Tired of feeling like your health is a constant battle? Did you know your mouth could be the missing link to feeling your best? Acclaimed oral health expert and wellness pioneer Dr. Gerry Curatola reveals the shocking connection between your oral health and overall well-being. Discover how a balanced oral microbiome can boost your immune system, gu…

The Green Belt is a powerful symbol of rural England — and Labour knows it. The new government says it wants to build on unlovely bits of green belts. A lot of people don’t like that. Who decided there should be Green Belts? What are they really for? How did they get so big? And how is the government ever going to overcome the opposition of homeown…

Are you an aspiring entrepreneur struggling to build your business from the ground up? Or maybe you’ve hit a rough patch and are feeling demotivated in your current venture. Joining us in this episode of Unscripted are Jessica Sepel and Dean Steingold, co-founders of JS Health. Learn how they took their Aussie-born wellness brand from a startup to …

Are you ready to break through your limits and become the best version of yourself? In this episode of Unscripted with Amy Somerville, we’re joined by Lori Harder. Lori shares her journey from unhealthy habits to fitness expert. Learn about authentic connections, vulnerability, and self-forgiveness. This episode is packed with valuable insights for…

Want to turn your startup into a multimillion-dollar powerhouse? Join Amy Somerville as she interviews Natalie Dawson, bestselling author and co-founder of Cardone Ventures, a company that skyrocketed to over $100 million in revenue in just three years! Natalie shares her invaluable notes of wisdom on: Building high-performing, scalable teams The i…

In their heyday women’s magazines sold 12 million copies a week. And at their best, these magazines changed women’s lives. They advised, they inspired, they gave us a glimpse of a different way of being — and that was as true of Cosmopolitan as it was of the feminist magazine Spare Rib. In our Season 2 finale, Ros Taylor talks to Sam Baker, who edi…

How do you learn to grow from grief? In this episode of Unscripted, Amy Somerville is joined by author, speaker, and paragon of resilience–Karen Allen. Together, they discuss and share insights on what it means to be resilient, the therapeutic power of gratitude, and the pivotal role of mindset in overcoming life's challenges. They analyze the crit…

When it comes to intervention in the Middle East, there is one word that sums up British hubris. And that word is Suez. But did Britain learn from one of our most infamous mistakes in the Middle East? Far from it. From opposing the construction of the Suez Canal, then repeatedly going to war to defend it, and most recently bombing Houthi rebels try…

How can the dreaded topic of taxes be transformed into an exciting opportunity for entrepreneurs? On this episode of Unscripted, Amy Somerville is joined by tax guru Tom Wheelwright, a visionary entrepreneur and best-selling author, as they show you how the tax code can be your ally in financial independence. Discover government programs and strate…

In our latest look into postwar history: decriminalising homosexuality. In 1967 — for the first time in more than 400 years — two men over 21 were legally allowed to have sex, in private, with each other. But the fight for equality was very far from won. Campaigner Peter Tatchell and Hugo Greenhalgh, whose book The Diaries of Mr Lucas: Notes from a…

Coal: filthy, dangerous, and vital to Britain’s economy — but not any more. What did coal mining really mean to people? And why is coal so key to the biggest issues in politics — from the founding of the NHS, to Thatcherism, and even the issue of who should take the blame for the climate emergency? Ros Taylor talks to Joerg Arnold, a historian at t…

How do you define success? On this episode of Unscripted, Amy welcomes a very special guest, Kerrie Lee Brown, the editor-in-chief and VP of Media for SUCCESS magazine. Kerrie brings her nearly three decades of experience to the forefront, sharing deep insights into the evolving world of personal branding and audience growth. Kerrie’s journey from …

National service has become part of the mythology of a braver, stronger Britain, where young men did their duty for their country and ended up having a damn good time doing it. But did they? What did people really think of National Service — and why were so many of them utterly relieved when it came to an end? Ros Taylor talks to Richard Vinen, a h…

Swish… thwack. After the war, one British tradition continued unabated: beating children in schools. It wasn’t until the early 1990s that it was completely outlawed. Why was the UK so attached to corporal punishment and what it did it take to change the law? Ros Taylor talks to journalist Andrew Brown, who was beaten as a boy, and University of She…

After the War, Britain was broke and broken – even broker than France. America was faced with a stark choice: invest billions in a shattered Europe or watch its citizens go hungry, or worse, Communist. So how did the Marshall Plan come to be? And what sort of Britain did it rebuild beyond the Welfare State? Ros Taylor talks to Benn Steil, director …

Ros Taylor’s exploration of Britain’s postwar identity crisis continues. After the War, Britain was broke and broken. Between 1947 and 1981 over a million Britons left for a new life in Australia, some for just £10 passage. Ros looks at the lives of the ‘Ten Pound Poms’, their conflicted identities, the legacy of the racist ‘White Australia’ policy…

A new fortnightly series of Ros Taylor’s exploration of the post-War promises Britain made to itself… and whether they were kept. In this edition: the quest for cheap, easy-to-access, stigma-free contraception wasn’t the simple progression to female freedom that you might think. The wartime emancipation of women – not just into work but into “frate…

From the producers of Jam Tomorrow - a brand new show looking at the tectonic shifts in global power occurring right before our eyes, called This Is Not A Drill. Presented by ex-BBC News host and Washington correspondent Gavin Esler with a series of co-hosts including Oz Katerji, This Is Not A Drill takes a look at the expanding threats to global s…

A Jam Tomorrow special: Identity cards. What happens when principles come up against panic? When a high minded determination not to collect private info runs up against a society which depends on data? Ros Taylor charts the history of “show us your papers” from wartime security concerns to football hooliganism, benefit fraud crackdowns, Blairite co…

Season finale: Since the War, Britons experienced an explosion of choice in food, services, work, utilities, even belief and sexuality. But did ever-increasing choices really lead us to the promised land? Why are we lost in a maze of competing phone contracts, train fares, and “options” from schools and hospitals – where choice is bewildering and m…

The post-war dream was anchored in ideas of Britain as a Christian nation. Now we’re a polyglot country of different faiths and none. Can religious belief still tie Britain together? Should we want it to? Ros Taylor looks at the Church of England’s journey from its unifying role in the Second World War to its search for a new identity in a world of…

Britain’s class system is rigid and incomprehensible – and education keeps it that way. Why do so many of us think we’re working class when we’re not? Why do we still believe in making it through hard work, yet hate social climbers? After the War, we told ourselves we were on the way towards a classless society. Ros Taylor talks to people as divers…

How the housing dream was betrayed, and how to fix it. Council houses fit for the wartime generation gave way to a “home-owning democracy”, but we priced the young out of home ownership and refused to build the properties they need. How did Britain screw up housing so badly? From prefabs to Poulson to Thatcher’s Right to Buy and NIMBYism, Ros Taylo…

How Britain’s postwar dreams were stolen… and how to win them back. This time: The NHS was the prize for all the pain and sacrifice of the Second World War. When did we accept that it would be a service in perpetual decline? Ros Taylor talks to experts from senior policy planners to Casualty scriptwriters to discover how the NHS became a huge entit…

How did Britain’s dreams of a new postwar world go unfulfilled? And what does that mean for us today? In the first of a new documentary series from the makers of Oh God, What Now?, Ros Taylor looks at the legacy of the War itself. Ιdeals of the Blitz Spirit and dreams of wartime heroism still shape everything from pop culture and entertainment to t…

Out of the ruins of the Second World War, the British people were promised a better world of free healthcare, quality housing and good schools. What happened to these promises of Jam Tomorrow? In a new series from the makers of Oh God, What Now?, Ros Taylor explores how the postwar dream was betrayed – and how we can win it back. Follow Jam Tomorro…