Anna Williamson (Part One)
Walking The Dog with Emily Dean
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4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Joining Emily and Raymond for a stroll today is the fabulous Anna Williamson!
We met Anna in beautiful Hertford to chat about her endlessly fascinating life and career. From joining a girlband when she was 17 and then becoming a TV presenter... this woman has done it all. Anna now hosts two incredibly successful podcasts - LuAnna and The Affair - and she also stars as one of the experts on Channel 4's Celebs Go Dating!
We discussed Anna’s childhood in a house with three brothers and golden retrievers. She explains why she feels so strongly about when it's the right place and time to give an opinion and we also discuss the profound effect of grief - and the moment Anna decided to live her life to the fullest.
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Keep up with everything Anna here - including links to listen to her fabulous podcasts LuAnna and The Affair. You can also find links there to purchase Anna’s brilliant books including Breaking Mad: The Insider’s Guide To Conquering Anxiety.
Celebs Go Dating series 14 is currently airing on E4. You can catch up here!
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Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence
Music: Rich Jarman
Artwork: Alice Ludlam
Photography: Karla Gowlett
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| 0:00.0 | Mind that poo. Mind that poo. Mind that poo. Don't get in that poo, M. Can you not use as a trailer, |
| 0:06.9 | don't get in that poo, eh? This week on Walking the Dog, Ray and I visited Hertfordshire to take a |
| 0:13.8 | stroll with TV presenter, therapist and dating expert on Channel 4's Celebsco dating, Anna Williamson. |
| 0:23.6 | Anna has had such a fascinating career. |
| 0:28.9 | This woman has packed so much into her life. She was in a girl band briefly as a teenager. |
| 0:33.6 | Then she became a very successful kids TV presenter and entertainment reporter. |
| 0:39.0 | But during this time, she found herself really struggling with her mental health, which she sought out counselling for. And it was this that inspired her to train as a counsellor herself, |
| 0:44.7 | so she could help others facing similar issues. She's since, of course, gone on to become one of the |
| 0:50.2 | most well-loved relationship experts on TV through her work on celebs go dating. |
| 0:55.5 | And by the way, there's a brand new series on Channel 4 now. |
| 0:59.1 | So do get involved immediately because you also get to hear Rob Beckett's sublime commentary. |
| 1:04.4 | Anna and I hit it off instantly. |
| 1:07.0 | Unsurprisingly, she's so easy to talk to and incredibly open. |
| 1:10.6 | And we also had a really |
| 1:12.6 | touching moment together during our chat when we shared our experiences of loss. So there were a few |
| 1:18.2 | tears, but there were also plenty of hugs. Not just for me. Ray naturally demanded some as well. |
| 1:24.6 | Anna also has two brilliant podcasts, which I really recommend, the affair where she |
| 1:29.7 | chats to people about the emotions and consequences of a real life affair. And it's a really |
| 1:35.2 | interesting judgment-free look into the reasons behind infidelity. She also does a very funny podcast |
| 1:41.8 | called Luanna with her pal, Louisa Zisman. |
| 1:44.4 | So do yourself a favour and give both of those a listen. |
| 1:48.0 | I loved my chat with Anna, even if she didn't manage to find Ray a day on our walk. |
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