Re-examining the legacy of Caroline Flack

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🗓️ 16 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Hello hello, Today’s episode of Shameless touches on themes of suicide and self-harm. Help is available and you are not alone. You can reach out to Lifeline Australia, or, if you’re an international listener, please visit Find A Helpline. Coming up on today’s show: British TV presenter Caroline Flack died by suicide on February 15, 2020. At the time of her death, Caroline was facing domestic abuse allegations, awaiting trial, and experiencing a full-scale pillorying in the British tabloids. Now, a new documentary, led by her mother Christine, is raising some serious questions about the validity of that domestic violence charge, and the circumstances that led to Caroline’s ultimately preventable death. Thankyou so much to Cancer Council and the Australian Government for making this episode of Shameless possible. Let’s end the trend of skin cancer. Also, shoutout to All’s Fair on Disney+. You can watch Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth here. In this episode, Zara recommended Mongrel by Hanako Footman. Mich does not recommend promising infinite cameos to thousands of listeners (but no regrets of course ;) ). Your hosts are Zara McDonald (@zamcdonald) and Michelle Andrews (@michelleandrews1). Shameless Podcast is produced by Annabelle Lee and Eilish Gilligan, executive-produced by Lucy Hunt and audio-edited by Eilish Gilligan. Our social media team consists of Naima Fatema, Emily Li and Eilish Gilligan, and our partnerships manager is Cindy Luu. Want to support our show? Clicking ‘follow’ on Apple and Spotify is the best way to do that, and we're super grateful to anyone who leaves a five-star review while they're at it. Also! An old-fashioned 'Tell a Friend In Real Life' is equally appreciated. Want more? We've got more… Subscribe to our newsletter Smart, Dumb Stuff: https://tinyurl.com/4yasjphn Follow us on Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/2mf557ux Aaaand we’re on TikTok: https://tinyurl.com/2hchchrp Everything else your heart could ever desire is here: https://linktr.ee/shamelesspodcast Thanks for listening! We’re huge fans of yours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's show discusses suicide and self-harm.
0:02.4	Please take care if these topics are particularly sensitive for you.
0:05.9	Help is available.
0:06.9	We will put some resources in our show notes.
0:13.8	Shameless Media.
0:15.8	This episode of Shameless is brought to you by the movement to stop normalizing sun tanning.
0:20.6	Let's end the trend. Hello and welcome to Shameless, the Pop Culture Podcasts for smart people who love dumb stuff.
0:52.4	You're joined, as always, by Melbourne writers, Michelle Andrews and Sarah McDonald.
0:56.7	Hello, Zazzie McDonald and hello producer, Elish Gilligan.
0:59.4	Hello.
1:00.1	Hello, my friends.
1:01.0	Coming up on today's show, British TV presenter Caroline Flack died by suicide on February 15, 2020.
1:07.6	At the time of her death, Caroline was facing domestic abuse allegations, awaiting
1:12.2	trial, and experiencing a full-scale pilloring in the British tabloids. Now, a new documentary,
1:18.5	led by her mother, Christine, is raising some serious questions about the validity of that domestic
1:23.1	violence charge and the circumstances that led to Caroline's ultimately preventable death.
1:28.3	There is so much to get through today.
1:29.6	But first, Michelle, how we doing?
1:31.4	Well, I have signed myself up for a lifetime of 10,000 day videos.
1:37.8	I would like to announce that we hit 30 requests by 7 a.m.
1:41.2	Yeah.
1:42.1	If they're still coming in, I'm certainly not getting to them.
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