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How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John

S3 Mark and Maddy Austin: ‘It was never about the food’

How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John

BBC

Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

51.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Elis and John are joined by Sky News presenter Mark Austin and his daughter Maddy to discuss her battle with anorexia, the impact on their family and her subsequent recovery. Please note: NHS England and South West England were contacted regarding comments made by Maddy and Mark in the episode about access to treatment, but did not respond to our requests for comment. Trigger warning: This episode contains descriptions of anorexia and may not be suitable for all audiences. If you, or someone you know, is struggling with an eating disorder, you can find links to organisations who can provide help and support on the BBC Action Line website.

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0:00.0

BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:04.7

BBC Five Live.

0:06.6

How do you cope with Ellis James and John Robbins?

0:11.5

Hello, thank you for downloading How Do You Cup

0:13.9

with Ellis and John.

0:15.3

Coming up on this episode,

0:16.5

we're chatting to Newsreader Mark Austin and his daughter,

0:19.0

Maddie, Mark's been a fixture on our screens for years

0:21.8

and currently presents the news hour on Sky News.

0:24.5

It was an absolutely brilliant conversation.

0:27.5

It feels wrong to say that I enjoyed it,

0:29.5

but I got so much out of it.

0:31.5

Mark Austin obviously has someone you recognize

0:34.1

from his work as a Newsreader on ITN and on Sky.

0:37.9

But Maddie, his daughter, is just such a thoughtful,

0:43.7

articulate person and someone who doesn't work in the media

0:47.0

like her dad or like lots of the people we have

0:48.8

on this podcast was such an impressive individual.

0:52.5

But I'm gonna hand over now to the other presenter

0:56.0

of this podcast, John Robbins,

0:57.4

and ask him how he is, John, how are you?

0:59.5

Well, Ellis, why don't we start with you

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