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How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

S5 BONUS EPISODE! How to Fail: Philippa Perry and Sadie Jones

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Sony Music

Society & Culture

4.7 • 9.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

A live recording of a one-off How To Fail With Elizabeth Day special with authors Philippa Perry (The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read) and Sadie Jones (The Snakes) about How To Fail...At Families.Recorded in front of a live audience at Foyle's bookshop on Charing Cross Road in London.This episode is sponsored by Penguin Life, which publishes books by experts who share a passion for living well.*Philippa Perry's The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read is available to order here.Sadie Jones's The Snakes is available to order here.*I am thrilled to be taking How To Fail on tour around the UK in October, sharing my failure manifesto with the help of some very special guests. These events are not recorded as podcasts so the only way to be there is to book tickets via www.faneproductions.com/howtofail* The Sunday Times Top 5 bestselling book of the podcast, How To Fail: Everything I've Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong by Elizabeth Day, is out now and is available here.*This bonus episode of How To Fail With Elizabeth Day was hosted by Elizabeth Day, produced by Chris Sharp and Naomi Mantin and sponsored by Penguin Life. To contact us, email howtofailpod@gmail.com* Social Media:Elizabeth Day @elizabdaySadie Jones @thatsadiejonesPhilippa Perry @philippa_perryChris Sharp @chrissharpaudioNaomi Mantin @naomimantin  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Channel 4 is the home of your next TV obsession.

0:04.6

As the UK's biggest free streaming service, they have it all, they really do, you know,

0:09.8

from classic comedy box sets to shocking reality, gripping drama and mind-bending documentaries.

0:17.1

They make content that's different from the rest, and which represents a broad cross-section

0:21.9

of society.

0:23.2

Channel 4 is the home of unfiltered entertainment.

0:26.7

It's all together different telly, made for you, and happily for me.

0:32.3

There's so much I always want to watch on Channel 4, whether it be a bit of made in Chelsea,

0:38.1

or the entire box set of Derry Girls, which is one of my favourite programmes of all time.

0:43.1

Regular listeners will know that I grew up in Derry, and it totally reflects my experience

0:47.4

all be it through an utterly hilarious lens.

0:50.3

And there's also a three-part series that I can't wait to feast my eyes on, called

0:54.6

Dep vs. Heard.

0:56.7

It unpicks the court case that so many of us watched online and saw being absolutely everywhere

1:04.2

in various comments sections, the trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.

1:09.1

So this is the first place that collates all of that material in one simple format.

1:14.9

It allows you to see the story from all sides, a three-part series, Dep vs. Heard.

1:19.3

Can't wait to watch it.

1:21.1

And I highly recommend that you do too.

1:24.4

Now on Channel 4.

1:26.2

This episode is brought to you by Fever Tree.

1:32.6

Now regular listeners will know that I am passionate about a perfectly made margarita.

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