Lessons on Bitterness

MASTER NEGOTIATOR SAM MCALISTER
She was the one to persuade Prince Andrew to do THAT interview. Here's how she did it...

TOM HAYES RETURNS
Jailed for manipulating rates, then vindicated by the Supreme Court after years behind bars. His perspective on choosing healing over anger will transform you.

MOTHER LISA SQUIRE
When her daughter Libby was raped and murdered, Lisa could have been consumed by bitterness – or worse. Instead, she turned her grief into a campaign that’s changing laws. One of the most difficult but powerful crisis conversations we’ve had to date.

HARRY POTTER STUNTMAN DAVID HOLMES
What do you do when everything that defined you is gone? Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double’s story is a true lesson in building resilience and rejecting bitterness.

PRESENTER RICHARD BACON
Perhaps one of Britain’s brightest TV presenters and producers, Richard is also a survivor of a career-shattering scandal, addiction, and a life-threatening coma. Despite dramas both self-inflicted and otherwise, he refuses to allow bitterness to consume him.

FGM SURVIVOR NIMCO ALI
How do you forgive the mother who arranged your mutilation? One of the bravest and rawest episodes we’ve done – here’s how to let go of the bitterness and turn it into a mission to save millions of others instead.

DOCTOR ROOPA FAROOKI
This junior doctor lost her sister to cancer, then watched politicians party while she risked her life treating Covid patients. Rather than be consumed by bitterness, she chose instead to make her voice heard in a fight for justice.

CEO ELLIS WATSON
Adopted, walked out on Rupert Murdoch, survived a near-fatal mountain accident, and a moving search for his birth mother – this media boss gives us valuable insight into how not to let any setback breed bitterness or self-pity. (Audio only)

MODEL LORRAINE PASCALE
Lorraine was the first black model on the cover of US Elle, yet her childhood was marred by foster care, addiction, and abandonment. She chose not to let this stand in the way of becoming a solution-focused powerhouse of positivity. (Audio only)

FORMER GOVERNMENT MINISTER TRACEY CROUCH
The kind of MP who restores your faith in politics – authentic and no-nonsense – yet she has faced turbulent times through political backstabbing and a breast cancer diagnosis. Valuable lessons on staying positive through it all. (Audio only)

MOTHER CONNIE YATES
The world debated whether her baby Charlie Gard should live or die – from the High Court to the Vatican to the White House. Heartbreak awaited, but so too did hope. (Audio only)

AMBASSADOR SIR KIM DARROCH
The veteran diplomat whose unflattering views of Trump were leaked, ending his 42-year career in scandal. Bitterness could have destroyed him – but dignity prevailed instead.

BEREAVED HENRY SCOWCROFT
His girlfriend of six years was diagnosed with aggressive stage-four cancer. After a short, brave battle, she passed away with Henry by her side. Bitterness could have broken him. Instead, he channelled his grief into a memoir and manual described as the most emotional textbook you will ever read. (Audio only)

PRIEST PETER OWEN-JONES
What drives a successful ad man to abandon everything for the Church? This vicar found his birth mother after 30 years, but refused to let his early abandonment breed bitterness. (Audio only)