Simon Thomas explores human endurance through the toughest times. In a series of interviews with well-known celebrities and notable people, he discovers how crisis and desperation can lead to hope and inspiration for a new and happy life. In each episode, we find out that there are so many others experiencing mental anguish, who have lived through the most difficult times. We hear how many have overcome tragedy to live happy and fulfilling lives.
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This epsiode of Life Interrupted with Katie Price, was recorded in April 2021. Katie Price, known for many years as Jordan, her picture hung on many a bedroom wall and covering the front of tabloids and magazines. But the Katie Price you think you know, is very different in reality. Although she began her career courting fame and publicity; famousl…
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Libby Scott is fourteen years old. She loves hot chocolate, Taylor Swift and lives in Kent with her family. Her dad is a musician and Libby's mum is an education consultant and conference speaker. Libby is also autistic. For many years, it was a battle for her to understand herself and for her family and friends to understand her. Following an auti…
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Sixteen years ago, Matt Hampson was a professional rugby union player with bags of potential. He was on the books of the then formidable Leicester tigers, caps for the England Under-Eighteens and Under Twenty-Ones. Everything pointed Matt having a hugely successful playing career. But on a cold Tuesday morning in March 2005, whilse training with th…
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Dilly Carter
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Dilly Carter may not be a name familiar to lots of people, but to the many thousands who follow her Instagram account DeClutter Dollies, she's very well known. Her daily tips and hacks help her many followers to not just declutter their homes, but to declutter their lives. She's now not just the author of a new book Create Space, which is as much a…
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Charlie Corbett
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Charlie Corbett is a name that won't be familiar to many. But he has a story that should be heard by many. Charlie is a writer, journalist, public speaker, husband and father to two sons. He grew up the son of a farmer and spent his childhood living a rural life immersed in the sights and sounds of the nature around him. After university, he left h…
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Richard Marson
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Richard Marson maybe not a name many of you will know. For over thirty years, Richard has been an important figure within the TV industry. He's worked on some of the most recognizable programs in British television from Top of the Pops to the Paul Daniels Magic Show to Going Live. Richard is best known for the years he spent as a talented producer …
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Sam Ward is a British hockey player who has represented England and Great Britain scoring an incredible 72 goals in 126 caps. He's a Commonwealth Games bronze medalist, and played for Team GB at the Rio 2016 Olympics. While following his ambition is to represent his country again at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Sam's hopes of a second Olympics were …
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James Taylor
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James Taylor was just 19 when he became the youngest professional cricket player to score 1000 championship runs in a season. He went on to make the move to Nottingham where he became captain, and by the age of 21, had made his debut for England. He represented his country over 30 times, but then in 2016, whilst warming up for a pre-season game aga…
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Tracey Morgan
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It may suprise you that 60,000 women and men are stalked in the UK each year. Tracey Morgan was 22 years old, happily married and living in Hampshire. But after her and her husband became friends with a colleague at the Naval Base she worked for, Tracey's life took a sinister turn. A man she tried to help with his mental health issues soon became h…
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Jay blades is the stylish star of the wonderful BBC hit show the repair shop the show where his team of talented craftsmen and women bring downtrodden family heirlooms back to life and then reunite them with their often emotional owners. Part of the show secret is Jay's charm, style, wit and warmth. A man who always shows compassion and empathy to …
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Tony Bellew is a name known to many who follow the world of boxing. He grew up in Wavertree in Liverpool, and by the age of just eighteen, was strapping on a bulletproof vest and working as a bouncer. His childhood had almost as many knocks as he took in the ring, with the end of his parents relationship and finding himself expelled from school at …
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Join Simon Thomas as he explores human endurance through the toughest times in the second series of his podcast Life Interrupted. In a series of incredible interviews, with guests including Katie Price, Tony Bellew, Jay Blades and more, he discovers how the more desperate times can lead to hope and inspiration for a new and happy life. In each epis…
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Lynsey Crombie
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Lynsey Crombie is a best selling author, businesswoman, and TV personality. But behind Lindsay's success is a much darker story. She first came to prominence when by sheer chance, she landed a role on channel for obsessive compulsive cleaners, which evolved to a regular slot on ITV this morning, where she shared not just her love of cleaning, but a…
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Hope Edelman
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At the age of 17, Hope Edelman lost her Mom to breast cancer. After she lost her Dad later in life, she turned her pain into inspiration, as she began a journey to better understand the confusing world of grief. Her first book, "Motherless Daughters" was a number one New York Times best-seller, and now her latest book, "The After Grief", gives a br…
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The Gandy Brothers
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Of all the Life interrupted episodes, I don't think I've ever heard a story quite as shocking and heartbreaking as the one you're about to hear. In 2004, Rob and Paul Forkan, now known as the Gandy Brothers, spent the Christmas holidays in Sri Lanka with their mum, dad, and siblings. For a few days, at least, it was the perfect Christmas. But on Bo…
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Dr.Emma Kavanagh
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The last year has been a period of life like no other, as the Coronavirus pandemic has not only gripped the UK, but the World. For months on-end we’ve been asked to live our lives in a completely different way. For so many of us we’ve spend the last year working from home. For those of us who are parents we’ve seen our children spending most of the…
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Tara Howell may not be a name known to many, but her story is one that should be. She grew up in Yorkshire and Saudi Arbia, and had a successful career in advertising, spanning over 20 years. The one constant in her life was horse riding, which she had enjoyed since childhood. In 2014, when she was just 43 years old, her life was suddenly interrupt…
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For nearly 20 years, Dan Walker has been on our screens for BBC Sport, where he still presents football focus every Saturday. For the past four years, he's also been waking us up every morning as the host of BBC Breakfast. Throughout his career, Dan has been lucky to chat to not just some of the biggest names in politics, sport and entertainment, b…
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Eddie Izzard is someone known to many. She's been a comedian for over three decades, whose unique and a time surreal style has made her a household name. But Eddie is art is much more than a comedian. She's also an actor who's made appearances in Hollywood movies, an activist and a Labor Party official. But in recent years, Eddie has become almost …
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Andrew Strauss
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Andrew Strauss, is one of England's most successful cricket captains. He led his country to victory in the Ashes at home in 2009, before going on in the winter of 2010/11, to retain the Ashes down under, and in doing so became only the third England Captain to win a test series against Australia both home and away. But in December 2018, Andrew's li…
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Paul McKenna
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For many years, Paul McKenna worked a broadcaster, working for the likes of capital radio and BBC Radio One, that after having a hypnotist on as a guest on one of his radio shows, his life headed in a very different direction. For the past nearly 30 years, Paul McKenna has been one of the country's most successful hypnotists and the author of a num…
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Philip Schofield
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Philip Schofield joins Simon Thomas to talk about his four decade career on our television screens. his broadcasting journey began on the other side of the world in New Zealand, after his family emigrated from Cornwall, but it was his time in the broom cupboard on Children's BBC where he really made his name. Since then, Philip Schofield has gone o…
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Join Simon Thomas as he explores human endurance through the toughest times in the second series of his podcast Life Interrupted. In a series of incredible interviews, he discovers how the more desperate times can lead to hope and inspiration for a new and happy life. In each episode, we hear from names we are familiar with and some we are not. The…
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Billy Billingham
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Simon talks to star of the TV programme SAS: Who Dares Wins, Billy Billingham. After a near-miss during a knife-right in his youth and strong advice from a boxing coach, Billy decided that he needed a life-direction and joined the Military. There he found like-minded people and thrived on the mental and physical challenge. As he grew, he discovered…
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Simon talks to former Cricket Captain Luke Sutton about his competitive attitude to life and how this led to valuing winning at all costs. Luke struggled with finding a release from the pressures of needing to win and found calm in using alcohol. He also endured the sudden loss of his long-term partner. Things spiralled out of control, and after a …
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Simon talks to the CEO of the Wilderness Foundation, Jo Roberts. Jo founded the charity to help young people from difficult, abusive and impoverished backgrounds. She guides them to find solice, courage and understanding in the wilderness of nature. In this episode, she reveals how these young people come to her broken and closed, and how her wilde…
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Bill Turnbull
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Simon talks to journalist and presenter, Bill Turnbull who currently works as a presenter for the radio station Classic FM, following many years as a presenter with the BBC. In March 2018, Bill publicly revealed his diagnosis of advanced prostate cancer. His decision to talk openly about his illness has led to many other men having their health che…
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Simon talks to broadcast legend, Dave Clark. He tells us how he fell into live broadcasting and loved it. Through a rich and revered career, he has been a familiar face of sport, especially darts. Since 2011, Dave has been living with Parkinson’s disease. His public battle with the disease has brought timely awareness to those who struggle with Par…
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Simon talks to Andrea Corr. To hear her painful journey through tragic times, to acceptance, to peace and ultimately to a deeper understanding of simple joys and taking each moment lightly and thoughtfully. If you have been through life events similar to those described in this episode and you need someone to talk to, please contact the samaritans,…
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Simon talks to widower Steve Bland who describes his life before meeting his wife, Rachel Bland and the difficult journey to a new normal after her death. If you have been through life events similar to those described in this episode and you need someone to talk to, please contact the samaritans, free any time, from any phone, on 116 123 And if yo…
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Duncan Slater
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Simon talks to Duncan Slater about his time in Afghanistan. From an young age Duncan endured difficult times, none more challenging than his experience during military service when a bomb exploded underneath him. Duncan explains how despite losing both of his legs, he went on to run ultra marathons in the desert and ride a bike from Lands End to Jo…
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In this heartfelt interview, Fearne Cotton explains to Simon how life events took away her ability to feel joy and comfort. How a veil of anxiety and panic-attacks robbed her of happiness. Simon hears how she was forced to began a brave and difficult journey back to a normal life. If you have been through life events similar to those described in t…
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Simon Thomas explores human endurance through the toughest times. In a series of interviews with well-known celebrities and notable people, he discovers how crisis and desperation can lead to hope and inspiration for a new and happy life. In each episode, we find out that there are so many others experiencing mental anguish, who have lived through …
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