How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

Every success story you've ever been told is incomplete. How To Fail with Elizabeth Day is the part they leave out. Each week, Sunday Times #1 bestselling author Elizabeth Day sits down with someone extraordinary - and asks them about the moments that didn’t go according to plan and how these failures shaped them. Kate Winslet on body image. Malala Yousafzai on rewriting her story. Pamela Anderson on refuting shame. Phoebe Waller-Bridge on creativity. Salman Rushdie on survival. Emilia Clarke on fame. What happens when the people you most admire stop performing and start telling the truth? Five hundred episodes in, we're still finding out. With sold-out nights at the London Palladium and Sydney Opera House, millions of listeners worldwide, and a British Podcast Award to its name, How To Fail is one of the UK's most successful podcasts. And yes, we're aware of the irony. Pick an episode. Start anywhere. An Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment production. All guest booking is manag

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Every guest on How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

324 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Charlie Mackesy

   Charlie Mackesy – ‘Grief propelled me into work that saved me’ · Jul 2026

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   Charly Cox

   S4, Ep5 How to Fail: Charly Cox · May 2019

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   Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

   Failure Throwback: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2 episodes

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   Chris Appleton

   Chris Appleton - ‘I Felt Shame Before I Felt Love’ · Mar 2026

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   Chris Hoy

   ON FINDING HOPE IN ADVERSITY… With Sir Chris Hoy and Michael Rosen · 2 episodes

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   Christie Watson

   S11, Ep5 How to Fail: Christie Watson · Jun 2021

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   Christine McGuinness

   Christine McGuinness - ‘I don’t want to hold back anymore - I date women! So what?’ · Jun 2025

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   Clemency Burton-Hill

   TWIXMAS BONUS EPISODE! How To Fail: Clemency Burton-Hill · Dec 2021

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   Colin Hehir

   BETWEEN SEASON BONUS! How To Fail: Colin Hehir · Apr 2022

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    Craig David

    🎤 How To Fail LIVE: Craig David on racism, bullying and having the courage to open his heart again · Dec 2022

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    Cush Jumbo

    S6, Ep3 How to Fail: Cush Jumbo · Oct 2019

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    Cynthia Nixon

    How To Cope With A Friendship Break-Up - with Cynthia Nixon - Special Release · 2 episodes

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    Daisy Edgar-Jones

    SPECIAL EPISODE! How to Fail: Daisy Edgar-Jones on being the star of Normal People, the lockdown television hit everyone is talking about · May 2020

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    Damian Hughes
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    Dan Carter

    S17 BONUS EPISODE! Dan Carter: one of the greatest rugby players of all time on what failure taught him about winning · Jul 2023

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    Danny O Donoghue

    Danny O Donoghue - ‘I’m finished drinking, I’m finished smoking, everything’ · Jul 2024

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    Deliciously Ella

    S7, BONUS EPISODE! How to Fail: Deliciously Ella · Mar 2020

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    Denise Welch

    Denise Welch - I Got Sober For Love · Oct 2025

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    Diana Evans

    S17, Ep6 Diana Evans: the bestselling author on writing routines, dealing with her inner critic and living life to the fullest · Jun 2023

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    Domenica Calarco

    S15, Ep5 How To Fail: Domenica Calarco, the star of Married At First Sight Australia on divorce, anxiety and reality TV · Sep 2022

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    Dorinda Medley

    ON REALITY TV… With Dorinda Medley and Captain Sandy · 2 episodes

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    Emeli Sandé

    S5, Ep3 How to Fail: Emeli Sandé · Jul 2019

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    Emma Dabiri

    Emma Dabiri - ‘We are still so obsessed with how we look’ · Apr 2025

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    Emma Reed Turrell

    S10, Ep7 How to Fail: Emma Reed Turrell · Mar 2021

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    Eniola Aluko

    S7, Ep5 How to Fail: Eniola Aluko · Jan 2020

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    Erin Doherty

    Erin Doherty - ‘Lean Into Your Truth’ · Mar 2025

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    Farrah Storr

    S2, Ep6 How to Fail: Farrah Storr · Nov 2018

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    Florence Given

    S15, Ep4 How To Fail: Florence Given on shame, sexuality and finding her voice · Sep 2022

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    Francesca Segal

    S5, Ep4 How to Fail: Francesca Segal · Jul 2019

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    Frankie Bridge

    S7, Ep8 How to Fail: Frankie Bridge · Feb 2020

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    Georgia Harrison

    S18 BONUS EPISODE: Georgia Harrison on taking back her power · Oct 2023

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    Gina Miller

    S1, Ep6 How to Fail: Gina Miller · Aug 2018

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    Gladys McGarey

    S17, Ep4 Dr Gladys McGarey: a 102-year-old doctor shares the secret to health and happiness · May 2023

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    Golda Rosheuvel

    Golda Rosheuvel - ‘I don’t see my dyslexia as a failure anymore’ · Jan 2026

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    Greta Thunberg

    S15, Ep9 How To Fail: Greta Thunberg on activism, friendship and failing to be a 'normal' teenager · Oct 2022

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    Guenther Steiner

    Guenther Steiner - F1 made me an absent father · Aug 2024

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    Gugu Mbatha-Raw

    Gugu Mbatha-Raw - ‘Have I ever worked with an awful co-star? Maybe one or two’ · Mar 2025

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    Guvna B

    S11, Ep4 How to Fail: Guvna B · Jun 2021

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    Haemin Sunim

    S3, Ep9 How to Fail: Haemin Sunim · Feb 2019

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    Hannah Murray

    Hannah Murray - ‘Everything Fell Apart’ · Jun 2026

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