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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   Olivia Laing

   S1, Ep5 How to Fail: Olivia Laing · Aug 2018

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   Otegha Uwagba

   S2, Ep4 How to Fail: Otegha Uwagba · Oct 2018

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   Pandora Sykes

   S3, Ep8 How to Fail: Pandora Sykes · Feb 2019

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   Paris Lees

   S11, Ep6 How to Fail: Paris Lees · Jun 2021

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   Pat Cummins

   Pat Cummins - 'My mother’s death taught me cricket isn’t as important as family' · Aug 2024

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   Philippa Perry

   S5 BONUS EPISODE! How to Fail: Philippa Perry and Sadie Jones · Aug 2019

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   Phoebe Waller Bridge

   Failure Throwback: Phoebe Waller Bridge · 3 episodes

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   Rachel Cargle

   S17 BONUS EPISODE: Rachel Cargle on reimagining the life we want to live. · May 2023

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   Rebecca Anderton-Davies

   A How to Fail Miniseries: Rebecca Anderton-Davies · Dec 2020

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    Rebecca Coxon

    SPECIAL EP: On Fertility and Finding Your Family… with Rebecca Coxon · Mar 2026

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    Richard Bacon

    Richard Bacon - ‘I Was Betrayed By My Best Friend’ · Jul 2026

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    Rick Edwards

    S16, Ep6 How To Fail: Rick Edwards on confidence, competitiveness and the lessons he's learned from past relationships · Feb 2023

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    Roman Kemp

    S15, BONUS EPISODE! How To Fail: Roman Kemp on mental health, male suicide and failing to be Batman · Dec 2022

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    Rosamund Pike

    Rosamund Pike - ‘Failure Is Pretending To Be Someone You’re Not’ · Mar 2026

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    Ross Barr

    A How to Fail Miniseries: Ross Barr · Dec 2020

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    Ruby Tandoh

    S12, Ep 5 How to Fail: Ruby Tandoh · Sep 2021

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    Russell Kane

    S14, Ep9 How To Fail: Russell Kane · Jul 2022

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    Ruth Wilson

    Ruth Wilson - Be Challenged By What Disgusts You · Nov 2025

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    Sabrina Dhowre Elba

    Sabrina Dhowre Elba… I thought ‘this is how I’m going to die’ · Feb 2024

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    Sadie Jones
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    Sam Ryder

    Sam Ryder - ‘Fame is like giving a dog a treat every single day. You get used to it.’ · Mar 2025

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    Sathnam Sanghera

    Sathnam Sanghera on why books can save us and how to understand Empire · 2 episodes

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    Scarlett Moffatt

    S8, Ep4 How to Fail: Scarlett Moffatt · Jun 2020

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    Shabaz Ali

    Shabaz Ali - ‘I’ll be a diversity quota as long as I get paid’ · Feb 2026

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    Sharmaine Lovegrove

    S3, Ep7 How to Fail: Sharmaine Lovegrove · Feb 2019

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    Shirlie Kemp

    S6, Ep5 How to Fail: Shirlie Kemp · Oct 2019

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    Siena Castellon

    S8, Ep7 How to Fail: Siena Castellon · Jul 2020

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    Spencer Matthews

    S16, Ep4 How To Fail: Spencer Matthews on alcoholism, the death of his brother and surviving reality TV · Jan 2023

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    Stephen Grosz

    Stephen Grosz - ‘Real love is going to hurt’ · Oct 2025

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    Tanya Reynolds

    BONUS EPISODE! How to Fail: Tanya Reynolds · Sep 2021

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    Tom Ellis

    Tom Ellis - Fatherhood, Surrogacy and Years of Therapy · Sep 2025

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    Toni Laites

    Toni Laites - Love Island Healed My Toxic Dating Patterns · Mar 2026

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    Trinny Woodall

    S15, BONUS EPISODE! How To Fail: Trinny Woodall on single parenthood, business failure and the empowerment of her 50s · Nov 2022

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    Vicky McClure

    S4, Ep1 How to Fail: Vicky McClure · Apr 2019

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    Vicky Pattison

    Vicky Pattison - ‘You don't become old and wise if you haven't been young and daft’ · Jun 2025

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    Vogue Williams

    Vogue Williams - ‘I love therapy’ · Jun 2024

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    Warsan Shire

    S14, Ep6 How To Fail: Warsan Shire · Jun 2022

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    Yinka Bokinni

    A How to Fail Miniseries: Yinka Bokinni · Nov 2020

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    Yomi Adegoke

    S17, Ep8 Yomi Adegoke on social media, mental health and reality TV · Jun 2023

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    Yusra Mardini

    S16, Ep3 How To Fail: Yusra Mardini - how a teenage Syrian refugee became an Olympic swimmer against unimaginable odds · Jan 2023

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