Experience is Everything

Saga Group

Some moments change you. Some experiences turn you into a smarter, or more thoughtful, or tougher person. They build your resilience, your sense of humour and your empathy too. In Experience is Everything, the nation's favourite lexicographer and media personality Susie Dent talks to household names to find out what they’ve learned over their extraordinary lifetimes.

In enthralling conversations with actors, comedians, athletes, musicians and celebrities we’ll discover the most surprising, comical and moving moments that made them who they are today… because there’s no substitute for experience.

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S2 · E9
September 1 · 50 min
Lorraine Kelly – How Scotland’s daytime queen almost never made it
NEW SERIES: Lorraine Kelly is the new host of Experience is Everything. Before taking over the microphone, Lorraine joins outgoing host Susie Dent for a special handover episode looking back on the highs, lows and surprises of more than 40 years in television. She reveals how she was told she’d never make it because of her Scottish accent, being dropped from GMTV during her maternity leave, and the extraordinary moments that shaped her career: from reporting on national tragedies like Lockerbie and Dunblane to meeting some of the most famous people in the world. Plus, Lorraine opens up about life away from the cameras, becoming a grandmother and the recent loss of her father. Now, Lorraine reflects on what four decades in the spotlight have taught her and why she’s ready for her next chapter. Saga Insurance is exclusively designed for people over 50. When experience matters, choose Saga. Search Saga Insurance today. Saga.co.uk/insurance Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠@EIEpod⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠Experience is Everything ⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠Eiepod⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠Eiepod⁠⁠⁠ Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. ⁠⁠⁠saga.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S2 · E9
August 6 · 41 min
How to have healthy knees for life with Dr. Mark Porter and Jonathan Bell – Health Edition
Experience is Everything: The Health Edition with Dr. Mark Porter, is brought to you by Saga, providing you with the very latest health advice that you can trust. We know that keeping fit, healthy and happy is paramount for our listeners and viewers and so, with the help of leading experts, we'll be diving into essential topics to help you do just that. Today’s episode is about a very common complaint: knee pain. Around half of those over 50 – mostly women – will have experienced some degree of knee trouble over the last year, with around a third seeking help from their GP. Might you be one of them? Here to discuss the causes and treatments of painful knees, what you can do to help yourself and how you can protect your joints is consultant orthopaedic knee surgeon Jonathan Bell. Dr. Mark Porter has worked as an NHS GP for nearly 40 years. He is an award-winning journalist, having spent much of his career at the BBC, and is currently a health columnist for Saga Magazine and The Times. Saga Health Insurance is exclusively designed for the over 50s. Search Saga Health Insurance for a quote today. T&Cs apply.⁠www.saga.co.uk/healthinsurance⁠ Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. YouTube: ⁠@EIEpod⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠ Instagram: ⁠eiepod⁠ TikTok: ⁠eiepod⁠ Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. ⁠saga.co.uk⁠ ⁠podmasters.co.uk⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S2 · E7
July 21 · 39 min
How to lower your blood pressure with Dr. Mark Porter and Dr. Pauline Swift – Health Edition
Experience is Everything: The Health Edition with Dr. Mark Porter, is brought to you by Saga, providing you with the very latest health advice that you can trust. We know that keeping fit, healthy and happy is paramount for our listeners and viewers and so, with the help of leading experts, we'll be diving into essential topics to help you do just that. Today’s episode is all about blood pressure. At least one in four adults in the UK now has high blood pressure, and the older you are the more likely that is. We need some pressure to circulate blood around our bodies, but if it is too high it can lead to problems ranging from an early heart attack or stroke, to kidney disease, visual loss and dementia. It is the original ‘silent killer’, the leading preventable risk of death and disability worldwide, and for every ten people who have been diagnosed, there are thought to be another seven who remain undiagnosed and untreated. Might you be one of them? And what can you and your doctor do to bring yours down? To help provide clarity on all of this and more is Dr. Pauline Swift, Consultant Nephrologist and Chair of the charity Blood Pressure UK. Dr. Mark Porter has worked as an NHS GP for nearly 40 years. He is an award-winning journalist, having spent much of his career at the BBC, and is currently a health columnist for Saga Magazine and The Times. Saga Health Insurance is exclusively designed for the over 50s. Search Saga Health Insurance for a quote today. T&Cs apply. www.saga.co.uk/healthinsurance Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. YouTube: @EIEpod Facebook Instagram: eiepod TikTok: eiepod Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. saga.co.uk podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S2 · E6
July 7 · 47 min
Dame Elaine Paige on the price of fame, surviving cancer and her love affair with musical theatre
NEW SERIES: Award-winning presenter and Countdown lexicographer Susie Dent discovers life lessons from living legends. Dame Elaine Paige is the undisputed First Lady of Musical Theatre. Catapulted to international stardom as Eva Perón in Evita, she has since graced the West End and Broadway with unforgettable performances in Cats, Chess, Anything Goes and Sunset Boulevard. Beyond the stage, Elaine has released more than 20 albums, with another on the way, and for the past 22 years has been the trusted voice behind her much-loved BBC Radio 2 show. On this episode of Experience is Everything, Elaine joins Susie Dent to reflect on the moments that shaped her remarkable career: the time she came within touching distance of walking away from musical theatre, returning to the stage after breast surgery, and the promise she made to King Charles. Saga River Cruises – experience all-inclusive river cruising with all the details taken care of. Search “Saga River Cruises.” T&Cs apply. ATOL protected. www.saga.co.uk/rivers Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. YouTube: ⁠⁠@EIEpod⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠Experience is Everything ⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠Eiepod⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠Eiepod⁠⁠ Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. ⁠⁠saga.co.uk⁠⁠ ⁠⁠podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S2 · E5
June 23 · 41 min
Carol Kirkwood on finding love in your fifties, TV mishaps and leaving the BBC
NEW SERIES: Award-winning presenter and Countdown lexicographer Susie Dent discovers life lessons from living legends. Carol Kirkwood spent 28 years bringing the weather into Britain's living rooms, becoming one of the BBC's most beloved presenters and a nine-time TRIC Award winner. But away from the forecasts, she's built a second career as a bestselling novelist and found love again in her fifties. On this episode of Experience is Everything, Carol joins Susie Dent to talk about finding love later in life, accidentally taking a photo of the King's nostrils, leaving the BBC after nearly three decades, and knowing when it was finally time for a new chapter. Saga Insurance exclusively designed for people over 50. When experience matters, choose Saga. Search Saga Insurance today. ⁠www.saga.co.uk/insurance⁠ Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. YouTube: ⁠@EIEpod⁠ Facebook: ⁠Experience is Everything ⁠ Instagram: ⁠Eiepod⁠ TikTok: ⁠Eiepod⁠ Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. ⁠saga.co.uk⁠ ⁠podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S2 · E4
June 9 · 48 min
Dame Dr Maggie Aderin on resilience, reflection and reaching for the stars
NEW SERIES: Award-winning presenter and Countdown lexicographer Susie Dent discovers life lessons from living legends. Dame Dr Maggie Aderin is one of the leading space scientists in the UK. She has worked on some of the world’s biggest space projects, such as the James Webb telescope and the Gemini Observatory in Chile, and has presented the BBC’s astronomy show The Sky At Night for more than 12 years. She is Chancellor of the University of Leicester and is the first black woman to win a gold medal in the Physics News Award. She also previously served as President of the British Science Association. But as the dyslexic daughter of Nigerian immigrants, her journey hasn’t been the easiest and she is committed to breaking down barriers relating to race, class and gender. In this episode of Experience is Everything, Maggie talks to Susie about advocating for diversity in science; her worry that we will ruin space; and where she plans to retire! Saga Insurance exclusively designed for people over 50. When experience matters, choose Saga. Search Saga Insurance today. www.saga.co.uk/insurance Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. YouTube: @EIEpod Facebook: Experience is Everything Instagram: Eiepod TikTok: Eiepod Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. saga.co.uk podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S2 · E3
May 26 · 54 min
Angela Rippon on leaving the BBC and saying yes to Strictly!
NEW SERIES: Award-winning presenter and Countdown lexicographer Susie Dent discovers life lessons from living legends. Angela Rippon is a trailblazer. One of the most consequential figures in British broadcasting, her remarkable career spans 60 years. A journalist, director and producer, she was the first long-serving female presenter of the BBC National News, and has presented entertainment shows such as Eurovision, Top Gear, Come Dancing, Antiques Roadshow, and Rip-Off Britain. She has an OBE and a CBE, and her incredible high leg kick on the Morecambe and Wise show has gone down in TV history. In this episode of Experience is Everything, Angela tells Susie about broadcasting from the Queen’s funeral, how she stays friends with her ex-husband and doing the splits at the age of 81. Saga Boutique River Cruises. With so much included in the price, from a nationwide shared chauffeur service to all-inclusive drinks, an included excursion in every port, Wi-Fi and gratuities – it’s all included when you sail away with Saga. Search “Saga River Cruises.” 2027 season on sale now. T&Cs apply. saga.co.uk/rivers-2027 Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. YouTube Facebook Instagram TikTok Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. saga.co.uk podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S2 · E2
May 12 · 40 min
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on River Cottage, getting fired and letting go in the kitchen
NEW SERIES: Award-winning presenter and Countdown lexicographer Susie Dent discovers life lessons from living legends. Chef, writer and broadcaster Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is passionate about food – good, ethically sourced, sustainable food. Famous for creating the River Cottage brand, Hugh has written more than 25 cookbooks and is a staunch campaigner on issues such as food waste, unsustainable fishing, and poor animal welfare. In this episode of Experience is Everything, Hugh tells Susie about how moving out of London changed his life; the moment he got fired from world famous restaurant River Cafe; and why his children have told him to butt out of the kitchen. If you’re dreaming of a safari in South Africa, an immersive experience in India, or exploring the Galapagos Islands, an escorted tour with Saga, may be just what you’re dreaming of. Every unforgettable tour has been created exclusively for people over 50 by our team, and their 2027 escorted tours are on sale now. Search “Saga escorted tours” today. ATOL protected. Saga.co.uk/tours Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. YouTube: @EIEpod Facebook Instagram: eiepod TikTok: eiepod Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. saga.co.uk podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S2 · E1
April 28 · 45 min
Johnny Ball’s greatest stories – From Ringo Starr to Queen Elizabeth II
NEW SERIES: Award-winning presenter and Countdown lexicographer Susie Dent discovers life lessons from living legends. Johnny Ball has been in the entertainment industry for more than 60 years, from his days as a Butlins Redcoat to becoming one of the UK’s most beloved children’s TV presenters. He single-handedly made maths and science exciting for so many, turning educational television into an absolute must-watch. In this episode of Experience is Everything, Johnny talks to Susie about how he got the gig presenting hit children’s TV show Play School; what happened when he told the Duke of Edinburgh he had a crush on Queen Elizabeth IIl; and how he told The Beatles ‘there’s no money in n roll’. Saga Insurance exclusively designed for people over 50. When experience matters, choose Saga. Search Saga Insurance today. www.saga.co.uk/insurance Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. YouTube: @EIEpod Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584091016049# Instagram: eiepod TikTok: eiepod Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. saga.co.uk podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S1 · E10
April 14 · 43 min
Jane Horrocks on Absolutely Fabulous and finding a purpose in life
NEW SERIES: Award-winning Radio 4 broadcaster and Daily Mail columnist Jenni Murray discovers life lessons from living legends. Jane Horrocks has one of the most recognisable voices in entertainment. Known for her strong Lancashire accent, she became a household name after being offered the role of the quirky Bubble in Absolutely Fabulous, and amazed us all with her ability to impersonate the greatest singers in the world in Little Voice. In this episode of Experience is Everything, Jane talks to Jenni about the moment she fell in love with acting; the support she has received from acting legends such as Alan Rickman; how her distinctive voice has become part of her personality; and how to find a purpose in life once your children have left home. • This podcast is brought to you by Saga Money - the personal finance experts for people over 50. Whether you want to save invest, review your will, release equity or get a mortgage, just go to⁠ Saga Money⁠: https://www.saga.co.uk/money Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. YouTube: @EIEpod https://www.youtube.com/@eiepod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584091016049# Instagram: eiepod https://www.instagram.com/eiepod TikTok: eiepod https://www.tiktok.com/@eiepod Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. saga.co.uk podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S1 · E9
March 31 · 42 min
Paul Lewis – “My cautiousness cost me money!”
The whole Saga team and family is deeply saddened by the passing of Dame Jenni Murray, who had been the wonderful host of this podcast. This episode is one of two last interviews she had recorded with us, and with the permission of her family we are releasing them – as we believe Jenni would’ve wanted both to be seen and enjoyed by the public. In the first of these, Jenni spoke with award-winning financial journalist and Saga columnist Paul Lewis, who has been advising us on what to do with our money for more than 40 years. He’s hosted Radio 4’s Moneybox programme since 2000 and is the author of six books. In this episode, Paul told Jenni that having a career as a financial journalist was not on the cards; the greatest lessons he has learnt about money; why we need to start spending our money; and the weirdest place he has been recognised. It’s a fascinating episode, and Jenni brings out insights throughout with her signature warmth and curiousness. • Presented to you by Saga Boutique River Cruises. Sail away with so much included in the price. 2026 season on sale now, browse the full collection here. Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. YouTube Facebook Instagram TikTok Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. saga.co.uk podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S1 · E8
March 10 · 36 min
Prue Leith – On leaving Bake Off and finding love again at 70
NEW SERIES: Award-winning Radio 4 broadcaster and Daily Mail columnist Jenni Murray discovers life lessons from living legends. Dame Prue Leith has lived an eventful life. She blagged her way into cookery school, built a Michelin-starred restaurant from scratch, wrote sixteen cookery books and eight novels, and spent nearly a decade of British summers in a marquee judging cakes on The Great British Bake Off. Along the way she turned herself into one of the most recognisable and outspoken figures in the country. In this episode of Experience is Everything, Prue sits down with Jenni to talk about why she walked away from one of the best jobs on television, the complicated love story that began when she fell for her mother’s best friend’s husband, and why she has become one of the most passionate advocates for legalising assisted dying. She also reflects on the unexpected joys of later life, and why falling in love in your seventies can feel surprisingly like being a teenager again. • Saga Insurance exclusively designed for people over 50. When experience matters, choose Saga. Search Saga Insurance today. www.saga.co.uk/insurance Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. YouTube: ⁠⁠@EIEpod⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠Experience Is Everything with Saga⁠⁠ Instagram: @⁠⁠eiepod⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠@eiepod⁠⁠ ⁠⁠saga.co.uk⁠⁠ ⁠⁠podmasters.co.uk Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. saga.co.uk podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S1 · E7
February 24 · 42 min
Adjoa Andoh – On Bridgerton, punk music and growing up in the Cotswolds
NEW SERIES: Award-winning Radio 4 broadcaster and Daily Mail columnist Jenni Murray discovers life lessons from living legends. Actor Adjoa Andoh has done it all from theatre to TV, film, radio and audiobooks. Directing and starring in Shakespeare plays, gracing our television screens on shows such as Casualty and Doctor Who, and working on films like Invictus alongside Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. Adjoa talks to Jenni about what it was like growing up in The Cotswolds in a mixed race family; accepting her first acting job at the same time she found out she was pregnant; how she has found juggling her work with motherhood; and whether she’ll be returning to Bridgerton as the sharp-witted Lady Danbury in series five! Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. This podcast is bought to you by Saga Money - the personal finance experts for people over 50. Whether you want to save invest, review your will, release equity or get a mortgage, just go to⁠ Saga Money⁠: https://www.saga.co.uk/money YouTube: ⁠@EIEpod⁠ Facebook: ⁠Experience Is Everything with Saga⁠ Instagram: @⁠eiepod⁠ TikTok: ⁠@eiepod⁠ Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. ⁠saga.co.uk⁠ ⁠podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S1 · E6
February 10 · 42 min
Tanni Grey-Thompson – “My wheelchair gave me my life”
NEW SERIES: Award-winning Radio 4 broadcaster and Daily Mail columnist Jenni Murray discovers life lessons from living legends. Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has 11 golds, four silvers and one bronze medal to her name. She’s won the London Wheelchair Marathon six times, has held more than 30 world records, and now sits in the House of Lords advocating for people with disabilities. Tanni talks to Jenni about how her parents had to fight for her to go to a ‘normal’ school; how getting a wheelchair changed her life; what it feels like to lose; and how she has had to learn to ignore the opinions of others, especially when she fell pregnant with her daughter Carys. Tune in for a powerful conversation about determination, dignity, and the strength it takes to define your own path. • Presented to you by Saga Boutique River Cruises. Sail away with so much included in the price. 2026 season on sale now, browse the full collection ⁠here⁠. Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. ⁠⁠⁠saga.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S1 · E5
January 29 · 42 min
Alex Kingston - "When Strictly called, I knew it was now or never"
NEW SERIES: Award-winning Radio 4 broadcaster and Daily Mail columnist Jenni Murray discovers life lessons from living legends. Actor Alex Kingston has made it big on both sides of the Atlantic, from her role starring alongside George Clooney as Dr. Elizabeth Corday on ER, to playing the wife of Dr. Who, River Song. Alex tells Jenni about how she survived heartbreak after the end of her first marriage to Ralph Fiennes; how she got her big break over in the States; how fighting cancer made her feel invincible; and the real reason she finally said yes to doing Strictly, after having turned it down time and time again. This podcast is bought to you by Saga Money - the personal finance experts for people over 50. Whether you want to save invest, review your will, release equity or get a mortgage, just go to Saga Money: https://www.saga.co.uk/money Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. YouTube: @EIEpod Facebook: Experience Is Everything with Saga Instagram: eiepod TikTok: eiepod Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. saga.co.uk podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S1 · E4
January 13 · 37 min
Tim Spector – “I realised I really didn’t want to die in my fifties”
NEW SERIES: Award-winning Radio 4 broadcaster and Daily Mail columnist Jenni Murray discovers life lessons from living legends. Professor Tim Spector is one of the world’s leading experts in nutrition and gut health microbiome, having co-founded the personalised nutrition programme, Zoe. He is also a Professor at Kings College London and a best-selling author. But, becoming a doctor wasn’t always what he wanted to do. He explains to Jenni how he got into – and fell in love with medicine. Yet it wasn’t until a health scare in his fifties that the trajectory of his career was changed forever - along with his lifestyle. Tim talks to Jenni about the major moments in his life that have shaped the way he lives – and how surviving a helicopter crash on a skiing holiday made him determined to live to the full. • Presented to you by Saga Boutique River Cruises. Sail away with so much included in the price. 2026 season on sale now, browse the full collection here. Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Facebook ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠ Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. ⁠⁠saga.co.uk⁠⁠ ⁠⁠podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S1 · E3
Dec 30, 2025 · 45 min
Sir Trevor McDonald – “The news life is an addiction”
NEW SERIES: Award-winning Radio 4 broadcaster and Daily Mail columnist Jenni Murray discovers life lessons from living legends. Sir Trevor McDonald is one of Britain’s most beloved and influential journalists and newsreaders – but getting there wasn’t easy. He tells Jenni about the gulf between his dreams of a career in news and what his demanding parents wanted for him, the wrench of leaving his home country of Trinidad in 1969 to join the BBC World Service, and the cost of his determination and ambition on his family life. From covering the Troubles in Northern Ireland to landing the coveted position of newsreader on ITN’s News At Ten to world-exclusive interviews with Saddam Hussein, President George W Bush and Nelson Mandela, Sir Trevor reveals the lessons that drive his astonishing work ethic. This episode is presented to you by Saga Boutique Cruises. Saga have created boutique cruises designed exclusively for the over 50s, with so much included in the price. 2026 season on sale now. Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. Follow us on: YouTube Facebook Instagram TikTok 00:00:00 Introduction & Welcome 00:00:53 Trevor McDonald’s Childhood in Trinidad 00:02:56 Importance of Education and Early Aspirations 00:04:46 Choosing Journalism Over Traditional Careers 00:06:43 The Role of Family and Work Ethic 00:08:54 Preparing for Major Interviews (Saddam Hussein Example) 00:11:02 Moving to London and Joining the BBC 00:13:22 Transition to ITV and News at Ten 00:15:12 Reporting in Northern Ireland: Experiences & Challenges 00:17:41 Becoming a Celebrity News Anchor 00:19:35 The Addictive Nature of Newsrooms 00:21:28 Experiences with Racism and Diversity in Media 00:23:42 Interviewing World Figures: Mandela, Saddam Hussein, Bush 00:31:47 Covering Tragedies and Coping Emotionally 00:34:27 Career Sacrifices and Family Impact 00:36:47 Interracial Marriage and Children’s Experiences 00:37:33 How Journalism Has Changed 00:39:39 Interviewing Modern Political Figures: Trump Reflection 00:41:48 Advice to His 18-Year-Old Self 00:42:48 Reflections on Celebrity and Legacy 00:43:29 Conclusion & Farewell Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga saga.co.uk podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S1 · E2
Dec 16, 2025 · 45 min
Tony Blackburn – “Retire? I’ve got a job to kill for!”
NEW SERIES: Award-winning Radio 4 broadcaster and Daily Mail columnist Jenni Murray discovers life lessons from living legends. This time Jenni hears the extraordinary story of one of the greatest broadcasters of all time. After cutting his teeth at sea on pirate radio, Tony Blackburn became the first voice on Radio One. He won the Radio Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award twice and gained a new generation of fans when he became the very first winner of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here. He tells Jenni how he faced success, setbacks, shipwrecks, a famous moment of on-air over-sharing during his divorce and much more with humour and humility. Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. ⁠YouTube⁠ ⁠Facebook ⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. ⁠saga.co.uk⁠ ⁠podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
S1 · E1
Dec 1, 2025 · 50 min
Paul Merton – “You can cope with anything if you find the funny in it”
NEW SERIES: Award-winning Radio 4 broadcaster and Daily Mail columnist Jenni Murray meets beloved household names and discovers the moments that changed them. What have they learned over their remarkable lifetimes? In an extraordinarily frank, funny and poignant first episode, Have I Got News For You’s comic mainstay Paul Merton explains how a love of comedy got him through some of the hardest moments of his life. He reveals how it helped him cope with the death of his wife, and tells how it got him through both life-threatening illness and hospitalisation for mental health issues. It’s an astonishing story of resilience and humour. Presented to you by Saga Boutique River Cruises. Sail away with so much included in the price. 2026 season on sale now, browse the full collection here. Find Experience is Everything every two weeks on your favourite podcast platform. • YouTube: @EIEpod • Facebook • Instagram: eiepod • TikTok: eiepod Experience is Everything is a Podmasters production for Saga. saga.co.uk podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nov 21, 2025 · 39 sec
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Experience is Everything - the brand new podcast from Saga, interviewing national treasures and household names to discover the most surprising, comical and moving moments that made them who they are today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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