Tea With Twiggy

Sam McKnight is a hairstylist known for his work with celebrities including Princess Diana, Kate Moss and Lady Gaga, and for his collaborations with fashion houses like Chanel, Fendi, Balmain and Burberry. McKnight was born in Scotland and he initially worked as a window cleaner, van driver and trainee teacher before becoming an assistant at a local hairdresser which then lead into his illustrious...

Dame Harriet Walter is a British actress known for her extensive work in numerous Royal Shakespeare Company productions, Walter has received an Olivier Award as well as nominations for a Tony Award, five Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2011, she was appointed Dame for services to drama. Harriet has recently appeared in several high-profile films and TV shows including "Succession"...

David Baddiel is an English comedian, presenter, screenwriter, and author. He is known for his work alongside Rob Newman in The Mary Whitehouse Experience and his comedy partnership with Frank Skinner. David joined Twiggy not long after the documentary based on his book “Jews Don’t Count” was released on TV and before his latest book “The God Desire” was released. These books amongst many others t...

Daisy Fuentes in an actress, comedian, model, television host and former weather presenter. She became MTV's first Latina VJ and Revlon's first Latina spokesperson to be signed to a worldwide contract. Daisy shares a kinship with Twiggy in that she has has appeared on many magazine covers and has starred in nationally televised ads for Revlon, Pantene, American Express, M&M's and others. The music...

Luke Evans is a Welsh actor and singer. He began his career on the stage, performing in many of London's West End productions such as Rent, Miss Saigon, and Piaf before making his film breakthrough in the Clash of the Titans 2010 remake. Following his debut, Evans was cast in such action and thriller films as Immortals (2011), The Raven (2012), and the re-imagined The Three Musketeers (2011). He r...

Julian Schlossberg born January is an American film, TV, and theatre and television producer. In 1964 he began his career in television at ABC. After 10 months, he was promoted to head the department. This would prove to be the start of a long and illustrious career! Julian joins Twiggy for a cup of tea, to talk about his career, and to chat about his new book "Try Not to Hold It Against Me" which...

Anita Dobson, is an English stage, film and television actress, and singer. She is best known for her role from 1985 to 1988 as Angie Watts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Dobson's other television roles include the 1989 ITV sitcom Split Ends. In 2003, she was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress for the National Theatre production of Frozen. The music for the podcast is Twiggy's ver...

Earl Charles Spencer was the Godson of Queen Elizabeth II Spencer grew up with three older sisters, Sarah, Jane, and Diana. Spencer became styled as Viscount Althorp when his father became Earl Spencer in 1975, a title that he currently holds. The music for the podcast is Twiggy's version of "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks and can be found on Apple Music at this link https://music.apple.com/gb/albu...

Sarah Beeny is an English broadcaster and entrepreneur, best known for presenting Property Ladder, Property Snakes and Ladders, Streets Ahead, Britain's Best Homes, Sarah Beeny's Selling Houses, How to Live Mortgage Free and Sarah Beeny's New Life in the Country. The music for the podcast is Twiggy's version of "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks and can be found on Apple Music at this link https://mus...

Rankin is a British photographer and director who has photographed Kate Moss, Madonna, David Bowie, Twiggy, and The Queen.  The London Evening Standard described Rankin's fashion and portrait photography style as high-gloss, highly sexed and hyper-perfect. The music for the podcast is Twiggy's version of "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks and can be found on Apple Music at this link https://music.appl...

Peter Frampton is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. As this episode is released Peter is preparing for a show at The Royal Albert Hall in London. He was previously associated with the rock bands Humble Pie and the Herd. As a solo artist, he has released several albums, including his international breakthrough album, the live release Frampton Comes Alive! which spawned several hit single...

James Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide. He joined Twiggy for a cup of tea in the middle of his 2022 European tour. You can still buy tickets for his shows now! The music for th...

Julian Lennon is an English musician and comes to chat with Twiggy about his latest album “Jude” which is available now. He is the son of Beatles member John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia, and he is named after his paternal grandmother, Julia Lennon. Julian inspired three Beatles songs: "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" (1967), "Hey Jude" (1968) and "Good Night" (1968). The music for the podcas...

Bobbi Brown is an American professional make-up artist, author, and the founder of the cosmetics brand Jones Road Beauty. Back in the 90’s, she created ten natural-shade lipsticks which according to Entrepreneur "revolutionized the beauty industry". She has written nine books about beauty and wellness. The music for the podcast is Twiggy's version of "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks and can be found...

Olivia Harrison is an American author and film producer, and the widow of musician George Harrison of the Beatles. She first worked in the music industry in Los Angeles, for A&M Records, where she met George Harrison and then helped run the Dark Horse record label. The music for the podcast is Twiggy's version of "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks and can be found on Apple Music at this link https://m...

Ben Elton is an English comedian, actor, author, playwright, lyricist and director. He was a part of London's alternative comedy movement of the 1980s and became a writer on the sitcoms The Young Ones and Blackadder, as well as continuing as a stand-up comedian on stage and television. The music for the podcast is Twiggy's version of "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks and can be found on Apple Music a...

Bananarama is an English pop duo from London, formed as a trio in 1980 by friends Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward. Fahey left the group in 1988 and was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan until 1991, when the trio became a duo. Their success on both pop and dance charts saw them listed in the Guinness World Records for achieving the world's highest number of chart entries by an all-female...

Edgar Wright is an English filmmaker. He is known for his signature editing style that includes transitions, whip pans and wipes. In 2004, He directed the zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the first film in the "Three Flavours Cornetto" trilogy. The film was co-written with Pegg—as were the next two entries in the trilogy, the buddy cop film Hot Fuzz (2007) and t...

Michelle Dockery is an English actress best known for her leading performance as Lady Mary Crawley in the ITV television period drama series Downton Abbey for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Dockery made her professional stage debut in His Dark Materials in 2004. For her role as Eliza Doolittle in the 2007 London...

Mary McCartney is a Photographer and author. She has written two vegetarian cookbooks and co-founder of Meat Free Monday and is an ambassador for Green Monday, both nonprofits that campaign for sustainable, meat-free living. The music for the podcast is Twiggy's version of "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks and can be found on Apple Music at this link https://music.apple.com/gb/album/romantically-your...

Amanda Prowse is an International Bestselling author who has written 27 novels, seven short stories and an autobiography book, have been published worldwide in dozens of languages. These include Amanda Prowse include ‘A Mother’s Story’ which won the coveted Sainsbury’s eBook of the year Award and ‘Perfect Daughter’ which was selected as a World Book Night title in 2016. Another recent novel ‘The F...

Victoria Tennant is an English actress known for her roles in the TV miniseries The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, in which she appeared alongside actor Robert Mitchum's as, Pamela Tudsbury, as well as her supporting roles in such movies as All of Me (1984), The Holcroft Covenant (1985), Flowers in the Attic (1987), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), and L.A. Story (1991). The music for the podcas...

Pattie Boyd is an English model and photographer. She was one of the leading international models during the 1960s and, with Jean Shrimpton, epitomised the British female look of the era. Her photographs of George Harrison and Eric Clapton, titled "Through the Eye of a Muse", have been widely exhibited. The music for the podcast is Twiggy's version of "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks and can be foun...

Sir Timothy Rice is an English lyricist and author. He is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote, among other shows, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita; with Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA, with whom he wrote Chess; and with Disney on Aladdin, The Lion King, the stage adaptation of Beauty and the Beast,...

Tracey Ullman is a British-American actress, comedian, singer, writer, producer, and director. Her earliest mainstream appearances were on British television sketch comedy shows A Kick Up the Eighties (with Rik Mayall and Miriam Margolyes) and Three of a Kind (with Lenny Henry and David Copperfield). She emigrated from the United Kingdom to the United States, where she starred in her own network t...