ImPerfect with Darren Harriott

Personal trainer and NX Coaching founder Nicolle Smartt joins Darren to talk fitness, confidence and what “healthy” actually looks like when bodies, hormones and why she's not coaching clients on GLP1s. They get into women’s health across different life stages, flexible nutrition, GLP-1 weight-loss medication and why lasting progress is less about perfection than learning how to begin again. D...

What if confidence isn’t about feeling fearless, but simply knowing who you are? In this joyful, candid episode of ImPerfect, Darren is joined by award-winning comedian, actor and writer Thanyia Moore. With her trademark warmth, wit and brilliant energy, Thanyia opens up about embracing her insecurities, finding freedom in shaving her head and owning what makes her different. They also explore bei...

From dropping unforgettable dinner-party raps to winning over the nation with his infectious warmth, Married At First Sight UK fan-favourite Dean Vary joins Darren for an uplifting and deeply honest conversation. Dean’s charm and big heart won over audiences and he brought a refreshing wave of positivity and real talk to everyone he connects with. In this episode, he gets candid about life under t...

What if confidence isn’t about loving every photo, everyangle or every sweaty Edinburgh Fringe moment, but simply refusing to waste your one precious life worrying about what strangers think? WHAT IF, DARREN? Well in this episode of ImPerfect , he sits down with Traitors winner, comedian and podcaster, Hannah Byczkowski to figure it all out. They talk early body awareness, what it’s like to sudden...

Can a fat person be a personal trainer? The internet has plenty to say – often loudly, cruelly and without knowing what it’s talking about. Darren Harriott sits down with Rhiannon Cooper, founder of Not So Typical Fitness, to discuss the abuse fat PTs receive, why representation in fitness is not just important but necessary, and how movement can become something other than punishment. She runs (g...

What is social media doing to our bodies and why are peoplefalling for it? Darren is joined by Professor Adam Taylor: anatomist, researcher, award-winning public educator and the amazing brain behind hundreds of brilliantly accessible articles, plus regular appearances across TV, radio and online media. Together, they head into the weird and alarming world of looksmaxxing, where apparently even yo...

“It’s hard to have a body today”. Darren sits down with Molly Forbes, founder of the Body Happy Organisation, to unpack the tiny comments, changing-room dread and deeply unhelpful cultural messages that teach us, far far FAR too young, that our bodies are problems waiting to be fixed. From school PE and family “banter” to diet culture in a wellness hat and algorithms that know exactly which insecu...

Zoe Hardman is a superwoman and one of those people who radiates warmth, humour and honesty and in this episode, she brings all three in ABUNDANCE. Best known for her work on Heart, Made by Mammas and BBC Morning Live, Zoe joins Darren for a beautifully open conversation about body image, eating disorders, recovery, motherhood and learning to truly care for the body you live in. Zoe speaks with su...

Darren sits down with a pillar of fat activism, Virgie Tovar, and honestly? She is amazing and fresh, and we loved this interview. Truth bombs and facts and things to sit and think about, abound. They get into what GLP-1s are actually doing to your brain and body, and why Virgie compares the whole industry to Jurassic Park: "we know exactly how this goes." And Darren gets honest about hi...

Darren is catching up with the effusive, enigmatic and endlessly creative Cat Sims to talk about her self-esteem following a 90s childhood, addiction and a positive GLP1 journey. Expect too much and just enough: why she couldn't keep her weight loss a secret and why she embarked on it in the first place - and some poetic love tunnels. We LOVED Cat joining us in the studio and will put money on...

Darren Harriott is joined by comedian and writer Dave Chawner for a frank conversation about anorexia, masculinity and the strange ways our minds turn food and body image into a full-time job. Dave talks about what recovery looks like, why eating disorders don’t have a single, often romanticised, “look”, and how humour helped him make sense of the hardest parts. You can get Dave’s book, Weight Exp...

Darren Harriott talks to consultant clinical psychologist Dr Denise Ratcliffe about the messy, maddening and very human psychology of body image. From childhood comments that stick to the exhausting on-off diet cycle, emotional eating, weight stigma and the reality of bariatric surgery and weight-loss jabs, this is a smart, funny and deeply compassionate conversation about why bodies are never jus...

Welcome to ImPerfect: the podcast for anyone who has ever looked in the mirror, opened Instagram, heard the words “BMI”, “clean eating” or “wellness journey”, and immediately needed a lie down. In this inaugural episode, Darren is joined by NHS doctor, registered associate nutritionist and author Dr Joshua Wolrich to chew the proverbial fat about this lovely marketing term: food noise, about where...

Why are we making a show about self esteem and body image? What can you expect from us? And who are we bringing on to school us on all of this? Listen to our trailer and find out what's coming soon!