Events That Made Me with Liz Taylor

Frances Ruffelle earned her first film credit at the age of 15 and won a Tony award at the age of 22. Over the course of her musical career, she has featured in Chicago, Les Miserables, Starlight Express and Joseph’s Technicolour Dream coat as well as many other classics. She explains to Liz Taylor how her mother’s theatre school helped her from a young age to follow her passion and how a nasty ca...

Frances Ruffelle crafted her career by being one of the most inspirational women on broadway. Liz Taylor tells you why you should nurture your own creativity.

After saving her last dance at a friend’s 21st, Julie Neville knew that Phil was the man for her. Since then, she has had to make many sacrifices in order to accommodate both her husband’s and son’s footballing careers. She tells Liz Taylor about the multiple occasions on which she has had just a week to pack up the house and move to a new country and the difficulties she faced adjusting to a more...

Julie Neville has faced many challenges being the matriarch of a sporting family. Liz Taylor tells you why you should lean into the challenge.

Sally Dynevor joined the cobbles in 1986 and has portrayed Corrie’s Sally Webster ever since. She tells Liz Taylor how she took herself along to David Johnson’s theatre workshop for children and was instantaneously sold on an acting career, from then on no other job would suffice. She shares how a travel agent called Elsie nurtured her in the early stages of her career whilst touring America with...

Sally Dynevor got out of her comfort zone by doing something she’d never done before. Liz Taylor explains why you should get out of yours.

Series 5 of Events That Made Me launches on September 8th 2022. Here’s what’s in store.

Carl Austin-Behan made LGBT history.  In this special episode for LGBT history month, celebrity events planner Liz Taylor is joined by Carl Austin-Behan. Carl tells Liz about being gay in the military in a time where it could have landed him in jail, and how eventually that would lead him to become the first openly gay Lord Mayor of Greater Manchester. Liz and Carl also discuss the challenges he f...

Carl Austin-Behan wears his identity with pride. Liz Taylor reflects on what identity is and why it's so important.  Liz Taylor's 30-year career in event planning has built an impressive portfolio of events, including celebrity weddings, charity fundraisers like Children in Need with Gary Barlow and huge gala dinners such as Winter White Gala at Kensington Palace for HRH Duke of Cambridge, as well...

Sandy Lindsay has seven jobs.  Celebrity events planner and entrepreneur Liz Taylor is joined by Sandy Lindsay MBE. Sandy tells Liz about the most important lessons she's learnt in business and from life - including her dance troupe her family ran, as she was growing up.  Sandy also tells Liz about creating her PR agency, Tangerine, and The Juice Academy, which has created over 500 jobs for young...

Sanday Lindsay has shown commitment, she's been led by her values and her integrity. Brand consultant Liz Taylor discusses knowing when a commitment is right for you, and why the most important commitments are the ones you make to yourself.  Liz Taylor's 30-year career in event planning has built an impressive portfolio of events, including celebrity weddings, charity fundraisers like Children in...

What happens once you sell for 70 million? Celebrity events planner and brand consultant Liz Taylor is joined by Carole Nash OBE. Carole tells Liz all about how she created the largest motorbike insurance broker in the UK, and then why she sold it. Carole divulges how she created a brand that's bigger than herself.  Despite her success, the road was never smooth for Carole as a woman in a majority...

Even when Carole Nash became hugely successful, she always remembered the people around her. Brand consultant Liz Taylor discusses how looking after the people around you means they'll look after you. Liz Taylor's 30-year career in event planning has built an impressive portfolio of events, including celebrity weddings, charity fundraisers like Children in Need with Gary Barlow and huge gala dinne...

How do you succeed as an entrepreneur? Liz Taylor speaks to some of the UK's leading business owners about how they built their empires. Hear from chef Tom Kerridge, artist Beth Cullen-Kerridge, football pundit Gary Neville, entertainment magnate Jonathan Shallit MBE, CEO Jennie Johnson MBE, business executive Linda Plant, florist Simon Lycett, property developer Tom Bloxham MBE and television pro...

Meet the mind behind some of the greatest TV moments of recent years.  Ben Winston is the producer of Friends: The Reunion, The Grammys, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Adele One Night Only and so many other amazing TV moments. In this episode of Events That Made Me: The Entrepreneur Edit, celebrity events planner and brand consultant Liz Taylor sits down with Ben to uncover the events that...

Roots have provided Ben Winston with the stability to really make his mark. In this bonus Air Extension, CEO Liz Taylor examines the importance of knowing who you are and where you come from, and how that helps when you’re reaching for the top. Liz Taylor's 30-year career in event planning has built an impressive portfolio of events, including celebrity weddings, charity fundraisers like Children...

What do you do on a long train journey? If you're Jennie Johnson, you use that time to plot out your first business empire.  Celebrity Events Planner and brand consultant, Liz Taylor sits down with another leading entrepreneur to discover the events that led them to their success. Jennie Johnson shares with Liz how she left her job to create Kids Allowed, a one stop shop for parents and their chil...

What gives you the gumption to quit your job and go for that big idea? Balls.  CEO Liz Taylor examines why being ballsy is better than being confident - and why women have balls too!  Liz Taylor's 30-year career in event planning has built an impressive portfolio of events, including celebrity weddings, charity fundraisers like Children in Need with Gary Barlow and huge gala dinners such as Winter...

Who inspires you? For property mogul Tom Bloxham it's people like Richard Branson and... the Sex Pistols. In this season of Events That Made Me, celebrity event planner Liz Taylor sits down with entrepreneurs to uncover how they found success. Founder and chairman of Manchester's leading property regeneration company, Tom Bloxham MBE, shares with Liz how he went from fire extinguishers and posters...

How important is it, to go above and beyond, when it comes to entrepreneurship?  In this Air Extension episode, CEO Liz Taylor examines how confidence can take you a long way when it comes to spotting how to go beyond the opportunity. Liz Taylor is a successful award-winning event manager ( www.tlc-ltd.co.uk ) and businesswoman, a media commentator, motivational speaker and consultant for hospital...

Season 4 of Events That Made Me launches on Thursday November 11th 2021.  Find out what makes this season special.  

Music has guided both Take That's Howard Donald and Liz Taylor in their personal and professional journeys. In this, the final air extension of the season, Liz explains how and why she has embraced music and the impact that it's had on her. Liz Taylor’s 30-year career in event planning has built an impressive portfolio of events, including celebrity weddings, charity fundraisers like Children in N...

A quarter of a century from the moment that broke a million hearts, Take That’s Howard Donald speaks openly about his life in Take That with celebrity event planner and brand consultant, Liz Taylor, during the season finale interview of her Events That Made Me podcast. He reveals the ups and downs of life in one of the UK’s most successful pop bands, including losing Robbie Williams from the group...

Nothing has held dancer and choreographer Arlene Phillips back, especially not being of a certain age. In this bonus air extension CEO and business leader Liz Taylor explains why there's no point in slowing down as you get older.  Liz Taylor’s 30-year career in event planning has built an impressive portfolio of events, including celebrity weddings, charity fundraisers like Children in Need with G...

“I Came from a Family Who Couldn’t Afford Dance Lessons” She may have started out her dancing career as a live-in house sitter for Ridley Scott, worked on Hollywood movies with some of the biggest stars of the stage and screen, and choreographed some of the world’s most famous musicals, but life in the public eye hasn’t always been a smooth ride for Arlene Phillips CBE.  From paying for her early...