No Parental Guidance

This week Louise and Hannah are joined by the wonderful Ryan and Matthew, better known as Daddies Overnight. They open up about their beautiful, yet challenging, journey to adopting their son and what it’s like navigating the world as two dads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The one and only Charlotte Dawson joins us for an episode that is equal parts hilarious chaos and heart-wrenching honesty. Charlotte doesn't hold back as she opens up about the "four years of hell" she endured being targeted by trolls, leading to constant calls from social services and even police involvement. She shares the reality of being accused of child abuse while simply trying to navigate m...

We’ve made it! Welcome to our final hurrah of 2025! It feels like only yesterday we were nervously launching this podcast in July, and now, over 20 episodes later, we are celebrating a massive milestone. We are so incredibly grateful to everyone who has tuned in every week and shared this journey with us. To celebrate, we’ve put together a special trip down memory lane. This is a compilation of ou...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!  In this very special festive episode, Hannah and Louise are joined by a true national treasure—Larry Lamb. Known for his iconic roles in Gavin & Stacey and EastEnders, Larry sits down with us to talk about the "gift of parenthood," the reality of being a "boomer," and what Christmas really looks like in his household (spoiler: it involves a lot of napp...

Join us for a powerful and honest conversation with the incredible Chloe Madeley, daughter of TV legends Richard and Judy, as she opens up about one of the most stressful periods of her life: her divorce. Hannah and Louise kick off with a classic overshare. Louise recounts the moment she went to the doctor after feeling sick post-Reading Festival, only to be hit with a 10-week pregnancy shock! The...

We are back with another chaotic episode packed with your most hilarious and mortifying listener Parenting Fails! But first, we dive straight into the wild world of pregnancy libido and why one friend's horniness led to a seriously awkward emergency call. Louise kicks off the episode by sharing her friend's incredible confession. while heavily pregnant and "feeling frisky" at home, an FBI warning...

For the first time in her life, Trinny Woodall opens up about years of IVF treatment in this week's episode of No Parental Guidance. She reveals that her miracle baby came after 16 rounds of IVF treatment. And when her daughter arrived, she came 6 weeks early and was born with a condition called Talipes which required specialist treatment for several years. Trinny talks us through those first tend...

We're back with your favorite segment: Parenting Fails! But first, Louise and Hannah tackle the ridiculous conveyor belt of personal questions every woman faces, starting in her twenties: When are you getting a boyfriend? Married? Kids? And ultimately, When are you getting divorced? :woman-facepalming:This leads to Hannah's hilarious confession about her husband, who referred to her as his "curren...

The brilliant social media stars The Kabs Family (Chan and Tay) join Louise and Hannah to talk about their journey to baby number four, the pressures of modern parenting, and how they went from nervous teenagers on a bus to YouTube superstars! Tay confesses he had to do a full presentation to convince Chan to have a fourth child, and now he's waiting on her hand and foot. From getting her McDonald...

If you've ever felt like getting your kid into an after-school club is harder than buying Oasis concert tickets, this episode is for you! Louise and Hannah dive deep into the most chaotic parts of parenting, starting with the logistical nightmare of securing club spaces before they instantly fill up.  We confess to the difficulty of running children to all their activities only to fall asleep at m...

We are thrilled to welcome the queen of budgeting and finance, Gemma Bird, to the podcast! Known for her brilliant, no-nonsense money-saving tips, Gemma joins Louise and Hannah to discuss the financial squeeze on parents, teaching kids the value of money, and the honest anxiety that comes with motherhood. Gemma shares the hilarious moment her son Brody asked for a Bugatti, proving that kids truly...

The studio has had a massive Card Factory overhaul and Hannah and Louise have gone all out with their outfits for our massive Halloween special! Get ready for the parenting fails, spooky listener stories, and honest opinions on the one holiday where we completely undo everything we teach our kids. In this episode, we dissect the chaos of Halloween; knocking on strangers' doors, going out at night,...

Welcome to Episode 14 with the hilarious stand-up comedian and single mum, Harriet Kemsley! Harriet joins us to talk all things co-parenting, getting back into the dating game after divorce, and how a tarot card reading led her to uncover a truly bizarre piece of emotional baggage (ahem, a plaster cast of her ex-husband's penis) behind her sofa.  Harriet discusses how she manages her dyspraxia, he...

From Supermodel to Super-Dad, David Gandy spills the tea on labour, admitting he channeled his inner Dr. Doug Ross (George Clooney's character in ER), stole the midwife's chair, and even filmed the birth, yes, including the "business end" and head crowning! He makes a powerful point about men needing to better understand women's hormones and how important this is for expectant fathers. We discuss...

Former Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt opens up on the hilarious chaos of motherhood, from the moment her postman found her toddler to the time she got baby poop right in the face. She also spills the tea on her incredible X-Factor comeback 7 weeks after a C-section alongside Nicole Scherzinger, Ashley Roberts, and all the Dolls. She opens up about childbirth and parenting all while being part of one...

Superstar television presenter and former Big Brother host Davina McCall comes to the No Parental Guidance studio to reveal her birth stories, parenting fails and to remind us that it's OK to poo while giving birth. It was, in fact, encouraged by her midwife. The superstar presenter and broadcasting powerhouse tells us what it's like to have brought up 3 children who are now grown up and fleeing t...

Join us as we dive into the hilariously relatable chaos of parenting. This week, Hannah tells us about the supermarket row that nearly ended her 12 year relationship! Plus Louise tells us when potty training her then toddler peed in a very expensive vintage car, to the mortifying moment her child announced "we have nits!" in a crowded hairdressers. We also get into all your parenting fails and str...

Join us for a hilarious and all-too-relatable chat with the brilliant Anna Williamson, a renowned TV presenter and dating expert from 'Celebs Go Dating' and a fellow parent! We're getting real about the chaos of family life, from heated school WhatsApp group discussions to the mental load of managing schedules. Anna shares her own parenting triumphs and fails, including a side-splitting story abou...

Join Hannah East and Louise Boyce for a laugh-out-loud BONUS episode packed with stretch mark hacks (don’t try this at home!), Spanx secrets (yes, you’ve been wearing them wrong), and the funniest parenting fails yet! Expect full-on football mum chaos, epic fails in toddler dummy weaning, and the awkward reality of teenage daughters finding things they shouldn’t in your underwear drawer. It’s a bu...

Ever wonder what it's really like to be a mum of six? This week, Hannah East & Louise Boyce are joined by Tara Greer (@MeetTheGreers ) a mum of six from Birmingham, who shares her unfiltered truth about life with a big family. From managing the endless washing to the organised chaos of packing for a family holiday, she reveals how she keeps it all together. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

Hannah & Louise are joined by award-winning comedian, writer, and star of The Mash Report, Rachel Parris. As a mum of a 3-year-old, Rachel knows all about tantrums, toddler chaos, and the joys (and disasters) of parenting while trying to juggle a busy career. They dive into the reality of surviving the 9-week summer holidays, from spending a fortune on kids clubs to the bittersweet truth of spendi...

Join Hannah and Louise for another round of hilarious parenting fails! In this episode, Hannah shares the mortifying story of having morning sickness at royal invitation to Windsor Castle. The chaos doesn't stop there, as Louise dives into the shocking moments her kids started saying swear words and the absolute disaster of trying to take a family photo. You'll hear all about Hannah's very persona...

In this episode, we're talking about the universal struggle of losing your identity after having kids and the reality of trying to make new mum friends. We get brutally honest about the biggest parenting fails (and the arguments that come with them), from kids weeing on you to what happens when your toddler learns to use the cat flap. We also dive into some of the most serious and powerful topics,...

From Love Island to nursery runs – Amy Hart joins NPG to talk motherhood without the filters. She opens up about freezing her eggs at 28, falling pregnant by surprise, and the soft-play chaos of life with a toddler. Glam, honest, and totally relatable – this is motherhood, Amy-style. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Is screen time ruining our kids or saving our sanity? Why were Konnie Huq’s boobs leaking at the BAFTAs? And who actually has time for Blue Peter-style crafting? (Clue: not us.) This week on No Parental Guidance, comedy mums Hannah East and Louise Boyce (@mamastillgotit_) are joined by TV legend Konnie Huq for a no-filter chat about raising boys, teen tech tantrums and why she’s backing a sit-down...