Walking The Dog with Emily Dean

Today, we’re walking in glorious Regent’s Park with the wonderful comedian Stuart Goldsmith.  As well as having an incredibly successful and critically-acclaimed career as a stand-up, Stuart is pretty much the OG of podcasting - he started his podcast The Comedian’s Comedian in 2012. Today - we’re turning the interview tables on him! Stuart and his family are based in Bristol - and he doesn’t...

We’re in Holland Park with the wonderful Kaye Adams!  We find out about Kaye’s first gig at Scottish Television - and why she thinks she was a terrible news reporter. And, of course, we discuss Kaye’s career as a Loose Women panellist, how she feels about stories written in the press about her co-stars and what role she plays on a typical Loose Women night out.  Kaye also tells us all ab...

Join us on a gorgeous spring day in Holland Park with the legendary broadcaster and Loose Women panellist Kaye Adams! Kaye’s dog Bea is at home in Glasgow - but we find out how much everyone in the Adams household absolutely adores her… sometimes to a somewhat inappropriate extent.  We find out all about Kaye’s upbringing in Scotland - as a show-off child with parents who ran a haulage busine...

We’re on Brighton Beach with Zippo the Jack Russell puppy - and his owner, the fabulous comedian Zoe Lyons.  In this part of our chat, we catch up with what Zoe has been up to since we last spoke - because she’s appeared on one of our favourite shows - SAS Who Dares Wins. Zoe tells us how dealing with her alopecia was one of her motivations for going on the show and what she made of her fello...

Join Emily and Raymond on Brighton Beach with the brilliant comedian Zoe Lyons and her brand new puppy Zippo!  Zippo is a Jack Russell with the most extraordinary eyes you’ve ever seen. Head over to Emily’s Instagram to see his beauty for yourself… prepare to fall in love!  This is Zoe’s second time on the podcast - she appeared on the podcast during lockdown, during what we know underst...

We’re in Regent’s Park with the wonderful JB Gill! JB tells us about learning to deal with the fame that came with his success as part of JLS, his incredible and unexpected journey on Strictly Come Dancing and why he chose to become a turkey farmer! He also reveals some of the rather fabulous celebrities that buy his turkeys, and how he feels about being an iconic Christmas meme.  We also fin...

Join Emily and Raymond in London’s Regent’s Park with the performer, TV presenter and turkey farmer JB Gill! JB shot to fame as one quarter of the boyband JLS. They were runners up on The X Factor in 2008, and then went on to become one of the UK’s most-successful boybands. Their debut album went 4 x Platinum, they won two BRIT awards and five MOBO awards and achieved five number one singles.&nbsp...

We’re on a walk with Will Best and Sandwich the Tibetan Terrier!  Will tells us all about his early television career and how his life changed completely after he got the call to present Big Brother. He tells us what the show means to him and the pressure that comes with hosting it!  We find out how Will processes embarrassing moments, how it feels to be judged by the number of followers...

Join us in East London with the brilliant television presenter, Will Best! Will has a beautiful Tibetan Terrier called Sandwich. Sandwich and Ray had a very special connection due to their shared Tibetan roots - although, they had *very* different attitudes to how much actual walking it is appropriate to do in the park…  Will tells us all about his early life - how he nearly became the Milky...

We’re in St James’s Park with the wonderful Nick Mohammed!  We discuss Nick’s incredible on-screen career - and how his life was changed after her appeared as Nate in the multi award-winning series  Ted Lasso. Nick also reveals his favourite showbiz gossip s and he tells us all about his gorgeous love story with his wife Becca.  Nick is on tour with his critically acclaimed alter-eg...

We’re in St James’s Park with the brilliant comedian, actor and writer Nick Mohammed!  Nick plays Nate in Apple TV’s hit multi award-winning series  Ted Lasso , for which he was nominated twice for Outstanding Supporting Actor at the Emmy Awards. His list of credits would be a whole podcast in itself, he’s appeared in everything from 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown to Stath Lets Flats. H...

We’re on a walk with the brilliant actress and producer Sally Lindsay and her gorgeous dog, Davey the Hungarian Puli!  We chat about Sally’s extraordinary experience on Coronation Street, where she was the youngest ever landlord of The Rovers Return. She tells us about her glamorous love story and how she feels about helping other women by extending the ladder.  Sally’s latest project -...

This week, we’re in South East London with the brilliant actress and producer Sally Lindsay.  Now, it’s not often that this happens - but Sally’s dog Davey is giving Raymond a run for his money on the hairstyle front… she’s a Hungarian Puli with the most fantastic coat you’ve ever seen! Head to Em’s Instagram to see all her majesty for yourself ... We absolutely adored our walk with Sally - w...

We’re in Essex with wonderful Olivia Bowen - and Winnie, her absolutely adorable Frenchie! We find out whether Olivia feels like people underestimate her because she went on Love Island. She also opens up about her recent baby loss, and why she has chosen to speak publicly about vanishing twin syndrome.  Olivia welcomed us into her beautiful home - and she told us all about how she expresses...

Join us in Essex with the fabulous television personality Olivia Bowen and her Frenchie, Winnie!  Olivia first shot to fame on the second series of ITV’s Love Island - where she met her now husband Alex. She and Alex have a lovely little boy called Abel, and they are currently expecting another little girl!  Olivia very kindly welcomed us into her beautiful home - and then we headed out...

We’re in North London with our favourite showbiz couple - Katherine Ryan and Bobby Kootstra, with their dogs Manny and Cardi B.  We adore Katherine and Bobby here on Walking The Dog, and we were thrilled to take a walk with them to get to the heart of their relationship and their attitude towards family life. We find out if it’s possible to have TOO much self confidence, how Bobby was tr...

Today, we’re going on a walk with showbiz’s most fabulous couple… it’s Katherine Ryan and Bobby K!  We’re pretty much obsessed with Katherine and Bobby’s love story… which started when they were at high school together in their hometown of Sarnia, Ontario. Twenty years later, they reconnected in a very rom-com style when Katherine was filming Who Do You Think You Are. We met Katherine and Bob...

Join Emily and Raymond in Clissold Park with the New York Times bestselling author Coco Mellors!  Coco tells us her incredibly inspiring literary story, her experience of being taught at NYU by Martin Amis, and the hard work it took to publish her first novel, Cleopatra and Frankenstein.  Blue Sisters is the moving, funny, story of three sisters dealing with grief and addiction in the wa...

This week we’re joined by one of our most glamorous guests ever - it’s the fabulous author Coco Mellors… and she met us in Clissold Park straight off the plane from New York! Coco is the New York Times bestselling author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein and Blue Sisters . She grew up in London and moved to New York as a teenager, where she received her MFA in fiction from New York Universit...

We’re back in West London with Rory Cellan-Jones and Sophie from Romania!  In this part of our conversation, we discuss Rory’s Parkinson’s diagnosis, what it’s like to host a podcast with Jeremy Paxman and how he feels about being known for being Sophie’s dad.  Follow @rorycellan on Instagram Rory’s written a brilliant book which follows the real journey of Sophie’s adoption – from her b...

This week - we’re with one of the nation’s most loved dogs, Sophie from Romania - and her fantastic owner, Rory Cellan-Jones.  Rory is a journalist and he is best known for being a BBC News technology correspondent. Rory was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in May 2019 and left the BBC after 40 years in 2021.  Then in December 2022 - Rory and his wife Diane adopted their Romanian...

We’re in Kew for the second part of our walk with the brilliant journalist and presenter of Channel 4 News - Krishnan Guru-Murthy and his Chihuahua, Chubby Chops!  In this part of our chat - we talk about how it Krishnan’s job makes it necessary for him to be confrontational and how he feels about being liked. He also tells us about his love story with his wife Lisa, and what his kids ma...

Join Emily and Raymond in Kew with one of the nation’s most respected news presenters - Krishnan Guru-Murphy.  Krishnan is a journalist and the lead presenter of Channel 4 News - and we were thrilled to meet him and his chihuahua - Chubby Chops! Chubby is very sweet boy with a very self sufficient and independent spirit… he and Ray didn’t exactly hit it off - but that’s what you get when you...

It’s time for the second part of our walk with bestselling author Jojo Moyes and her Bosnian rescue dog Sisu.  Jojo tells us about selling 14 million copies of her book Me Before You and the experience of having the book adapted by Hollywood… We find out Jojo’s attitude to writing about people she knows, her thoughts on forgiveness and how therapy has benefitted her life.  We also discus...

This week, we’re on Hampstead Heath with the brilliant bestselling author Jojo Moyes and her gorgeous dog Sisu.  Sisu is a Bosnian rescue dog who had a very dramatic entrance into Jojo’s life which ended up with a call to the pet detective. It’s clear now that Sisu and Jojo have a very special bond - and Raymond absolutely being a part of Introvert Dogs Club! Jojo tells us about her childhood...