The Friendship File
By Podcart
Do you ever wonder how your friends really see you? What would life be like if they weren't around? Parents, partners, children all come and go, but our friends stay - witnesses, cheerleaders, therapists, playmates. Each friendship is unique. But what makes it work? Two friends answer 17 questions about each other - on their own and without conferring. Each episode is a combination of those answers, flipping open the blueprint of one of the world's most valuable things - a friendship.
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7. Stewart and Gwen
Was it Kylie Minogue or cold Christmas pudding in the dark that did it? Does she still have the scars? Will he be eaten by cats? What about that fork? Sorry might be the hardest word. After nearly 30 years, Stewart and Gwen reveal all. Listen now! -
6. Daisy and Emma
Two girls meet in the middle of a Cambridge quad. One looks like a movie star; one had a movie director for a dad. Both would bring history to life in different ways. Daisy Goodwin is a TV producer, screenwriter and best-sellin… -
5. Ssega and Nick
Two little boys meet in Year One and Year Two. The older one impressed the younger one by standing up to his sister. Now they impress each other in different ways - one as a Grammy-award winning musician and composer and the other as one of London… -
4. Laura and Simon
Why did two young actors bring a rehearsal to a dead stop? What began this friendship of in-jokes, money-making schemes suggested and rejected, ex-girlfriends comforted and meals cooked? Oh - and does she actually like skiing? Listen to Laura and … -
3. Ann and Sue
Who knew that this intense schoolgirl would become one of the world’s most successful crime writers? Ann Cleeves - creator of the Vera, Shetland and Two Rivers novels - and her friend, Sue Beardshall, reveal the inside s… -
2. Helen and Tony
Comedy legends Helen Lederer and Tony Slattery's 41-year friendship has dealt with everything including - literally - the kitchen sink. Why did he send her bouquet saying 'whoops'? Why did she ask everyone at her party for Germolene? Why did they … -
1 Welcome to Series Three
More friends get to know each other even better. -
7. Glenys and Raafat
Six years ago, a young man climbed off a tiny boat onto a Greek beach. He was clutching his shoes and could only say one thing to the woman holding out her arms to him: "Are we safe now?" It was the start of something no one could have predicted. -
6. Tony and Rohan
On the steps of a politics tutorial there was an accusation. "You don't know anything about me." That changed. There was a roast chicken involved. More than one. This is the story of thirty years of mutual support ... and insults! -
5. The top 5 things friends say ...
Five key things come up again and again as our friends talk about each other and their relationships. Five things that could make a difference to our own friendships. In this short mid-season special, find out what the friends are trying to tell us. …
