Join us back in St James’ Park with broadcaster Ashley James - as she tells us all about going on Celebrity Big Brother and striking up an unanticipated friendship with Ann Widdecombe. Ashley explains why she doesn’t want to get married and we have a potential royal drive-by… as well as bumping into actual broadcast royalty!

If you haven’t heard part one of this chat yet, you can listen to it here

Follow Ashley on instagram @ashleylouisejames 

Listen to Emily and Ray’s walk with Emma Barnett from September 2019 here!

Follow Emily: 

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Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence

Music: Rich Jarman 

Artwork: Alice Ludlam

Photography: Karla Gowlett 

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Ashley James is our guest on Walking The Dog this week! Emily, Ashley and Ray met in London’s Green Park for a stroll past Buckingham Palace - where we were accompanied by the changing of the guard! 

Ashley has a poodle called Snoop, who currently lives with her parents in the Lake District - after Ashley’s dad absolutely fell in love with him... she can't bring herself to ask for him back!

As well as being mum to two young children, Ashley is a broadcaster and influencer who appears regularly on This Morning, and she uses her platform to be a voice for women and mothers online.

We chat about how Ashley struggled with her identity after getting a scholarship to a boarding school, feeling insecure about her accent and what it was like to be on Made in Chelsea whilst struggling financially. 

Part Two of our chat will be available on Thursday! 

Follow Ashley on instagram @ashleylouisejames 

Follow Emily: 

Instagram - @emilyrebeccadean

X - @divine_miss_em

Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence

Music: Rich Jarman 

Artwork: Alice Ludlam

Photography: Karla Gowlett 

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We are back on Clapham Common for the second part of our walk with the wonderful Kate Thornton. 

Kate tells us all about how her career shifted from print journalism on TV, how she feels about her time as the first host of The X Factor, and the value she places on her female friendships. 

If you haven’t heard part one of our chat yet - you can listen to it here. 

White Wine Question Time with Kate Thornton is a Stak production, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Follow Emily: 

Instagram - @emilyrebeccadean

X - @divine_miss_em

Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence

Music: Rich Jarman 

Artwork: Alice Ludlam

Photography: Karla Gowlett 

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Today Emily and Raymond are on Clapham Common with the legendary broadcaster Kate Thornton!

Kate doesn’t have a dog, but she says she melts in the presence of canine beauty - and Ray absolutely adored her (I mean, who wouldn’t?!) 

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During our walk, Kate chats about summers in the Cotswolds spent in the back of her Dad’s dry cleaning van, her journey to overcoming bullying and she built an extraordinary portfolio career for herself.

The second part of our walk with be available on Thursday!

White Wine Question Time with Kate Thornton is a Stak production, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Follow Emily: 

Instagram - @emilyrebeccadean

X - @divine_miss_em

Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence

Music: Rich Jarman 

Artwork: Alice Ludlam

Photography: Karla Gowlett 

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We’re back in Victoria Park with Rhys “Rhysie Baby” James! 

In this part of the conversation, Emily delves into Rhys' personal life, Rhys tells us how he came to have a cat named by Bob Mortimer and all about writing his new podcast, the brilliant Dial F For Football.

You can listen to the first part of our chat with Rhys here!

Listen to Dial F For Football wherever you get your podcasts! 

Keep up with all things Rhys at https://rhysjames.co.uk/ 

Follow Emily: 

Instagram - @emilyrebeccadean

X - @divine_miss_em

Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence

Music: Rich Jarman 

Artwork: Alice Ludlam

Photography: Karla Gowlett 

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Join Emily and Ray in London’s Victoria Park for a walk with the brilliant comedian Rhys James. Rhys is actually more of a cat man, but Raymond absolutely adored him nonetheless! 

Rhys tells us about growing up in Harpenden, what it meant to be a small boy at school, how he feels about being liked and the limited circumstances under which he will accept compliments. 

Rhys has written a brand new podcast - Dial F For Football: a comedy series that goes behind the scenes of the most popular fictional sport radio station in the country - Totalsport FM. It stars Lolly Adefope, Fergus Craig, Jessica Fostekew & Helen Cripps. You can listen to it wherever you get your podcasts! 

The second part of our chat is available here!

Keep up with all things Rhys at https://rhysjames.co.uk/ 

Follow Emily: 

Instagram - @emilyrebeccadean

X - @divine_miss_em

Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence

Music: Rich Jarman 

Artwork: Alice Ludlam

Photography: Karla Gowlett 

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We're back with Katherine Ryan, along with her dogs Meg, Manny and Cardi B - this time we're safely out of the mud in her back garden.

Katherine tells us about what it was like to film her own reality show, attachment parenting and the benefits of coyote vests.

You can listen to the first part of our walk here!

Katherine will be on tour with Battleaxe in 2024 and 2025. You can find tickets here!

You can listen to Katherine's podcast Telling Everybody Everything wherever you get your podcasts. 

Katherine's reality show Parental Guidance is available here on UKTV Play

Listen to Emily and Ray's first walk with Katherine from May 2017 here

Follow Emily: 

Instagram - @emilyrebeccadean

X - @divine_miss_em

Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence

Music: Rich Jarman 

Artwork: Alice Ludlam

Photography: Karla Gowlett 

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This week on Walking The Dog, it's the one-and-only Katherine Ryan! We met Katherine in a location in Hertfordshire that was far too muddy for someone as glamorous as she... although Katherine dealt with it VERY well.... much better than Raymond. Katherine caught us up with her three dogs: Manny, Meg and new addition Cardi B - and they are all absolutely adorable!

After encountering a few hurdles with the locals and the mud, Katherine tells us all about the games she played with her sisters growing up, what it was like to be interviewed by Louis Theroux and whether she really does tell everybody everything.

The second part of our chat is available here!

Katherine will be on tour with Battleaxe in 2024 and 2025. You can find tickets here!

You can listen to Katherine's podcast Telling Everybody Everything wherever you get your podcasts. 

Katherine's reality show Parental Guidance is available here on UKTV Play

Listen to Emily and Ray's first walk with Katherine from May 2017 here

Follow Emily: 

Instagram - @emilyrebeccadean

X - @divine_miss_em

Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence

Music: Rich Jarman 

Artwork: Alice Ludlam

Photography: Karla Gowlett 

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In the second part of our walk with Angela Barnes, you join us back in Brighton's beautiful Stanmer Park with Tina and Raymond.

Angela and Emily have an in-depth chat about ADHD, Angela catches us up on her wedding and she tells us all about her brilliant history podcast with John O'Farrell - We Are History.

If you haven’t heard the first part of this chat, you can listen to it here

Keep up with all things Angela here: https://www.angelabarnescomedy.co.uk/ 

You can listen to Angela’s podcast We Are History wherever you get your podcasts. 

Catch Angela at the Edinburgh Fringe this August with her work-in-progress show "Angela Barnes Is Getting Worked Up"

Listen to Emily and Ray’s first walk with Angela from November 2021 here

Follow Emily: 

Instagram - @emilyrebeccadean

X - @divine_miss_em

Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence

Music: Rich Jarman 

Artwork: Alice Ludlam

Photography: Karla Gowlett 

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The brilliant stand-up comedian Angela Barnes joins Emily and Raymond for this week’s episode of Walking The Dog! Angela may think she’s a pessimist, but she certainly brightened our day…

We met in Brighton’s Stanmer Park and Angela tells us all about how she was inspired by her dad (who ran a sex shop, if you didn’t know…) to start her comedy career, how important it is to remember your good fortune and what it’s like to compare careers with her peers. 

You can listen to part two of our walk with Angela here!

Keep up with all things Angela here: https://www.angelabarnescomedy.co.uk/ 

You can listen to Angela’s podcast We Are History wherever you get your podcasts. 

Catch Angela at the Edinburgh Fringe this August with her work-in-progress show "Angela Barnes Is Getting Worked Up".

Listen to Emily and Ray’s first walk with Angela from November 2021 here

Follow Emily: 

Instagram - @emilyrebeccadean

X - @divine_miss_em

Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence

Music: Rich Jarman 

Artwork: Alice Ludlam

Photography: Karla Gowlett 

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It’s time for the second part of our walk with Maisie Adam! 

Maisie tells us all about her first experience on a TV panel show, what it was like to be a news story as a child and she reminisces about her first date with her now husband - which took place right here on Brighton Beachfront! 

Maisie will be heading round the UK this autumn with her brand new tour ‘Appraisal’. For tickets, more information and to keep up with all things Maisie head to https://www.maisieadam.com/ 

If you haven’t heard part one of our chat with Maisie - you can listen to it here! 

Follow Emily: 

Instagram - @emilyrebeccadean

X - @divine_miss_em

Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence

Music: Rich Jarman 

Artwork: Alice Ludlam

Photography: Karla Gowlett 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.