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BBC Radio 4
When It Hits the Fan
Inside the world of crisis managers and spin doctors as David Yelland and Simon Lewis watch the week's biggest PR disasters unfold. In each episode our hosts go behind the scenes of the latest news stories and find out how, where and when it all began to hit the fan. When It Hits The Fan is hosted by two of the most influential and experienced people in the game; David Yelland is the former editor of the Sun and alongside him is Simon Lewis, former trouble-shooter for the Queen and Gordon Brown, as well as for major corporations like the Nat West, Vodafone and British Gas....
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4.7 stars from 142 ratings
Royal family epic fail
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“Fact is the UK Royal Family needs America. And boy the wool cannot be pulled over our eyes again, the UK media is a joke. They are client “journalists” or “PR” for the monarchy. But they crossed the line trying to guilt trip the world because Will &Kate are lousy at their jobs. The...”Read full review »
Sicopaw via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/22/24
Intelligent insightful conversation
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“Thoroughly enjoying this podcast and have already recommended it to three people, Simon and David are the sort of people you would like to be stuck in a lift with”
vanessalouwill via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
03/24/24
Conflicts of interest in PR?
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“So apparently it is totally fine for it to go completely unacknowledged that Simon Lewis’ brother, Will Lewis, current editor of the Washington Post, is heavily implicated in Prince Harry’s lawsuit against the Sun, having worked for Murdoch for over a decade after the scandal came to light. That...”Read full review »
AlexaMVD via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/21/24
Recent Episodes
In a special episode of When It Hits the Fan, Simon Lewis and David Yelland talk to Matthew Freud about his 40-year career at the head of one of the most influential PR businesses in the world. Freud Communications has promoted and protected the reputations of the biggest names in Britain.
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Published 04/22/24
Published 04/22/24
On When It Hits the Fan, we often talk about crises as if they should be avoided at all costs. But Dorothy Byrne, the former head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4, is living proof that walking towards the fan is often a hallmark of people that effect positive change.
In this special...
Published 04/16/24
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