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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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4.6 stars from 192 ratings
My new favourite podcast
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“Two experts sharing their expertise — what more could you possibly want? This is what the Media Show used to be like! Required listening. Superb.”
Radionoush via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/16/24
Great podcast but with blind spots
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“Overall, this is brilliant - incredibly insightful, and I learn a lot every episode. But they love the royal family FAR too much and think every communication they put out is a work of genius. They have a very critical eye on everything else but are strangely blind to the royals’ PR failings.”
PB1753 via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
09/12/24
“Now”
Månskan via Apple Podcasts ·
Sweden ·
08/18/24
Recent Episodes
In this special episode, David Yelland and Simon Lewis let When It Hits the Fan listeners set the agenda and answer questions sent in to the Fan postbag.
They discuss the truth - when to tell it, and when to hide it. If fly-on-the-wall television comes calling will it always result in good...
Published 11/05/24
Published 11/05/24
David Yelland and Simon Lewis lift the lid on the rarely talked about world of establishment PR and the great battle for influence happening behind the scenes in modern Britain. It’s why Peter Mandelson, William Hague and 36 other hopefuls are all vying to be the next Chancellor of Oxford...
Published 10/29/24
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