They Don't Teach This At School with Myleene Klass

Matt Lucas is an actor, comedian, TV presenter, author and musician. He’s best known for his sketch comedy show Little Britain and as a presenter of The Great British Bake Off.

Matt has achieved huge success in his career, but faced immense challenges in his childhood. He developed alopecia and lost all his hair at 6-years-old and he struggled to accept his sexuality as a teenager. In this incredible interview, Matt t...

Sophie Ellis-Bextor is a pop star who rose to fame in the 90s after starting her music career as just a teenager. She’s gone on to have six studio albums, all while raising five sons. Sophie had a unique upbringing, her mum was the famous Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis and  as a late teenager spent most of her time on the road as the lead singer of The Audience. In this episode we talk about how o...

Vanessa Feltz is a broadcaster and journalist, who has been on our screens and airwaves for decades. She was educated at a leading private school and The University of Cambridge, one of the best universities in the world. And while her first-class education set her up for a hugely successful broadcasting career, the only benefit her mother saw was that it would help her find a good Jewish husband. V...

This episode contains detailed discussion around mental health and suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected by anything you hear in this episode please contact the Samaritans on 116 123 or speak to your GP.

Nadiya Hussain is a TV chef, presenter and writer - best known for winning The Great British Bake Off and for her bestselling cookery and children’s books. Her latest cookbook, Nadiya's Simple Spices, is out now.

In t...

This episode contains detailed discussion around mental health and suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected by anything you hear in this episode please contact the Samaritans on 116 123 or speak to your GP.

Roman Kemp is a TV and radio presenter,  best known as the host of Capital Breakfast.

He has achieved huge success at a young age but his world changed over...

Caitlin Moran is an award-winning writer and columnist for The Times. Her bestselling books have seen her described by many as a feminist icon. Caitlin’s had an extraordinary upbringing, she was raised by hippies, who decided to homeschool her and her 7 younger siblings from the age of 11. But Caitlin and her siblings have gone on to achieve such huge success in their careers despite receiving little edu...

My guest this week is - well, you know her as broadcaster extraordinaire Lauren Laverne, but in my household she’s my best friend and she’s aunty Lala. Lauren hosts the 6 Music breakfast show and the much-loved Desert Island Discs. In this episode we talk about the alternative teachers in her life and the lessons she’s learned from her incredible parents. She also reveals that if she wasn't the coolest f...

Welcome to my new podcast They Don’t Teach This At School, each week I’ll be speaking to some brilliant guests to share their tips on how they and their families survive life’s challenges. My first guest is an exclusive interview with my friend, Amanda Holden. You’ll know her as an actress, singer and presenter. She hosts Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and she's a judge on Britain’s Got Talent. S...

Amir Khan is a former professional boxer and two-time world champion. As a young boy, he was the naughty one - so his dad took him to boxing class at 8-years-old, to try keep him out of trouble. But by the time Amir was 17, he had become Britain’s youngest ever boxing Olympic medalist. Now I know a completely different side to Amir than a former world champion. I spent three weeks with him in the jungle and it was brilliant to be r...

I am so excited to launch my new podcast They Don’t Teach This At School. Be honest - how many times have you said that? How many times have you felt so under-equipped for what life has thrown your way? In school we learned about Pythagoras, but then we went out into the adult world and we were expected to know how to budget for a household, set up a bank account or know what to do when the boiler broke....