Listen to Sophie Dahl on Elevenses with Danielle Perry

Danielle's third Elevenses podcast episode is available now

Elevenses with Danielle Perry
Author: Scott ColothanPublished 18th Aug 2020

Following the opening episodes with Karl Pilkington and Steve Coogan, the third guest to appear on Danielle Perry’s new podcast, Elevenses with Danielle Perry, is novelist, children’s author, cookbook writer, TV presenter and former model, Sophie Dahl.

With new episodes launching every Tuesday via Apple podcasts, Spotify, all mainstream podcast providers and right here on the Absolute Radio website, Elevenses with Danielle Perry sees Danielle take a morning break and sit down for a chat with famous faces from all walks of life to share tea, biscuits, and ask the same eleven burning questions.

Sophie Dahl in 2019

Available to listen to right now, the latest episode sees Sophie Dahl open up about the impact of a nomadic lifestyle as a kid living in 17 different houses, why she bit her best friend Emily when she was five, the importance of conversation and listening to each other in such turbulent global times, sharing a house with a variety of animals including 80-year-old tortoise Torty, life in lockdown, her plans for her next children’s book following Madame Badobedah, and much more.

In a first on Elevenses, Sophie also turns the spotlight back onto Danielle and asks what her ambitions in life are…

Listen to Sophie Dahl on Elevenses with Danielle Perry:

You can also catch up on the Karl Pilkington episode of Elevenses with Danielle Perry below where he opened up about the moment he was told that his comedy helped a fan out of depression.

Karl also talked about his job as a paper boy, his close friendship with Ricky Gervais, and how he is definitely NOT a comedian:

The second episode of Elevenses saw Steve Coogan open up about his plans to take his iconic character Alan Partridge back out on the road once again.

Elsewhere, Steve also extolled the virtues of laughter, what piece of memorabilia he keeps in his downstairs toilet, what he’s learnt from his distinguished 32-year career in comedy, and why he always had to go the long way round on his paper round…

In the coming weeks, the Elevenses with Danielle Perry podcast will feature interviews with movie icon Jeff Goldblum and television and radio presenter Angellica Bell.

You can listen to Danielle Perry on Absolute from 7pm on Monday to Thursday, and at 8.30pm every Sunday on The Sunday Night Music Club.

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