90 Episodes

  1. Heathrow special: inside the crisis

    Published: 3/25/2025
  2. Thames Water’s PR gamble, Tesla backlash and William’s Villa in The Sun

    Published: 3/18/2025
  3. Carney’s Canada v Trump, Abrdn’s U-turn and Ambassador Suzuki

    Published: 3/11/2025
  4. Trump, Zelensky, the King and Mummy Pig

    Published: 3/4/2025
  5. PR in the disinformation bubble, Mandelson’s doorstep and breaking cover

    Published: 2/25/2025
  6. BP’s PR battle, Jamie Dimon’s rant, and two men and a baby

    Published: 2/18/2025
  7. Inside the woke war room, puff quote PR and WhatsApp comms

    Published: 2/11/2025
  8. Rachel Reeves’ PR pivot, how to talk to Trump and Bill Gates’ memoir

    Published: 2/4/2025
  9. Inside the Sun's historic apology to Prince Harry

    Published: 1/28/2025
  10. Power and influence in the (medieval) court of Trump

    Published: 1/21/2025
  11. California in crisis and is the UK running out of gas?

    Published: 1/14/2025
  12. Quick Wins: How to quit a new job

    Published: 1/7/2025
  13. Quick Wins: How to use storytelling

    Published: 12/31/2024
  14. Quick Wins: How to recover from embarrassment

    Published: 12/24/2024
  15. 2024: the big ideas that shaped our year

    Published: 12/17/2024
  16. Quick Wins: Office Parties

    Published: 12/13/2024
  17. Murdoch loses 'succession’ battle, killing of a US CEO and why tycoons get up at 4am

    Published: 12/10/2024
  18. Gregg Wallace, ‘casting doubt’ PR and Ed Davey’s Christmas single

    Published: 12/3/2024
  19. Jaguar’s rebrand, John Prescott and Meet the Rees-Moggs

    Published: 11/26/2024
  20. Has business lost the argument? X versus Bluesky, and Coleen’s jungle PR

    Published: 11/19/2024

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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. Together they bring decades of experience in both creating and managing crises. They'll share all they know about what's keeping those big stories in and out of the news.