When It Hits the Fan

A podcast by BBC Radio 4 - Tuesdays

55 Episodes

  1. What can we learn from Kate?

    Published: 3/26/2024

  2. TikTok and China, how to make a royal story go away and cybersecurity PR

    Published: 3/19/2024

  3. The Palace in crisis

    Published: 3/12/2024

  4. Christian Horner crisis continues, the Telegraph battle and Hancock’s Eton cockup

    Published: 3/5/2024

  5. Talking crap, car crash interviews and Trident’s plop

    Published: 2/27/2024

  6. NatWest, the first 100 days and F1's Red Bull

    Published: 2/20/2024

  7. Quick Wins: How to deal with imposter syndrome

    Published: 2/16/2024

  8. F1’s Christian Horner, Soho House and The National Trust

    Published: 2/13/2024

  9. Quick Wins: How to manage your reputation online

    Published: 2/9/2024

  10. The King's cancer, Facebook PR and Greta Thunberg

    Published: 2/6/2024

  11. Klopp’s reveal, vaping PR and Barbie’s disappointment

    Published: 1/30/2024

  12. Quick Wins: How to deal with a difficult boss

    Published: 1/26/2024

  13. CEO salaries, Jordan Henderson and prostate PR

    Published: 1/23/2024

  14. Post Office PR, Boeing and the King's new biography

    Published: 1/16/2024

  15. Quick Wins: How to ask for a pay rise

    Published: 1/9/2024

  16. Quick Wins: How to quit your job

    Published: 1/3/2024

  17. Gerald Ratner special

    Published: 12/27/2023

  18. Harry's victory, Baroness Mone Part 2 and 2023's PR lessons

    Published: 12/19/2023

  19. Baroness Mone, ITV and VIP PR

    Published: 12/12/2023

  20. Quick Wins: Office parties

    Published: 12/7/2023

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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.