Duvet Days

The five time Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft invites Abby Hollick for a duvet day in her bed overlooking the stunning hills of Halifax.

Get cosy as Hannah chats sexism in sport, growing up in an able-bodied world and preparing for Tokyo 2020. She also discusses the impact of her first loss, why she keeps her gold medals in socks and how she nearly died at birth.

Presenter and Producer: Abby Hollick

Duvet Days is a Square Dog Media production

Emeli Sandé is taking a duvet day and opening up about writing her new album Real Life, growing up as the only person of colour at her school, and putting her shyness aside.

The chart topping singer songwriter snuggles up in Abby Hollick’s bed to talk about how splitting from her manager and husband changed her, how she’s dealt with losing her mind at the Olympics, and how a guy in the park with a prison tag stopped her from quitting the music industry altogether.

Plus, she shares her love of Eternal and Mariah Carey, explains why her sister is her best friend and tells Abby how her dad gave her the confidence to succeed.

Grab a cuppa and a biscuit and join Abby and Emeli as they chat fame, being the nerdy shy kid, wanting her music to heal people, and why she built a studio in her East London home.

Presenter and Producer: Abby Hollick

Duvet Days is a Square Dog Media production.

If you're a fan of honest chat, how about hopping back into bed with Duvet Days?

You’ll hear how Paralympian Hannah Cockroft dealt with losing her first race after seven years unbeaten, how Love Island saved Camilla Thurlow, and why Emeli Sandè almost gave it all up.

Christine and the Queens is hiding under the covers as she joins Abby Hollick in her huge hotel bed to chat about performing on stage and recovering afterwards, being socially awkward and looking after her body.

The musician and performer, real name Héloïse Letissier, is opening up about using art and humour to deal with childhood bullies, experiencing sexism at theatre school and refusing to be slut-shamed for owning her sexuality.

She chats about her love for Michael Jackson, being a loner, and realising she will never be free from sexism.

Join Chris and Abby as they block out the outdoors, get cosy, and settle in for a really good chat.

Presenter and Producer: Abby Hollick

Duvet Days is a Square Dog Media production.

Scarlett Curtis is staying in bed and chatting about insomnia, dismantling the patriarchy, and watching all the TV as she pulls a duvet day.

The activist and author of Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (And Other Lies) is joining Abby Hollick for a frank conversation about suffering from scoliosis as a teenager, how chronic pain affected her and knitting her own Prince William.

Plus, she explains the impact of panic attacks and PTSD, recalls how chronic pain led her to drop out of school, and gives us interior tips from her amazing, and very pink, new flat.

Grab yourself a cuppa, snuggle up, and join Scarlett and Abby in Scarlett's bright pink bed.

Presenter and Producer: Abby Hollick

Paris Lees is Abby Hollick’s guest under the duvet this week, and she’s got lots to talk about – from her passion for silk pyjamas to the realities of being bullied and total social exclusion.

The trans activist and writer discusses growing up in Nottingham, being repeatedly told she couldn't be a girl, and why escaping out of the window and into a world of clubbing changed her life.

She opens up about going to prison as a teenager, sex work, and why she believes people who have experienced childhood trauma need to be given more empathy and stop being shamed by society.

Plus, she gives her top tips for good sleep and shares some of her favourite things: Madonna’s business card, anyone?!

Presenter and Producer: Abby Hollick

Jordan Stephens jumps back in to bed and opens up about the highs and lows of fame, learning to feel pain, and his ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).

The musician and mental health campaigner, best known for being one half of pop duo Rizzle Kicks reveals his love of unicorns, foxes and a hot pink headboard!

Over a cup of tea in bed he tells Abby why he began thinking about toxic masculinity and why it was ruining his relationships.

Pull the covers up, put your headphones on, and lie back with Jordan and Abby in the best place ever: bed.

Presenter and Producer: Abby Hollick

Duvet Days is a Square Dog Media production

Zawe Ashton is talking burnout, how women of colour are treated by the medical world, and making your voice heard as she joins Abby Hollick under the duvet.

The actor behind the infamous Vod in Channel 4’s Fresh Meat gets frank about her own experience with having doors slammed in her face, and the impact that can have on mental health, especially when you’re the only person of colour in the room.

She tells us about her teenage bedroom, her love of Blur and Will Smith and the times she spent wandering around with a duvet draped over her head!

Plus, she explains what it’s like to be an child actor when you just want to fit in at school, and why writing her first book is her version of rebelling against a life spent acting.

Get cosy and join Zawe and Abby for the type of honest chat that only happens when you’re horizontal and in the best place ever: bed.

Duvet Days is a Square Dog Media production

Bryony Kimmings is climbing under the covers and getting frank about postnatal mental health, hitting rock bottom, and sticking strangers' pubes to her face (really!). 

Abby Hollick joins the performance artist and screenwriter in bed to chat about the year that inspired her latest solo show: ‘I’m a Phoenix, Bitch’. Bryony suffered from postnatal anxiety, became a single mother, and discovered that her baby was seriously ill, before bouncing back and making a show about survival.

She tells Abby about her teenage bedroom, growing up in Peterborough, and dancing naked to Björk. Plus, she gives Abby the lowdown on ‘Last Christmas’, the film she co-wrote with Emma Thompson.

Duvet Days is a Square Dog Media production.

Duvet Days features frank under-the-cover chats with musicians, artists and activists.