Sliding Doors: Your Story is the new mini-series that delves into YOUR amazing Sliding Doors moments. On this week's episode of Sliding Doors: Your Story we chat to Eve Squires.

Eve's Sliding Doors moment is a modern day love story of how a friends accidental swipe, gave her a second chance of finding true love.

Click here to apply to be on the next series of Sliding Doors: Your Story.

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Sliding Doors: Your Story is the mini-series that delves into YOUR amazing Sliding Doors moments. On this week's episode of Sliding Doors: Your Story we chat to Katie James.

Katie's Sliding Doors moment is the truest depiction of fate and meant to be, when a one in 22 million chance meeting led to her saving someone's life and is a beautiful story of serendipity, generosity and karma.

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Guest: @itsmekatielou

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Simmer Rimmer is the Co-Presenter of Channels 4's Sunday Brunch, a Chef and a Restaurateur. His first restaurant Greens has just celebrated its 33rd anniversary and he has 19 other restaurants across the UK. Simon can be seen alongside Tim Lovejoy every Sunday on 'Sunday Brunch' and regularly across our TV screens. He has also written 5 successful books and has his own podcast ‘Grilling’.

In this episode Simon opens up about the recent loss of his father and what an impact he had on his life and how he feels after turning 60. We discuss the life changing moment he nearly went bankrupt when his daughter was one and how the stars aligned to save his business. Simon also chats about the random phone call he got one day for a local TV appearance that was the catalyst to his whole TV career..and of course we chat all about Sunday Brunch!

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We Are Twinset (AKA Sarah Ellis and Philippa Ross), are Creative Directors, Stylists, Content Creators and the founders of the brands We Are Twinset and WAT the brand. We Are Twinset has become the leading online destination for luxury content creation, synonymous with timeless style, innovative brand partnerships and trend defining fashion with a growing fanbase of over 400k across Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. In 2021 they launched their very own brand, WAT The Brand with a ten minute sell-out first collection and a celebrity fan base; the brand is a natural extension of Sarah and Philippa’s fashion and lifestyle platform.

In this episode we chat about how many moments in Sarah and Philippa's lives feel 'meant to be' and how they believe in serendipity. We discuss the life changing Sliding Doors moment when they first met and the spark for their friendship (and future business) began! We delve into the moment when timing played a massive part in bringing them together with their business partner and we chat all about the highs and lows of having your own business and making decisions that feel right for you.

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Surprise! We have a bonus episode for you....To celebrate the launch of Strictly Come Dancing we wanted to take a look back at some of the best bits from previous judges, contestants and presenters that have been on Sliding Doors.

This episode we will hear Strictly moments from Janette Manrara- former professional and now presenter of It Takes Two, Kelvin Fletcher- who won the show in 2019, The legendary Arlene Phillips- who was one of the first judges on the show and Dan Walker- who was a contestant on the show in 2021.

If you enjoy these moments please go back into our Sliding Doors archive wherever you get your podcasts to listen to the full episodes....enjoy!

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Peter James is a UK No.1 bestselling author, best known for his detective superintendent Roy Grace series, now a hit ITV drama ‘Grace’ AND writing 19 consecutive Sunday Times no.1 best sellers! Much loved by crime and thriller fans for his fast-paced page-turners, he has won over 40 awards for his work including the WH Smith Best Crime Author of All Time Award and Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger. Peter has written 36 novels and sold over 21 million copies worldwide - and 6 have been adapted for the stage - taking over £15 million at the box office! The most recent being Wish You Were Dead.

In this episode Peter discusses his process of writing so many no.1 books and the journey he has been on to get there. We chat about the Sliding Doors moment he was asked to fill in one day on set as a TV writer and how this moment affected his life. He tells us all about the incredible moment he met a police officer after a burglary at his home and how this led to finding his fictional character Roy Grace! And we talk about the amazing moment of fate he met his wife in a moment of timing on a gondola whilst skiing.

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Johnny Ball is a television personality and has been inspiring the nation with Maths and Science for 46 years! He spent 3 years in the RAF and began his career as a Butlins red coat and was a successful comedian for 17 years. He also wrote and presented over 20 children's TV series including Crackerjack, Think of a number and Play School and has worked with some of the biggest stars including The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Johnny has written over 9 books and at 85 continues to share his wisdom and is currently writing his autobiography.

In the episode we delve into Johnny's amazing life from the RAF to his comedy days. We discuss his thoughts on teaching positivity and using you drive to go for what you want! He chats about a sliding doors moment of someone believing in him and his ability that led to a job that started off his career and a moment when everything went wrong on live TV to 19 million viewers- but ultimately changed his life!

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Dane Baptiste is a stand-up comedian, writer and presenter and is hailed as one of the most exciting acts in British Comedy. In 2014 he made history as the first black British act to be nominated for a comedy award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and since then has had numerous sell out nationwide and world tours. He regularly appears on TV and Radio including Live at the Apollo and created wrote and starred in his own sitcom, Sunny D on BBC and hosts his own podcast- Dane Baptiste Questions Everything.

In this episode Dane opens up about his theory on the Multiverse and the 'Daneiverse' and how this plays a part in his life and beliefs. We chat about a significant break-up that was a Sliding Doors moment in his life, as well as how quitting his corporate job was the best Sliding Doors decision he could have made. And we discuss how Dane's decision to go to university outside of London made a massive impact on his outlook on life and comedy career.

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Sian Welby is a radio and television presenter best known as the co-host of the Capital Breakfast Show alongside Roman Kemp. Her career started as a weather girl for Channel 5 however she made headlines across the globe when her Star Wars weather forecast went viral! Sian has previously hosted shows on Heart FM and can be seen regularly hosting showbiz segments on ITV's This Morning, Channel 5 and BBC.

In this episode we hear the amazing journey Sian has had, filled with Sliding Doors Moments! Her determination, hard work and belief in being in the right place at the right time have all led to her success. We delve into the brilliant moment when she decided to miss work one day for an audition- that changed her life forever! We also discuss the incredible moment Sian decided to do an off the cuff weather forecast on Channel 5 and how overnight she found global fame that led her to getting her first radio gig on Heart.

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Owain Wyn Evans is an award-winning television and radio presenter- best known as the BBC North West tonight and BBC Breakfast weather presenter, as well as the host on the early breakfast show on BBC Radio 2 recorded in Cardiff. In 2020 Owain found international fame when a video of him drumming went viral and became the platform for his record breaking 24-drumathon for Children in Need. Owain regularly reports for the One Show and BBC Breakfast and is an ambassador of the charity LGBT Foundation.

In this episode we chat all about Owain's breakfast show as well as how life was for him growing up in a small Welsh town and his beliefs in fate and manifesting! He has three amazing Sliding Doors moments including the moment he got his first job in TV at the age of 17. We delve into the brilliant moment when Owain met his husband on a night out- that very nearly didn't happen! And we chat about the life changing moment Owain decided to post his drumming video online- which changed his life overnight!

We are looking for podcast guests to come and tell their amazing 'Sliding Doors' stories to our listeners. Whether you have a story to tell or know someone who does…we want to hear from you for a new series, Sliding Doors: Your Story, coming this Autumn!

Sliding Doors: Your Story application form bit.ly/3OP3Njz

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