Very Impressive People

On this episode, Jimmy chats to Andy Alderson, the mastermind behind Vanarama - an online vehicle lease company. From start-up to a turnover of £81m, Andy will share his tips for selling, the power of gut instinct and how an accumulation of data and events leads you to decision making and how to learn from making mistakes.

You can follow him on Twitter @Andyalderson_1 or visit vanarama.co.uk and you'll find me @JCarpenter82 or at www.veryimpressivepeople.co.uk

On this episode Jimmy chats to the mastermind behind the Sunday Times NO.1 Best selling book - Flip It.

He’ll share his tips to re-jig your mental state from negative to positive with a very easy tool, he’ll share the tips and tricks behind helping celebrities likes of Sara Cox and Davina McCall, we talk about the books that got him started in the industry and Michael challenges Rhonda Byrne’s worldwide phenomenon, The Secret.

You can follow him on Twitter @MichaelHeppell and visit his website michaelheppell.com for more and you can find me @JCarpenter82 or www.veryimpressivepeople.co.uk

Franc Roddam is the Director of the cult classic 'Quadrophenia' which famously features the music of The Who. He created the worldwide TV phenomenon, 'Masterchef', he also produced formats for 'Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. He directed the award-winning TV drama Dummy, and he directed the Grammy-nominated/Golden Globe nominated US mini-series 'Moby Dick'. 

Here, he chats to Sophie Gallagher about his career as well as sharing his pearls of wisdom for getting on in your career and on generating ideas.

Duncan Gray is a TV exec and the creator of Channel 4's The Big Breakfast, ITV's Saturday Night Takeaway with Ant & Dec, he hired James Corden for Sky's League of Their Own and he was an exec on Jimmy Kimmel's US chat show for three and half years. 

Duncan says how a mix of Tiswas and Simon Mayo's Radio 1 influenced the Big Breakfast and how Simon later helped save his sanity!

As an ideas creator, Duncan also shares his advice for making your ideas work.

Erling Kagge is a Norweigan explorer who was the first in history to reach the 'three poles' - North, South and the summit of Everest. He once spent fifty days walking solo across Antarctica in silence. His book of the same name is an international phenomenon which shows us how to find perfect silence in our daily lives, however busy we are. Erling is also a lawyer, art collector, entrepreneur, politician, and publisher. Sir Ranulph Fiennes says 'As an explorer Erling Kagge is world class; as a writer he is equally gifted.'

Fred & Noah is a small UK brand which make luxury clothing for boys and girls. Specialising in unisex, baby and toddler leggings. It was founded by husband and wife team Natalie & Daniel Reynolds in 2014. Fred and Noah are their two boys. Their clothing has been seen in photos with the Duchess of Cambridge, Fearne Cotton and Boris Johnson. 

Today's guest is makeup artist and designer Nikoletta Skarlatos, behind such films as Pirates of the Caribbean, The Hunger Games, and Spiderman. She has collaborated with the House of Chanel and the Estee Lauder Corporation as makeup artist, makeup designer and product developer.

Paul Lindley OBE is an award-winning British entrepreneur and children's welfare campaigner. He founded the organic baby and children's food brand Ella's Kitchen in 2006, today, it's the UK’s number one baby food brand, retailing in major markets around the world with a global turnover of over $100 million. 

He's the author of 'Little Wins: The Power of Thinking Like A Toddler', in 2018, Paul was appointed Chair of the London Child Obesity Taskforce by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Trustee of Sesame Workshop, the creators of Sesame Street.

"You could just see Chris Martin trying not to smile during the song"

Coldplay's concerts have been revolutionised by those colour changing wristbands adding a 'wow factor' to their live shows. 

Inventor John Regler was facing bankruptcy and a failed relationship when he had the idea for a wristband that would glow in time with music. How did he get Chris Martin and the band to say yes? Hear about how it's changed his life since plus the trial and errors of inventing other ideas and running businesses beforehand, including an appearance on the Jonathan Ross TV show.