Unfiltered with Oli Dugmore

As a footballer, his record speaks for itself. But, his career as player-turned-manager is a knot of competing narratives. A Romford-boy-done-good, a manager dealt a string of poor cards, or a player propelled by Premier League plutocracy.As always, the truth lies somewhere in the middle. My guest today is Frank Lampard.

From his hometown of Kingston, Jamaica, to the stage of BoomTown, UK, my guest today is an international, billboard top ten charting musician, known for his combination of the sounds of Reggae and dancehall with the lyricism of Hip hop. In February this year, his third album The Kalling won him his first Grammy, beating out fellow nominees Sean Paul and Shaggy for Best Reggae Album. Described as part of the Reggae Revival, he’s collaborated with the biggest names in the genre, from Damien Marley to Peter Tosh. With singles entitled “Never Gonna Be a Slave”, “Stand Up”, and “No Capitalist”, his music is often political, and always resonant. My guest today is Kabaka Pyramid.

My guest today was, by his own admission, an unexceptional student from an unexceptional suburb. But, at age 43, he’d achieve the extraordinary - becoming the first Briton to visit the International Space Station. Last month, it was reported that my guest was coming out of retirement to lead the UK’s first astronaut mission. It follows the release of his new book, Space: The Human Story, which traces the lives of themen and women who left the earth’s atmosphere before him, forging a path that made his own spacewalk possible. My guest is Tim Peake. 

It was at Capital FM - on the show he's helmed for seven years - that my guest met his best friend and producer Joe Lyons, who tragically took his own life in 2020. Since then, my guest’s mental health campaigning has seen him open up about his own experience with depression. In this interview, he opens up about how antidepressants killed his sex drive, how role-playing helped him grieve, and why he believes MPs don't care about mental health. His recently released documentary, The Fight for Young Lives, is his second exploring mental health and is available on iPlayer now. My guest today is Roman Kemp. 

My guest today has had his finger on the pulse of British men’s fashion for over a decade. From the suburbs of Fetcham to the front row of London Fashion Week, he’s served as the Style Director for both British GQ and Esquire. Interviewing designers, reviewing catwalk shows, and rubbing shoulders with the who’s who of fashion is all in a day’s work. With a launch party hosted by Gucci, his new book, The Closet, is a coming of age story told through twelve items of clothing that have shaped - and draped - his life. In doing so, he shares snapshots of his coming out journey, his eccentric family, and his fraught relationship with his father and alcohol. My guest today is Teo van den Broeke. 

My guest today takes us on a journey to where time and space end, the heart of a black hole. He's been described as a rockstar of theoretical physics, who’s credited LSD with sparking his interest in the subject. And, his work on the quantum loop theory of gravity has seen him pick up where Einstein left off, featuring in his new book, White Holes.My guest today is Carlo Rovelli. 

My guest today is the great-great-grandson of a Baronet and the great-nephew of a Lord, who once had a posh-off with Jack Whitehall and Francis Boulle. Perhaps, then, it wasn’t a surprise when he found himself in the cast of Made in Chelsea for 18 seasons.  But he’s not just a TV personality. While he may have been born an heir to a slice of the McVities fortune, he chose to found his own confectionary empire.  My guest today is Jamie Laing. 

My guest today is a comedian, whose regular appearances on Live at the Apollo and Mock the Week turned him into a household name before his thirtieth birthday.  His stand-up has been described as “verbally virtuosic” and his sets as “lightning-paced, gag-dense, precision-delivered”. My guest today is Rhys James.