TV and radio appearances by Dr. Denise Taylor
Trusted expert on career, lifestyle, and retirement for TV and radio
Dr. Denise Taylor, an award-winning psychologist, regularly features on TV and radio, offering expert insights into career transitions, retirement planning, and lifestyle changes. With over 250 radio appearances and frequent TV contributions, Denise brings a wealth of experience and credibility to discussions on work, later life, and ageism. She has collaborated with major networks such as the BBC, Talk TV, and LBC. Contact us to invite Denise for your next broadcast.
TV appearances
5 August 2023. Dr. Denise made a guest appearance on Talk TV – with Kevin O’Sullivan. The discussion focussed on how inactive over 50s should broaden their job search and be Deliveroo drivers, following a comment from MP Mel Stride.
Tonight – How Safe is Your Job? With unemployment rising, what are your chances of joining the dole queue by Christmas? Monday 17 November 2008. Since I was on the show, I’ve lost 8 stone!
- Featured expert on Cavendish Films DVD – Graduate Interview Skills.
- ‘Change That’ – a lifestyle programme presented by Mark Curry
- CBBC XChange in 2005 where I was involved in historical vignettes as a 17th Century housewife.
ITV programme about St Helena. Filmed whilst on holiday on St Helena – the British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic. (about 1.11 in, and filmed in a later episode)
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Podcasts
Doctors at Work podcast
Great Decisions Incredible Lives podcast
Soundbit's podcast
Denise shares her love for modern music and attending live gigs, contrasting with Kim and her husband's preference for classic bands like the Moody Blues.
Retrain your brain podcast
Last First Date Radio
Webinar: Ages, Stages and Big Events
Sustainable and ZigZag Careers
On Monday 9th September, Sarah and Denise had a conversation about Ages, Stages & Big Events. The pair talked about career and life stages – it’s not a linear path; we zigzag. Life events don’t happen in a standard way. How we should ALL be thinking of careers in this modern world. The importance of intergenerational and flexible working and so much more. The knowledge, experience and stories we can share.
Webinar: Rethinking Retirement for Positive Ageing with Brave Starts
Dr. Denise Taylor, a Chartered Psychologist and award-winning Career Coach, presents on her book “Rethinking Retirement for Positive Ageing.” The talk challenges traditional retirement concepts, emphasizing critical life reflection and personalized transitions. Dr. Taylor explores the importance of making meaningful choices in one’s 60s and 70s beyond continued work, highlighting the significance of purpose, friendships, lifelong learning, and optimism. She presents evidence-based insights on how these factors can potentially extend life by up to seven years, encouraging attendees to reconsider their approach to retirement and positive aging.
Radio appearances
Dr. Denise Taylor is an experienced radio contributor with over 250 appearances. She held a regular slot as the midnight expert on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Phil Williams Show and has featured on The Today Programme on Radio 4, as well as numerous shows on BBC Gloucestershire, BBC Three Counties Radio, BBC Hereford and Worcester, and City Talk Radio. Her first radio appearance dates back to 2004 on BBC Radio 4’s Nice Work. Denise continues to bring expert insights on career and lifestyle topics to a wide radio audience.
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2024
November 2024: Radio Hereford and Worcestershire talking about Getting young people back into the workplace.
August 2024: Radio Hereford and Worcestershire talking about Saturday Jobs with Elliot Webb.
2023
November 2023: Times Radio talking with Matt Chorley and Robert Crampton on retirement
September 2023
Radio day supporting Aegon for their Second 50 Campaign.
- SFM Radio, with Tony Weaver
- Siren Radio, with Alex Lewczuk
- Radio Tyneside, with Yvonne Bell
- WCR, with Jason Forrest
- BFBS, with Amy Casey
- Black Country Radio, with Katie Brown
- Salford City Radio, with Jimmy Petruzzi
- UK Health Radio, with John Fry
- BBC Radio York, with John Clayton
- Radio Reverb, with Chris English
- UK Local TV,
- Gateway 97.8fm, with Ros Connors
- BBC Radio Gloucestershire, with Jane Rennard
August 2023
Various Radio Stations for Friendship Month, working with The Oddfellows Society
- WCR with Jason Forrest
- SFM with Tony Weaver
- BBC Radio Gloucestershire with Dominic Cotter
- Swindon 105.5
- Gateway 97.8 with Aston Avery – read and listen here
- That’s TV Scotland with Ceilid
- BBC Radio Cornwall with Julie Skentelbery
- Salford City Radio 94.4 with Jimmy Petruzzi
- UCB with Paul Hammond
- Big City Radio with Coral Chapman
- BBC Radio Leicester with Aminata Kamara
- Black Country Radio with Katie Brown
- Siren Radio with Alex Lewczuk
- BBC Radio Stoke with Liz Ellis
- Chelmsford Community Radio with Nita
- Radio Tyneside with Yvonne Bell
- BBC Radio London with Shay Grewal
- BBC Radio Leeds with Richard Stead
- Unity 101 with Olu
LBC Radio on 20 August with Rachel Johnson. The session was Career advice prompted by the bus driver who quit mid shift and getting a good work-life balance
January: You and Yours, BBC Radio 4 – What’s the world of work like for the over 50s? Access Recording here
January: BBC Radio Wales – Working at 50+ Access Recording here
January: BBC Radio Gloucestershire – Working at 50+ Access Recording here
2022
March: BBC Hereford & Worcester – Is it time to repot yourself?
January: LBC Radio – Making 2022 a more meaningful and positive year
2021
February: BBC Radio Oxford – Retirement
January: BBC Radio Kent – Why I’m not setting new year resolutions
January: BBC Radio Kent – New Year Resolutions
2020
October: BBC Hereford and Worcestershire – Changing careers in a pandemic
September: BBC Radio Gloucestershire – Job search in Covid times
September: BBC Radio Gloucestershire – Changing Jobs,
July: BBC Hereford and Worcestershire – Should you take a shop floor job?
July: BBC Hereford and Worcestershire – Your first job
June: BBC Radio Berkshire – Job search tips
2019
26 July 2019: Why people have a second job – Elliott Webb, BBC Hereford & Worcester. LISTEN HERE: 2ndjob-radio
21 August:Radio Berkshire – Is this the end of the 9-5
23 September: Radio 5 Live on Phil Williams’s show as guest expert offering careers advice
2018
October: A media day on the psychology of seat choice on behalf of National Express, I was interviewed on the following radio stations and you can read more here.
- REWASHSOUND (DERBY) with Paul Stacey, a lovely call to start me off
- BBC SCOTLAND with John Beattie
- BBC HEREFORD & WORCESTER with Malcolm Boyden
- BBC NOTTINGHAM with Dean Jackson
- SIREN FM with Alex Lewczuk
- RADIO ESSEX with Chris Brooks
- BBC LONDON with Jo Good
- SFM (KENT) with Mark Hempsted
- UNITY 101 with Afzul and Gurpreet
- BBC Hereford and Worcestershire
August: BBC Radio Berkshire – Is it the end of the 9-5 working day?
2017
25 April 2017: LBC Radio. Talking with Nick Ferrari about ‘Students should not have to worry about graduate employment while at university, outgoing head of UCAS says’
18 April 2017: Radio Hereford & Worcester – Talking about are you ever to late to go after your dream job
8 January 2016: Radio Gloucestershire, Anna King Show discussing changing career in mid life.
(web crash lost media coverage listed in 2015 and 2016)
2014
23 November 2014: How to ace assessment centres with Graduate Job Podcast
5 November 2014: Radio 5 Live Guest expert on Phil Williams Show answering career questions
29 October 2014: Radio Gloucestershire talking about job search at 50+
23 September 2014: Radio 5 Live Guest expert on Phil Williams Show answering career questions
14 August 2014: Radio 5 Live Guest expert on Phil Williams Show answering career questions
26 May 2014: Radio 5 Live Guest expert on Phil Williams Show answering career questions
12 May 2014: Radio WM, working with difficult work colleagues
24 February 2014: Radio Gloucestershire, age discrimination
22 February 2014: LBC, age discrimination
21 February 2014: Radio WM – age discrimination
2013
19 August 2013: Spoke to many BBC Radio Shows as part of the Get Connected project. MORNING – BBC Gloucestershire, BBC Solent, BBC Leicester, BBC Lancashire, BBC Manchester, BBC Kent, BBC Merseyside, BBC Coventry and Warwickshire. AFTERNOON – BBC Northampton, BBC Tees, BBC Sheffield, BBC Derby, BBC Berkshire, BBC Cambridge, BBC Hereford and Worcestershire, BBC West Midlands, BBC 3 Counties, BBC York, BBC Nottingham, BBC Somerset, BBC Surrey and Sussex, BBC Stoke, BBC Cornwall
14 August 2013: Steve Kitchen Show, Radio Gloucestershire discussing ‘are young people too fussy over accepting job offers’
4 June 2013: Radio 5 Live on Phil William’s show discussing parents helping their children get a job
2012
2 November 2012: Radio Gloucestershire – Discussing topical issues with Kate Clarke on a 1 hour segment of the show
16 August 2012: BBC Scotland – Practical suggestions for when you only get part time work offered. On the Kaye Adams Show
28 April 2012: Radio Gloucestershire – Discussing topical issues with Kate Clarke on a 1 hour segment of the show
21 May, 2012: Jo Thoene’s Radio Oxfordshire show- discussing body image with Pete Cohen on lunch time show
2 April 2012: Guest on Kick Star Careers Webinar discussing using LinkedIn in job search
27 February 2012: Three Counties Radio – Jonathan Vernon Smith discussing ‘Is it wrong to ask people to work for their Jobseeker’s Allowance?’
22 February 2012: Radio Gloucestershire – Mark Cummings show
14 January 2012: Radio Gloucestershire – Discussing topical issues with Kate Clarke on a 1 hour segment of the show
2011
12 October, 2011: BBC 3 Counties Radio – Discussing unemployment and how to find a job with Johnathan Vernon Smith
31 August, 2011: BBC Radio Scotland – Discussing how to fall in love with your job with Stephen Jardine on the Fred Macaulay show
23 June, 2011: Radio WM – Drive Time Show discussing interview disasters
8 June, 2011: Radio Gloucestershire – Regular call on the breakfast show
21 February: 2011, Radio Gloucestershire – Regular call on the breakfast show
2010
14 December 2010: 3 Counties Radio, discussing comments in the news by a Tory Councillor
8 November 2010: Talk Radio Europe talking with Ritchie Allen about getting the unemployed into work
8 November 2010: 3 Counties Radio, discussing getting the unemployed back into work
19 October 2010: Radio Gloucestershire – Regular call on the breakfast show
12 August 2010: Radio Gloucestershire – Regular call on the breakfast show
7 August 2010: Radio 4 – guest contributor to Alvin Hall’s Radio Series – Generations of Money
26 July 2010: Older people looking for work on The Pete Price Show
14 April 2010: 3 Counties Radio – Should children work/ paper boy being exploited with Jonathan Vernon-Smith
04 March 2010: Guardian Podcast – Discussing interviews with Kerry Eustace
09 February 2010: Radio Gloucestershire – Regular call on the breakfast show
21 January 2010: BBC Wales discussing supporting unemployed graduate children
4th January 2010: Radio Bristol with Graham Torrington discussing supporting unemployed graduate children
15 February, 2010: on Shourjo Sarkar’s Show, Radio Leeds discussing Now you’ve been shortlisted
2009
29th December 2009: Radio 4 Today Programme with Justin Webb discussing Parent Motivators
29th December 2009: on Radio 5 Live – Victoria Derbyshire’s show
15 October 2009 on Shourjo Sarkar’s Show, Radio Leeds discussing Fun at work
07 July 2009 on Toby Foster’s Breakfast Show, Radio Sheffield, discussing Long Service Awards
29 December 2009: talking about Parent Motivators on The Today Programme, interviewed by Justin Webb, Radio Gloucestershire, Vanessa Feltz’s show, with Jeremy Kyle on Talk Sport Radio, with Victoria Derbyshire on Radio 5 live
08 December 2009: Talking about Graduate Talent Pool with a number of Radio stations – Sky News Radio, Heart FM, Colourful Radio, express FM, Star FM, The Eye, Westside FM, Hayes FM, plus a pre-record for Heart Radio and creating a podcast
03 December 2009: Radio Gloucestershire – Regular call on the breakfast show
02 December 2009: City Talk Radio – how to motivate yourself
21 October 2009: Radio Gloucestershire – Regular call on the breakfast show
15th October 2009: Radio Leeds – Discussing fun at work with Shourjo Sarkar
02 September 2009: Radio Gloucestershire – Regular call on the breakfast show
27th August 2009: Radio Gloucestershire – Mark Cummings breakfast show
27th July 2009: Radio Gloucestershire – Discussing when to clear out children’s things after they leave home
10 July 2009: City Talk Radio – Graduates and the recession
07 July 2009: Radio Sheffield – Graduates and the recession
01 July 2009: Radio Gloucestershire – Regular call on the breakfast show
16 June 2009: Radio Gloucestershire – Discussing Emotions (in relation to Brief Encounter)
12 June 2009: Smooth Radio – The importance of work experience when job hunting
04 June 2009: Radio Gloucestershire – Discussing The Apprentice Show
26 May 2009: City Talk Radio – Commenting on unemployment figures and job search on the Dean Sullivan Show
16 May 2009: Radio 5 Live, discussing the mini tornado at Bearded Theory Festival
07 May 2009: City Talk Radio – Motivating staff at work on The Paul Jacobs Show
06 May 2009: City Talk Radio – Job hunting tips on the Dean Sullivan Show
05 May 2009: Radio Gloucestershire – Guest on the Steve Kitchen lunch time show
05 May 2009: Guest on the Steve Kitchen Lunch Time Show
07 May 2009: Motivating staff at work on The Paul Jacobs Show
06 May 2009: Job hunting tips on the Dean Sullivan Show
29 April 2009: Discussing Dream Jobs on the Pete Price show
22 April 2009: 3 Counties Radio – Talking about job search and commenting on the latest unemployment figures with Jonathan Vernon-Smith
10 April 2009: Late Night City with Pete Price – Phone in Show, ‘Give us a Job‘
26 February 2009: City Talk Radio – Jobs and the Recession
February 2009: Talking about mature students at University on BBC Oxford, Wish FM, West Sound, BBC Solent, BBC York, BBC Coventry and Warwickshire, BBC Leeds, UCB – United Christian Broadcasting and Dune FM. Some interviews were joint with David Lammy, MP.
21 January 2009: 3 Counties Radio – How to get a job in a recession with Jonathan Vernon-Smith
11 January 2009: City Talk Radio – Jobs and the recession on Roy Basnett Show
2008
18 November 2008: City Talk Radio – How Safe is your Job
17 Nov 2008: Discussing my TV appearance on Mark Cummings Breakfast Show
17 Nov 2008: Radio Gloucestershire – Discussing my TV appearance on Mark Cummings Breakfast Show
June 2008: Radio Gloucestershire – Retirement Preparation
2005
September 2005: Radio Gloucestershire – Empty Nesters
2004
September 2004: Radio Gloucestershire – Discussing stress in our lives
February 2004: BBC Radio 4 – Discussing different approaches to Careers Guidance. I was the mainstream one!
