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Get ready for laughs and feel-good frolics as our two hosts delve into the world of play. As honest as ever, the Duchess begins by giving an update on her reconstructed breast, which she has affectionately named Derek. The two Sarahs recount their most-memorable escapades, from playing Thomas The Tank Engine with the Royals, to celebrating one of King Charles’s passion projects. The Duchess also spills the beans on her coveted secret hangover cure, and the family board games played behind closed doors at the palaces.

In this week’s episode, the Duchess and Sarah take us on a quest to discover the elusive concept of balance, sharing their personal experiences of life and parenthood. They ask how we can find happiness in the modern world while still looking after those who depend on us. The Duchess also updates listeners on her recovery from surgery and how she is adjusting to her life-saving shield - which she has affectionately dubbed Derek! In between laughter and giggles, the hosts also chat about the importance of hobbies, while divulging some of their own secret pastimes…

In this maiden voyage of Tea Talks, we meet the hosts Sarah, Duchess Of York, and entrepreneur Sarah Thomson. The two friends describe how they met, the meaning of friendship, and share some of their hilarious misadventures. In this first introspective episode, the hosts give a flavour of what's to come - from inviting listeners to join the show with their own questions and dilemmas, to their unique and tea-inspired approach to interviewing future guests!

Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was 'just' an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? As Lucy Worsley says, 'She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern'. Her life was 'modern' too: she went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating mental illness. So why—despite all the evidence to the contrary—did Agatha present herself as a retiring Edwardian lady of leisure?

Midsummer’s Eve, 1670. A wealthy man waits outside a poor London warehouse to meet with Alinor, the woman he failed 21 years before. He has everything to offer: money, land, status - and he believes she has the only thing he cannot buy: his son and heir. Meanwhile in New England, Alinor’s brother, Ned, cannot find justice in the New World, as the king’s revenge stretches across the Atlantic and turns the pioneers against each other and against the American Indians.

Everything in Lorna’s life runs like clockwork, from her six a.m. run to the strict 60 minute counselling sessions she gives. It’s the only way she can deal with the terrible secret she carries. When a new client arrives for his first appointment, Lorna feels her perfect life unravel in a matter of seconds. It’s Andrew, the man she’s spent the last year desperately trying to forget. It seems he can’t forget her either....

Naomi and I are best friends. School runs, dog walks, a shoulder to cry on over a glass of wine - we’re inseparable. But now my husband has walked out, I need her more than ever. I know she will help me pick up the pieces. Because she knows about the lie I told to protect her. She knows how much I’ve sacrificed for this friendship. And she’d never let anyone hurt me. Would she?

Oliver Ryan is a handsome and charismatic success story. He lives in the suburbs with his wife, Alice, who illustrates his award-winning children's books and gives him her unstinting devotion. Their life together is one of enviable privilege and ease - enviable until, one evening after supper, Oliver attacks Alice and beats her into a coma. In the aftermath, as everyone tries to make sense of his astonishing act of savagery, Oliver tells his story. So do those whose paths he has crossed over five decades. What unfolds is a story of shame, envy, breathtaking deception and masterful manipulation.