26 episodes

Do you ever wonder how your friends really see you? What would life be like if they weren't around? Parents, partners, children all come and go, but our friends stay - witnesses, cheerleaders, therapists, playmates. Each friendship is unique. But what makes it work? Two friends answer 17 questions about each other - on their own and without conferring. Each episode is a combination of those answers, flipping open the blueprint of one of the world's most valuable things - a friendship.
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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.8 • 42 Ratings

Do you ever wonder how your friends really see you? What would life be like if they weren't around? Parents, partners, children all come and go, but our friends stay - witnesses, cheerleaders, therapists, playmates. Each friendship is unique. But what makes it work? Two friends answer 17 questions about each other - on their own and without conferring. Each episode is a combination of those answers, flipping open the blueprint of one of the world's most valuable things - a friendship.
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    2. Helen and Tony

    2. Helen and Tony

    Comedy legends Helen Lederer and Tony Slattery's 41-year friendship has dealt with everything including - literally - the kitchen sink. Why did he send her bouquet saying 'whoops'? Why did she ask everyone at her party for Germolene? Why did they play tennis on a hotel roof in Egypt? And who actually dropped the vase on Going for A Song? Find out in the first of our new series of irresistable friendships.
    Find details of Helen's brilliant memoir, Not That I'm Bitter here and her Comedy Women in Print book prize here.
    The Friendship File is a Podcart production.

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    • 24 min
    1 Welcome to Series Three

    1 Welcome to Series Three

    Aaaaand ... we're back with more friends answering 17 questions about each other - recording on their own and without conferring. Here's a taster. Plus, we reveal which amazing friends start us off in our first episode - coming soon. Have a listen to the trailer to find out who it is.iHk5skcyiznW25KSM9Dz


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    • 1 min
    7. Glenys and Raafat

    7. Glenys and Raafat

    Six years ago, a young man climbed off a tiny boat onto a Greek beach. He was clutching his shoes and could only say one thing to the woman holding out her arms to him: "Are we safe now?" It was the start of something no one could have predicted. The Friendship File · The Friendship File
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    • 24 min
    6. Tony and Rohan

    6. Tony and Rohan

    On the steps of a politics tutorial there was an accusation. "You don't know anything about me." That changed. There was a roast chicken involved. More than one. This is the story of thirty years of mutual support ... and insults! t · The Friendship File
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    • 27 min
    5. The top 5 things friends say ...

    5. The top 5 things friends say ...

    Five key things come up again and again as our friends talk about each other and their relationships. Five things that could make a difference to our own friendships. In this short mid-season special, find out what the friends are trying to tell us. The Friendship File · The Friendship File
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    • 8 min
    4. Elna and Tina

    4. Elna and Tina

    "I am the reason she always carries snacks in her handbag."
    "She is like a dance I know all the moves to."
    Two young women guiding each other through life, creating a strong, honest, playful relationship as they do it. The Friendship File · The Friendship File
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    • 22 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
42 Ratings

42 Ratings

Rina Pathare ,

Beauty of friendships

Uplifting to hear the love between friends - one of best podcast series out there

HardtoPleaseHenry ,

Friendship File ❤️

Best series I’ve come across in a while!!Really enjoyable and touching.

China's Queen Victoria ,

Heartwarming

The creators of this pod have a really nice idea. We need this in these troubled times.

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