Sort Your Life Out Unpacked

Dilly is joined by the comedy powerhouse Adam Kay, a doctor turned author who drew on his experiences in the NHS to write the best-selling memoir This Is Going to Hurt. Currently, Adam is up to his eyes with his two toddlers and a home renovation.
Adam brings in three items from home for Dilly Carter to unpack – one that reflects his current life decisions, another which reflects family life and a third that helps him plot out his books.
He opens up about how fatherhood has changed him forever, what it was like missing his daughter’s birth, and he gets Dilly’s much-needed advice on what to keep and, crucially, what to throw away. He’s already drowning in kids’ memory boxes before their school years have begun!
Dilly and Adam explore why creativity and chaotic homes go hand in hand and they answer some of life’s big questions… like which wallpaper should go in the office!?
Sort Your Life Out Unpacked is hosted by tidying expert Dilly Carter. In each episode, Dilly chats to a celebrity guest and unboxes three mystery objects from their home that reveal what is really important to them. At the end, Dilly asks her guest whether they are going to keep, donate or recycle any of the items and, along the way, we learn how to organise and sort our own lives out.
Presented by Dilly Carter
Editing: Sebastien Rabas
Line Producer: Becca Chiplen
Production Co-ordinator: Bernelyse Ekomisa
Assistant Producer: Emily D'Souza
Executive Producer for Optomen: Charlotte Brookes
Assistant Commissioner: Chris Bartlett
Commissioning Editors: Rhian Roberts and Beejal-Maya Patel
Produced by Holly Newson
Hair & Make Up: Sarah Burrows
Art Director: River Gibbs
Production Runner: Molly Morgan
An Optomen production for iPlayer and BBC Sounds.

Moving away from the country you grew up in can be both tough and full of joy. In this episode, comedian Desiree Burch and professional organiser Dilly Carter reflect on where it truly feels like home.
Desiree brings in three items for Dilly to unpack, which reveal Desiree’s previous career as a dominatrix(!), the thing that Desiree has far too much of and how her childhood home has affected how she lives now. And we hear why Desiree ranks herself a one out of ten when it comes to organisation!
This episode is full of tips to help you sort our own life out including how to stop overbuying, how to honour treasured clothes, and how we can reflect on our relationship to stuff in order to change our habits.
Desiree was ready to sort her life out, but can Dilly be the divine intervention that she wants?
Sort Your Life Out Unpacked is hosted by tidying expert Dilly Carter. In each episode, Dilly chats to a celebrity guest and unboxes three mystery objects from their home that reveal what is really important to them. At the end, Dilly asks her guest whether they are going to keep, donate or recycle any of the items and, along the way, we learn how to organise and sort our own lives out.
Presented by Dilly Carter
Editing: Sebastien Rabas
Line Producer: Philippa Pettett
Production Co-ordinator: Bernelyse Ekomisa
Assistant Producer: Emily D'Souza
Executive Producer for Optomen: Charlotte Brookes
Assistant Commissioner: Chris Bartlett
Commissioning Editors: Rhian Roberts and Beejal-Maya Patel
Produced by Holly Newson
Hair & Make Up: Sarah Burrows
Art Director: River Gibbs
Production Runner: Molly Morgan
An Optomen production for iPlayer and BBC Sounds.

In this episode recorded in front of a live audience at Sheffield's Crossed Wires festival, Dilly Carter helps TV personality and radio presenter Vicky Pattison unbox three treasures from her home.
In a frank, funny and emotional interview, Dilly and Vicky unpack a royal invitation, a selection of well-loved - and well chewed - dog toys and one of six dresses that Vicky wore during her fairy tale wedding to husband Ercan.
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Sort Your Life Out Unpacked is hosted by tidying expert Dilly Carter. In each episode, Dilly chats to a celebrity guest and unboxes three mystery objects from their home that reveal what is really important to them. At the end, Dilly asks her guest whether they are going to keep, donate or recycle any of the items and, along the way, we learn how to organise and sort our own lives out.
Presented by Dilly Carter
Editing: Spiritland Productions
Line Producer: Jacob Moore
Production Co-ordinator: Bernelyse Ekomisa
Assistant Producer: Zinia Scrogs
Executive Producer for Optomen: Charlotte Brookes
Assistant Commissioner: Chris Bartlett
Commissioning Editors: Rhian Roberts and Beejal-Maya Patel
Hair & Make Up: Sarah Burrows

An Optomen production for iPlayer and BBC Sounds.

Dilly is joined by a friend who she calls “the nicest person in TV”, Christine Lampard.
Christine brings in three items from home for Dilly Carter to unpack – her gran’s apron from her Northern Irish childhood, some treasured items from her kids’ early years, and the dress she wore the night she met Frank.
Christine opens up her deeply sentimental world shaped by family, motherhood and a lifelong love of keeping hold of little memories.
She takes a trip down memory lane and reflects on making her dreams come true working behind the camera in TV, then becoming a daytime TV star, and not to mention her very first date with Frank – which involved her mum and sister!
But with so many joyful moments to remember, can Dilly help Christine find a way to stay on top of things when every scribble drawn by the kids feels too meaningful to let go?
Sort Your Life Out Unpacked is hosted by tidying expert Dilly Carter. In each episode, Dilly chats to a celebrity guest and unboxes three mystery objects from their home that reveal what is really important to them. At the end, Dilly asks her guest whether they are going to keep, donate or recycle any of the items and, along the way, we learn how to organise and sort our own lives out.
Presented by Dilly Carter
Editing: Joel Sommazzi
Production Manager: Becca Chiplen
Production Co-ordinator: Bernelyse Ekomisa
Assistant Producer: Emily D'Souza
Executive Producer for Optomen: Charlotte Brookes
Assistant Commissioner: Chris Bartlett
Commissioning Editors: Rhian Roberts and Beejal-Maya Patel
Produced by Holly Newson
Hair & Make Up: Sarah Burrows
Art Director: River Gibbs
Production Runner: Molly Morgan
An Optomen production for iPlayer and BBC Sounds.

Dilly is joined by broadcaster, DJ and self-confessed emotional shopper Lauren Laverne. She invites Dilly into her thoughtful, music-filled world and reveals why she loves the ‘teen years’ of parenting.
Lauren brings in three items from home for Dilly to unpack: a very special collection that she inherited from her dad, something central to hers and her husband's careers, and an item of clothing that symbolises a new identity post-cancer treatment.
She opens up to Dilly about who’s more organised in her relationship, how she copes with grief, and the reason her worries have shrunk and her self-expression has grown.
Plus, Lauren tells Dilly about a clear-out worthy of the warehouse!
Sort Your Life Out Unpacked is a new podcast hosted by tidying expert Dilly Carter. In each episode, Dilly chats to a celebrity guest and unboxes three mystery objects from their home that reveal what is really important to them. At the end, Dilly asks her guest whether they are going to keep, donate or recycle any of the items and, along the way, we learn how to organise and sort our own lives out.
Presented by Dilly Carter
Editing: Daniel King
Production Manager: Becca Chiplen
Production Co-ordinator: Bernelyse Ekomisa
Assistant Producer: Emily D'Souza
Executive Producer for Optomen: Charlotte Brookes
Assistant Commissioner: Chris Bartlett
Commissioning Editors: Rhian Roberts and Beejal-Maya Patel
Produced by Holly Newson
Hair & Make Up: Sarah Burrows
Art Director: River Gibbs
Production Runner: Molly Morgan
An Optomen production for iPlayer and BBC Sounds.