Unscripted

About Unscripted

Join ITV News Arts Editor Nina Nannar as she speaks to a leading name from the world of arts and entertainment. Her guests talk about their life and work, plus Nina asks them where they see themselves in five years, what they'd tell their younger selves - and who they're inviting to their first post-Covid dinner party.

Publisher

ITV News

Category

arts · music · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Feb 2021

Latest episode

12 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

73 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Aug 2025

   Self Esteem: From lyrics to books

   This is Unscripted - a podcast brought to you by ITV News Arts Editor Nina Nannar. In each episode, Nina speaks to a leading name from the world of arts and entertainment, with her guests talking about their life and work. This week, Nina sits down with the acclaimed musician Self Esteem ahead of curating a day at London Literature Festival where she will present her debut book 'A Complicated Woman'.

2. 

   16 May 2025

   Eurovision winner Nemo on this year's song contest & flag policy controversy

   This is Unscripted - a podcast brought to you by ITV News Arts Editor Nina Nannar. In each episode, Nina speaks to a leading name from the world of arts and entertainment, with her guests talking about their life and work. This week, in a Eurovision special, Nina talks with Nemo, last year's winner and the first non-binary person to win the contest. They discuss their continuing campaign on gender politics, what they make of the current controversy over the flag policy and what it would take to make them do Eurovision again.

3. 

   2 May 2025

   'I've always felt like an outsider': Holly Johnson on his HIV status reveal

   This is Unscripted - a podcast brought to you by ITV News Arts Editor Nina Nannar. In each episode, Nina speaks to a leading name from the world of arts and entertainment, with her guests talking about their life and work. This week, Nina talks with Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Holly Johnson. While looking back on his career, they talk about how the music industry dealt with his HIV status reveal, and why he sympathises with transgender people.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

2,879,576

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

70

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

68

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Books guests

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