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The Friendship File

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.
Weekly English United Kingdom Relationships · Documentary
24 Episodes
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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.
25 Mar 2021 24 min

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!
18 Mar 2021 27 min

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.
11 Mar 2021 8 min

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.
4 Mar 2021 22 min

4. Catherine and Louise

Catherine Carr and Louise Halling met as students and bonded over dodgy sign language. They have been talking ever since. Find out how they've helped create - literally and figuratively - each other's life story.
24 Feb 2021 25 min

3. Martin and Michael

Martin Plimmer and Michael Magenis met on a bus or over a bottle of vodka ... no one is sure. What is certain is they were destined to go places together neither would have reached alone. They became The Men Who Know, sharing 24-hour schnapps-fuelled writing sessions, prank calls to…
18 Feb 2021 25 min

2. Emma and Richard

Emma Freud and Richard Coles met at the beginning of their TV careers - he was a pop star, she was interviewing people in a double bed and both were new to the job. They just clicked. In the first of a new Friendship File series, they reveal a secret…
11 Feb 2021 21 min
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1. Welcome to Series Two

The Friendship File is back - two friends recording answers to 17 questions, on their own and without conferring. Each episode combines those answers. The results are surprising, funny, moving, weird, life-affirming and, usually, a bit of a revelation. We start with brilliant UK broadcasters, Emma Freud and pop-star turned…
9 Feb 2021 1 min

17. Series One - The Reunion

What was it like the first time you spoke? Has doing The Friendship File made a difference? What have you learned? In this Series One finale, our friends reveal what happened next.
12 Nov 2020 26 min

16. Dorothy and Chantelle

These girls seem like chalk and cheese but they share one thing - they're both misfits. Their connection leads to an enduring friendship no one could have predicted.
27 Oct 2020 20 min

15. Jeremy and Dej

Two very different boys lose touch after school. Both are on the path to success when chance brings them back together to create a friendship that becomes essential to both their lives.
13 Oct 2020 25 min

14. Nombasa and Andiswa

Two women connect in church. Both from a small town, they each have big dreams. Can they make those dreams a reality?
2 Oct 2020 17 min

13. Hailey and Sarah

College roommates end up on opposite sides of the world. How can you be there for each other when you're so far apart?
22 Sep 2020 20 min

12. James and Nathan

In bedrooms 500 miles apart, two nerds discover a virtual connection. Could it ever become a real world friendship?
15 Sep 2020 21 min

11.Richard and Sukhthi

There was an argument by a swimming pool. Or was there? Either way there was football, food, yoga ... and a friendship that would become more important than anyone could ever have imagined.
8 Sep 2020 21 min

10. Grace and Sarah

Two very clever - and very different - girls. One song that suddenly bridges the gap.
20 Aug 2020 16 min

9. Engel and Mackenzly

Two determined, ambitious boys dislike each other on sight. But then ... things begin to change.
12 Aug 2020 12 min

8. Annabel and Rachel

A 13-year-old cuckoo arrives in another 13-year-old's nest. A machete is involved. Surely these two will never be friends?
6 Aug 2020 15 min

7. Megan and Rudy

A lecturer and a student hit it off. A meeting of creative minds. But what happens after graduation?
4 Aug 2020 18 min

6. Celia and Ange

Navigating the maze of 21st Century life? What you need is a friend with a ball of string and a megaphone … and a bottle of really good wine.
30 Jul 2020 19 min
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