Jazz Shapers

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527

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Oct 2026

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About the show

Jazz Shapers features interviews with founders - business shapers – who, like the shapers of jazz, soul and blues have defied convention, broken the mould and gone on to achieve great success. In each episode host Elliot Moss persuades a business pioneer to reveal their motivations, their character and how they deal with challenges and opportunities. A Jazz FM production.

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October 24, 202631 min

Tim Campbell MBE: Winner and co-host of The Apprentice

Tim Campbell MBE is the winner and now co-host of The Apprentice; a business advisor and founder of Bright Ideas Trust (encouraging young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to start a business). He’s also the host of re:Working, a podcast aiming to help you solve your work and money problems. Tim joins Elliot to explore the secrets of his success and the advice that dramatically changed the direction of his younger life.

October 19, 202630 min

Liz Upton: Co-founder of Raspberry Pi

Liz Upton is the co-founder of Raspberry Pi, the affordable computer built to inspire a new generation of coders, and the co-founder of Negroni Venture Studios, scaling and investing in early-stage tech businesses. Liz joins Elliot to talk about democratising access to computers, to coding and now to robotics. And how she transformed a prototype into the best-selling British computer of all time.

October 10, 202630 min

Sam McKnight: Influential hairstylist and founder of Hair by Sam McKnight

Sam McKnight MBE is the influential hairstylist and founder of his own brand of products, Hair by Sam McKnight. Sam joins Elliot to share his tales from growing up in a Scottish mining community to crafting iconic hairstyles for Princess Diana, Kate Moss and Lady Gaga in an industry transformed by the supermodel phenomenon.

October 3, 202630 min

David Forbes-Nixon OBE: Founder and Chairman of the DFN Charitable Foundation and DFN Project SEARCH

David Forbes-Nixon OBE is the Founder and Chairman of the DFN Charitable Foundation and DFN Project SEARCH, born from his vision to transform the life outcomes of disabled people in the UK and build a more inclusive society. David joins Elliot to talk about how only 4.8% of UK adults with learning disabilities are in jobs, and what he - and the leading businesses he's working with - are doing to change that.

September 26, 202629 min

Ben Drury: Founder and CEO of Yoto

Ben Drury is the founder and CEO of Yoto, a screen- free audio platform for children. Ben joins Elliot to share how the scientific impact of screens on children (and the benefits of listening to audio) led him to build both an audio player that put kids in control, and a community of creators.

September 19, 202630 min

Antonia and Jonny Philp: Co-founders of Skincare company Nursem

Antonia and Jonny Philp are the co-founders of Skincare company Nursem. They join Elliot to share how they turned the threat of Antonia losing the nursing career she loved, into a solution and thriving business.

September 12, 202627 min

Darrel Sheinman: Founder & CEO of Gearbox Records

Darrel Sheinman is the Founder and CEO of independent record label, Gearbox Records . Darrel joins Elliot to share his journey from maritime satellite tracking to diving into the British Library archives for unreleased live Jazz recordings.

September 5, 202627 min

Sam Tidswell-Norrish: Founder and Chair of Opus

Sam Tidswell-Norrish is the Founder and Chair of Opus, a global platform supporting early-stage entrepreneurs by aiming to supercharge the founder journey. Sam joins Elliot to share how to unlock what he feels could be the UK's most innovative generation yet. And he reveals 'the single most important thing in business.'

August 31, 202631 min

Dame Anya Hindmarch: Founder of luxury bags and accessories brand, Anya Hindmarch

We kick off a brand new season of Jazz Shapers with 40 years of craft and creativity, through Dame Anya Hindmarch, founder of the eponymous luxury bags and accessories brand, Anya Hindmarch. Anya shares the brilliant advice that's helped her navigate the creative dip and build a culture of kindness.

June 20, 202629 min

Michelle Feeney: Founder and CEO of Floral Street

Michelle Feeney is the Founder and CEO of Floral Street, a British fragrance brand. In the last episode of the current series, Michelle joins Elliot to chat about leading MAC cosmetics to become the world’s biggest make-up brand and how Floral Street's aiming to do everything differently, from making recyclability and sustainability the core of their brand and challenging the use of sexuality to sell scents.