Catherine Carr | Who’s the Favourite? The loving, messy realities of sibling relationships
Sat 25 Apr 2026 | 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Award-winning documentary maker and host of the hit podcast Relatively, Catherine Carr is a Festival favourite. Her first book Who’s the Favourite? separates fact from fiction in the sibling relationship. Loving or fraught, competitive or co-dependent, these dynamics are integral in shaping who we become. Catherine invites us to spool through our own memories of those who saw us at our best and our worst – perhaps we can forge stronger futures together?
Chaired by journalist, broadcaster and author Sian Williams.
Venue: Old Divinity School
Duration: 1 hour
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Author Biography
Catherine Carr is an award-winning documentary maker, presenter, podcast producer and reporter with over twenty years’ experience in audio. Her work for BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service and her own company, Pocket Productions, has taken her all over the world. Carr worked as a reporter and producer for Woman’s Hour before leaving The BBC to create and produce Talking Politics. She hosted Where are You Going? Between 2014-2025 and presented and produced BBC Radio 4’s About the Boys. She is currently making the follow-up series About the Girls. As a middle child, she launched Relatively to finally get some attention! Who’s The Favourite? is her first book.
Chair Biography
Dr Sian Williams is an award-winning broadcast journalist and chartered counselling psychologist. She’s spent years counselling those living with anxiety, both in the UK’s NHS and privately and has also worked with media organisations, governments and businesses to help prevent staff burnout. Sian is also one of Britain’s most trusted broadcasters, having spent four decades in TV and radio, including eleven years hosting BBC Breakfast. She now presents BBC Radio 4’s Life Changing and BBC Radio 3 Unwind.
