The Ticker Tapes

Tuesday, 3 August, 2021, began like many other days for busy parents Jody and Jamie Crook, and their children Theo and Sienna – but just hours later the world as the family knew it had turned complet…

In April 2021,18-year-old Guy was enjoying a day out on the golf course with a friend when the unimaginable happened. The athletic, seemingly healthy teenager had no inkling that in minutes his life …

Since a teenager, Vipan has always exercised regularly, a discipline which in later life brought a welcome release from his day to day work demands. At the age of 45 though he unexpectedly suffered t…

Please be aware that this episode of the Ticker Tapes discusses the impact of child loss.

For busy mum-of-three Hannah, the events of one Saturday afternoon in November 2021 would change the course o…

As a teenager, Nathan always felt his heartbeat was abnormally strong. Despite regular assurances though that it was stress and anxiety related, he persisted in searching for what he believed to be t…

After her father Alan suffered a heart attack, Chloe was called upon to perform CPR on Dad but sadly he didn’t survive. In this episode Rob Underwood from the BHF talks to Chloe about her story of th…

After the devastation of suffering a heart attack whilst out cycling in remote countryside with his wife, Dilwyn remembers events leading up to and on that day. He talks about the urgent medical trea…

Saskia has a love for the outdoors and particularly long distance running. At a young age though a routine scan revealed a mitral valve prolapse leading in later life, to mitral valve repair for her …

After the challenging recovery from his heart attack, Colin, a keen, active cyclist and runner, knew the physical signs were telling him that all still wasn't well. In this episode, Rob Underwood fro…

After being diagnosed with a heart condition since just after birth, Lucy explains how she's coped with the tremendous physical and psychological challenges faced along the way. In this episode, Rob …

In 2013, Graham got the phone call that is every parent’s worst nightmare. Just months after watching his beautiful daughter Claire get married, she’d passed away suddenly from an undiagnosed heart…

In June 2016 Corey Johnson married the love of his life, Alice, in a beautiful ceremony in Italy. One week later, back home in England, Corey was playing ice hockey in south London when he suffered a…

Welcome to episode four of The Race is On, our special series to celebrate the BHF being the TCS London Marathon 2022 Charity Partner. Hosted by Aimee Fuller, two-time Olympian, author and broadcaste…

Welcome to episode three of The Race is On, our special series to celebrate the BHF being the TCS London Marathon 2022 Charity Partner. Hosted by Aimee Fuller, two-time Olympian, author and broadcast…

Welcome to episode two of The Race is On, our special series to celebrate the BHF being the TCS London Marathon 2022 Charity Partner. Hosted by Aimee Fuller, two-time Olympian, author and broadcaster…

Welcome to episode one of The Race is On, our special series to celebrate the BHF being the TCS London Marathon 2022 Charity Partner. Hosted by Aimee Fuller, two-time Olympian, author and broadcaster…

At the age of 38 Lisa suffered two heart attacks. Her life was now on a very different trajectory to the one she had in mind. Two years after her heart attacks, now living with heart failure, Lisa wo…

Max’s life changed forever when he lost his father Chris to cardiomyopathy – inherited heart muscle disease – at the age of just 13. Then Max went on to be diagnosed with the same condition himself a…

Mya's life was changed forever when she discovered she had a heart condition at just 18. On this episode, Molly Tresadern from the BHF talks with her about what it's like as a teenager with a heart c…

Anne Dixon first discovered she had a problem with her heart when she was a student. After an operation, she went back to her normal life, but there was more in store for her in the future.

In this ep…