Adam Kay: Eleven Enormous Memory Boxes

Dilly is joined by the comedy powerhouse Adam Kay, a doctor turned author who drew on his experiences in the NHS to write the best-selling memoir This Is Going to Hurt. Currently, Adam is up to his eyes with his two toddlers and a home renovation.

Adam brings in three items from home for Dilly Carter to unpack – one that reflects his current life decisions, another which reflects family life and a third that helps him plot out his books.

He opens up about how fatherhood has changed him forever, what it was like missing his daughter’s birth, and he gets Dilly’s much-needed advice on what to keep and, crucially, what to throw away. He’s already drowning in kids’ memory boxes before their school years have begun!

Dilly and Adam explore why creativity and chaotic homes go hand in hand and they answer some of life’s big questions… like which wallpaper should go in the office!?

Sort Your Life Out Unpacked is hosted by tidying expert Dilly Carter. In each episode, Dilly chats to a celebrity guest and unboxes three mystery objects from their home that reveal what is really important to them. At the end, Dilly asks her guest whether they are going to keep, donate or recycle any of the items and, along the way, we learn how to organise and sort our own lives out.

Presented by Dilly Carter
Editing: Sebastien Rabas
Line Producer: Becca Chiplen
Production Co-ordinator: Bernelyse Ekomisa
Assistant Producer: Emily D'Souza
Executive Producer for Optomen: Charlotte Brookes
Assistant Commissioner: Chris Bartlett
Commissioning Editors: Rhian Roberts and Beejal-Maya Patel
Produced by Holly Newson
Hair & Make Up: Sarah Burrows
Art Director: River Gibbs
Production Runner: Molly Morgan

An Optomen production for iPlayer and BBC Sounds.