Shitcom

London, 2004. Andrew Jackson is a successful BBC sitcom creator, writer and star - ‘a better-looking Ricky Gervais; Jude Law with jokes’. Neil Diggle is a jobbing sitcom writer on Andrew’s hit sitcom, and a total failure who laments the fact that ‘it’s hard to look cool with pink skin and orange hair’. When the pair swap bodies at the BAFTAs, a murderous Andrew Jackson is intent on getting his body back and wreaking revenge. Meanwhile, Neil discovers that fame and riches are not the key to happiness. A hilarious, riotous and outrageous comedy adventure, Shitcom is for everyone who has ever wondered what it’s really like to write sitcoms.

How to Live to 100

Co-written with public health consultant David Conrad (MA, MSc, MPH, FFPH), How to Live to 100 is a fun and evidence-based look at all the often surprising ways you can live more healthily and extend your lifespan. Did you know that having sex twice a week is the optimum frequency for longevity, or that scented candles might shorten your life?

Featuring plenty of jokes, along with interviews with celebrities including Derren Brown, Richard Osman, Charlie Brooker, Konnie Huq, Jeremy Vine, Lou Sanders, Josie Long, Robin Ince and many more, it could be the most life-extending £12 you ever spend.

Talk Yourself Better

Talk Yourself Better is a beginners’ guide to all the different forms of talking therapy, also including chapters on medication and self-help. Featuring interviews with celebrities such as Stephen Fry, Charlie Brooker, David Baddiel and Dolly Alderton about their experiences with counselling, plus many poignant accounts from ordinary people, the book was described as ‘an excellent, long-overdue idea’ by Derren Brown, while The Times said ‘it’s everything you didn’t know about therapy or were afraid to ask’.

The How of Happy

The second book co-written by Ariane and public health consultant David Conrad (MA, MSc, MPH, FFPH), Happier takes an evidence-based look at all the fascinating scientific studies on happiness, identifying new and intriguing ways in which we can increase our mental wellbeing. Like Talk Yourself Better and How to Live to 100, Happier will also feature interviews with celebrities on what makes them happy, and will be published by Little, Brown (Hachette) in October 2022.